Elbow
During my life in the theater I have stage managed in a lot of interesting places, but last night was probably one of the most unique experiences I’ve ever had. Several weeks back when Bill announced he was coming to Montana to do his show, he told me he had a one-night gig at a nudist resort in Northern Idaho called The Sun Meadow Resort just below Coeur d'Alene. [read more]
Published: May 1, 2011
Jeremy #118
Does being naked become more erotic than being nude? Yesterday as we were driving back from the gig at the Sun Meadow Nudist Resort I began to wonder: Is there a difference between being naked vs. being nude? Which is the more appropriate given the situation we were in? As I was writing yesterday’s blog I referred to being naked up to the point where I become comfortable with it and accepted the situation. [read more]
Published: May 2, 2011
Brandon & Chris #100
Wow we are into May already. I feel like my life has been a whirlwind of activity for the past month and this morning I am finally getting to stop for a moment and catch up with myself. I have now managed to post this blog and images for 1/3 of the year. [read more]
Published: May 3, 2011
Ricky #213
I have been working through 16GB of dance images the last couple of days. One of my contracts is with the University of Montana to photograph their Drama/Dance School productions. And dance is certainly the biggest event of the season. Typically after the show we have a photo call and create archive images of the production to be used as promotional materials for the University. [read more]
Published: May 4, 2011
Chad #330
The shutter speed is how quickly the image is exposed. I began to allude to it a bit yesterday when I was talking about photographing dance. This is a part on my series of how the camera operates since we have so many people following this that are trying to get away from using their camera’s just set on automatic. [read more]
Published: May 5, 2011
Vance #685
Now that I am getting out of my studio shell and have recently reconnected to the theatre world and meeting new people, I am beginning to discover a whole world of very talented young photographers and film makers in my community. [read more]
Published: May 6, 2011
Kody #122
I have recently upgraded to the newest version of Adobe Photoshop CS5 and have been doing a training course on its full range of capabilities. First of all let me preface this with I have been a Photoshop user for a very long time since some of it’s earliest incarnations and have steadily grown with all their advancements. [read more]
Published: May 7, 2011
Jared Lying
I had the most tumultuous relationship with my mother and I never quite understood the dynamics that bound us. Yes, she did give birth to me and I was her first child. I was conceived while she was in high school while she was 17. [read more]
Published: May 8, 2011
Nate #208
I took some time for myself all weekend. Did not have anything scheduled and just tried to stay at the studio and catch up with myself. It feels like my life has been running at a break neck pace for the past month without a single day off. [read more]
Published: May 9, 2011
Jeremy #667
Last night I finally arranged to jump from the plane. It is scheduled for the morning after the party and the day before my birthday. I found it a little odd when they said they only take cash before the event. I suppose if all doesn’t go well, there is no recourse for payment if you don’t survive, LOL. [read more]
Published: May 10, 2011
Matthew #104
Now that the weather has suddenly turned nice, my focus is drawn outside. It is becoming more and more difficult to do things inside. Part of my downfall as a photographic artist is that in the summer my focus tends to shift toward landscape projects and that I have so little time to work on my art work. [read more]
Published: May 11, 2011
You Can Leave Your Hat On
I watched a strange movie last night called Marwencol about a man who was severely beaten by 5 thugs because he was a cross dresser. He had such irreparable damage to his brain that he basically had to start his life over, once he recovered from the beating. His memory was completely lost and he had to relearn the rudimentary basics of walking and writing. [read more]
Published: May 13, 2011
Corey #404
As a younger man, I did not have a very good self-image of myself. I was tall and skinny, clumsy and extremely awkward. I wasn’t really comfortable with my body and it seemed at the time the only thing really going for me was that I was young and had beautiful skin. My looks were average, nothing out of the ordinary. [read more]
Published: May 14, 2011
Ty #132
We have been having one of the worst windstorms I have every seen in Montana. The wind has blown for the past 48 hours solid. The power was out all night but finally came on this morning; now there is no Internet. The wind continues to blow. [read more]
Published: May 15, 2011
Brain #206
I think the becoming 50 blues are hitting me, with one week in counting. I am now overwhelmed with so much going on this week, compounded now by the mess from the storm last weekend, Glenn being in North Dakota for the next couple of weeks, me having to edit my own atrocious grammar and spelling mistakes, and now having to organize a party for Saturday. [read more]
Published: May 16, 2011
Nate & Zach #231
Today marks 13 years with my partner Glenn. It’s hard to believe that you can spend that much time with any one person. We met here in Missoula at the American Veterans bar in downtown Missoula. Neither of us are veterans of any sort of war but it was a place most of the gay people in Missoula began to hang out so it just became the gay bar. [read more]
Published: May 17, 2011
Glenn & Kitty
Today marks 13 years with my partner Glenn. It’s hard to believe that you can spend that much time with any one person. We met here in Missoula at the American Veterans bar in downtown Missoula. Neither of us are veterans of any sort of war but it was a place most of the gay people in Missoula began to hang out so it just became the gay bar. [read more]
Published: May 17, 2011
JR #137
I have a young kid coming into the studio this afternoon who I am really looking forward to working with. I met with him last week and did my regular interview kind of screening process. He is 19 years old and I was completely blown away by his comfort level and openness. He seems to have an amazing boyfriend whom he totally adores and whom I met briefly and is as adorable. [
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uple of pages about everything I had accomplished through out the course of the previous year.
