Michael Burch

I HAVE MOVED TO TERRORKILL.COM

2008-11-07T01:22:00.003-05:00

So it's official. This blog will no longer be updated.

You can find me and all my cool things at TERROR KILL.

Blog/arts/cool/etc all at terrorkill.com

Check it out and make sure you subscribe to updates.

Moving soon...

2008-11-05T01:07:00.003-05:00

So this blog's life will be coming to a close within the next few days.

I am directing my efforts toward Terror Kill, where you will find all your michael burch news and updates.

The site is almost finished and when it is done, this blog will no longer be updated. Sorry.

Make sure you subscribe to Terror Kill and put on your bloggles.

Circumstance on the web

2008-10-30T20:46:00.005-04:00

So the complete works of my music project, Circumstance, are now available to download via torrents.

My First Years
The Internet is For Lovers
Telling Stories
Breakfast Champion NEW!

Also you can download the Breakfast short from the previous post.
Breakfast

Breakfast

2008-10-28T00:05:00.000-04:00

Breakfast from Terror Kill on Vimeo.

Promotional short for Slumber Party Mag.

Take Photos/Get Famous!

2008-10-25T13:44:00.001-04:00

Chris Couse of Omaha is for Bloggers and editor-in-chief/creater/designer/etc. of Slumber Party Mag is holding an open call for photos to appear in the forth-coming issue of SPM.

From Omaha is for Bloggers: “A new issue of Slumber Party Mag is about to be released. The issue is entitled ‘Breakfast Semantics (or The Best Part of Waking Up…)’. This issue marks the 1st issue of volume 2 that I have put out, so to celebrate it’s release I am having an open call; all you need to do is

1) make your favorite breakfast
2) take a photo of you (or of you & a friend) enjoying said breakfast
3) submit it to SPM [at] slumberpartymag@gmail.com

The due date is Nov 1st. All submissions will be seen in the issue that is to be released! So have fun w/ it!!”

Bearly Lit...

2008-10-21T22:55:00.003-04:00

Just for kicks.

terrorkill.02

2008-10-16T18:10:00.002-04:00

sneak peak from the new terrorkill.com

ready for launch, SOMEDAY! probably not that soon. but, YAY!

edit:

here's another something or other for the site or not.

MONA at the Doghaus...

2008-10-16T10:45:00.007-04:00

The studio where I work, MONA, has a room in a designer show house. The DogHaus benefits the Pennsylvania SPCA and has rooms designed by twenty-plus artists. I was fortunate enough to be the studio's in-house photographer on this project. I was able to photograph the individual pieces and the finished room. I was also able to procure a ticket to the opening event. This was one of the strangest nights of my life. It basically consisted of gin and tonics, excellent finger foods and a bunch of people who can afford to pay $175 to go to a party for three hours.

mona.

The MONA room was designed and constructed by the likes of Robert Aiosa(.com), Emily Burch(soon to be of thimbleknock), Kevin Derrick(blogmaster for DesignPhiladelphia and member of BahdeeBahdu) and others I do not feel like tracking down at this moment.

Another one...

2008-10-15T00:38:00.001-04:00

I guess I just couldn't stop drawing today...

timber bear with switters' stilts.

DRAWINGS...

2008-10-14T17:02:00.005-04:00

I drew some stuff today.

seventh fairhoof born in captivity.

kill dog with prosthetic murder-blood dentures and modified pincers.

the rim-horned buffaluffagus in natural habitat.edit:

i drew some more.

bunny with stolen murder-blood dentures and turtleneck.
bunnies avoiding infection.

timber bear with 3-d glasses and a tie.

timber bear eating grass.

HIHIHI

2008-09-30T12:49:00.002-04:00

The mainframe is down, but here are my favorite videos of all time.

planet patrol - didn't know i loved you

fat boys - sex machine

???!!!

2008-09-20T10:33:00.001-04:00

technical difficulties...

08. HB 2 ME...

2008-09-16T00:37:00.003-04:00

I still can't catch up, but it's my birthday.

Best cake ever, compliments my sister, MLE.

I don't care if it's after midnight.

07. Oh no!

2008-09-14T23:25:00.003-04:00

I left my external hard drive in Sayre! What a doo-doo head.

I won't get it back for 4 weeks, so I quess I'm actually going to have to do new things to post on here.

Waverly Opera House. I watched my mother in Harvey this weekend.

A birthday present from my parents. BEST EVER! My shoe for scale.

06. Oops!

2008-09-13T17:36:00.004-04:00

So I fell behind. It was not totally my fault. I had to travel a few hundred miles and blah blah excuses. I watched Firefly (or Firefly)all day and when I finished the last episode I watched Serenity. Pure bliss.

Here is No. 2 on my list of ladies I am in love with.

Her name is River Tam.
She is a fictional character.
She can kill you without breaking a sweat.
She knows what I'm thinking.

I'm hooked.

05. The most beautiful girl...

2008-09-10T22:15:00.003-04:00

I would like to introduce you to my favorite roommate, my best friend and the most beautiful girl in my life.

