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Actual blog work at beer and blog

todd — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:09:18 +0000

I haven’t made it to a beer and blog event for a while so I was very happy to be back at the original location at the Freakin’ Frog. We’ve had a pretty good turn out and as the photo shows, we’re actually doing some work on a blog. That almost never happens.

A little tech support

todd — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:20:55 +0000

Hawkins has had a major computer meltdown so I’m letting him borrow some computer diagnostic cables. He’s got this thing about how I never let him in my house (totally untrue) so I -made- him come upstairs, into the apartment to get the cable so he can stop saying things like “Todd never lets me in his place”.

Hawkins is going away!

todd — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:11:52 +0000

Not “away” away. Just not going to be at TSS anymore. Today is his last day at TSS and tomorrow starts his first day of full time 9Seeds employment! We’re only 2 hours into this shindig and I’m not sure how much longer it can last. The man of the hour has accepted every drink purchased for him and as you can see, there’s an awful lot of people lined up to buy him one.

Jamaica day #2

todd — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:21:16 +0000

Can you read the shirt?

todd — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:09:36 +0000

It’s Thursday night and for the first time in a couple weeks I didn’t have my Beer and Blog night crushed by other stuff going on. I needed a fun night with the social media crew. Hawkins is wearing this ridiculous shirt which, if you can’t tell (I certainly couldn’t) says “blog”. Usually he’s paying attention when I take the picture but his ADD is in full effect tonight so I caught him unawares.

The things we do for art…

todd — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:12:55 +0000

The thing we’re doing for art is that I’ve taken about 20 pictures of John like this. What we were trying to do is get the flash to go off just as I clicked the button. If we had gotten one that worked we would have just put it up and it would look amazing. We didn’t though so I’m telling you that there are many more exactly like this.

John and I are at the studio doing some test shoots to get some baseline camera settings for both seamless white and black backgrounds. I have a shoot this weekend where we want to do those two things specifically and it’s good to know some good beginning points before you get the subject there. Makes them much more confident in you if you aren’t fumbling with lights and settings and looking confused half the time….like we were tonight. Something bad to say in front of your model “wow…I have no idea why this is working”.

Now that, ladies and gentlemen, is love

todd — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:21:36 +0000

We’re hanging out for Beer and Blog at Bar Louie and instead of showing you some random crowd shot or waitress I decided to show you the matching tattoos that Chris and John have. John got his a while ago but for their 20th wedding anniversary Chris got one to match. They swear it doesn’t hurt that bad but I’m not sure I believe them. I’m not saying they’re lying, I’m just saying they’re…delusional.

Congratulations Paxton!

todd — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:41:30 +0000

Paxton’s parents are having his graduation bbq today which I was happy to be invited to. Paxton would be the one in the middle of that picture being totally surrounded in a giant friends and family group hug. After 12 years of school he’s popped out the other side, hopefuly to forget his school years as thoroughly as the rest of us. I know those years are formative and helped shape who I’ve become I’m just glad they’re in the past. The distant, rapidly receding past. Which is really the wrong way to say that. I guess the nicest way of phrasing it is: congratulations on starting this, the next, much better chapter of your life.

PS: but laze about with intent and vigor for the rest of the summer. The next 3 months should be all about enjoying zip and squat in all of their glory.

Poker night

todd — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:40:57 +0000

It’s 1st Saturday (Thanks 4th Place for the phrase) which means Hawkin’s house for poker night. Not too full of a house today which is both good and not so good all at the same time. When we have 20 people across 2 tables it takes less time, like half the time, to have a whole tournament than having just 8 people at one table. I can’t explain it, maybe some of the poker nuts can. Regardless, we’re having a lot of fun as we always do. Thanks Hawkins’s for hosting this!

Another good Beer and Blog Las Vegas

todd — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:25:04 +0000

Beer and Blog is fun as always. Got beer, got conversation, I’m good. Although, I’m a little too zoned to be my “super social” self today. I decided to be my “semi-social quieter” self. Which is better than my “anti-social, retreating to the gloom of my apartment” self. I like how this picture makes @mikeyvegas look like something out of a horror movie.