Published: May 18, 2011
Russell #163
It was a rainy day in late May last year that I first join a site called Man Art. My friend Bryan Spellman, who is also a photographer here in Missoula, and whom I have known for decades and was one of original founders of the Out In Montana organization in the 80’s, encouraged me to join the site. Up to this point I had never shown any of my male art images to anyone, except the models I was working with of course. [read more]
Published: May 19, 2011
Travis #736
Tomorrow is the big party and I have been working so hard all week that I have decided to take today off and just catch up with myself. Glenn has been gone for the week and I have been enjoying the solitude. It feels like the one commodity that is a rarity in my life anymore. [read more]
Published: May 20, 2011
Chad Shower #405
Ok, today is the day. Well, officially I am counting this as my 50th birthday, because today is the big event. The forecast called for rain all day but I woke up this morning and the sky is beautiful, the lovely sun in bursting into the windows and making the place glow. [read more]
Published: May 21, 2011
George #143
Somehow as I sit here alone, watching the sun set in the backyard with a slight drizzle of rain hitting the skylights above me, Kitty sitting on the table in front of the windows in front of me, both of us watching the peaceful color change. [read more]
Published: May 22, 2011
Corey #357
I woke up this morning and opened my lap top to see it filled with so many birthday greetings. I have taken the entire day off just to have some fun, which will hopefully be simpler than yesterday. Today I just want to focus on things I am passionate about, mostly photography. [read more]
Published: May 23, 2011
Me and the plane
Back to the regular grind of life. It feels like my life has been on a high for the past 4 days. I figured today I would give some details since everyone keeps asking, starting last Friday night when my brother Mark and sister Pam came down from Kalispell on Friday night to spend the weekend with me. [
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Published: May 24, 2011
The Bountiful House
Back to the regular grind of life. It feels like my life has been on a high for the past 4 days. I figured today I would give some details since everyone keeps asking, starting last Friday night when my brother Mark and sister Pam came down from Kalispell on Friday night to spend the weekend with me. [
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Published: May 24, 2011
Nate #244
This week I must switch my focus from bare bums to bare roots as I have got to spend the next several days hunkering down into some of my garden projects. In the summers, I have a large old Victorian house next door that used to belong to my friend Gilbert. Gilbert loved gardens and he taught me a love for the process of the garden. [read more]
Published: May 25, 2011
One of my gardens
This week I must switch my focus from bare bums to bare roots as I have got to spend the next several days hunkering down into some of my garden projects. In the summers, I have a large old Victorian house next door that used to belong to my friend Gilbert. Gilbert loved gardens and he taught me a love for the process of the garden. [read more]
Published: May 25, 2011
Jeremy #1142
My ongoing question has been: “Are we born to be artists or is it something we learn?” If anyone has any thoughts they would like to share, please comment. I know I was not really born as an artist and growing up in a family of engineers, there wasn’t much creativity. [read more]
Published: May 26, 2011
Travis #376
A friend, and woman whom I went to high school with and who used to live across the street from us in Superior Montana is missing. Kelly Jo Merseal Dube – Woodward has been missing since Tuesday morning. [read more]
Published: May 27, 2011
Me at the plane
A week later and I finally got the video and still pictures from my sky dive last week. Watching it again still took me to that point of nervous anxiety. It was weird to experience something and recount what was going through your head as it unfolds, and then to see if from on outside perspective as if I were a spectator. [read more]
Published: May 28, 2011
Ready to jump
A week later and I finally got the video and still pictures from my sky dive last week. Watching it again still took me to that point of nervous anxiety. It was weird to experience something and recount what was going through your head as it unfolds, and then to see if from on outside perspective as if I were a spectator. [read more]
Published: May 28, 2011
Falling
A week later and I finally got the video and still pictures from my sky dive last week. Watching it again still took me to that point of nervous anxiety. It was weird to experience something and recount what was going through your head as it unfolds, and then to see if from on outside perspective as if I were a spectator. [read more]
Published: May 28, 2011
Slow decent
A week later and I finally got the video and still pictures from my sky dive last week. Watching it again still took me to that point of nervous anxiety. It was weird to experience something and recount what was going through your head as it unfolds, and then to see if from on outside perspective as if I were a spectator. [read more]
Published: May 28, 2011
Becky Portrait
My heart sunk last night as I learned the fate of Kelly Jo Merseal Dube-Woodard. Her body was discovered in the woods out in Mineral County. I wrestled with a sleepless demon though out the night, awakening to cry out and at one point got up so sick to my stomach just thinking about what’s become of you. [read more]
Published: May 29, 2011
Chad #208
I have so much in my head from the past weeks range of emotions, beginning last week with utter jubilation for my 50 Birthday Party, to facing on internalized terror by sky diving to the depth of despair from the loss of an old friend. Today I have a strong desire to go home and see my father and spend the day with him. [read more]
Published: May 30, 2011
Jeremy #910
In light of recent events I see how fragile our lives can become. I have always known how important it is to fill every living moment of my existence with something meaningful. One of the goals I learned to set a long time ago is to find something remarkable within each day. [read more]
Published: May 31, 2011