Her name is Milos. Well, to be proper, her name is Madame Milos Milos Ganoush.

She runs.
She jumps.
She howls like an angel.
And she loves my morning breathe.

I am under her spell.

04. Dolphin does...

2008-09-09T22:59:00.002-04:00

This is the cover for the formerly named My Day at the Beach EP, now turned My Night at the Beach EP from Echo the Dolphin. You'll probably never get to listen to it, but just pray someday you will.

too tired for new things.

03. Trees and thank you...

2008-09-08T21:50:00.004-04:00

Day 03, day 03, day 03.

Today seemed like a very long day.

I think tomorrow will be another long day.

I made this a couple months back for my intermediate drawing class. It's a portrait of my budding birch bonsai tree. Today this tree looks quite a bit different.

Much more branchy.

And leafy.

Spray-paint + ink

word.

02.a. internet 2.0

2008-09-07T22:14:00.005-04:00

I'm just reposting the new album art from The Internet is for Lovers as gifs. I couldn't handle the jpg compression ruining my wonderful 24 colors and beautiful pixels.

Also! I uploaded zip files of the two FREE EP's so you can download all the tracks at once, plus the artwork, PLUS a handy playlist file built in for FREE.

get them here>>>my first years , the internet is for lovers.

Be ready for day 3 of 30 Days of Sight! tomorrow.

woot

02. the internet is for lovers

2008-09-07T14:50:00.004-04:00

In celebration of the completion of album art for the Circumstance ep, The Internet is for Lovers, I have put all the tracks online for free download.

you can find them here:
Circumstance - The Internet is for Lovers (EP) [2007]
01. direct connect the dots
02. e-dates to the beach
03. ttfn lu

(cover) (back)

If you happened to miss out on the free ep, My First Years, I'll be a nice guy and point you in the right direction.

Circumstance - My First Years (EP) [2005]
01. car ride
02. the park at night
03. intelligent design

In a couple days I will have the Telling Stories EP available for download also.

All tracks are also linked from the Circumstance myspace profile.

01. an invitation...

2008-09-06T13:47:00.000-04:00

For Day 01 of 30 Days of Sight!...
I am inviting you to an art gallery. Do!n't worry it's a quick trip, just go to the Photomedia Center. It's the 2008 Open Juried Exhibition featuring 22 photographs from 13 artists. I received a purchase award, so the center is buying a print for their permanent collection.

Vote for Eek! to appear in JPG Magazine.

I have a new blog collaboration with my friend Ashley coming very soon.

Here's a little sneak peek.

Oatmeal Brains, a blog of poetry and pictures, is coming soon.

00. the start

2008-09-05T12:25:00.000-04:00

Today I start what I will be calling "30 Days of Sight!" (it will actually be 31 if we count today, Day 00). I will perform a task, previously thought impossible, that will amaze and astound all of the 3 people that read this blog. Get ready for it, because...

I will post once everyday for the next 30! days.

Unbelievable or what?

I am starting this spectacular by copying my wonderfully creative friend, Chris (or Chris)(vote for his photos here 1, 2). I am sharing with you an opportunity to vote for my photo on JPG magazine's website.

Vote for Road Trip in The World of Tomorrow theme.

This theme isn't scheduled to appear in any upcoming issues, but I have to start somewhere. I'll try submitting something for the next issue soon.

And be ready for day 01 of 30 Days of Sight!

oh wow...

2008-08-23T10:42:00.000-04:00

In a few hours I will have moved to Philadelphia. Pretty crazy right?

Goodbye, Sayre.

Music up for DL...

2008-08-22T03:14:00.000-04:00

Circumstance - My First Years (EP) is now available for download.

Through the wonders of the interwebs you can now download this album for free in it's 3 song entirity.

These are the first songs I ever wrote. I was living in a dorm room and trying to find any reason I could not to think about how tiny the room I lived in was.

I hope you enjoy, or at least take the free music.

01. Car Ride
02. The Park at Night
03. Intelligent Design

Two more albums will be uploaded soon.

I have some reading to do...

2008-08-14T09:32:00.000-04:00

A couple weeks ago I bought these at a yard sale.
Beyond! 1-6/6
Galactus: The Devourer 1-6/6
Spider-Man: Breakout 1-5/5

Doctor Stranger: Master of Mystic Arts 9-13

Dr. Strange vs. Dracula
Justice League: The Nail 1-3/3
Martian Manhunter 6-15
Mystery in Space #111
Not Brand Echh #5
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

Yesterday, some books I ordered from Amazon arrived.
Watchmen
Batman: Year One
Alan Moore's Writing for Comics

Plus, my list of e-comics is growing larger and larger.
30 Days of Night
Akira
From Hell
Albion
Batman: The Killing Joke
Hellblazer
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Spirit: The New Adventures
Tintin
Star Trek: The Next Generation
V for Vendetta
Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse

quick one...

2008-07-25T20:18:00.000-04:00

This is a great picture of my sister, Emily (soon of ThimbleKnock), from sometime in the 80s. Notice the words of encouragement for my mother to quit smoking.

