Bridal Session: Natalie
Brides are quite possibly the portraitist’s dream.
Thoughts on Stuff
Michael J. Champlin's weblog
A Summertime Wedding
There was a time in my life when I didn’t enjoy shooting weddings. I thought there was too much pressure, that they were too hectic, stressful. Now? I find them really enjoyable. I enjoy each one more than the last. People make a big to-do about making sure everything is just right and goes according
Award-winning Filmmaker? Apparently.
This was my second annual submission to Living Arts Tulsa’s 24-hour Video Race back in February. We took the prize in the Experimental category. Mostly did this one with Shane Hood of Tepera|Hood design (with additional help from a couple of Matts who don’t have websites) using a combination of Legos, Playskool people, found objects,
New Stuff All Around
I’ve moved the site onto a new WordPress installation so things might look a little odd while I iron out the details. I’m running WordPress 3.0, which means exciting new features and more stuff to learn. What you see here is my very first (and very much work-in-progress) theme for WP3. As it stands, it
Practical Typography: Volume One
I started thinking about this concept over a year ago, writing disjointed thoughts on typography in my notebook instead of taking notes in my “Services Marketing” summer class. My realization was that since high school I’d been using Courier New for every academic paper I’d written (and after spending two years as an English major
Inspiration
Sitting down to write this post, I asked myself where I go for inspiration. I guess my first inclination, as always, was to make some kind of list. But what would this list look like? Websites, photographers, designers…books? I arrived at the conclusion that inspiration necessarily comes from all around me. There’s no one place
My People Project
New Years Resolutions I’ve never been a big fan of New Years Resolutions. They’re always seemed kind of cliche and commercialized, and when I’ve made them they always seem to fall by the wayside, forgotten. I am, however, rather fond of making lists. So this past January I made a list of things I wanted
California Trip Part Two: San Francisco
I’ve been to some really touristy places in my life. Eureka Springs, Arkansas, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Padre Island, Texas. And at the heart of all these places was something that really was worth seeing (thus the tourism) that was inevitably overstated by kitschy t-shirts, refrigerator magnets, and guided sightseeing tours. So when we set out for