Media: Graphic designer. Web designer. Video Editor. Photographer. DJ. Font obsessor.
Tech: Computer fixer. Network administrator. Camera operator. Sound mixer. Lighting tech.
Pastor: Preacher. Blogger. Counselor. Wedding officiant. Brainstormer. Church consultant.
Family: Husband of one. Father of 3. Homeowner. Landlord.
On the bus! Altercation between the bus driver and a drunk guy made us glad we didn’t take a taxi!
Highlight real I edited for the 2012 Bayou, Bay & Back 5K/10K/Half Marathon.
(Thanks to Pastor Dani and Christopher Byron for shooting on the Canon XH-A1 and Canon 7D)
I figured something out about myself. I’m admittedly a nerd. I’ve been “into” computers ever since I was 5, and waited until my older brothers left for school, so I could mess around on their C64. I’ve had enough jobs that involved computers that I started delving into graphic design, then web design, and then video editing, all in the 90’s, and not only did I get “nerdy” about each of these fields, I realized that in all the fields, one particular aspect of each of those fields made it super-enjoyable for me, and I delved even deeper. This is what I call “specialized nerdity.” I love graphic design, but I’m super inspired by the typography aspect of it, and I’d spend all my time on just that if I could. I enjoy video editing, but I’ve discovered that my absolute favorite thing is the title sequence. I get more excited about the opening title sequence of a movie or TV show than I do about the plot. Fortunately, a huge part of my job at Shoreline Church is creating fresh title sequences (we call them message bumpers) for each new series. In fact, in all my areas of interest, I’ve found there’s a specific aspect that I really enjoy, study, and dedicate time to. In computing, it’s unix and shell scripting. In web design it’s PHP backend coding. In photography it’s time lapse. I know this is just a rambling of jumbled thoughts, but I’m finding the more I study a specific aspect of a subject, rather than the subject as a whole, the more I pay attention to detail, and the more enjoyment I get out of it. My tongue-in-cheek, official title at Shoreline is ‘Pastor of Tech, Media and Fonts’ and people laugh because of my “obsession” with fonts. But it’s what makes me good at what I do, and it’s what makes it enjoyable. I also enjoy being a part of a select “tribe” of fellow typophiles.
Front and back of the invite card I designed for the Fort Walton Beach Billy Bowlegs parade.
Amy has no problem wearing her feelings on her sleeve. Even when it’s the sleeve of her dad’s shirt.
Borrowed an Canon 5D and a 15mm 2.8 lens from some professional photographer friends. This is my little girl, Amy. So beautiful.
The first and foremost question to ask yourself when designing anything: would I be sold by this? Would I spend the money for the thing I’m advertising? Would I hire the person who’s business card I’m making? This is especially true if you’re designing for yourself.
The principal of the Gospel is this. To the receiver it brings life. To the giver it brings death.
Short answer: Electricity will find the shortest route to ground itself. It WANTS to ground itself, even if that means going through your expensive amp, or through your XLRs. In the US, electricity…
2 minute stop motion video, featuring the AMAZING Unsquare Dance by Dave Brubeck (written in a 7/4 time signature!).
Shot on a Canon 7D in 1080p, 24fps with a 50mm prime lens, aperture set at 1.2.
Video bumper for the Unfiltered series at Shoreline Church, launched Easter 2010
I’ve been reading through the Bible since the beginning of the year, and I breezed through the familiar story of David and Goliath a few weeks ago. I haven’t, however, been able to just move on, even though I’m finishing up Isaiah right now. I keep thinking back to the life of David. I’ve been thinking specifically about the taunts used in the epic showdown, and what they say about the taunters’ underlying beliefs.
Goliath, 9’ tall giant, steps up and throws the opening volley: “Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul?" (1 Samuel 18:8) He calls the Israelite army "servants of Saul." Clearly, that’s what he believed about them, but he didn’t understand, that they were actually just "fellow servants WITH Saul OF God." He goes on to say in verse 10, "I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.” Again, Goliath identifies them with Jacob, their ancestor, but fails to see they are the army of God. Big mistake on his part.
