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SAW’s business cards

25 new ‘mullet inspired’ business [on the front, party on the back] cards. The cards advertise me, in a new campaign I call “ANTI-BRANDING”.




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the real me & Facebook antics

Sometimes I think my Facebook persona (accidentally) tells my ‘friends’ more about the real me than my real website. I hope this is not true—because, as you know, I wear my heart on my website. But just incase this clean white website (without banner ads) it too vanilla for you, here is a peek into what I have shared recently with the ‘world’ on FB.

Stephen Austin Welch

my 8 most recently uploaded photos:

Stephen Austin Welch

Stephen Austin Welch

some of my past status updates:

Stephen says, you know that feeling of glee you get when you put on a jacket or a pair of trousers and you find money in your pocket? Well, I went to shut the window and I kicked something on the floor. I looked down and it was a bag filled with Guinness that I had forgotten about (long story) that never made it to the fridge?! (Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:00:39 GMT)

Stephen has been hangin’ with a couple of rogue pixels and a pixie. (Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:23:16 GMT)

Stephen confides... sometimes when I go to bed, I feel ready for tomorrow—sometimes when I wake up, I feel ready for yesteryear. (Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:54:06 GMT)

Stephen just washed a bar of soap. (Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:48:12 GMT)

Stephen is plotting single-handedly spearheading a fashion comeback—but I cannot decide between an ascot or Underoos® ?! “Hello ‘The Sartorialist’ it’s me, SAW...” (Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:03:39 GMT)

Stephen is gonna try out for Idle American. (Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:44:29 GMT)

Stephen sang “I’ll Tonga for you.” (Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:05:09 GMT)

Stephen had a really good status update—but I forget what it was. (Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:28:15 GMT)

Stephen predicts Imo’s in his near future. (Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:53:23 GMT)

Stephen does not have a rabbit in his hat, nor a bee in his bonnet, nor ants in his pants—but he does have a frog in his throat... that got his goat... but has other fish to fry... and even thought he is tired as a dog... he still wants to horse around. (Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:52:21 GMT)

Stephen reports that the artists yard sale was a success ( sold stuff, hung with pals, made some videos: http://tr.im/u5Nj — was in some videos: http://tr.im/u5NN — witnessed some videos: http://tr.im/u5Qb .) But we were not able to find a buyer for the $1, (Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:36:43 GMT)

Stephen cooked for dinner, a 16 bit layered PSD file covered with a production sauce, with a side of compressed jpegs and locally grown, organic, metadata. This entrée can also be prepared RAW. To wash it all down we have a refreshing LZW TIF file that has alrea (Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:56:43 GMT)

Stephen has that fresh (I’m not in 90% humidity, I just flossed, I have on clean socks) feeling. (Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:07:38 GMT)

Stephen enjoys short walks on the beach. (Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:15:09 GMT)

Stephen I will leave put the important bits and let you merely know that after 16 hours of travel, Doritos® taste great! Technically that is a shout out to Betty (my Grandmother past) as we used to eat them and make fun of Hee Haw. Funny how a taste (and smell) (Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:03:33 GMT)

Stephen told his hairdresser to cut off 2 inches. She was on fire, and cut off 8 inches. But that is okay, because that is ‘exactly’ why I did not tell her to cut 3; see, I know these things. btw, it had been 9 month since my last “trim” (even thought it (Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:55:22 GMT)

Stephen may be letting you know that I have not acquired a new pair of shorts in awhile. That aside, when did all the zippers go velcro? btw, if you say in the ‘90s then I’ll really be befuddled. (Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:06:44 GMT)

Stephen finally figured out how I got a scratch on my left eye —> from my ’stache !? Just a friendly reminder (warning) that a moustache is a colossal responsibility. :-} (Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:31:16 GMT)

Stephen did not win the lottery. (Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:36:45 GMT)

Stephen is thinking about heading out to the theatre this weekend and watching The Hangover. Then again I could just stay in and enjoy a hangover. (Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:46:44 GMT)

