For those of you who don't get Chicago newspapers

Since not all of our friends and family have access to the Chicago newspaper, I decided to post sections of an article Babetron and I were in. The images were scanned from the Chicago Sun Times as it appeared February 15, 2008. The article was about couples who were recently engaged.

The photo for the front page was actually taken at the same location where I proposed to Babetron. And I was really happy that the name of my painting was mentioned in the caption under the second photo.

On Photography

Babetron printed our engagement photos yesterday and brought them over to my place last night. They look amazing, and I’ll take this opportunity to plug our wedding photographer Melissa Kelsey. If you're on our wedding mailing list you can expect to see these in your mail box soon.

Speaking of photos, I recently flipped through Stranger than Paradise—a book that showcases the work of German born photographer Stefanie Schneider. In a world where “Photoshop” is a verb it’s refreshing to see a photographer working with raw materials and employing chance to achieve a desired effect rather than leaning on the crutch of digital magic to doctor their photos.
Stefanie uses expired Poloraid film which blanches out all but the most vibrant colors. The results are often dreamy, and occasionally disturbing. It’s been a long time since I’ve been this excited about a photographer. The images with girls holding water pistols remind me of a scene from a low budget B movie.

The sci-fi undertones initially captured my interest, but Stefanie also captures motifs such as forlorn travel and trailer park despair. I found several high resolution images here for anyone interested in seeing more or her work.

welcome to the interweb

You may have heard rumors.



They are all true. Babetron and I have decided to start a blog. I mean, our faces are practically smeared all over the internet as it is. Our engagement was mentioned in a Chicago Sun Times article. And our engagement photos are accessible online as well. It's like the world wide web can't get enough of us.
I mean, pretty soon we're not even going to be able to walk down the street with out some paparazzi popping out of some bushes and taking our photo, only to have it end up next to Britney on the cover of The National Enquirer.
So rather than fight the inevitable, we have decided to post a blog in order to give the public more of what they really want--us. Because that's all the world really needs, one more self-centered blogger clogging up the internet tubes.