thechrisproject photography

Is there any other way to start off a post that has been a long time coming? The absence has to be explained, or at least acknowledged. So why haven’t I written much here? I’ve been busy. Doing what? Working on my pictures, trying to put together a coherent portfolio, and dreaming up big ideas. I started a project of parking garage pictures that I’m fairly excited about. I’ve got a lot of ideas for the Madison, Wisconsin flickr group that I’ve done a little work on. Mostly I want to build us a web page that we can put up a calender (for photowalks, which we’re going to try to do monthly, and mini-walks which take place more frequently) and some galleries for contest winners. I’d also like to start a Photoshop Users Group type meeting where we can get together and discuss technique. Perhaps the users of other similar software could come and tell us about it, too.

A reporter from the Capitol Times interviewed me today about the Madison Flickr group. We have one of the more active groups around and she’s doing a piece on us, which I think is great. The more exposure we get, the better, because the more members we have, the better. Using the internet to create and strengthen “real life” communities is something I’m very excited about.

I’ve been shooting a lot of events. Some more derby bouts, a Leslie and the Lys show, the film festival, another photo walk with the flickrites, and the usual assorted neighborhood shots. I guess I can show you those rather than talking about them a lot.

Derby Bouts:

Photowalk:

Neighborhood Shot:

Yesterday, between the derby finals and the subsequent after-party/concert, I took over a thousand pictures. Managing the files and dealing with the memory card that decided to give up on life has taken a staggering amount of time today. I’m just about to get started ranking and discarding them. Hopefully I’ll have a few usable shots before I go to sleep. I anticipate tiredness tomorrow.

Oh yeah, there was also a breakdancing competition:

And I got some new lighting gear to play with. Here’s one of my first shots:

That’s all I can write right now. I have a few posts in the works so I can hopefully post a little more regularly.