Published on Jul 1, 2009 - In: photography
most of you know that gregg and i are traveling to oregon at the end of july to shoot a wedding in bend. the wedding is on august 1st, and while gregg and his family are planning on traveling out the wednesday before (and leaving the wednesday after), i am making some different plans due to my wide open schedule of being unemployed. so here’s the scoop…
as of right now, my plan is to come out a week earlier, arriving in portland (around) july 22nd. i have not yet set a definitive date to return home. and here is why… i am looking to book as many clients in and around oregon as possible. other than august 1st and probably august 2nd (and probably the sunday before, whatever date that is), any date is available. i am going to wait to see what kind of demand there is for photo shoots, and then i’ll decide when i’m going to return home. i am planning on at least booking my flight out there within the next week, so it’d be great if i could start drumming up some interest now.
all that said, i’m making a couple asks here, other than obviously if you would like a photo shoot…
1.) due to the prius needing a ridiculous amount of work still to be done, i’m flying out this time. if anyone has any frequent flyer miles they don’t mind parting with… let’s talk ;-)
2.) i have no clue what i’m going to do about transportation once i get into oregon yet. if anyone has a lead on a car i can borrow, or can point me in the direction of a cheap rental car, i’d certainly appreciate it.
3.) uhm… LETS BOOK A SHOOT! depending on what i find to drive, i am going to make myself available to travel as much as possible to shoot in any location from seattle, washington to redding, california. of course, i’d love to meet people halfway, but if ya’ll paying… we can work something out! i will go where my schedule dicatates, but i’m sure i’ll be in portland and medford for most of my time out there.
so, leave a comment here if you can help or know of anything/anyone that could help, or want to inquire about booking a shoot. or you can of course email me direct at joshua@loveisgreaterthan.com. truly, any help is appreciated!
Published on Jun 30, 2009 - In: #goalaweek| awareness
so #livehappy ended today. how’d it go for you? seriously, leave a comment and let me know, i’m interested to hear if anyone actually noticed a difference or not.
and with that challenge in the books, it’s time to move on to the next. i really liked the integration of twitter and the hashtag on the last one, and the accountability that was going on i really dug. so with all that in mind, i have a similar challenge this week.
this week’s #goalaweek is :: #livelove
this is similar to #livehappy, but there is only one rule. one… singular… rule.
once per day, perform one random act of kindness for someone in your life. it can be a complete stranger, your spouse, a parent, a friend, a child… whatever. but by random, i mean it has to be out of the blue… not something you normally do (for example, my wife picking up my clothes i leave all over the floor isn’t anything new, it’s just that i’m a putz and don’t do it myself… however, me picking up clothes on my own may be construed as a random act of kindness ;-)).
so bring it. who’s in this week?
listen. i am not a doofus, there are plenty of shady things that surrounded michael jackson, but i know this much… i have zero idea, none whatsoever, of what it was like to be him. to grow up in the environment he did, to never know life not in the spotlight… there was no blueprint on how to live with as much fame and scrutiny as he did. all that said, i am a firm believer in love and forgiveness, and regardless of what he’s done i love what he done for music. someone on twitter said earlier (sorry, i honestly can’t remember who) that michael jackson was the first person to introduce him to art in all it’s forms, and i’d say that’s probably pretty true for a lot of us, including myself.
lets be realistic here. his importance on popular music cannot ever be understated. he was the best. period. there will never be another musician as famous as he was, or as influential as he was. i have so many memories wrapped up in his music, i could write a book. and i know i’m not the only one. it’s truly a sad day.
here is a video of one of my favorite all-time michael jackson songs…
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