February 27th

ben + amy + baby

my boss just had his first kid. i offered my help for some photographs and these are the results.

i actually had a lot of fun. ben and amy were incredibly nice and fun to hang out with. we talked music, played guitars and ate breakfast.

good shoot.

February 24th

I'm not often proud of the photos i take at work. most of them are shots of professors in their office. today, however, i got to shoot an interesting professor in an interesting office.

if i haven't explained my current job before, i take photos for columbia college chicago. i work for the creative services department who is in charge of all promotional ads for the school. like i said, for the most part the photos are never that interesting but every once in a while i really enjoy the final product.

February 5th

collages. new project

December 21st

the tour was great. it was definitely an experiment, testing out our music/radio performance. we should have some videos of the shows available online soon. until then, here are some photos of our trip. check back here or head to our dogs on tour page for more info.

November 12th

these are october and november's MCA first friday advertisements. another shoot for more ads was just scheduled for this friday.

if anyone reading this would like to come along and help out (i.e. hold some lights, model for test shots, make jokes, etc.) you're more than welcome to come. my contact information is on my portfolio site.

i've been in a bit of a rut with photos these past couple months. i'm finding a lot of new photographers that blow my mind and i keep getting discouraged/ inspired. that's the worst combination. thinking, "are you kidding me, no way could i take an image like that" and at the same time "but it does make me want to try"

anyways, december is almost here and that means two things... weather too cold for any human being to put up with and... a tour. the Dogs On Tour are heading out to maine and back. the show we're getting most excited about is our stop in New York with the radiolab guys. it should prove eventful.

posters, tour dates, and photos should be on the way.

October 18th

so a lot has happened.

Radiolab released a new episode... featuring us

the killer combo of margaret and corey bienert put together this video of us practicing "KOHN" for the third coast international audio festival on sunday, october 23rd, where we will be performing it live and accepting an award.

Hudson Branch - "Kohn" Promo from Corey Bienert on Vimeo.

October 6th

today, we pack up. put the guitars back in their cases and unplug the amps. see you later soma studio. thanks.

October 5th

last day in the studio. finishing up vocals (with help from erica froman), clicks, bells and whistles.

this week has been one of the best of my life. i'm glad to have spent every second of it with the people in the studio.

to see more videos and photos from this week head over to corey's site.

i'm excited to get these songs out and into the working world.

*special thanks to margaret and her harp, rachel and her cello, erica and her voice, and of course john mcentire.

October 4th

vocals, vocals, vocals.

and evan hunt dropped by. glad to see him.

October 3rd

three days in and feeling great.

marge recorded some harp today. it sounds unbelievably beautiful.

and vocal tracks made their first appearance today. one consisted of me screaming into a ukulele that was hooked up to a delay pedal through an amp with lots of reverb, and the other was cobey, in a booth, alone, in the dark.

October 2nd

day two at soma.

we've got most of the rhythm tracks done with just a couple more piano overdubs. today we got a visit from rachel june who brought her cello with her. sounded great.

things are moving along smoothly. we shouldn't have any problems if we keep up this pace.