self portrait

I did this a few months ago and am now just getting it up. I was pretty pleased with how it turned out, but definitely makes me want to do more hands-on art again.

“self portrait”
pencil and watercolor
12 x 18

Sucré Dolce Bakehouse logo

Identity for an up-start, woman-owned bakery specializing in tasty things that you want to shove in your face. Wedding cakes to candied apples.

The custom ‘Sucré Dolce’ logotype is intended to be elegant, but not too pretentious. ‘Bakehouse’ is set with Barmeno Medium.

revised cover for ‘Midnight Kiss’

Just finished revising the ‘Midnight Kiss’ cover. Cleaned up the type a bit—and in some cases, made it readable (had one of those ‘what was I thinking’ moments). Placed the final photography and voila.

book cover concept

Working on a book cover for ‘Midnight Kiss – Simplifying Christian Dating’. Below are the two options I submitted. I’m quite pleased with the typography especially. Please share your thoughts.

metz’d up fish girl

Sometimes I see photos in a magazine and I can’t help envisioning how they should be. No photoshop here. Paper, knife, and 5 spare minutes.

Keysar Photography logo

Finally getting around to posting this. A tasty little logo design for the one and only Keysar Photography. The goal was to develop a clean and classy identity that can easily serve as a watermark and make breakfast. No dice on the breakfast.

my book.

Compiled and updated my portfolio of graphic design work. Greg Keysar shot the photos of my work. I shot the bad photos of the finished book. Hand-made, stitched binding—cover wrapped in linen. Turned out pretty nice. I would probably use a lesser weight stock for the pages next go-around.

Benji’s First Birthday T-shirt design

Our son Benji turned one year old this past Thursday so we are having a birthday party for him this weekend. I did a design for his Yo Gabba Gabba themed party that I will be printing on kelly green t-shirts for all who attend. I’ll post photos of the printed shirts when they are finished.

*Edit: the shirts came out great. See below.

New Lens

I sold my Tokina 12-24 f4 and purchased the new Tokina 11-16 f2.8 this past month. I loved the 12-24, but it was just too slow with a max aperture of f4. The new 11-16 is both wider and faster, and is just a solidly built as the 12-24. I shot this photo on my way home from work last week, it’s a public boat slip on the wicomico river.

Turbodorks get together, Mangohick, VA.

This past weekend I drove the wagon down to see some friends from turbobricks in the Richmond VA area. Had a great time and watched some friends consume copious amounts of Highlife. Why they would bother with such a subpar beverage is beyond me. However, it made for some nice photo ops. There were lots of DSLR’s there, so I was able go full out photo nerd for most of the day; I was even able to play with some new gear. Thanks Todd.