Live from Utah

Sitting here in Salt Lake City Airport, I figured I'd share photos from the trip. All these are from the iPhone. More to come from the Nikon Point and shoot. No DSLR on this trip. I had enough to carry with all the video equipment.


Got some great shots of the Great Salt Lake too, they'll have to come later after I get home... Pittsburgh in a few hours...

Strobist Boot Camp Assignment 1

Strobist Assign 1 Comp
Originally uploaded by chris.clutter

My headshot assignment for the Strobist Boot Camp. Matt was kind enough to cooperate w/ me one evening to achieve the head shot. To read about the assignment, look here.

Strobist is the premier off camera lighting blog. It doesn't get much better than that. Any one interested in taking better flash photos. I strongly recommend checking it out. Watch for the next assignment in the next few weeks.

Social Network Photo Licensing

With the social networking boom all around us, I've decided that rather than combat those clients who wish to repost my photos on their blogs, profiles, and websites, I'll provide them an avenue to do so (legally) and get some advertising out of it.
I am going to begin bundling "Social Networking" licensing with my photography. This way clients (mainly high school seniors) will be able to include their images on their facebook & myspace pages, as well as many other sites. All the while, linking back to my site. Have a look below, and as always, contact me at cclutter@gmail.com for information on senior portraits, maternity & newborn shoots, or live event coverage.

Glory Days! -New Edit Suite

Got my new edit suite at the office yesterday...

MacPro w/Dual Quad-Core 2.6's - 12G/ram - &2 Tb

AJA IO

FCS 2

Apple Cinema Display

& Some extra storage...

Hopefully things will speed up now! Old set up is a G4 733 w/ 512 mb/ram. Edited on this thing everyday for 3 years, now it's time to see how the rest of the world lives....

Some portraits from this weekend

Did some shooting this weekend...  

Ashlynn played outside w/ her Dad and Mom, while I snapped away.  Lighting was an issue, we were shooting around 8:00p. White Balance was all over the place, every one of these had to be corrected.

Ashlynn tends to be very pleasant, which makes for a fairly easy shoot on my end.  Really, all I have to do is keep up w/ her.  

See the whole set here.

Some time this week we'll be shooting studio portraits of Ashlynn, so be sure and check back!  For information on booking portrait shoots in the Washington, PA area click here.

So much for a motivated day...

Well I was motivated by Chase's blog post two days ago, but due to the constant influx of new projects, I was stuck in my office until late... Subsequently, I snapped this with my iPhone:

Not exactly what I had in mind when I said "going to do something."  Luckily, I am going to have a pretty free weekend so I'll be super creative to make up for it!  Look for Pic updates as the weekend goes...  I've set up a flickr set here

Also, I'm shooting family portraits tonight w/ Julie, Kris, and Ashlynn.  Look for those updates in the next few days. 

Do something for you

One of my favorite blogs is that of Chase Jarvis. Today, chase blogged about getting out and doing something either for yourself or something that you rarely do. Just do something creative! See Chase's post here.
As a result, I am going to do something. Not quite sure what yet, maybe 100 iphone pics by the end of the day, maybe write the script I've been thinking about writing, maybe go to the local nature trail and take pics, or maybe I'll organize some prints to have made into a book. Regardless, I would encourage you to do the same. Check Chase's Post, there are some great ideas on there! What ever I do, I'll share it tomorrow. Any ideas, please feel free to leave comments!