My friend Peter Sorce asked me to create some designs for the a series of banners for downtown South Milwaukee. A committee was deliberating on their approach for this year, and he thought I might be able to contribute to the conversation.

These are my proposals, the first concept is to the committee’s specs, the second follows suggestions by Pete, and the third is what I would do with it, if I had the choice. We’ll see what they say.

Update:

Hey, if you are seeing this, you are on my old blog. Be sure to check out my new website with my updated Illustration/Design Portfolio here.

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I was contracted to do a quick job for Adspace, an advertising agency in NY that places video kiosks in malls all over the country. Since they gave me a very specific ad to photograph, I can only assume this is part of the verification they offer their clients as to the frequency and placement of the ads.

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Last weekend I was contracted by Ultra Race Photos to shoot the Santa Hustle 5K Race at Veteran’s Park in Milwaukee. At first I had misgivings about this assignment, as the weather has been really cold, and this park is known as the windiest place in the city of Milwaukee. In fact they hold a kite festival at this park twice a year for that reason.

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The Ugly Sweater Run 5K Race was the second race I shot this weekend. This event also took place in Veteran’s Park in Milwaukee. A cold, cold, windy day. I am glad this one only took a couple of hours. Much smaller turnout than yesterday’s race. I am sure the weather had a role in that. Grateful for the work, however.

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Matt came to me looking for images that he could use on social media.

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I was hired by an out of state property owner to document the condition of a parking lot shared by an apartment complex, a bank and several businesses. The owner is in New York and wanted to plan renovations and planting that would be done later this year. He needed an exacting survey of the parking spots, painted arrows and lines, as well as the condition of the easements and the lot in general.

While not a very challenging assignment, the client requested some panorama shots, which was quite fun to do in Photoshop. This involved taking 10-12 images, panning about 180 degrees, then stitching these together to create a wide angle view. I also shot short video clips to help them get a sense of the space. All together I shot each individual parking space, details of the posts and painted elements, plus the panoramas.

Update:

Hey, if you are seeing this, you are on my old blog. Be sure to check out my new website with my updated Real Estate Photography Portfolio here.

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This painting was requested via Craigslist. Apparently I beat out many other artists. The painting is a wedding anniversary gift for the patron’s wife. This is a nostalgia piece, capturing the church in which they were married.

After doing some reference photography, I suggested we set the clocks on the steeple to the time at which they were married. This was a well received idea. Just one more way to personalize a painting.

I opted to do this on a heavy canvas with a deep texture to the weave. I am sort of kicking myself for not doing this larger, as at 11″ x 14″ this was really pushing the limit of what sort of detail I could resolve. Some of these shapes are very tiny, and had to be painted and repainted. The hardest part was the texture, it just ate up the paint, which lends itself towards nice scumbling, but for fine architectural details, not so great. Either way, it took some time to get to the point of coverage, where the entire surface was covered, and I could begin to work into the paint. Ultimately the painting took 3 sessions, about 3-4 hours each session.

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