Travis #753
My life has felt like impression of a dream; it’s as if I belong in another world. Sometimes I question my own reality. As a child I learned to escape the world that surround me. My isolation began early. I keep trying to find meaning in all that and identify the root cause of this discontent. There is a part of my life that is still a wounded child that cries out in the darkness. [read more]
Published: April 1, 2011
Jeremy #505
How much of an impact does our first relationship have on defining our identity and who we become? Years after my first sexual relationship with a man I still feel the impact it has on my current state of being. [read more]
Published: April 2, 2011
Chad #118
OK so I am going to make the leap. I am planning a trip to Florence Italy during the month of August to meet someone I think can help me get my images and style of photography into more of an international market. It feels this is the year to make it all begin to happen. [read more]
Published: April 3, 2011
John & Jeremy #727
I didn’t work on photography or images all weekend long. It’s the first time since this project began I have taken a break from any of it. I was able to watch a couple of films that were both excellent. It’s odd I ended up with two films from Argentina for the weekend; both of which have reawakened my long dormant passion for the cinema. [read more]
Published: April 4, 2011
Jeremy #775
Spring feels like it is finally coming to Montana. This time I mean it. The light thought the studio window this morning is beautiful. I put on some old Billie Holliday ballads and slid the sofa over so I can sit in the sun and work this morning. I have been outside cleaning my property and am about half way through the process. [read more]
Published: April 5, 2011
JR #173
Just finished doing my taxes and my head is spinning. Why does this always seem to be so difficult? No mater how much I prepare and organize and think I am on top of it all it still feels like a difficult ordeal. So why does it feel like we have just been run over by a train when we are done? I can’t really seem to gage the tax thing from year to year. [read more]
Published: April 6, 2011
Robby #132
I cannot sleep and my head is spinning; not in the Linda Blair fashion, but in my mind. This evening as I was going to bed I thought I would pop onto this blog project and see how things went for the day. I was utterly floored by a comment by Alison Elizabeth Lister left on yesterday’s post The Taxman Cometh: [read more]
Published: April 7, 2011
Nate & Zach #260
It is time for me to reorganize and get to the core of what it is I am doing here. I met with a guy yesterday who has agreed to help me pull all that I am doing together into a common web address. Where I can continue this blog without fear of being shut down, can create galleries of my imagery, and best of all make my service available and be able to market some of my imagery. [read more]
Published: April 8, 2011
Travis #107
It’s been many sleepless nights and my internal balance feels like it has fallen out of sync. I have lots of ideas that keep churning in my head and it all seems to turn on the moment I lie down to sleep. As I begin to define the dream, it becomes clear where I need to go with it all. [read more]
Published: April 9, 2011
Jonathan #122
Today is the 100th posting in the project and to be honest today I am exhausted. This project, though it is my breath of fresh air each day to work on, consumes so much of me. Some days I just want to disappear and not put anything out there. I have opened my life to so many to share my thoughts and perspective. [read more]
Published: April 10, 2011
Chad Shower #441
Today is about reorganizing myself and coming up with a plan to move myself into something more marketable in the up coming months. The first month seemed to focus on getting this project up and going. The second month was building networks and creating a base of models to work on building on my concepts and theories and getting my style recognized. [read more]
Published: April 11, 2011
Balboa Park Gate Night
I am actually taking the next two nights off from my UPS job; the sun is shining here and is incredibly beautiful out so I am going to do something for myself the next couple of days. Today I am going to give you and myself a break from the naked man. Today I am stirred with memories of when I first got into photography. [read more]
Published: April 12, 2011
Mime Field Montana - Bill Bowers
Today’s project is about a living legend who still inspires me and actually become the impetus for my creating this project. That person is my dearest friend Billy Bowers. I met Bill many years ago when I worked in the theatre. Bill was originally born and grew up here in Missoula, Montana... [read more]
Published: April 13, 2011
Chad #206
I had a chat this morning with a friend who was looking to buy a new camera. He has been using a small automatic and is getting the most remarkable results. He shoots in total automatic mode and as we began to chat I began to realize he didn’t really understand the basic function of the camera. It really got me thinking about this modern era of automatic imagery and that no one really understands what the basic principals of imagery are even about. [read more]
Published: April 14, 2011
Corey #358
Yesterday afternoon, all of my Facebook accounts were deactivated. At first I was a bit disconcerted that it had stopped with no warning, or signs that there was an issue. I tired to contact Facebook to figure out what the heck was happening, but there is no way to even contact them what so ever. [read more]
Published: April 15, 2011
Chad #321
I had to build a new profile for FB; you can find me at Terry James Cyr to continue following what I am doing there. I still have not heard anything from FB and don’t suspect I will. I just found out there is a way to back up all your FB contacts and correspondence. [read more]
Published: April 16, 2011
Travis #727
