Hey everyone I just got some new studio strobe lights for my future shoots. I am very excited about my future work using them and I hope to shoot before months end. I appreciate everyone's support thus far and I hope to have more stuff up in the near future. I have been looking at everyone's work and you have been inspiring and impressive. All that to say keep up the good work and I'll try to offer you the same in the near future.

I recently lost a friend and I thought it was only appropriate I vent a little to you all. My friend Doug passed away last weekend and with the news I took it as I do most bad news. I say to myself well that sucks, shrug and continue on my way, but for some reason this has hit me harder. His drive in all things he did, even involving me in photography oppotunities I think I took for granted. He went out of his way to never judge or waver from making sure he treated you with more respect and kindness then those in the past. All of this to say I feel the world lost a great man this week. Here is a link to his flickr account with his pictures I hope you all enjoy.



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-Alden

I am taking my good friends wedding photos in a few days and I think with the prep and experience I have it should go very well but just as any mortal man would feel, I'm a touch nervous. So to my good deviant friends (the ones who actually read/ look at my work) offer some advice on this. I appreciate any and all. Other than that wish me luck and I'm sure we will all be pleasantly surprised how these turn out.

Ok so my very first gallery is going up this weekend so wish me luck I am very excited/ nervous. I hope it turns out well.

After going through what I would call an unfortunate relationship change I hit a wall of booze and self pity and I feel usually in situations similar to my own those responces are not to uncommon. In recent days I have realized that the feelings that I held to were ghost of what once was. I tried recently to reignite one of those warm feelings and found I had forgotten exactly how it felt. Not too different than the way a face in your memory fades. I think this progress in my forgetfulness has helped in whatever healing I needed. Given nothing seems to fill that void but that void seems a lil less defined now. I would think with age and experience those feelings of betrayal would not be as vivid as they were in youth and I think that was an ignorant presumption. I think I will quote a movie Cashback to end this.

"I could feel a faint shift in a faraway place. A current of unknown consequences was on its way, moving towards me like an unstoppable wave of fate. "

::Side Note::

One of my preferred lenses is at Nikon for repair so be patient and hopefully I'll be putting out some more work soon.

-Alden