http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog Photos and Thoughts Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:10:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My first day of teaching is today. Only thing in my way is a 15 minute bike ride to the train station, an hour on the train, and about 25 more minutes on the bike on the way to the school. Oh, and here's hoping there are bike racks out ... http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/08/19/first-day-of-school/ After two days of loading/cleaning, two days of driving, and one day of incomplete unloading, we've finally made it to our new home in Chicago. Our apartment is pretty amazing. Just a beautiful, big place that I can't think of many ways to improve. (Well, wider doors so we could ... http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/08/02/were-there/ circa 1999 http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/07/21/the-guys/ Well I suppose you can say it's official. I just got confirmation today that I'll be starting my first teaching job this fall at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, IL, a good ways outside Chicago. I'm so happy to finally be realizing one of my major life goals. I ... http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/07/14/professor-pickering/ We found a place to live today. It's on the cusp of Andersonville and Edgewater Glen here in Chicago. Stacy and I have spent the last three days looking, and fortunately, Apartment People came through for us today. We ended up with a 2 bedroom apartment, a private garage and ... http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/07/07/chicago-home/ It's easy to get off track and think no progress has been made on a project when you don't look back at what you've done. So tonight I sat down and went through all of the images I've shot for this project I've been doing with Stacy. Sometimes the edits ... http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/06/12/some-new-images/ You'd think we would be excited about the prospect of moving to a new place to pursue new career opportunities, but you'd be wrong (mostly). Ok, that's a lie. I'm excited. Stacy's not. And I can't blame her... I don't exactly have a guaranteed job, and that's less than comforting. ... http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/05/21/a-time-of-decision/ I almost can't believe it's finally time. In less than a month I'll have a master's degree. Surprisingly enough, that's not really all that exciting to me. Honestly, the reason I decided to go back to school was so I could attain certain goals. If it was another bachelor's degree ... http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/05/10/its-up/ Right now I'm sitting in a New York City hotel. It's been one of the longest days ever. I've been traveling with my friend Eric Hancock, and we just spent the last three days in Boston, mostly taking in the city, seeing a bit of art and, most importantly, meeting ... http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/04/19/from-boston-to-new-york/ Homer walks Stacy. http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/04/07/pull/ We both like eggs, just hate cleaning up after making them. Well, ok, I hate cleaning up, period. http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/04/04/eggs/ I love this old house. The girl in it ain't so bad either. http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/03/31/downstairs/ This isn't a vain attempt to see how many people still visit my site(s), but I am a bit curious if anyone's had any problems reading and/or commenting on this new wordpress installation. It's just that zero comments have been made since the changeover, and while comment traffic isn't normally ... http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/03/29/anybody-out-there/ This is a message for people seeing this post on the PhotoAwesome feed. There was a problem recently that might have caused your feed reader to begin seeing updates from BeyondMonochrome.com instead of PhotoAwesome.com. If this is the case, please unsubscribe from the feed and then go back to PhotoAwesome.com ... http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/03/26/feed-problem/ Spotted recently at the Mexican Flea Market. http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/03/25/turkey-lurkey/ It's tough being so close to graduation and needing to work on completing my thesis, and at the same time being worried about getting jobs. I know it's no different than anything else in life, but I have to juggle several different things. If you know me personally, you're probably ... http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/03/23/career-time/ I went to the Society for Photographic Education's National Conference last weekend in Denver. What a blast. Over the past year or so, I've gone to CAA (College Art Association)'s National Conferences in New York City and Dallas, Art Basel Miami Beach and just done a little bit of traveling. ... http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/03/20/spe-denver-2008-follow-up/ I've wanted to make this site into a regular blog where I can still post images from time to time. Well, I've finally done just that, and hopefully it will cause me to post more often. I've finally switched from the dreadful MovableType to the mostly-pleasant Wordpress. I threw this ... http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/03/19/a-change/ Loved this place... amazing light shop in Philly at Christmas. Busy busy busy. http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2008/02/14/light-shop/ At Benay and Nick's wedding a few weeks ago. http://www.beyondmonochrome.com/blog/2007/11/07/wedding-reception/