So, I just wanted to put out something to apologize once again for my lack of involvement as of lately on the site. I have really cut back a whole lot on shooting now that it is too cold to shoot in many of my cool outdoor locations.  My home studio is pretty limited these days seeing as how I shot sooo much in it last winter,....it's kinda played out I feel. I really hate studio set ups anyway.  All in all I am just kinda stepping back from my work to re-evaluate myself as a photographer.  I feel I am getting stuck on doing alot of the same angles and shots with different models and I don't want my stuff to become too cliche' or something. I guess some people might just call that their "style" but I view it as a crutch. I think that it is kinda like if you don't re-invent yourself a little from time to time,....people will just get tired of you and worst of all you will just get tired of yourself.  I don't know,....I am rambling.

Plus, to make matters worse,.....I am scared to death of trying to make any photo prints on my large format printer because a week or so ago these little gansta thug kids in my neighborhood threw a rock through my window because they didn't like me peeking out at them as they were walking by and exploded the window all over my my $600 Canon Pixma Pro9000 completely filling every working space of the printer with shards of broken glass. So, long story short,......I am did the most insanely meticulous clean up job I could,.....but I am scared to death to try and print for fear that a shard will dislodge from a crevase somewhere and shred my print heads or something. 

To make matters even worse,..........I have to print about 20 large format prints for a gallery opening in Muncie on Febuary 5th.

So, the last little side note here also kind of explains what I have been doing with alot of my spare time now that I am not shooting as much. Since this last summer (when I had to send in my camera to Nikon for 3 months!!!) I have been completely and totally obsessed with motorcycles. Mostly japanese ones, especially old vintage Hondas. I did a bunch of side work and saved up and finally bought my first motorcycle in September and it is a 1981 Honda CB900 custom.  For those of you who don't know much about bikes a 900cc motorcycle is NOT a starter bike for most people.......cause they weigh over 600 lbs.- which is a pretty good size bike.  But I'm about 6'1 -6'2 so I needed something big. I freaking love that bike though. I restored a bunch of things on it myself. I even rebuilt the whole charging system from parts off of ebay. I had never even so much as changed a spark plug before and I forced myself to learn as much about it as I could to rebuild it on my own. I also just bought a 1980 Honda CB 750 tonight that I am saving up money to take the engine out of and turn into a custom chopper. I figure the best way to really get "intiated in" to the biker subculture is to build your own freakin' bike.  I found a bunch of websites that specificly cater to people who try to convert 750cc bikes over to choppers so I am pretty set as far as where to find parts. Now I just need to train myself step by step on how to fully assemble my own chopper. I guess that is part of the fun........

Ohh btw if anyone you know has a set of old "Harley springer front forks" I would kill for those.........

Here is a shot of me and my present obsession.................click the link for the photo to pop up.

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