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Apr 22, 2013
Heroic Scale Preview #2

As I type this, the primary photography for Heroic Scale is finished. There are a small handful of reshoots to do, little things to clean up, but the next major step is to put it all together into a PDF and send it to the printer. On May 1st, it will be available! Ok, ok, [...]

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Mar 12, 2013
Heroic Scale Test Shot

Hooray, progress! So I’ve been working on getting the models painted for Heroic Scale (my upcoming photobook) and I’ve hit the point where I really need to work on something else for a little bit. I’ve painted so many elves, orcs, dwarves, and skeletons that I’m starting to see them in my sleep. “Paint us, [...]

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Aug 14, 2012
On the Prowl

I have a problem with the models for Infinity and I thought I’d take a quick second here to vent. My problem is that I like them entirely too much. So much, in fact, that I can’t seem to settle long enough to choose one faction to focus on! First it was Haqqislam, then it [...]

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Mar 4, 2012
Double Macro

Earlier this week my new toy arrived: a 50mm f1.4 lens or, as its friends call it, a fiddy. It is a macro lens, meaning it likes to take close up pictures of things and I thought, hey, I like to take close up pictures of things, so I ordered it. It is super fast [...]

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Feb 19, 2011
Organ Music

Here’s the thing. I don’t like horror movies. Being scared holds no fascination for me and I can’t handle gore. That said, however, there is something about the old black & white monster movies that just grabs me. What I like most is not the makeup effects (although Frankenstein is my favorite monster), but the [...]

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Jan 26, 2011
Challenge Rating: 25

Whoa. Bit late this week, aren’t I? Well, I have a good excuse. On Sunday night I got to see one of my heroes perform live. For those that know me, you know I’m a huge fan of lucha libre, Mexican masked wrestling. Two of the biggest stars are El Santo and Rey Misterio and [...]

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Jan 10, 2011
Boss Fight

Aaaaand here we are. Welcome to 2011! Did you enjoy your holiday break? I know I sure did. One of the things I’ve been working on and really trying to improve is really opening up my idea of what my “Go To” shot is. As it stands now, I default to THIS. What I would [...]

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