Stephen ponders... why don’t they just put a ground up Flintstones Chewable Vitamin in beer and save me the worry of, “Oops! I forgot to take my supplement today.” (Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:42:59 GMT)

Stephen almost forgot to ask you, “Who’s your daddy?” (Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:19:24 GMT)

Stephen on summer solstice Sunday: 108 sun salutations ✓, triple espresso ✓. (Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:26:34 GMT)

Stephen has Bugs Bunny, Sylvester & Road Runner on the brain. Just call me “Looney...” (Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:25:11 GMT)

Stephen stepped in blue gum today—and it stuck to my sole/soul. (Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:03:18 GMT)

Stephen thinks that in a nut shell everybody is a nut job (present FB company excluded of course.) (Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:58:20 GMT)

Stephen is psyched to see The Church (Steve, Marty, Peter, Tim) at Slim’s in San Francisco tonight (June 12.) I’ve seen them rock out live 50+ times! (Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:42:25 GMT)

Stephen is going to watch “Robyn Hitchcock: I Often Dream of Trains.” The debut of the new live concert film airs tonight on the Sundance Channel at 9 PM PDT (Friday June 5.) (Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:31:38 GMT)

Stephen just tried it at home. (Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:33:45 GMT)

Stephen is gonna get all mushy and let you know that it is our ten year anniversary. Of what, you ask? And I answer, love. (Thu, 28 May 2009 04:31:34 GMT)

Stephen thinks the sequel to “The Reader” should be the “The Dancer.” (Wed, 27 May 2009 03:44:08 GMT)

Stephen notes, “There’s a seersucker born every minute.” (Wed, 27 May 2009 00:59:17 GMT)

Stephen predicts a comeback of the elbow patches on the corduroy & tweed sportcoats. (Tue, 19 May 2009 05:23:49 GMT)

Stephen The man makes the moustache; the moustache does not make the man. duh. (Sun, 17 May 2009 03:10:11 GMT)

Stephen apparently I went hot tubbin’ today on FB. Why am I the last to know? http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30459210&id=1113804291 (Sat, 16 May 2009 05:13:46 GMT)

Stephen is not a blooper. (Tue, 12 May 2009 18:41:16 GMT)

Stephen is pondering the last great domain name. Too bad the URL www.speedofart.com is taken... [sigh] A few more funny ones are corralled at http://is.gd/sigE (Mon, 11 May 2009 03:34:15 GMT)

Stephen says whatever you do, don’t be the 149,196th victim to click this link: http://tinyurl.com/28u5vl . btw, “safety first.” (Sat, 09 May 2009 06:40:05 GMT)

Stephen is telling stories, giving props & revealing secrets, every day this week at http://www.SAW-ART.com/blog on my “blah, blah blog!” Topics will include (but are not limited to): Tater Tots® | R U expecting? | heaven | no porno | interview | Mr. May | m (Tue, 05 May 2009 19:44:33 GMT)

Stephen has new bath mats in the bathroom. But I caught myself, twice, walking around them!? Hey, any body got a plastic cover for my couch & lamp shade? And the “the roll of plastic walkway” to guard the floor against frequent trips from the couch to the fri (Tue, 05 May 2009 03:33:06 GMT)

Stephen I just had a flashback to Mac OS 9: ⌘ + M (Tue, 05 May 2009 03:26:35 GMT)

Stephen just has a flashback to OS 9: ⌘+ M (Mon, 04 May 2009 21:34:41 GMT)

Stephen just has a flashback to OS 9: + M (Mon, 04 May 2009 21:31:26 GMT)

Stephen just has a flashback to OS 9: + M (Mon, 04 May 2009 21:28:30 GMT)

Stephen asks, “what is your two word bio?” (Fri, 01 May 2009 20:07:54 GMT)

Stephen asks, why no Jell-O shots? (Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:41:00 GMT)

Stephen has Tater Tots on the brain. (Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:54:01 GMT)

