I am really stoked for the next few days. I have been kinda sick over the past few days, but the Steelers played an awesome game and I am stoked for Monday night against Baltimore.

My cousin just had a baby on Saturday, and she is so precious. I will post a photo of her as soon as I actually have one that I can post. Congratulations Carrie.

I also just delved into the art of making lasagna for the first time today. Wow. It actually turned out good, so everyone that will be eating it at the Halloween Party at church tomorrow doesn’t have too much to worry about. It was definitely an experience because I didn’t just make one lasagna, I made two huge pans of it, and then one for my grandfather and myself.

My website has been launched, but do to technical difficulties, it takes about three minutes to load. I am working on getting that fixed ASAP, because that kind of defeats the purpose.

I am also currently booking weddings for 2008 and on, from the end of March and on. I will be traveling in Africa from December 17- the middle of March, off and on, so I am trying to avoid anything in between. That is so I can get my interviews and footage I need all in one sweep, and then focus on the interviews that I need to get in the states. (This is for the Education in Africa documentary).

I am really excited for the next year. Since I have only graduated a few months ago, this is an exciting time of getting my future launched.

I also cannot wait for snow to come. While I may be on the East Coast, I was a children’s ski instructor for nearly 7 seasons, but because of my heavy workload, I haven’t skied for two full seasons. I just hope that we have a good snow year.

Sorry that today is short, but I have finally had my medicine kick in, and I am going to bed. Sweet Dreams

Yep, thats right. Today I hit the over 1000 view mark. I am pretty excited, since no one really knows who I am yet. I would love to reach 1000 unique visitors, but that will come with time.

I finally was able to upload my Be The Change Uganda Video to You Tube, and here it is for the first time, for the public to view:

I am putting together a team to head back to Uganda for a month and shoot a documentary on the lack of education in Uganda. I don’t believe that I can change the world, but I do know that my gifts involve showing people a problem in the world. That is one of the reasons that I studied journalism.

I am really excited to get this project underway becaSchool of Visual Arts in NYC to get equipment but that still isn’t going to take care of the logistical side of the project, like getting into Uganda, or housing, transportation, and food. If you or a friend, or corporation would like to get involved with a project that is the first to examine education, please e-mail me as soon as possible. I would love to send you more information on the project.

OK, now for where I left off last time.

As I had previously posted, I was in NYC for three days, and that was about as long as I could take it there. Everything moves at warp speed, and unless I was up there for continuous work, I couldn’t handle it for an extended period of time.

However, myself, and nearly 15 other photographers from around the mid-Atlantic met up in NYC to hang out with [b]ecker on his 34th birthday, or as he prefers to say, the 5th anniversary of his 29th birthday. He was traveling with Marisa Holmes. She is a great photographer that is associated with [b]ecker. He wsa also traveling with his video team for the [b] School, Vu and Lan Bui. They were a blast to hang out with and were constantly joking around and laughing.

Here is a shot of Allan Zepeda sporting the ShootSac by Jessica Claire. [b]ecker came with four bags and handed them out in a guerrilla marketing fashion.

Here is a shot of [b] and Marisa. Look at the photo and you’ll get the idea.
Here is a shot of [b] with the owner of Grimaldi’s Pizzeria in Brooklyn. The Pizza was unbelievable.

Here is a shoot of the Brooklyn Bridge looking over to Manhattan. It is such an amazing site, and while I hate being up there, I found some definite perks. This view was one of them.

This was just a fun abstract I took while sitting in a park on the upper east side the night I left to drive home.

IT has been quite a while since my last post. More than two weeks to be exact, but things have been going really well. I went on an overnight sailing trip with my dad and a couple of his friends, and had a great time relaxing. It was really great to just be able to spend time with dad, and not have anywhere
for either of us to go. After all, we were kinda trapped on a boatWe went to bed with a sky full of stars, and woke to a mist that hung over the Chesapeake till nearly 1pm. When the fog finally lifted enough to navigate by, we set sail. The Annapolis Boat Show was in town and we puttered around the port looking and drooling over the boats. IT was also a GREAT opportunity to get in one last tanning session before the snow comes.

After Annapolis, I was home for a few days, shot a concert for Vanilla Ice (he performed at Diesel Club Pittsburgh). It was Horrible!!!! I cannot stress that enough. The worst part was that I actually agreed to shoot the concert before I realized that it was the “Ice Ice Baby”. There are only so many refrains of “Go Ninja Go Ninja Go” that I can take.

Over the weekend of October 5, Rolling Rock Hunt had their opening meet.

Here is Rolling Rock Huntsman Hugh Robards as he sits waiting for the Blessing of the Hounds to finish so that the hunt can begin.

I had agreed to walk a friends daughter Catherine on a pony while her mom rode with the hunt. Catherine had a great time, and it was such a beautiful day to be out for a walk.

Below is a shot of Catherine on her pony for the day.

Below is a photo from opening day that I love. The little boy stood there gazing up at a horse that was walking past him.
Life has been great here in Western Pennsylvania. The fall is slowly coming, and while the leaves are changing, the weather is still resisting the inevitable. While the cold will come soon, for now, these are the days to bottle up and save for a cold day in January or February.

On a different note, I just got back home from an impromptu trip to NYC to go on a photo safari with [b]ecker through Brooklyn. It was a great time, and some photos will be up from that trip in the very near future.

I was also working on editing footage for my documentary that I am hoping to shoot in Uganda this coming December. I am working with three students from the New York School of Visual Arts to create a documentary on Education in Uganda. There is a really rough version on MySpace, that I would love for you to check out.

Please take some time to give me feedback on this. I am not finished with it, and it is a very low res verion, but I would love to get some feedback.