365|2009 is what made me want to be a photographer.  Prior to this one year undertaking I was pretty much a hobbyist documenting trips and the things that struck me about Korea.  Committing to a self portrait everyday for a year push my creative and technical skills to new levels.  All of the images here were taken on my first DSLR, an entry level Canon 350D.  During this project I learned how to conceptualize, plan, light, process and edit my images.  I shared a new photo daily with the flickr 365 2009 group.  We were a relatively small group of a few hundred members and most of my flickr contacts and idols today are as a result of that group.  It’s the same kind of bond you share with your grad class be it high school or boot camp.

Now as I become increasingly busy with engagements, events, commercial photography and everything in between I look back at this body of work and realize it reflects my true photographic style.  I live for creative ideas and bold concepts, images that embody an element of humor, originality, strangeness or all three.  My goal is to entice the viewer to say, “THAT’S AWESOME!”.

Here’s are some of my favorites taken from my 365|2009 self portrait project on flickr.

047|365 It Does A 365-ER Good – 365

007|365 Wake Up Catch Up Dress Up – Daily Routines

004|365 Multitasking – Daily Routines | 022|365 I Love My Job – Random

016|365 Ninja Slice – Food n Drink | 042|365 Leg-hair Stylist – BeWeird

020|365 Room – Random – OutTake2

029|365 Opening Things With a Cast Sucks – Casts Suck

051|365 Sun Eye

064|365 DJ Symmetry – Umbrella Fun

067|365 Professor Edge – Professor Edge | 068|365 Cleaver – Professor Edge

073|365 Go to Sleep – Professor Edge

077|365 Cigar – Smoke

084|365 Hair Cut – Random | 097|365 Nature Watcher – Random

110|365 Centaur Boy – Okpo Land Amusement Park – Out Take 3

110|365 NOOOO Don’t LEAVE ME!!! – Okpo Land Amusement Park

110|365 Under the Carrousel – Park of Horrors

112|365 Bring It – Domestics OWN Beatch – Okpo Land Amusement Park

118|365 Puffy Cheeks – Random

124|365 Guy Stuff – Random

127|365 Haircut – Random

133|365 Reason NOT to Stand Around The Water Cooler – Random | 310|365 ~ Monkeys Drink Hite ~ Beer

162|365 Enhanced Light Workout – Redux – Out Take | 050|365 Trying to Listen – Random

164|365 How The Road Sees Me – Random

165|365 Je Suis Une Poser – Camera Toys – Out Take

186|365 Mosquitonator – Random

206|365 Girlfriend’s Coming – Random

225|365 Audio Book – Random

226|365 Western Breakfast – Random

244|365 No Stopping – The Blender Adventure

245|365 Down Town – The Blender Adventure | 121|365 Burn Out – Random

249|365 WOW – A Light Box! – Light Box

253|365 Eye Spy – Light Box

254|365 Oven Mit – Light Box | 135|365 Cass Beer – Random

267|365 Water Drum – H2O

273|365 Djembe – Random | 207|365 Together Again

286|365 Too Heavy on the Filter?

314|365 Stowaway ~ Random

357|365 It just isn’t the same – Mimic | 222|365 Off to the Swimming Pool – Random

361|365 Mud Man – Random | 356|365 Ode to Dan D’s – The Right Tool for the Right Job – Inspiration

364|365 You know you’ve been in Korea a long time when – Random

365|365 Cheers – To Good Memories and Great Friends