Stephen will tell you the answer, before you even ask the question. A: “No, it is not a Recession Beard.” http://tinyurl.com/coqjy4 (Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:54:50 GMT)

Stephen Heading to Objectified. Anybody going to the 7 o’clock screening? If so, I’ll see you in line. (Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:09:43 GMT)

Stephen thinks to himself... if only monitors gave you a sun tan, I would have everybody fooled. Ah yes, living the life... (Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:11:23 GMT)

Stephen is game to take the photograph of the pink elephant in the room. (Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:56:24 GMT)

Stephen is a Groovy Decoy. Do you hear that America ?! (Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:11:16 GMT)

Stephen watched somebunny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wDbZIBK6fw somebunny put something in my drink (Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:49:19 GMT)

Stephen watched somebunny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wDbZIBK6fw somebunny put something in my drink (Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:48:30 GMT)

Stephen is egging you on. (Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:43:50 GMT)

Stephen is gonna watch himself some STL Blues \_ . (Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:34:52 GMT)

Stephen thought that back when I wuz a kid, Mad Dog just came in one flavor, grape. Last night I counted (not tasted) 5 different kinds. Any ex-experts out there on this fine topic? (Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:47:04 GMT)

Stephen ’s got 5 on it > http://tinyurl.com/cey2ue (Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:34:11 GMT)

Stephen is celebrating April 7th (my day.) Nope, not my b-day just the day I chose, a long low time ago, to celebrate life. We’re spa bound heading to Glen Ellen, CA. (Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:30:05 GMT)

Stephen has been making BeardWow® jokes for well over a month now, but never *actually* saw the official commercial/infomercial until last night. um, wow. (Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:35:47 GMT)

Stephen says I ran outta beer and she walked away... [sigh] (Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:51:05 GMT)

Stephen just made his case by barking “I want to sit down, that is where I stand, on the issue!” (Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:50:11 GMT)

Stephen can ask it nicely... but he cannot tell his beard what to do! (Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:06:59 GMT)

Stephen quips, such a gorgeous spring day here in the bay area... I think I’ll stay indoors and backup some data. (Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:36:53 GMT)

Stephen tells his “Sweatshirt Chronicles.” Today I’m donning a green zip/pouch hoodie that I straight-up traded an ironing board for in 1997. Thanks Greg Deutsch! (Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:21:54 GMT)

Stephen tells his “Sweatshirt Chronicles.” Today I’m sporting a cream striped thermal by ACA JOE. Remember them? I nabbed it off Laura Heller’s back, circa 1985. (Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:29:15 GMT)

Stephen seeks fellow tweeters > http://twitter.com/SAWtwit (Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:09:39 GMT)

Stephen did NOT take the "Where should you live?" quiz » cuz he already frickn’ moved from where he doesn’t want to live, in order to reside where he does want to live! (Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:15:55 GMT)

Stephen alerts you that this is a *test* and only a *test*. In the event of an «actual_SAW_status_update» you would be LOL or ROFLMFAO! (Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:36:16 GMT)

Stephen has a BeardWow® (Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:10:37 GMT)

Stephen is in a solar system of orbiting PDFs, PSDs, TIFs, JPGs, SWFs, INDD docs, RAW files, HTML sites, FTP servers & the occasional PBRs (Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:16:43 GMT)

Stephen is home sweet home. But let me (a fellow vampire) state, for the record, that I am anti the time change > http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2209924044 (Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:15:01 GMT)

Stephen brunched with a vampire (Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:46:05 GMT)

Stephen is gonna sip & shake with Marlo & sons (Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:26:47 GMT)

Stephen went back to the hotel, and after a long day in socks, pulled on his boots (Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:38:08 GMT)

Stephen went back to hotel, and after a long day in socks, pulled on his boots. (Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:37:26 GMT)

Stephen is that early bird they talk about getting the worm. I know that is a metaphor, but I wish it simply meant triple espresso (Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:06:35 GMT)

Stephen will be having an afternoon of channel surfing at 37,000 feet (Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:09:18 GMT)

