What's Going On...

No, that's not a question. I just thought I would share what's happening around here at this time.

Firstly, Mari finally has her corrections and will be working on those for a while. I think that is going to keep her busy for some time. However, I do believe that she is done working on the weekends for a little while. You just have to have some time off every now and again and she hasn't been getting enough of that lately.

On my side, things have been pretty busy. I'm still working at Down Wind. It's pretty much a dead end job, but the guys there have been good to me and at this point in time any income is good income.

In the photography world things have been really good. Last Sunday I went down to Marquette to shoot some portraits of a couple of paddlers for one of the kayaking magazines. While we were down there the surf happened to be pretty good, and we hooked up with some people and that led to some of the best surfing shots so far this season. On top of that Conor Mihell, the writer I worked with in Ontario, sent a proposal for a story on surfing Lake Superior to a Canadian surf mag and they were extremely receptive. They asked for some sample shots, and out of the samples requested 11 high res copies. I don't know how many or when they might end up in print, but it sounds like some of them will make the leap from the internet to the printed page.

Conor and I are also working on some other story ideas... more to come.

Bike Magazine contacted me looking for some images, ended up liking a couple, requested the high res versions, and now I am waiting to see if any of them end up in print.

Michigan Tech asked me to shoot some portraits of Steve and Caleb for an article in the new School of Business publication.

I am working with Jeff Frenette on putting together a media package for Mont Ripley... on top of getting paid we also get season passes. I'm really hoping that this venture will result in some exciting imagery. Jeff has all the connections with the young skier punk crowd... and that's what I need. They are the ones throwing down in the park and other places. Without good subjects the images won't be that good. Stay tuned... this is going to be fun.

My friend Sam just launched his website - www.theinitiativesite.com. Sam in an aspiring adventurer and is kicking things off with his potentially record setting "All-In Trek". The plan is to leave on January 1, 2011 and hike all of the major hiking trails in the US in one calendar year. The four trails he will be hiking are th AT, PCT, CDT, and NCT. That's 12,500 miles in 365 days! Yeah... crazy. Anyway, you should check out his site. I've been spending a good amount of my free time helping design it along with some business cards, postcards and stickers.

Lastly, I'm looking into an opportunity to shoot a bunch of portraits at the upcoming Noquemanon Ski Race in Marquette. I would like to create a series of portraits at the finish line of all the different individuals, put them into a book... stay tuned.

Anyway, I think that's about it. I've been pretty lazy otherwise and am upping my efforts to make sure I get out and ski (alpine or XC) at least a couple of times a week.

Cheerio!