April showers

Again at the beginning of another month, I'm shocked at how fast 2007 is speeding by, peeling off days and bringing Miami to the doorstep of our 7 months of sweaty summer. Almost every state in the U.S. gets really hot for a couple of weeks, a month, or through July and August. But we do hot and humid right down in South Florida, from April all the way until my birthday in late October.

I haven't been blogging much lately because I have very little to say, even to myself. Things are good. I shot jobs last week for two new clients (one from Croatia!), and both shoots went reasonably well, even if they didn't produce something memorable. Out on the golf course for Condé Nast Portfolio on Friday, trying to keep a look out for alligators so that my subject, Dale the professional golf ball diver, wouldn't get eaten alive before I shot more portraits of him, my Canon speedlight crapped out again. It’s so much easier to try and make do with the little flash units, but I really need to drag out the Hensel Porty's on each shoot. Karate, my assistant, won't be that happy.

A new issue of Blueeyes was published and has received some nice feedback thus far. Issue 15 also premiers the addition of comments to the magazine, but people haven't really been taking advantage of them yet. Hopefully the comments will be the beginning of a much larger push towards creating a better dialogue about photography through the magazine.

At home I've finally been putting my Big Green Egg through its baby grilling steps (burgers, steaks, cedar plank fish, grilled veggies, smoked pork loin) to some very tasty results. After having her parents over for a cookout on Saturday, Judy and I bought 2 full racks of pork ribs that I'm going to soak overnight in brine for a Tuesday smoking. The Egg was a Christmas present from Dad and it's a beautiful, low-tech beast of a grilling/smoking/roasting machine. After a successful ribs test drive, next up will be some beer-can chicken and then the inevitable upgrade to a standing prime rib!

All in all I've been taking it slow. Lots of reading, lots of relaxing, lots of thinking. I've reached out to a few new contacts with my personal projects over the last week and am trying to re-invest myself back into the heart of works in progress. (I'm going to be pushing the blog towards the projects as well). Following NYC, so much of my effort back home is directed towards taking stock and asking myself what I want to be spending my energy on. A little spring-cleaning of the mind goes a long way.

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Comments (1)

A Croatian client? Please do tell... Love your blog, BTW. I am fairly new to this freelance gig so it's good to read some of your personal reflections and feel... well for the lack of better word... normal.

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