2024 11 22
Yesterday, I had too many of these bad boys (cocktails) in what was the final night of a wild stretch of eight straight days of working every waking hour. Three big events and five days full of portrait sessions. Today, I enjoyed sleeping in while mending my hangover. I actually attempted to get a post up last night but fell asleep with the laptop in my arms. Yeah, I think it’s time I give myself some well-needed rest. Hopefully part of that rest will be to get a bit more focus into this here blog. It’s not work if you love doing it, right??!
-Clayton
Yesterday, I had too many of these bad boys (cocktails) in what was the final night of a wild stretch of eight straight days of working every waking hour. Three big events and five days full of portrait sessions. Today, I enjoyed sleeping in while mending my hangover. I actually attempted to get a post up last night but fell asleep with the laptop in my arms. Yeah, I think it’s time I give myself some well-needed rest. Hopefully part of that rest will be to get a bit more focus into this here blog. It’s not work if you love doing it, right??!
-Clayton
2024 11 12
Self-promotional post today, because it’s going to be a fun one and you should totally be there! I’m hosting an event in my studio space next Thursday for the release of Crust Fund Pizza’s new pizza cookbook, Super Pizza World! Tickets are $75 but that also gets you a copy of the book (which is awesome and I have some writing in there myself!), along with a bunch of food and drinks. Plus, all the money collected is going to benefit a nonprofit organization in the building, Chicago Mobile Makers. As of writing this, there are about ten tickets remaining, so if this sounds fun, click this link asap for more info and to snag a spot!
-Clayton
Self-promotional post today, because it’s going to be a fun one and you should totally be there! I’m hosting an event in my studio space next Thursday for the release of Crust Fund Pizza’s new pizza cookbook, Super Pizza World! Tickets are $75 but that also gets you a copy of the book (which is awesome and I have some writing in there myself!), along with a bunch of food and drinks. Plus, all the money collected is going to benefit a nonprofit organization in the building, Chicago Mobile Makers. As of writing this, there are about ten tickets remaining, so if this sounds fun, click this link asap for more info and to snag a spot!
-Clayton
2024 10 04
95 50 (random) Opinions:
roller coasters are fun
pizza is delicious
tacos are delicious and equally as good as pizza
trains are severely underrated in the US
Europe, while great, is an overrated American tourist travel destination
Rome is much better than Florence
cats are better than dogs, but the best dogs are better than average cats
photography is amazing, however, steadily losing its edge
if I dedicated my entire life to being a musician, I could probably make it work
being very poor and being very rich can give people similar carefree mindsets, while being middle class can be a constant hassle
95 50 (random) Opinions:
roller coasters are fun
pizza is delicious
tacos are delicious and equally as good as pizza
trains are severely underrated in the US
Europe, while great, is an overrated American tourist travel destination
Rome is much better than Florence
cats are better than dogs, but the best dogs are better than average cats
photography is amazing, however, steadily losing its edge
if I dedicated my entire life to being a musician, I could probably make it work
being very poor and being very rich can give people similar carefree mindsets, while being middle class can be a constant hassle
my opinions are getting longer as I go
simple is usually better
Mexico is a massively underrated country
Japan is easily one of the best countries
Pittsburgh is one of the best cities in America
bitcoin is fascinating, while polarizing, no matter what the origin actually is
Ai will change the world, but more so in the less obvious ways that currently worry us
nuclear power should be far more utilized by modern society
nuclear fusion power generation will eventually be figured out and either solve all world’s big problems or create a human-induced hellscape
the sun is amazing. like, how does that even happen?!
the fact that the sun is one of trillions of other suns doesn’t make any sense
this very well could be some kind of simulation
god, which ever one you believe in, likely isn’t a thing, but surely something god-like exists, beyond our comprehension
the best US state is probably California
Texas is good, but I’d never want to live there
the best city in Texas is Houston, actually maybe it’s Austin?
Chicago is leagues better than Houston
San Antonio is an underrated city
Austin is an overrated city
professional sports leagues have lost some of their charms as they’ve become such big business
baseball is the best sport, but far from the most entertaining one
books are better than movies but movies are far more accessible
shows are really just long ass movies
one fun thing to do in a city you are visiting is take the train to the last stop and get off
opinions are like, your opinion, man
The Big Lebowski is not the Coen Brothers’ best film, but it is great
Barton Fink is the Coen Brothers’ best film
There Will Be Blood is probably my favorite film
acting, as a job, is a crazy job
rivers are neat
massive solar flare is a natural disaster that worries me, probably because I live in Chicago and don’t have to worry about the obvious ones
Chicago is an underrated city
rivers are better than lakes
the US relies far too heavily on cars and trucks and should better utilize our waterways
China is a fascinating place
Russia is a fascinating place
both China and Russia will look far different than they do now in a few decades in ways we probably can’t predict
history is written by the winners
school is overrated but also very important for a functioning society
Jet Lag the game on youtube is one of my favorite shows and I wish I came up with the idea and did it myself
-Clayton
2024 06 19
We just wrapped a video project for 50 Best Bars featuring the cocktail menu book at The Meadowlark here in Chicago, which is a great spot I regularly do photography for. Check it out below!
-Clayton
We just wrapped a video project for 50 Best Bars featuring the cocktail menu book at The Meadowlark here in Chicago, which is a great spot I regularly do photography for. Check it out below!
-Clayton
2024 05 24
Sometimes accidents make for more interesting results. Not realizing I had my ISO set to 400, this was the resulting image made while attempting to photography my delicious cocktail in Nashville’s super dark and very great cocktail spot, Attaboy.
I’m posting this because today I’m off directing a video piece at local cocktail spot Meadowlark… and what is video but a bunch of blurry photos strung together one after another, right? My pivot to video begins now! But also, I’m photographing cocktails Saturday as well in my usual still fashion, so really it’s just yet another job to add to my list of jobs.
Photographer, director, videographer, studio manager, blogger.
-Clayton
Sometimes accidents make for more interesting results. Not realizing I had my ISO set to 400, this was the resulting image made while attempting to photography my delicious cocktail in Nashville’s super dark and very great cocktail spot, Attaboy.
I’m posting this because today I’m off directing a video piece at local cocktail spot Meadowlark… and what is video but a bunch of blurry photos strung together one after another, right? My pivot to video begins now! But also, I’m photographing cocktails Saturday as well in my usual still fashion, so really it’s just yet another job to add to my list of jobs.
Photographer, director, videographer, studio manager, blogger.
-Clayton