Now David shows up on the scene. Young lad, bringing food for his brothers, hears Goliath give his daily (misinformed) spiel. David’s response? (Vs. 26) “who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?” And there it is! David knew full well whose army Goliath was challenging. But I love David’s insult about Goliath. Uncircumcised Philistine. I’m preeeetty sure David couldn’t tell by outward appearances whether or not Goliath was uncircumcised. But what David was referring to was the fact that Goliath—as a Philistine, not an Israelite—didn’t have a covenant with God, or the promise from God that went along with that covenant.
Fast forward to the actual showdown, and Goliath is furious when David runs out, with no armor, not even a sword. (vs. 43-44) “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!” David’s lack of fear is more insulting to Goliath than anything David could have said. Again, indicative of a vastly different core belief between Goliath and David.
David then turns that taunt right back around on Goliath. (Vs. 45-47) “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands." David clarifies that the reason Goliath is going down is because he’s insulted God. That’s the why. Then he proceeds to tell him how God is going to do it, reiterating that the actual weapon used is largely irrelevant, because God is going to win the battle. That’s the how. David even goes so far as to predict he will cut off Goliath’s head… and he didn’t even have a sword in his possession when he said it!
The biggest, most revealing insult is when David informs Goliath that the ENTIRE PHILISTINE ARMY will end up as bird food, not just Goliath. He saw Goliath’s threat and raised it to cover the entire army. Plus, he’s really not satisfied with the “losing team gets to be the winning team’s slaves” proposal. Total annihilation is the only acceptable outcome in light of Goliath’s insolence.
Interesting stuff! Anyways, back to Isaiah.
Logo I designed for the new Life Group menu at Shoreline. Based of off Inked Magazine’s logo. Theodore typeface, with a handcrafted capital “S” and “li” ligature. Inked customized the capital “I”.
Series bumper for Shoreline Church. Made from scratch. We built the light tent from an old cardboard box, some fabric, and a bunch of $6 lights. We shot it on a Canon 7D in 1080p. Vocal talent provided by local celebrity, Dan Collins. Icon flip animation made in Motion.
Your son has been singing the word ‘technologic’ for 30 minutes. He has now incorporated Happy Birthday to technologic
No. Freakin’. Way. Helvetica cookie cutters. My life is now complete.
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If the grass is starting to look greener elsewhere, it’s time to start watering your own lawn
Will’s decided this is better than storing the paper towels in the cabinet under the sink. Not as efficient, maybe, but definitely a smaller footprint.
It’s pretty simple, actually. It’s obsessive attention to detail. I don’t think this just applies to graphic design, either. My friend, Micah Garman (@micahgarman) is a great guitar player. But…
I’ve got 2 completely different magazine layouts that I’m working on at the same time, right now. The hard part isn’t coming up with ideas, or being creative. It’s focusing on one project, and neglecting the other, until it’s time to swap it around.
If you send me a flyer with dated, cheesy or overused type, it’s like showing up in a leisure suit for a first date.
New logo I designed for Epic Student Ministry of Shoreline Church. “Epic” = Helvetica Extended Black, letterspaced at -180, with custom cross hatched gradient. “Student Ministry” = Dirt2 SoulStalker, courtesy of DaFont.com which is super-popular right now. http://www.dafont.com/dirt2-soulstalker.font
One of the tougher aspects of running tech in a startup (and/or) portable church is the cost of equipment. You’re stuck between cheap, home-quality equipment, that breaks easily and has low-grade…
I wrote my own podcasting app in PHP a long time ago, but it’s worked so well I’ve never had to really tweak it. But any mp3’s ending with the letter “P” in the filename are getting the trailing “p” truncated. WEIRD. Now I’ve got to go figure it out.
Update: Turns out it was a quirk with the trim() function in PHP. Still not sure why, and I haven’t seen it documented. Fixed it with a str_replace() hack. I really just need to implement an ID3 tag reader. Another day, maybe.
Missing my wife and kids like crazy. =(
Every year, Las Vegas hosts the National Association of Broadcasters, a conference for 180,000 tech nerds. Many churches might have a problem paying for a staff person to go to Las Vegas for 4 days,…
Is God Mad? Generally I would say “no”. Except in your case. He’s pretty pissed at you. =)
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