Stephen spent 4-long-hours today doing business w/o the aid of the internet. We had to ‘fax’ & stuff like that. When our ISP called he said one word, “SQUIRRELS!” (Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:27:11 GMT)

Stephen spent 4 (loong) hours today doing business w/o the aid of the internet. We had to ‘fax’ & stuff like that. When our ISP called he said one word, “SQUIRRELS!” (Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:16:03 GMT)

Stephen could’ve use some voice over help from Kiefer Sutherland, but made due with his own vox & successfully re-recorded his outgoing message. (Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:44:37 GMT)

Stephen ponders A or B? http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30323012&id=1113804291 hmmm... (Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:18:51 GMT)

Stephen is now friends with Stephen Austin Welch. (Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:07:05 GMT)

Stephen is now friends with Stephen. (Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:05:01 GMT)

Stephen witnessed the newest oxymoron, the skinny doughnut. (Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:50:31 GMT)

Stephen sure hopes Katrine will like the Bandit Bear I got her! (Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:05:45 GMT)

Stephen is going to vent... so, here goes > um, any email that ends in a signature like “think twice before printing this email & save a tree / the world” is lame (Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:05:58 GMT)

Stephen is hands touchin’ hands (Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:44:38 GMT)

Stephen is rolling out the prizes. You can win an iTunes gift just by reading my note > http://tinyurl.com/c2aky7 & answering a SAW question correctly! (Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:16:15 GMT)

Stephen is attending “Tears & Beers” (my words, not theirs) this evening... just another industry “un-Happy Hour”... a “Bitch-n-Swill” if you will... (Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:08:51 GMT)

Stephen is snapping with gloves on (Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:29:47 GMT)

Stephen blew his woofer (Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:19:27 GMT)

Stephen suffered an injury while fast dancing to The Cure (Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:55:17 GMT)

Stephen says emphatically, if it looks like I just came from a strip club... it’s not like that! (Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:31:19 GMT)

Stephen built (then rebuilt) a pyramid & is grilling on the veranda (Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:36:51 GMT)

Stephen is sorry he cannot play guitar with you today... “I am rearranging my sock drawer” (Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:48:20 GMT)

Stephen would say that his glass is half full... he’s just not saying what is in his glass! (Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:47:28 GMT)

Stephen is on an envelope run (Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:10:33 GMT)

Stephen is a clean slate kind of guy— woohoo! I’m ushering in the new year by printing our new year’s cards & cooking the 4pm meal known as ‘Lupper’ (Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:42:22 GMT)

Stephen is busy making New Beers Resolutions! (Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:46:03 GMT)

Stephen pens that the conversations I had, were the gifts that I opened (Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:23:34 GMT)

Stephen is B 26 — but not playing bingo (Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:20:05 GMT)

Stephen is still at the STL airport STL cuz his flight was ‘rained out’ ?! Next available flight to the bay area is in two days ?!?! (Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:35:09 GMT)

Stephen asked his dad, “why don’t you have a blog?” Dad replied, “I don’t even have a ‘MyFace’ account.” Shallow as I may be... I think that is deep. (Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:29:57 GMT)

Stephen asked his dad, “why don’t you have a blog?” Dad replied, “I don’t even have a ‘MyFace’ account. Shallow as I may be... I think that is deep. (Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:12:11 GMT)

Stephen is drinking out of a mug that is personally engraved SWA (re:SAW) that is from Epcot (we think.) (Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:45:54 GMT)

Stephen is OAK to STL to IMO’s! (Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:48:14 GMT)

Stephen is a solstice celebrator (Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:41:43 GMT)

Stephen threw his CD that was in the car, into the grocery bag to take back inside... then an hour later found Treasure by the Cocteau Twins in the fridge !?! (Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:31:34 GMT)

Stephen is ankle deep in Pocatello (Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:11:12 GMT)

Stephen got his biannual haircut (Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:37:06 GMT)

Stephen is having ho Ho Jo audio moment (Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:10:35 GMT)

Stephen woke up to a power outage. So he dressed, tucked a Starbucks gift card into his back pocket and... (Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:04:09 GMT)

