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Orange is my favorite color. It goes with everything, rhymes with nothing, and pops like fireworks in photos. The Buddhists believe orange is the color of strength and creativity and is good for clearing the mind. I’m one step away from shaving my head and wearing orange robes around in an attempt to quiet my […]

#FF8C00 (otherwise known as the pumpkin patch)

October 14, 2010

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Don’t stop for anything, not a caress or a promise… …If anyone calls you a witch, burn for him; if anyone calls you less or more than you are let him burn for you. It’s a dangerous mission. You could die out there. You could live forever. —T.G.

Instructions to the Double

October 13, 2010

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Remember Tyler? I first met him a few months ago at his totally cool apartment in the city. We hung out, he got naked for me, I couldn’t get enough of the big blue eyes… He’s back! Tyler and his mom and dad came down to visit this weekend and we took advantage of the […]

Good Day Sunshine

October 13, 2010

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“[…] almost nothing important that ever happens to you happens because you engineer it. Destiny has no beeper; destiny always leans trenchcoated out of an alley with some sort of ‘psst’ that you usually can’t even hear because you’re in such a rush to or from something important you’ve tried to engineer. ” — David […]

Infinite Jest

October 11, 2010

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Last week I had the honor of photographing a family I have admired for a very long time. When I first met Bill, he and his wife Sigrid had put together a neighborhood “clean up” effort that turned into a town-wide event. Bill and Sig are very involved in the local community, and in 2007, […]

Bring it.

October 11, 2010

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One McAwesome: Two McAwesome: Three McAwesome: Four! (I need a new word for awesome, but here’s a couple more…) Thank you, McFamily, you guys are the most fun ever!!!!!!!

McFavorites.

October 7, 2010

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It’s been gray and drizzly here for the past three days — shoots have been canceled, nights have been chilly, hair has been frizzy. I couldn’t concentrate on work this morning, so I drove to the beach to look at the rain on the water. There were a bunch of seagulls in the parking lot, […]

Optimism in the rain.

October 6, 2010

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I’ll come running…

When your mind’s made up.

October 5, 2010

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Shakespeare knew what he was talking about. Meet Holiday. She’s humor and giggles and sunshine and energy and all things joyful all wrapped up in a white dress. I met her last year when I took her photo at school; this time we had a whole afternoon to explore the coastal area in her back […]

In a holiday humor.

October 3, 2010

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One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it. – Vincent van Gogh Sia “Breathe Me” from phil tidy on Vimeo.

Warm me up.

October 2, 2010