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New Year, New Site, New Sight

The infamous New Years Eve Blog post. Oh what a year 2009 has been.

For me, it has been absolutely incredible. I never thought my photography career would have progressed like it has. I remember about the days that I would dream about having some AlienBees of my own. I would have to say that 2009 has had more ups, than downs for me.

My very first shoot of 2009 was on the 3rd of January, with the band known as Exit Ghost:

That shoot...really kicked off my year. I had a blast shooting those guys.

For those photos, I used my Homemade DIY beauty dish, made from a $1.99 plastic bowl from a party store, that I spray painted and followed an online how-to. I only had my Vivitar 283 and Focal M500T hot shoe flashes. That, folks, is where it all started. I was hooked after that.

From there, I was able to reach my AlienBee gear list of goals by mid January/February. For once in my life, a dream of mine was coming true.

From there, most of you have seen my progression on Flickr. Which, I'm very grateful for all of the kind words and critiques that I get there. Big thank you to those who favorite the photos. You guys have helped me out a ton.

I'm not a huge fan of resolutions, rather, Goals. Some of mine would be:

• Purchase 5D, 17-40mm f/4L, 85mm F/1.8, 24mm F/2.8. Just a couple I have in mind
• Shoot Bigger Clients
• Shoot for AP
• Develop/define my style more
• Push myself harder than ever before - In my lighting techniques, editing, composition, color, placement, the whole 9 yards.

Even more thankful for the events that have happened. I went from using home-made light modifiers, to being part of 40/60 Photo - Which I could not be any more excited about. I remember when I used to look up to them and their amazing photos.

Like I said in my first video, You guys will be seeing a whole slew of video updates & behind the scenes photos and a lot more things from us at 40/60! I re-designed my online portfolio so I'll be launching that either late tonight or tomorrow.

I just have one last thing to say:

2010 will be the Year Of The Photographer.

Lets push the envelope. We got 365 Days, lets do this!