The DecisiveDesign Blog

A quick update for anyone reading:

I guess I owe my blog some excuses… and possibly anyone else stumbling across. Things have been crazy since I graduated from UTD in August. Dallas Bar Review is moving along – we had our launch party and are populating the site as time permits. I believe we are going to make it a resource before we try to make it the “next big thing.” Venture capitalists feel free to give me a shout!

I haven’t had any time for serious photography, unfortunately, which is disheartening now that summer is already gone, but I hope to get a few shoots in sometime soon – especially since I have models asking for them. I am considering the Dallas Bar Review bar photography a massive project that I will probably try to do a show with once I have over 100 bars photographed – that should be neat.

The main site is outdated, too… and I need to throw some more recent portfolio stuff up there, but honestly there isn’t too much – the current gig doesn’t net much “portfolio worthy” design material.

That’s about it… just a quick update until I get more stuff to post. Blogging for my current job, doing all the social media stuff, trying to get Dallas Bar Review off the ground and trying to write for examiner.com as the Dallas Nightlife Examiner is taking up most of my time!

I thought I would throw up some pictures of the new Residence Hall (dorms) at the University of Texas at Dallas for any parents or possible students googling it.  Enjoy.

 

I know it’s been a while, again… and honestly, while I haven’t been doing a bunch of shooting, I have several things I need to post up – I just haven’t had time while finishing up my degree this summer.

But! I finished this last week and have a few pictures to share of Jess, a great model I met through ModelMayhem. I setup my new black/white backdrop & stand in the garage, borrowed a lighting kit from the school, and we shot for most of a Saturday.

The pics in the gallery below are a sampling, and I think we turned out some cool stuff! I definitely liked the black background and got to spend some time with constant lighting, which is good. My paintball gun and vest, along with my Springfield XD-9 made very cool props! We did some artistic nudes, as well, which I’ve decided should stay on my ModelMayhem profile. They turned out well, and portfolio-worthy, I think, so I’ll chalk that up as another first and a success!

Enjoy, and let me know what you think!

 

Ok guys! I know it’s been a little slow lately, but I took a week off for the US MotoGP Races (pics coming soon!) at the Mazda Raceway – Laguna Seca in Monterey, CA, and am now recharged and back in Texas to get rolling again.

These pics have been a long time coming, but I really like how they turned out. If you recall the DFW Supras Dragstrip Event that I posted some pictures about a while back, these pics are from the Dyno Day at MVP Motorsports.

Unfortunately the weather was terrible, and we ended up getting rained on all day. Mel, the owner’s girlfriend, and Yoshi, stopping by on her way to Dallas from Oklahoma, graced us with their beauty for a few shots when the weather wasn’t being ridiculous and we were able to get some pretty good shots.

The black Supra is Mel’s, and I’m not 100% finished adding the MVP logo, etc to the car, but I thought the images were ready for the blog and I really need to update, so enjoy!

Also, please forgive the sort order, for some reason it’s not saving my changes!

 

I wasn’t 100% sure what to think when I received an e-mail from Xoe saying that she liked my work and wanted me to photograph her while she was seven months pregnant. Luckily we were having some fantastic weather that week and Halford Park, the same place I photographed Melissa, hosted us perfectly.

I enjoyed the shoot, Xoe was great, and it wasn’t weird at all. I actually had fun capturing the natural beauty of the pregnant form and think we got some really great shots.

Check them out and let me know what you think.

 

I’ve noticed a TON of search engine hits from people searching for Dallas Raceway, so I figured it would be courteous to at least post the pictures I took there.

It was a fun trip out to the track with the DFW Supra Club, and I got some very cool shots of some wheelies and wheel stands, etc.  I also got some shots of MVP Motorsports‘ record setting GT-R on its run. They’ve got a really nice surface out there, with some decent food at the concessions and cool people! I highly recommend making it out to some of their events.

Here are a bunch of the shots! Let me know what you think, and if you were out there that day and would like some edited pictures, please contact me.