Stephen sippped (and told stories) with pals at B&B in the tenderloin (Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:06:32 GMT)

Stephen sippped (and told stories with) with pals at B&B in the tenderloin (Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:04:53 GMT)

Stephen kicked on the heat in the studio — and in doing so, declares it Manhattan season > whiskey / vermouth / bitters / cherry / with the occasional twist (Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:40:51 GMT)

Stephen says youch! Marlena axed from Days !? (Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:22:32 GMT)

Stephen is nostalgic (Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:18:42 GMT)

Stephen has London Pride (Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:21:20 GMT)

Stephen sings (& recognizes) “Uncorrected Personality Traits” (Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:14:14 GMT)

Stephen sings “This Could Be the Day” I’ve waited for all my life... (Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:33:58 GMT)

Stephen sings “Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl” (Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:56:57 GMT)

Stephen Often Dreams of Trains (Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:30:40 GMT)

Stephen is yep! (Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:54:38 GMT)

Stephen voted; and is feeling red, white & brew. btw, while at our polling place (the ‘new’ Senior Center) I did take note of the JUMBO bingo board — nice! (Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:14:22 GMT)

Stephen is breaking all the rules > http://www.new.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=31216269559 (Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:07:39 GMT)

Stephen twirls pixels (Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:06:51 GMT)

Stephen has eaten at The Counter 4 out of the last 5 days. And with having ordered ‘an extra to-go order’ I can make it 5:6 tomorrow (Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:35:48 GMT)

Stephen says, “L.A.’s fine, the sun shines most the time...” (Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:59:49 GMT)

Stephen is room 215 (Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:48:43 GMT)

Stephen is still waiting (ever patiently) for Rock 'n Soul Part 2 (Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:53:34 GMT)

Stephen ain’t no Joe Schmo (Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:55:38 GMT)

Stephen is all about BRUNCH. I am now accepting invitations through 2010 (Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:35:19 GMT)

Stephen is all about BRUNCH. I am now accepting invitations though 2010 (Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:53:38 GMT)

Stephen went from a nyc shoe box sized hotel room, to a boot box sized hotel room (Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:40:44 GMT)

Stephen woke up to snow on the yellow aspen leaves and flakes falling onto his outstretched tongue (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:06:38 GMT)

Stephen will be your therapist for the day > http://www.new.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=806134&l=4753b&id=720432592 (Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:41:27 GMT)

Stephen ’s tivo looks like a Smörgåsbord (Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:29:22 GMT)

Stephen is back in black (Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:04:40 GMT)

Stephen wonders, did photoslop miss me? (Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:28:20 GMT)

Stephen wonders, did photoshop miss me? (Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:27:51 GMT)

Stephen sipped in the tiny nook, of the wee attic, in the smallest taverne in Ghent (Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:47:21 GMT)

Stephen went to the supermarket and is confident (well, maybe like, um... 68% confident) that he knows what food he bought (Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:18:42 GMT)

Stephen is still in Antwerp, but this time surfaced in Berlin (Kleine Markt 1) http://tinyurl.com/6crsgo Pics pending... (Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:33:17 GMT)

Stephen went to Antwerp and ended up in Zurich (Verlatstraat 2) http://tinyurl.com/6fg8gk Pics to follow. (Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:36:30 GMT)

Stephen ’s tie is GREEN & VIOLEnT (Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:05:35 GMT)

Stephen has mastered the ‘mood lighting’ in the new pad (Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:40:02 GMT)

Stephen (and his luggage) once lost, now found (Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:06:05 GMT)

Stephen is 780 to 680 to 24 to 580 to 80 to 101 to SFO to LHR to BRU to Ghent (Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:32:48 GMT)

Stephen never made it off the ground today, but will tomorrow. This time flying direct (Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:56:14 GMT)

Stephen wants to take your picture (Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:49:18 GMT)

Stephen is seamless (Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:28:03 GMT)

Stephen is between a rock and a soft place (Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:26:45 GMT)

