Wedding mania

dancing, originally uploaded by Mr. Wright.

I did unexpected double duty on Saturday, shooting two weddings in S.A. in one day. The highlight of the day/night/early next morning was a big group jam-out of "Bohemian Rapsody" at my friend Jessica's wedding. That's the bride and her mom, old family friends both, getting down through the "nothing really matters" part, I believe. They earned the right to party hard: the family hosted the wedding in their backyard, and it was one of the best setups I've seen yet.

Weddings join the party

spin your momma round and round, originally uploaded by Mr. Wright.

Yesterday I decided to go an extra step and put some information about the weddings I've shot on my site. The main order of business, though, was trimming the fat from the Flickr set. It's now down to a slim 23 photos (which is still more than double a standard portfolio, but I figure wedding shoppers want to see more than photo editors).

Check it out: Set | Slide Show

Several shots from Leslie and Bryan's sordid affair made it into the set, including a couple that I had never got around to editing. I did hate to leave out this one, which was great, but too similar to the shot above. Sadly, Clare's scandalous booze heist also didn't make the cut. Nor did Leslie's thwarted escape attempt, since, out of context, it kind of conveys the opposite of love and marriage.

Professionalism rides again

For the second time in six weeks out here, I found myself in search of a new job and a new apartment. I think the word for this move, as a whole, is "harried." More on all that later.

For now, Amanda and I have the apartment taken care of. Hopefully, within a month, we'll finally be settled in for the next year. In the meantime, I've decided to take a stab at working in a photography print shop, if I can find one that'll take me. That meant mattwrightphotography.com needed some shining. Turns out I had neglected it for the better part of a year. I'm sure that looked great to prospective clients.

It's in better shape now. Among the highlights are an up-to-date main page, a new little icon for your browser (although it's still not great), photo titles that I can't quite get to look as good as Kriston's, an updated About page (with the above photo by Wylie Maercklein), and an overhauled Black & White Portfolio -- now with photos taken since 2003! Like I said, this was long overdue.

Comments, suggestions, corrections, adulation are welcome.

Spurs feva!

God, I wish Hengst still had the "Spurs Feva!" CD, a bootleg playoff rap that some locals produced. Way better than Montel Jordan's "This Is How We Do It," Spurs edition ("Dennis Rodman on the rebooooouuuund -- THIS IS HOW WE DO IT").

Training camp's started, and I'm hyped up. Looks like the Spurs filled out their roster by deciding to bring over Euro-project Ian Mahinmi and by signing second-round pick Marcus Williams. James White reportedly signed in Turkey.

The likely roster on opening day:
1. Duncan
2. Ginobili
3. Parker
4. Bowen
5. Finley
6. Barry
7. Oberto
8. Elson
9. Bonner
10. Vaughn
11. Horry
12. Udrih
13. Ime Udoka
14. Ian Mahinmi
15. Marcus Williams

All right, let's do it! Time to bore this league into submission!