T-Shirt Design

In my first semester in the graphic design program at UWM, I was introduced to a site called www.threadless.com. Our assignment was to submit a t-shirt design. Once submitted, others vote on your design and if you get a high enough rating, your t-shirt will get printed and sold on their site. Unfortunately, my t-shirt was never printed. Just recently, I decided to submit another design. This time the requirements asked to design a pair of flip flops to match the shirt. This design was never printed either, but it was fun to design something out of the ordinary! Grape-tastic:)

Sleeping Dog

The other night I decided to experiment a bit with my lighting gear. I needed a model, and since Jessica was busy our sleepy Golden Retriever, Banksy, happily obliged. (if you don't know Banksy, see the omniscient wiki) Anyhow, I have my speedlight above him with a 60" umbrella in our tiny living room trying to maneuver around while he sleeps. It was almost as if he'd done this before... I'd snap a shot and he would stretch and re-position - great. Snap another and he'd move his head to another angle - great. He certainly gave me all of this best looks. Either that - or he was extremely annoyed. As I was snapping away he would open his right eye to check on me every now and then. I got my practice in and came out with some keepers. My two favorites are below.

Chris & Amanda Engagement Shoot

A bit of background - I've been shooting on and off for about 3 years now. I've taken some travel shots and plenty of landscape. I've never done portraits or people outside the lovely Jessica =) I know Chris from my day job and he knew that I dabbled in photography - so he asked if I would be interested in shooting an engagement session. Of course I said yes and I finally got a chance to go out on a real shoot with a great couple. We went out in Waukesha last Sunday and had a blast. I'm learning a lot about post processing now but I have three that I'll share in the meantime.

This photo was taken at about 4:00 in the afternoon with the harsh sun shining bright. We found a shady spot and I liked the way the sun peaked through the trees.

We took this shot on some abandoned, overgrown rail road tracks. The mosquito's were out in full effect for this one so we couldn't stay long but I'm happy with how it turned out.

This is one of my favorites from the day taken around 7:00pm as the sun was dropping. Still need to fix the skyline though...

Introduction

Welcome! You've found Clark Creative - a collaborative work of Mike and Jessica. Mike has been exploring photography and Jessica is pursuing a career in Graphic Design. We will be updating this blog with photographs and design work. Check back often to see what we're working on. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or if you'd like to work with us!