Stephen is gonna drink a cold beer in the hot shower (Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:04:44 GMT)

Stephen is like, Monday? says who! I’ve decided to call today, “Sunday Two” (Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:31:49 GMT)

Stephen wants a pony (keg) (Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:40:00 GMT)

Stephen says, “Come and get it!” From the menu at barSAWlona > SAW’s Grand German Potato Salad. Message me for the recipe! mmm... (Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:24:28 GMT)

Stephen ain’t much of a twitter-er, but I have been known to > http://twitter.com/SAWtwit For the record, I am a fan of 140 characters or less — and the haiku... (Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:35:48 GMT)

Stephen went to The Roxie which is way different than going to Roxy’s (Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:40:27 GMT)

shooting on location in Mexico:

outtakes

What do you do with outtakes? By “outtakes,” I mean good photos that aren’t great. I’m pondering this aloud and posing this question to myself.

I take a lot of pictures. Some of them end up in my book and here on my website—others don’t. I am always taking photographs. Documenting my life (i.e. capturing our antics.) But truth be told, I never know what to do with them.

These images are my visual journal. Hundreds (thousands) of pretty good photos, that just don’t quite make the cut. Okay, many of them are snapshots, but I do not think the snapshot is inferior to the crafted photographic masterpiece!

I guess Facebook is an option. I am not a flickr kind of guy... heck, maybe this blog—but I am not sure I want to water it down.

The point I am trying to make is, my photographs (the good, bad, and otherwise) tell a story. But the story they tell is of me! They show what I see. They show how I see. They illuminate what I find odd, unique and yes, sometimes beautiful.

I try to always have my #pubcam with me. It makes life more fun. Making photographs is a blast—I keep rediscovering this.

Yet, I am my toughest critic. I do a heavy amount of editing. But sometimes I get the urge to let the world see behind the curtain. Stay tuned... tomorrow!

UPDATE: Ah ha! The perfect solution, using my pen name! No use googling for it, as it is under lock and key. I’ll just start up another site, using a pseudonym, and the world will just think it is ONE MORE BLOODY PHOTOGRAPHER! Just wait until we bid against each other! ;-)

getting to know you

In 1997, a dozen years ago, a rep friend of mine told me what he thought a health photography career was.

He said it was the rules of 3:

• you want to have 3 books out (aka called in,) all the time
• you want to be estimating 3 projects, all the time
• you want to get 33% of all the projects you bid on, all the time

Okay. I am not sure I actually subscribe to his ideology, but I find it interesting nonetheless.

In 2009...

the good news: Over the years I have been awarded right at 50% of the jobs I have estimated. So, in that respect I am ahead of the curve, great! It seems like when people call me, it means they want to work with me, awesome! Not that they are just pitching & triple bidding.

the um, bad news: People just do not call in books like they used to. It is a drag, because I really like my real portfolio. It is a budget thing and it is a web thing; I get it.

silver lining: On the positive side, even though people might call my book in less, they are looking at my website more. More than last year; and way more than the year before that. We are getting tons of quality traffic.

I digress: Yet, I miss those ‘early in the project development’ phone calls. I met a lot of people that way, by getting to know each other over the phone, during conversations and brainstorm sessions. It seems that now, by the time someone calls (Re: emails,) they are checking availability dates and and it is down to crunching numbers. So I guess my website has done my talking for me. Okay. Wow. Cool, I have already made it through the selection process and it’s ‘award time.’ Well... at least there is a 50% chance that it’s ‘award time.’

I have issues!

This blog post started as a tweet:

hey @PDNonline @PRINTmag @luerzersarchive @AmericanCine I have issues! Where do I put 15 years of your mags?

I counted the magazines up... and we have well over 1,000. What an epic amount of design & image making information. Looks like it’s time to get your SAWlibrary card.

p.s. does anybody else miss NEST magazine?

p.p.s. Communication Arts, Happy 50th! but, um, you need to get on board with twitter. sincerely @SAWtwit