hariyo chowk

couple-o-webdesigns

space cake

madwire designwire

sattya designs

auspicious or religious?

re-growing organic culture in nepal

the last american wedding

two weeks before i depart for nepal, i shot a wedding for Rich and Anna Holsten. good times. good people. love all around...

dashain (kathmandu's best)

i'm moving to nepal. i got a job. it doesn't seem real just yet. being paid to live and work in a country i adore is a dream come true. and it's a non-profit job. unreal...more soon on that happiness. 

for now, i'll celebrate what i love and those i love around me. 

i like shooting weddings.

i had the fantastic opportunity to shoot a wedding for a dear and wonderful person. my coworker and friend, cheyanne. if you know me, you know i used to be a christian in the strictest terms. i broke free of those chains about 5 or 6 years ago. ive learned more alot about religion in those 6 years than when i was a christian, especially my personal religion. i have a hard time conversing with christians because i know where they're coming from, especially when they don't really listen to my point of view. i used to do the same...pray while theyre talking, not really listen to them, as if their story would steer me from the truth i knew in my heart - that this could be false, everything i had built my life around. ken harper got me thinking. that and a book called Blue Like Jazz...christianity can be different. Cheyanne proves that fact to me. she shows love and understanding, the real kind. i see a realistic christianity in her, one i could come back to one day. one based on love.

thank you cheyanne for loving me. 

it's just a bird.

and i promise to post more soon. i'm shooting a wedding this morning. i've been doing 2 websites a day for 3 months now...lots to post! woot.

weddings!

i'm now working with the happy and talented Becci Ames as a second shooter. gonna be fun! 

take a look at her work. And check out her plug about me : )

The Flyer 

s'more.

travel shot.

gettin ready to travel...looks like we'll be heading to asia after august. no set plans...still searching for what and where we want to do and go.

before the break

i forgot to post some images before i broke my collar bone. i'm still shooting just designing more...i'll have images soon : )

these are from the dr. dog concert. i highly reccommend seeing them. they are phenom.

here's a new one.

we got a new client that i am very excited about. the non-profit is called "Live the Dream Foundation" and they supply disadvantaged children worldwide with sports equipment. they specifically wanted orange and black colors. and so did the last client i posted about (excuses for orange overload). i'm really learning alot about photoshop and how to design eye-catching sites. i'm learning that your bag of photoshop tricks is very important. i haven't gotten any images yet for this client but when i do, i plan on making them an integral part of this site. i like how right now i'm learning more about design. soon, i'll be learning something else that will help me as a media manager. but for now, it's design and i like it : )

design like the masses: blend and bend.

snow responsible for sun's inspiring superiority

i've updated the website, if you couldn't tell. i'm moving towards a more focused, focus. i'm applying for teaching jobs overseas, mostly indonesia. i'm moving towards the goal of international non-profit media management work. have been my whole life.

what is advocacy journalism? most people define advocacy journalism as journalism that decidedly takes a certain viewpoint thus straying from the traditional journalistic nuance of non-biased news coverage. some advocacy journalists have always held the idea that to be completely un-biased is impossible. i'm of that thought. and i'd like my life's work to have meaning and purpose. simply put, i want to use my skills to help others. 

if i teach (which i find challenging, exciting and equally rewarding) for a year in a brilliant country, i hope to:

one. learn the language (at least conversationally)

two. experience a fantastic culture

three. freelance for a non-profit i am in tune with and expand my non-profit portfolio 

four. save money

five. help some little ones learn a little more about english

six. after all is said and done i'll be one more step closer to an international non-profit job 

car appeal

two new clients at work...still workin on the racing site. this is just the beginnings. i'll post a finished one. the truck man loves his site. and im happy he's happy. he asked for red white and blue. and professional. yippee. 

a lil biz

started this biz card for teddi, me coworker and companion.