Well, I am back from small town America in Ohio. I went home to visit my family, and had an incredible time getting out of the city, and enjoying the long weekend. My home town of Chagrin Falls, Ohio has a large celebration for Memorial Day weekend, and my father made me promise I would come home every year to celebrate with him. It is always nice to get out of Chicago every once and a while to remember that there is grass out there, and you don't have to honk your horn if someone is moving at a slower pace than you. But while I was enjoying the life of leisure, I could not help but think about my new up coming adventure today.
I am meeting today with the CEO and Chief Creative Director of an advertising agency today. They are going to look at my book, and we will go from there. I am not expecting much, because this is a new ball game for me, which I am very excited about. If anything, it will be a great critique of my book, and now I will have a connection in a very large ad agency.
I also recently sent out a new self promo to a mixture of different ad agencies and magazines, to help promote some new fresh work. I figure it is summer time, and it is time to show them what I've got! The work isn't going to find you, you have to find it. So here goes nothing....or everything!

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My photos are in Oy! Chicago!

Well, I am officially in Oy! Chicago. They were writing an article about summer foods, and the photo editor asked me about some of my images, and BINGO! I am very excited about this, hopefully it can lead to good things to come. Check out the article at http://www.oychicago.com/article.aspx?id=3000

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Invasion of the Shutter bugs

I am not going to rant and rave today, but it has come to my attention, that I am not alone. Crain's Chicago, a business magazine just wrote an entire article discussing my aggravation on the dying dignity of my photography industry. I am incredibly concerned about the future of the quality of the photography industry. In times like these where money is tight, and magazines are closing left and right, the hacks and butchers are able to benefit by offering cheap unprofessional services. I don't know very many other industries that someone would sacrifice quality because they are tight on cash. I sure wouldn't go to a mechanic to work on my teeth because it is his hobby to floss. Think about it. The Crain's article was very interesting, (http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?articleId=31715&seenIt=1 ) and it made me have a flood of many different emotions. I am currently attempting to get new work for myself, and today my new self promos should arrive in the mail. So after reading that article, I am going to work, harder, and more creatively, and hope that the silly click happy people don't ruin my future career.

Horray for May!

Well, I think it is safe to say that Spring has arrived! Chicago is hustling and bustling with Cubs games, Sox games, Bulls games, and the streets and bars are full of happy people. The past month was very rainy but, along with the rain came the flowers! The city is in full bloom of Tulips and many beautiful flowers. Everyone in the city is pouring out of their apartments, to enjoy the much needed sun. Every morning seems to be a bit brighter and warmer.
In honor of the spring a friend of mine is hosting a photo contest (http://typicalkhaos.wordpress.com/) and the theme is SPRING TIME. I plan to enter it, but I just need to come up with a strong concept. It is hard with such a broad theme, but I imagine I will come up with something. There are so many different aspects to Spring, and Chicago. Spring is one of the best times of year. We will see, what I come up with. Hopefully I win!

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