Check it out!

It may be quick and dirty, but it's all mine! (My website that is www.hodgepodgecreative.com).


Yes, it only took a few very long nights (not 9 months, thank goodness!) but I'm proud to announce the arrival of a website to call my very own. From conception to the painfully long uploading process, this site has been a project all my own.

I hope it will serve as an online portfolio to showcase my work while I try to drum up business as fundraising efforts for me & N's upcoming humanitarian trip to Swaziland, Africa. (Stay tuned...more to follow!)

But for now...I just can't believe I managed to conquer the techie frontiers and get this thing up and running (thank heavens for online tutorials!)

Me...

Sometimes, folks just need to lighten up. Don't get me wrong - I have just as much baggage, issues, challenges, and wacko ideas as the next person. But life is too short to take myself too seriously. So, when for this self-portrait assignment, it was time for some fun, dammit!
Now, I know what you're thinking, but yes! even self-professed "creative-nerds" like me know how to have a good time - especially if it's a good ol' fashioned bluegrass hoe-down (just throwin' that out to all my fellow Folk Fest hippies).

Digging deep into the be-costumed depths of my tickle trunk (or in one case, forgoing the clothing option all together) I decided to portray some of my fav musical genres. Besides...I need some 'art' for the walls of my music room, and this was a cheap option!

Fun with light

Creativity can be taxing...especially on the umpteenth outing to capture "light". Sure, it may be a necessary component of "writing with light" (ie - photo-graphy), but some days, there's just only so many ways to shoot an object! So, I found some new victims - er, models, and set out to play hometown tourist for new inspiration in capturing directions of natural light. Who knew I'd end up taking dozens of shots of Canada's most notorious rebel - Mr. Riel! At least this perspective allows him to tower over the Leg - appropriate, don't you think?

Dance Series

For a recent creative assignment, I decided to explore one of my other favourite hobbies: dance. It was a blast exploring the freedom of movement with my best friend, and the resulting images really captured that joyful, almost out-of-body feeling that the best kind of dance produces for a dancer. I only wish every dance rehearsal could feel like the emotions these images stir in me!