God Rest Ye…

Cover designed by samuel febres photography & design

Merry Christmas! I hope you're having a wonderful Christmastime. I recently had the pleasure of being part of a music project for a band called Lost Lands from Florida. Not only did I have the honor of designing the cover art for their version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/What Child Is This, but I also had the privilege of recording guitar tracks for the song as well. It's probably going to be the most brooding dark version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen you've ever heard. 

Visit EthniKids.co to listen to the song and download it for free. Let me know what you think of the cover art and the song. And once again, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Learn How To Play Music By Ear

I've had the pleasure of working with Bill Brown in the past. I crafted a website for him and his wife to help promote themselves and their music services.

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Homepage of the newly designed musicfortheblind.com

This time Bill wanted to modernize one of his more popular websites so that it would not only be easier to navigate, but also and to manage. Prior to updating the website, here's an image of what the homepage looked like. It was a pain to update and wasn't too easy on the eyes.

As you can see,  we ended up with a clean, and easy to navigate website. The website is also designed to support screen readers for blind patrons to be able to navigate it more easily. 

If you're interested in learning guitar, or any of the other instruments listed on the website by ear, whether or not you're blind, definitely visit musicfortheblind.com for some great lessons from Bill Brown.

The Real Florida... Wide Angle Version

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Northern Florida in early Autumn.

I've never been too interested in landscape photography, but a lot of the landscape photography I see I find very lovely however, in an effort to better learn my craft and also work with panoramic imagery, I take landscape photographs despite preferring portraiture.

The weather was pretty beautiful this day and the days leading up to when this photograph was taken. Florida summers can be pretty hot and brutal, especially with the humidity hits you like a sauna on the 4th of July. As soon as the first day of autumn hit, we were graced with these lovely (at least to me, especially as a photographer) overcast days. I knew I needed to whip out the camera.

This is a small pond behind a library where I take my son for story time. I always find it remarkably beautiful and very 'Florida' like.

Phase II: Folkstone Guitars

Folkstone Guitars is a repair shop in Tallahassee that has been operating for over 30 years that services and builds guitars for clients nationwide. Gary, the owner, has a contagious passion for the guitar that will make you want to become a better guitar player just talking to him. His love for music and the instrument just oozes out of him when discussing the work he does.

Brady is sponsored by Folkstone, and together we created this video to share a little bit about Brad's love of the guitar and his appreciation for the relationship he has with Folkstone Guitars. 

I hope you enjoy it!

If you'd like to learn more about Folkstone Guitars, visit their website and Facebook page to get connected with them. 

To learn more about Brady, visit his website at http://bradyonline.co

Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Brad Foutch, aka Brady discusses his love of the guitar and his relationship with guitar company, Folkstone Guitars.

In the Summer, In the City... Hottest Post of the Year

Mostly because it's just plain hot outside.

HOLY MOLEY CANNOLI! Where has the time gone? I can hardly believe we are OVER halfway through 2015! As a matter of fact, this year has been going so fast, it left my Spring update in the dust, and my summer update (this one right here…) almost got left behind as well.

I hope you’re enjoying your summer. Fall (our version of it here in Florida) is around the corner, and without fail, it always seems to be one of the busiest times of the year. I hope you’re enjoying your summer and have been able to slow down a little before life picks up and gets really crazy.

Here are a few of the projects that I’ve gotten a chance to work on the last few months.

O-Trace

O-Trace is a rapper from Rochester, New York who wanted some photography work and a music video done for a song promoting a new EP he was releasing.

Engage Church

For Easter, Engage Church in Tallahassee, Florida wanted to create a warm environment for visitors and members to celebrate the resurrection of Christ for their Easter services. To help accomplish this, a Photo Booth was set up where you could take photos with friends and family before and after the service. They were also hosting a giant potluck type event after their services that included baptisms and a wedding! It was a long but amazing day.

To learn more about Engage Church, visit http://www.engagetallahassee.com/

Bill & Debra Brown

Bill & Debra Brown are music instructors in Valdosta, Georgia with over 25 years of full time music instruction experience. They were looking to have a modern looking personal website for marketing and for students to visit where they could also host student resources such as video and audio lessons. They also wanted assistance in setting up a YouTube page for sharing music lessons as a source of online marketing.

To learn more about Bill and Debra Brown, visit http://www.billanddebrabrown.com/.

EthniKids

The EthniKids are a team of musicians, producers, and visual artists. They were in need of a modern website as the main hub of all their information online. One of my favorite things about the website was the page titles we came up with under Media in the navigation bar. Most musician sites include media that includes samples of photos, music, and videos. Instead of calling the pages those things though, we went with popular file extensions for the respective pages: jpg for photos; mp3 for audio files, and .mov for videos. 

Check out these page titles at The EthniKids website: http://www.ethnikids.co/ 

I also did took photographs as a personal project with two of the producers.

Adrian and Wendy Crawford

For their anniversary, Adrian and Wendy wanted to have portraits taken but for them be different than what you might expect. Despite being a hot, humid, and mosquito filled evening, we were able to put together a nice moody look at Dorothy B. Oven Park.

Hires 4 Hire

If you want great food, look no further than Kyle Hires. We took some photos of a meal he was preparing for a birthday dinner so he could use the images for promotion on Facebook.

It was hard not to drool while taking these photos… fortunately, I was able to sample some of the food, and if you’re looking for a caterer or chef for an upcoming event, I highly recommend Hires 4 Hire.

To get in contact with or learn more about Kyle Hires, visit the Hires 4 Hire Facebook page.

Thank you for taking the time to read through this. If there’s anything I can do to be of assistance to you, please do not hesitate to contact me.


Thank you!