Tuesday, January 30, 2007

It's Official!

Found at the Beach has officially been launched at lulu.com.

During the spring of 2006, we took a family vacation to visit some of our relatives whom we haven't seen in a long while. We traveled down to North Carolina and toured back up through Maryland and finally back up to Boston.

Every time we take one of these trips, I am fascinated by my children's reaction to the new input of ideas, scenes and situations. And, I reflect back to my own memories of my parents taking me and my brother on similar excursions.

Every time we take one of these trips (both when I was a child and now), we invariably end up at the shore at some point.

And pockets get filled with sand, shells and other little treasures.

This book was inspired by all of those trips. The work is an exploration of all of the wonderful bits and pieces that I collected.

It is also a journey back to my roots in photography. I started out doing table top sets in my living room and garage, following instructions I found in the old Peterson's Photographic Magazines, when I was a teenager. During my formal education at the Rochester Institute of Technology, I also spent most of my time playing the roll of a small god in a dark room, setting up still lifes and table top sets. It wasn't until my senior year that I realized the lessons I was learning with these images would apply to any other story telling image: light, composition, subject matter.

My boys and I took another trip recently, up to my parents' place on the coast of Maine. For some reason, we decided to do a winter trip to the beach at Reed State Park. And, once again, we came out with cool bits that are inspiring me to continue the series.

In any case, I hope the images tempt you and that you enjoy the book!

Matt

Friday, January 12, 2007

A New Year Begins....

A New Year has begun.

Have you made your resolutions? Have you broke any yet?

As you know, last year was very busy for us. Between the book project for the Footlight Club, another book project called "Found on the Beach" and working with our regular clients, we have barely had time to turn around!

My resolutions for this year are to continue to create image, interesting and distinctive images that help my clients meet their marketing goals.

Won't you help me meet my goals?

Today's image is from the "Reflections at the Footlight" Book project. Yes it is my son. How can I resist when he is so photogenic? Of course, I am not biased at all.... much!

He is so intrigued by the backstage workings at the theater that we needed to figure out how to illustrate it

We found the perfect wall and he discovered the gel holders.

After that, it was just a matter of letting him go and have fun!

The book is nearing its completion. I have enlisted the aid of a good friend of mine, and an excellent designer as well, to the layouts. Erich's work can be seen here.

The book should be ready for preview later this month or early next month. Keep your eyes peeled for a Show Opening displaying the work in Jamaica Plain, MA at the Footlight Club! It should be a blast!

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