Have I forgotten the truths, which motivated me to begin this project in the beginning? It feels like I have been on a long arch of a journey and I am beginning to question my motivations. The other day I was a bit harsh on Facebook and accused them of censorship and that has been weighing heavy on my mind. I fully understand the functionality of Facebook and I recognize I was pushing the boundaries a bit too much. [read more]
Published: April 17, 2011
John #379
My friend Billy is coming this weekend to stay for a week. He is a brilliant Mime artist and just a great person deep down. He is bringing a show he produced several years back called “It Goes Without Saying” he breaks the silence and tell the stories of his journey as a gay artist. [read more]
Published: April 18, 2011
Shattered Dreams
My life changed drastically when I came to the University of Montana. I was suddenly in the place I knew my talents could flourish, but being the only artistically inclined kid living in isolation in a small town had not given me any skills for social interaction in the larger circle of others. [
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Published: April 19, 2011
Travis #634
I have retreated within myself the past couple of days to mostly focus on the design of my new website. What a process that is to fall into and become lost. I am using the new Adobe Dreamwaever 5 and wow is it a fun process; I was completely absorbed and spent the bulk of yesterday working on the layout. [read more]
Published: April 20, 2011
Lucas #364
Yesterday a received an email from Facebook saying they would reinstate my profile. They had me review the conditions for posting nudity and showed me the picture they found objectionable that caused the shut down in the first place. [read more]
Published: April 21, 2011
JR #181
I eventually did get back to school at the University of Montana and got my BFA in theater arts with an emphasis on directing and stage management. Taking some time off from that disastrous first go-round at college proved to be helpful in figuring out what it was I really wanted to do. [read more]
Published: April 22, 2011
Bill Bowers in Montana
I eventually did get back to school at the University of Montana and got my BFA in theater arts with an emphasis on directing and stage management. Taking some time off from that disastrous first go-round at college proved to be helpful in figuring out what it was I really wanted to do. [read more]
Published: April 22, 2011
Jeremy #104
I am having a hard time being focused today. It is amazingly beautiful and nice out side I just want to get outdoors. I had a portrait I spent the morning working on. I have also been working on the adaptation of the lighting for Billy’s show we will hang and set tomorrow in the theater. [read more]
Published: April 23, 2011
Chris #328
It is early Sunday morning, and I had completely forgotten it was Easter. I have only got a couple of hours to pull myself together and be at the theater to set up the Bill Bowers’ show. I scouted the theater a couple of days back and at least saw the configuration of the stage from the last show, so the lighting shouldn’t be too bad. [read more]
Published: April 24, 2011
Zach #203
Yesterday was exhausting but blissful; it was so fun to get back into the theater and work again. I had an amazing support crew of Katie and Kelly who worked tirelessly from 10:00 in the morning until 8:00 in the evening. When I first walked into the theater I must admit I was a bit overwhelmed because I have been away from this type of work for so long. [read more]
Published: April 25, 2011
Nate & Zach #219
It feels like my life has been kicked into hyper drive this week with the world of entertainment. The final show for the University of Montana opens tonight and I will have to go shoot the archival shots for that production on Wednesday after the show. A dance concert with many pieces opens on Wednesday night at the University as well and I will have to shoot those pieces Thursday and Friday night after they go down. [read more]
Published: April 26, 2011
Coery #344
This is one of my favorite terms in photography because the basic theory applies to so much of life. I haven’t written about anything photographic in a while and began a crash course on photography some weeks back. So here is the second term photographers need to know in making a creative choice when using their cameras. [
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Published: April 27, 2011
Coery #581
This is one of my favorite terms in photography because the basic theory applies to so much of life. I haven’t written about anything photographic in a while and began a crash course on photography some weeks back. So here is the second term photographers need to know in making a creative choice when using their cameras. [
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Published: April 27, 2011
Run Billy Run - Bill Bowers
What started off with a simple joke for Bill this morning has now turned into a major fashion design for a mime. I’ve been photographing Bill over the years in various locations of Montana dressed as a mime. Many years ago when I first got my Hasselblad camera, Bill planned to bring his mime show Under A Montana Moon to the hinterlands from which it all began. [read more]
Published: April 28, 2011
JR #106
It always excites me to begin a new year. I spent a good portion of yesterday doing my annual year-end summary, which I have done since I was a kid. New Year's morning I spend a couple of hours writing a couple of pages about everything I had accomplished through out the course of the previous year. [read more]
Published: April 29, 2011
Travis #745
The other day Glenn asked me how does one transfer the light design of one show to another and I began to ramble on for about an hour about how we as designers can create a show and have it remain adaptable yet consistent from venue to venue. But mostly what I went off about was the psychology of light; the impact light has on the performers and the audience. [read more]
Published: April 30, 2011
