Couple of Art related things coming up, a chance to get some great artwork and help support local causes.

Jan 21 Starting Early - Arkansas Repertory Theatre This will be a party at the Governor’s Mansion and included will be a silent auction. I have donated a nice 16x24 version of the print above. The print is done on metallic paper on a nice gallery style display. Cost of admission is $50. All proceeds from the admission and silent auction go to benefit the Rep and all the great work they do

Feb 14 St Margaret’s Episcopal Art Show This one will be an art show featuring local artist at St Margaret’s in Chenal. There will also be a dinner and other activities during the event. I will be selling this collection of prints. 25% of sales go back to support St. Margaret’s and their ministries.

In addition to these two art sale opportunities I will donate 50% of the proceeds from any print sold this month to Haiti relief efforts. If you are interested in purchasing a print visit my Flickr Photostream and contact me about pricing.

Seems like there is always a point in doing anything that you have to ask yourself “How much do I really want to do this? How dedicated do I want to be?”.

I made a decision to get serious about photography starting in 2010. I already had to ask myself that question this morning when I couldn’t feel my fingers this morning in the 13 degree weather.

Still the end result is worth it, the shot was more than excellent when processing I found a flock of birds had flow into the view, check out the larger version when you click on the photo. Dedication pays off sometimes.

Morning in Little Rock

I am a huge fan of personal branding. In the world of social media and online it is difficult to present who you want to be without a conscious effort. Typically I have used this blog area as a mix of marketing, communications, and photography. However I feel like that is not what I want to put forward. As my life moves more toward photography so should my brand.

Thankfully I have been asked by Paul Strack to write for him on the CustomXM blog about marketing. On the flip side I get to talk plenty about communication through grad school papers. Because of that I am going to move toward using this to talk about the photography journey that I am going through right now. It is really just the beginning of a large journey and I think you will want to see where it takes me.

Remember to follow my marketing advice over on CustomXM, I feel like I have a lot to contribute to a community of knowledge that has helped me out so much.

Large version on click through.

So I decided recently to start getting up earlier, hoping that maybe I will get out and do some photography in the mornings.

Today started that, which was miserable. Cold and cloudy, no sun rise. I was just able to get a few off before it started to rain.

This is taken from behind Winrock International. The building to the left is Morgan Keegan, not sure about the other.