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I’m working on a new photo gallery which I’m excited to present. I want to create a better user experience as well as images you can download. I’m hoping to have it up in about a week. Also shooting a few music groups in the next few weeks as well as more fashion projects on [...]

I just found out that anyone using Internet Explorer couldn’t see the photos in the photo gallery. Funny how missing one little “>” in a page of code makes the whole thing fall apart. Should be no problems now. Enjoy!

A year and a half ago I moved to Chicago and set down the goal to rebuild my directing portfolio because I had taken a few years off from filmmaking. My goal was to direct at least three new short films or music videos, get back into the Chicago filmmaking scene, and network with other [...]

Have some good news on the horizon. I’m hard at work on my new director’s reel. I’m also building a page dedicated to my photography. Keep an eye out for it this Friday! (If the CSS and JavaScript doesn’t give me trouble, haha)

It’s my 100th post on this thing! Wow, who-da-thunk, huh? I was debating on doing something big for the 100th post, but then I got busy and figured I’d just get it over with. So here it is. Yea! But seriously, I’ve got some revamps planned for the site including a dedicated photo gallery for [...]

Good news! The new website modifications are running smoothly and I’ve added some new features. Now, new visitors can subscribe to the RSS feed through Feedburner. Feedburner is an RSS service by Google that makes things a bit easier for you and me. If you’re already getting a feed, you don’t have to do anything; [...]

Ok, I think I’m done with all the changes. Had some issues this morning but I think I’ve ironed them all out. You should also be able to see the site on an iPhone now. I still have to test this feature though. Now I just have to see if the RSS Feed broke, which [...]

I’m making a few changes to the website tonight! Spent the week revamping my code and I’m pretty happy with the result. A few of the new features: I’ve moved the Blog to the second page. Hope this doesn’t mess up the RSS Feed. I’ve opened up comments! So now you can give feedback on [...]

I’ve written the next section on obtaining insurance as an independent filmmaker, but I’ve encountered some blog formatting issues. I’ll spend some time tonight and tomorrow on it and hope to have the post up as late as Friday.

I posted a new Music Video section today! Click on the menu above and check it out. It features a music video I shot this past September called Lullaby for Momma. It’s not quite finished yet, but I’m working on it.