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About Me

PAY ATTENTION HERE, PEOPLE!

While I don't mind getting friend requests, you really should try talking to me a bit first. I don't approve just anyone, as I'm not here to be a friend collector (something it seems too many engage in). In fact, I'll very likely deny your request if I haven't met you in person already or we haven't struck up communication here or elsewhere. I'm here to actually make some friends and run a part-time photography business, not rack up any numbers in some sort of popularity contest. That said........
Right. Instead of me posting a bunch of (insert adjective here) about me, how about you talk to me instead and then tell me about me. (lol)
NOTICE TO ALL IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY: I don't mind if you post comments here about upcoming shows. However, I will permit only one comment posted per show, not per person. This means that if there are multiple copies of the same show posted from several different people, only the most recent posting will be allowed to stay and older ones will be deleted as new ones show up. Also, comments for shows will be deleted the day after the show. If I feel that my comment section is being abused for show postings, I will disable HTML comments.
I am the house photographer at The Ritz in Warren, MI. It can be found in my top friends. I've been doing photography on and off for most of my life, and have decided to ply this particular trade once again.
If your band has played there on most any Saturday night and/or some of the Friday nights since The Ritz opened in July 2006, I very likely have some excellent pictures of your act in action onstage. Feel free to email me here or through Yahoo so I can arrange delivery of those pictures to you and your band.
I can also be booked for live shoots at other venues, promotional shoots on locations of your choice, and certain other types of photography.
I have fast lenses, use flash sparingly (I prefer to not use it at all, and do not need to 99% of the time), and have a pretty good idea how to make just about anyone or anything look good. I shoot both color and B/W, digital only.
Contact me to discuss rates by clicking the link immediately below. Yes, I'm very reasonable in both rates and terms.

Copyright Photography LLC ([email protected])

Other photographers that rock: Gary Trammel of GoldFrost Mike Spleet of 2 Snaps Up Peter Schorn of Rock Out Shots Bernie Laframboise of Bernie's Photos Kathy Wyrwas of Photos By Kathy 313 Howard Mills of Howard Mills Photography Pennie Spence of IKON Images Wanna chat?
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This is the only warning you will receive. Don't let my profile fool you - I'm much stranger than it lets on, and I most certainly have not revealed much about myself here. (lol)
For those of you wondering about my band:

Red September

Want a good idea of who I am?
Take the quiz: "WHICH LORD OF THE RINGS CHARACTER DOES YOUR PERSONALITY MATCH?"

Aragorn

You're like Aragorn. You are brave and honest. You fight for the freedom of all and you do not give in easily. You would make a great leader but you are very independent and like time alone. You know your surroundings well and you enjoy being close to nature.

My Interests

Ask me. :) Here's the easy stuff: woodworking, Renaissance stuff, theatrical combat, computers, photography. Anything else ya gotta ask.On the theatrical combat, that is something I took up in February 2008 - and I must admit I am having the time of my life with it! I can hardly wait until my first performance (whenever that might be - I personally feel I still have a ways to go learning more of the skillset before I will feel comfortable actually performing).

I'd like to meet:

WOMEN!!!!! :D (actually, just about anyone - I'm always open to making new friends, but as I said above you really should try talking to me a bit first before sending an add req., as I tend to deny requests from people or organizations I don't know in some way)

Music:

Alt pop/punk, rock, 80's

Movies:

Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, anything not on the beaten track or is at least pure escapism - Hollywood's running out of ideas it seems, and really all I want is to be entertained for a while. When I want to learn about something, I'll go buy a book. If I want a point of view, I'll read the news and such. Movies that espouse ANYTHING other than pure entertainment are nothing I wish to see.

Television:

The NEW Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, Tripping the Rift, Law and Order SVU

Books:

The Lord of the Rings, anything by Tom Clancy or Stephen King (but especially the Dark Tower series) or Isaac Asimov - and I've turned into a big-time David Weber fan (he writes the Honor Harrington books - yes they're scifi)

Heroes:

Anyone who risks his or her own life for anyone else, but especially those who do so for people they don't even know or know about.

My Blog

Michigan Renaissance Festival

As many of you know, I am what is known as a Rennie; someone who likes to act and dress as if I were in the late 1500s whenever the opportunity presents itself. You might also know (from previous blog...
Posted by Sir Walter Raleigh on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:28:00 PST

Frankenfeast 2008

So this year I decided to go to the unofficial opening of RenFest season here in the Great State of Record Unemployment...uh...I mean Michigan.It’s called Frankenfeast, and is held annually in F...
Posted by Sir Walter Raleigh on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:35:00 PST

Waiting for it all to shake out

As most of you know, I did not make the final cut when my plant eliminated its second shift. I am currently unemployed. (Paid vacation!!! hehehe) So this is simply an update with some rather detailed ...
Posted by Sir Walter Raleigh on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:34:00 PST

The final cut

It's funny how things sometimes work out, and how all the indicators in a situation point one way only to have the situation resolve itself completely opposite of what one might think given the eviden...
Posted by Sir Walter Raleigh on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:04:00 PST

Salt in the wounds...

First, I want to thank all of you who have given me words of support both here in the comments and in email and by phone. Rest assured they are deeply appreciated. Anyway... As if I (along with so ma...
Posted by Sir Walter Raleigh on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:05:00 PST

From meltdown to evaporation

I gotta tell ya, mgmt must love adding insult to injury. (And given how some of the mgmt people act at my work, I can believe it.) They decided to move up when the second shift is shut down at my pla...
Posted by Sir Walter Raleigh on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:35:00 PST

Economic Meltdown

Things are not looking so good up here these days. After the union gave the new Chrysler LLC a historic contract (we changed a lot of things that would have been unheard-of just a few years ago), mgmt...
Posted by Sir Walter Raleigh on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:41:00 PST

Rockin for Vinnie Benefit Concert

(There are five large slideshows in this blog. Please be patient as they load.) Some time ago, my friends Beth & Ron Ocelnik lost their son Vincent in an automobile accident. A tragedy, to say the le...
Posted by Sir Walter Raleigh on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:20:00 PST

Presentation to the Queen

As those of you who actually bother to read my blogs know, it's RenFest time here in MI again - and there is a slide show both here and in my previous blog on this for this year. And it's also time fo...
Posted by Sir Walter Raleigh on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:20:00 PST

MI Renaissance Festival

Captain's log 04092007 It's been an excellent weekend at the MI RenFest for me. While I wasn't there Sunday, I did make it out on Saturday and Monday. Saturday did prove excellent. After meeting sti...
Posted by Sir Walter Raleigh on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:41:00 PST