Moving on...again:)

I have been working on a new blog and while I'm sure I am going to be changing some more things as I go, it is ready to host my new posts. This blog is now being put to rest :(

The end of any thing always makes me a little sad, but this new blog has a better web address, , and is going to be much easier for me to post pics to. It will eliminate two whole steps with each and every photo I post. Plus they are gonna be juice-alicous-ly large!

It is still going to look familiar, but will be changing ever so slightly as I develop my branding. There is a new post over there that is all guilty wasting time kinda fun, so check it out.

MY NEW BLOG!!!!

Brother Jones

Tommy is the youngest of the four of us. The baby. While all of us are smart and talented, he really blows us all away. T-toe Brown, as we sometimes call him, has so much artistic talent in so many different ways it's amazing that it can all fit into one package like that. He can draw and paint, and do it well. He is hilarious and cracks us up all the time. Recently we told him what a great storyteller he is and he thought we were crazy, but he is. He can entertain and captivate an audience like nobody's business. Did I mention he's funny? So funny. And he is an amazing musician. Self taught. He sings, and writes his own music. Truly amazing.

If you want to check out some of his songs go to his myspace page Lee Jr

He's also the drummer in Cowboy Messiah

I took some pics of him randomly at our BBQ a while back and thought I'd share some. The first two also include my wonderful, lovable, hug-able, cuz, Ryan. (My family is fantastic. I am very lucky!)

TV Time

My friend Andy is a graphic designer and we have a similar taste in all things visual. Recently when our mutual friend Erin was choosing the picture for the birth announcements of her new baby, Andy and I both picked the same picture giving her reasons that she said were scarily similar. When Andy passed by all these old TV's lined up on the curb for the garbage he saw a great picture and took me by there. Just as we were about to leave, the owner of the house and the TV's came home and we were able to talk with him and get a little bit of his story. He had recently retired and was in the process of cleaning out some of the things that he had been collecting over the years. He told us how when he sees these TV's out for the trash somewhere he would have to pick them up because he couldn't stand to see these perfectly good TV's being wasted. Well, he had gotten to a point where he realized that he just wasn't going to do anything with them. He was hopeful that someone would take them from his curb. By the time we got there, the smallest, a blue TV, the one he knew would be first to go, had been taken. He is also an amateur photographer and was proudly wearing his Nikon around his neck. Those of you who know me, know that this is a man I can relate to! Tim and I are never too proud to pick something great out of the garbage. Our living room is sporting a great 1950's RCA in a pale wood casing and a Victrola connection, courtesy of a curb in Ferndale. And you all know how much I love my camera!

The black and whites are all lined up in the front. The three TV's in the back are color.

rockin it out in the lot

I have been anticipating seeing Radiohead live for many, many years. They don't play in Detroit, so I've been waiting to be able to see them out of town somewhere. They were playing in Cleveland this past Monday and this time, I was there! We arrived at the Blossom Music Center early Monday evening in order to hang out in the lot for awhile before the show started. I was able to grab some pretty decent pics in the lot before hand. Inside the show was a different story, I was so mad at myself for not taking my camera and the iPhone just wasn't cutting it in the low light. The shots I tried to take inside of the show just didn't turn out that great. What really, really sucks about this, is that the setup of the show was amazing. They would have made for great pictures. When will I learn? Kicking myself again now.

This seems to be a running theme in my life, I think that it will be better not to have to worry about my camera, and I am mad at myself just about every time! I now vow to myself to just take the damn thing everywhere. It's better to have it and not use it, then to want it and not have it.

Anyway here are some really fun ones from before the concert. On most of them I used some Photoshop actions (TRA, love them!) to change tone and coloring, etc. But there really wasn't much other editing. I'm pretty impressed with the quality of the camera on the iPhone in good light.

Check it out:



Wesley, I love you! (isn't this effect that makes it look old fun?)

Brother Jones, caught singing a tune

the gang

Heidi and Mike, don't you just LOVE that back lighting, I love it!

and another, great face Heida

I was so in love with the light that I decided to do a lil self portrait session. This one is not the most flattering, but it was too funny not to post!

Little did I know that Heidi was sneaking into all the pics!

oh look...there she is again!

...and again...

Me and Timmey, he makes me a little crazy sometimes :)

The fold on the bottom of my pants was pretty big, they all found it kinda funny and were trying to use the cuff as a pouch to transport things. This one is completely unedited, this is exactly how it came outta the phone. Love the motion. Not too shabby!

Tommy always wears the best smelling deodorant. We all know this and are very willingly to smell his armpit whenever he asks us to. Here's Michael doing just that. He was not, however, the first that night. (This one is also straight outta the phone.)

Tim and I have zero decent pictures of ourselves, so I figured I take a few of us while I was at it.

Too Cute!

I saw this on a blog of another photographer that I check out from time to time and had to post it here too! Love it!

finally!

radiohead here we come! woo hoo!