A pep talk from the wife has made me rethink the writing here and realize that I've been both struggling to find a voice and unhappy with how the words have turned out for quite awhile now. I've been planning too much on a personal project and not actually shooting any of it. I have the lists of places, and have been thinking about something Alec Soth wrote on his blog (that sadly is offline right now), about finding a title before starting to shoot, which would serve nicely as yet another reason not to begin, but I think it is time to begin.

In addition to the mental restructuring, I've implemented a few small structural changes as well, namely larger photos and larger text to make this all a bit easier on the eyes.

Photoshelter serves as my online backup in case I ever have some crazy power surge/house fire and lose all my images. After weeks of uploading and mailing a 1TB drive to them, I now have about 1.5TB of my photos backed up, nearly everything. I've also submitted a few images to their Collection and was happy to see one of my shots in the small slideshow that Ryan Schick from Conde Naste Portfolio showed during the Photoshelter Shoot! The Day. The photo of the US Capitol under stormy skies (the first of a few sales so far) is one of the more obvious metaphorical shots a photographer can make in these parts, but I think it fit nicely for the article about the lack of government fundng for medical research that can be read online here.

the road ahead in Prince Edward Island

As far as summers go, this one has been hard to beat. After escaping the drenching humidity of the city for a weekend on an island in Canada thanks to my lovely wife, I've come back to some new clients and exciting plans for the 2nd half of the year. The blog will have a few more weeks of vacation before some expected tearsheets, upcoming work and new developments on the web site front. Keep an eye out for a new postcard mailer hitting your boxes next week.