You may have noticed that the W&W blog has come to a bit of a screeching halt lately. It's not for lack of things to show. We've had lots of sessions, a few magazine features and even a magazine cover that we'll get around to sharing. I have semi, sort of/ kind of, unofficially turned this blog over to my awesome wife Meridith. This time of year my attention usually turns to my personal projects and this year, one of those projects is a new blog. It's not a wedding blog, it's a photography blog. Think of it as the photography version of a man cave, where I can geek out about the kind of stuff that most of our wedding and portrait clients wouldn't care to read about. A place where fellow photo geeks can get together and learn about new stuff, talk about the good old days and yell at each other if they want. It's called: The Beat-up Camera and can be found at www.thebeatupcamera.com Weird name huh? Well, I noticed a long time ago that people who had really nice well cared for equipment in mint condition rarely had many decent images to show. Their camera spent most of it's life in a case because the person was more interested in either the technology or just in the prestige of owning an expensive camera. On the other hand, those whom I've met with outstanding work, the kind of work that makes it obvious that they practice a lot; those people had the kind of equipment that made me wonder how it was held together. How could cameras and lenses that mangled and ugly produce such amazing images? Turns out, it's never been about the cameras or lenses. It's about the eye behind the camera. There is no set schedule or format for The Beat-up Camera blog, but if you want to know what I'm up to, that's a good place to start. Right now I'm talking about assignments that I'm giving my commercial photo students. It even has a Twitter feed so you can keep up with my every move. (stalker!) You should still come back here for all the official W&W information as I won't be cross pollinating content between blogs, but for now, check it out and leave a comment. See you there!
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