Ultimate Gladiator

A local fitness competition worked out well for expanding my fitness portfolio and adding more video
The Art of Connection

A favorite creative director always says Madeline has an eye for connections, so she had to use this suggested title
New Skill Unlocked

The day before Halloween, I learned to change my own car battery. I’ve purchased batteries before and never had the cashier act like I’m supposed to just take the battery and walk away. First, my car is dead in your parking lot. Second, there are signs saying no work is allowed in the parking lot. […]
Genuine Expressions

Asking someone to smile does not elicit the same earned satisfaction as capturing a genuine effort and interaction
Print v. Digital

Seeing the same ad in two different formats creates two different impressions
Reporting Regularly

Back when I was deep into magazine publishing, I had the best time connecting with people and sharing their stories
Found It!

In my attempt to hunt down anything I might have written before about assisting on ANTM, I actually accessed my old blog
Goodbye Sun

As I’ve previously mentioned on this blog, I was disappointed when we moved from a sunny apartment to one that only had 10 minutes of sunlight on a good day. When we moved to our newest place, the lot next door was empty. They picked up the pace on construction in the new year, and […]
Video is Not Photo

Digital cameras will record video and still photography, but editing each is wildly different. A project that included closed captions motivated this post
Press Clips

Sometimes my art ends up on the cover, but then the online story doesn’t include the picture. This link matches them up.
AI Creates BTS

Talking to art departments that have been told they should listen to a pitch from a company that will replace all their original shoots with AI generated content has led to some interesting conversations. There are all kinds of issues to raise with what it would mean to replace an original shoot, but one of […]
Gates Down

After a woman asked about all the businesses closing for good, I paid more attention to how it looks like businesses don’t do well in our neighborhood