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Michael Donovan

In order for you to be the BEST you can be for others, first you must be BEST for yourself.

About Me



I photograph people. :D I did standup comedy before I did photography along with a lot of stupid things! i love life,my family, and my friends!

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[updated 07/04/07]

My Interests

God, friends, family, fashion, and Money.And, of course, my work!

I'd like to meet:

Goal oriented fun people who like to play, laugh, and enjoy what God has given us!

Music:

Anything with rythem... I download new music daily so message me if you want ideas.

Movies:

Anything by Tim Burton, comedies, The Bond series, 80's fantasy (like Never Ending Story, Dark Crystal, and Labrynth)

Television:

I don't own a T.V. but I loved watching the Lost Series... is Survivor still a good show?!

Books:

I'm currently spending more time studying the history of fashion. All books are pertaining to this.

Heroes:

Jesus, Irving Penn, Steven Meisel, Craig McDean, Michal Thompson, Koto Bolofo, Gandhi, and of my mom, my dad, my sister, brother in law, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins.

My Blog

Phew!

I just wanted to give everyone a heads up: I’ve been really busy and haven’t had as much time to check my MySpace. I’ve been able to pop on, but then I’ve had to split without ...
Posted by Michael Donovan on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:43:00 PST

Welcome to February!

I am walking into one of my biggest fights of my life. For those who know me closely and know where I am at: things are about to get very beautiful or very ugly REAL quick. You know that I am a fight...
Posted by Michael Donovan on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:07:00 PST

January update

I have not updated my friends with my work in quite some time. There are simply too many shoots to go through to post everything however I'll share a few. But, before I do, I kindly ask that everyone...
Posted by Michael Donovan on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:59:00 PST

Mid December update!

I haven't updated my MySpace friends with my new work in a while. oops! Here are a few shots and edits of old shots from the previous weeks! For starters: I'm doing great! My dad is coming up to visi...
Posted by Michael Donovan on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:41:00 PST

Just being honest

I just want to be honest: I really love my work. I'm new to shooting people professionaly but I'm enjoyoing the developments and my steady growth. Recently I demanded a new level of quality from mysel...
Posted by Michael Donovan on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:12:00 PST

Friday Shooting Practice

Getting used to the ligjht in my new studio has been fun and challenging. There are east side windows that are throwing light allover the place. I have had to move backdrops in strange directions to ...
Posted by Michael Donovan on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:39:00 PST

New place

I'm still getting used to the new place. This is Kayle from my hometown (Spokane). I was working on my lighting in the new loft and she volunteered to help.My view with an amazing sunset! :D...
Posted by Michael Donovan on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:24:00 PST

New place

I'm still getting used to the new place. This is Kayle from my hometown (Spokane). I was working on my lighting in the new loft and she volunteered to help.My view with an amazing sunset! :D...
Posted by Michael Donovan on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:32:00 PST

Return to Chicago

I'm back in Chicago! I spent a few days hunting a new loft and found one. It's twice as big as my last one (3,200 square feet with 20 foot ceilings) but costs less AND includes heat! I'm now living ...
Posted by Michael Donovan on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:45:00 PST

More garage shooting

The rules for garage shoots are simple: I can only use things that I found in the garage or the kids have brought in. Mice, toads, barbies, antifreeze, mushrooms, nails, sticks, etc... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. ...
Posted by Michael Donovan on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:42:00 PST