In-Hand: Proofs for Upcoming Magazine Feature!
Finished looking over the proofs for a 4-page magazine feature/editorial I have coming out this fall! Excited yet wondering why publishers don’t let the photographers choose which images are used. Happy nonetheless… (Yeah, I keep waiting for the image to...
My Photography Utilized in Local Feature
This past Sunday, our local newspaper, The Daily Item, ran a story on the cover page of their special At Home section featuring the newly-constructed, energy-efficient home of area residents Craig and Christine Richard, using a selection of my photography for the...A day on the water…with an interesting twist
Yesterday morning, my brother and I headed out on what was supposed to be a 15-mile canoe and kayak journey, I with high hopes of capturing some photography along the way. (See…it’s called dedication — even when I’m completely soaked while...Negative & Positive – The Reality of Online Exposure
While the majority response to my DIY lightsphere video has been overwhelmingly positive, I learned long ago that no matter what you do or where you go, there will always be detractors. A couple days ago it was picked up by Gizmodo, something I was not expecting but...Surf, Sand, Sun…and Music [featured]
MISSION BEACH – A surfer flips through music on her iPod while perched upon her surf board, waiting for her partner before hitting the waves. Last month I was out in San Diego to shoot a friend’s outdoor wedding, and, in my free time surrounding the...
Ep. 87 — Seventeen Syllables of Suffering: The Haiku Scam
Tired of people calling 17 syllables “genius”? So am I.
In this brutally honest, occasionally unhinged episode of Perfectly Poetic, Allen Mowery finally unleashes his pent-up frustration about the most overrated poetic form of all time: the haiku. From childhood worksheet trauma to seasonal name-dropping, syllable policing, AI-generated nonsense, and the myth of Bashō’s frog — no stone (or smooth river pebble) is left unskipped.