I finally updated my WordPress to the latest version which allowed me to easily add some much needed features to the site.

I’ve added an ‘Animation‘ and ‘Videos‘ category to the site. The ‘Animation‘ category shows some of the work I’ve done while at Animation Factory. I’ve added a demo reel plus some of my favorite ecards I made.

Also, a while back I made a music video from a collection of clips taken while playing Half-Life 2 multiplayer. It took a long time to make since I only worked on it a bit here and a bit there over a few months. That video is in the new ‘Videos‘ category.

Kid’s Day began today with the kiddie parade as always. I’ve posted some photos of Kid’s Day in general and of the Fundermann family having fun. Later, with the full parade, my parents and I sat with my cousins Stacey and Stephanie and their families.

On a funny side-note Bob spotted a teenager at the carnival that had stolen from a bait shop in another town. The kid managed to show himself on video robbing the place; he had some obvious tattoos that gave him away.

Today I got a chance to photograph the local police while they re-certified for their firearms. The man doing the certifying was Bob Fundermann, a friend of mine from school. Recently I’ve been doing ‘ride alongs’ with Bob while he patrols, which has been a lot of fun. Re-certifying was the police chief and Michael Stehr—the full-time officer for Correctionville and Anthon.

Currently I’m in Iowa right now trying to start my new business Action Themes Photography.  To understand my business model just take a look at the leading martial arts portrait photography business, Photo Kicks, but ramp-up the quality. I’m creating photo-realistic scenes in Lightwave such as an Asian temple, erupting volcano, or ninja training room. After the person is photographed with or without weapons, they will be composited into the scene and made to look as if they were actually there. Eventually I’ll expand into qymnastics and dance. If the business takes off I’ll probably move to a large city like Dallas (who knows).

Yesterday at work we took a long lunch and went to the Texas State Fair. We mostly ate. …Then we ate some more. Finally we went on the huge ferriswheel to cap off the event. It was a lot of fun just walking around and chatting it up.

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Welcome to my blog. I don’t have much posted yet, but so far I have some photos of mine in the photography section. I hope you enjoy.