Beer, brick and brawn
I dig crafts beers, love designing and directing photo shoots and always enjoy a challenge. My October cover shoot for Southlake Style included all of these things. The subject of beer saturated the issue (yeah, I said it), particularly the cover feature, about a local brewery that was Continue Reading…
300 Pounds of Sand
300 pounds of sand.
That’s what it took to style my latest cover shoot for our August issue.
We took to Facebook and Twitter this month to promote our Dog Days of Summer cover contest, which turned out to be a successful exercise in social media.
After an online vote, we had our Continue Reading…
A Magazine Cover Feature Homerun
A perk to working in publishing is meeting people, some of whom hold notable celebrity. A few of my faves have been pro athletes and over the years I have made the acquaintance of several sports legends. I was recently able to add Jon Daniels to that list. JD is the Continue Reading…
How not to get a children’s book published: an in-depth look at failure
I am an artist.
I do everything, from illustration and writing to guitars and photography and many points in between.
I create constantly.
So, it seems natural to assume that if I love children, love to draw, love to write, that I would be a good candidate to author children’s literature, right?
Wrong.
With more Continue Reading…
February Cover Shoot: A little luck and a lot of planning
One of the most challenging and enjoyable aspects of being an art director for a magazine is conceptualizing and directing photo shoots, especially for my covers. In many ways it allows me to be more creative than actually being behind the lens myself.