Photo credit: David Burch and his SLR, either Minolta or Mamiya.

And just for giggles, here's a pic of my father and I (I'm guessing in 90-91).

Photo credit: Kathryn Morrissey-Burch, I presume.

catch up!

2008-07-21T23:24:00.000-04:00

First and foremost, Batman business. Of course, The Dark Knight was awesome. we all knew it would be, but Gotham Knight was awesome too. I bought Batman: The Dark Knight Returns at a yard sale. I also purchased several Martian Manhunter comics there, a few of Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, etc. I also recently acquired Heroes: Volume 1, which I really enjoyed reading.

In other reading news, I am up-to-date on the Twilight saga (1, 2, 3). Just waiting for the book release party on August 2nd at 12am for Breaking Dawn. Nerd.

On to what I did today. First, I made some banners to put on my two, yet to be completed, websites, TERRORKILL and Sweat Party!.

I also worked on some album art for my music project, Circumstance. I started posting songs and giving people these albums I had done awhile ago, but there weren't any covers, so I'm working on catching up because I have a few new projects that are getting close to completion.

top: my first years ep (front)
bottom: my first years ep (back)

top: telling stories ep (front)
bottom: telling stories ep (back)

I'll try not to be such a stranger!

I can't stop!!!...

2008-07-10T12:31:00.001-04:00

Reading this book, Twilight. I know i shouldn't, but I really can't help it.

High School vampire dramas are totally in! Plus they are making a movie. Come on.

I'm posting this picture beacuse it was inspired by a short story by Ray Bradbury called "The Man Upstairs." It's about a vampire.

Where's my Internets!?

2008-07-09T09:58:00.000-04:00

So I no longer have a readily available connection to the web, but after class ends Thursday I'm going to start posting again, even if I do have to use crappy computers at the library.

What's life like without the internet you ask?
I've read some books:
The Little Prince
The Story of B
Island

I'm painting my bike, almost done, photos soon.
I do homework, I make music (probably 15 songs since I've lost my online capabilities), I watch The X-Files and Batman Beyond, I have a million ideas for photos, drawings and paintings (they start next week).

Boris on July 16 and The Dark Knight on July 18!

Sorry for the break...

2008-05-16T13:59:00.000-04:00

but finals week sucks, and now I have to worry about moving. Something very cool is happening though. For the first time in a very long time, I have to initiate any creativity on my own, which means no rules, no guidelines, no restrictions. This could go extremely bad or it could be the greatest thing to ever happen in my life. Only time will tell.

-on to: photos, drawings, websites, animations, musics, etcs

Your house.

2008-04-30T13:29:00.000-04:00

I'm hungry.

One week and 2 days left.

TERRORKILL

2008-04-29T13:22:00.001-04:00

A website is in the mix.
Coming sometime in May.
TERRORKILL

.........

2008-04-23T21:19:00.000-04:00

So critique when pretty well today. Apparently, this illustration does not have any real world applications. According to my photo professor, I need to conform more to "industry standards" to have a place out there.

I nodded my head a lot, and said "ok" more times than I can count, but I think I'll just keep doing what I'm doing.

Life has been ordered...

2008-04-22T14:04:00.001-04:00

I ordered my book, Life. It will be shipped by next Wednesday.
Go out and beg for change and order a copy.
Life. A Book by Michael Burch

Two weeks and two days until the end of the semester.

Life.

2008-04-19T13:25:00.001-04:00

a book by michael burch...

For my Advanced Photo 1 class, we are required to order a print on demand book. I just finished mine and as soon as I can I will be ordering it from Blurb.com.
If you want to check out a pdf preview, it's here. Just click download.

Pixel to Print show...

2008-04-19T00:06:00.000-04:00

sponsored by the EUP Photo Club is getting hung tomorrow.
This is what I put in:

1. "winter soldier stretching before breakfast"
2. "winter soldier taking afternoon walk"
3. "winter soldier returning to warm welcome"

"INTERNET INTERNET 15 second High Speed INTERNET" (pdf version, click download file. much higher quality, make sure to zoom in)
[collaboration with Gus Trauth]

"INTERNET INTERNET 15 SECOND HIGH SPEED INTERNET"
[initial concept art (drawing by Gus Trauth, digital painting by Michael Burch)]

The Pixel to Print show, any digitally generated 2-D artwork, is on the second floor of the Baron-Forness Library from Sat 4.19 to Thurs 5.8.

EUP photo senior show starts today...

2008-04-11T11:37:00.000-04:00

Dear Diary,
(everything i do is an effort to make myself look good.
i hope i made myself look good.)

war of terrors! survival stories.

Hoo's there?

These are my pieces being hung in the show today.

I struggled to get them done on time, but i am glad to be the only person it seems, to have made something specifically for this show. It feels good to have it all done.

Two things left to do today. sleep and THIS!

Where have I been?

2008-04-07T21:40:00.001-04:00

Outside of course.

These are test shots of some works in progress.

a.

b.

c.

This is the setup for "a."

Everything from all three setups (except plant in
foreground of "c.") is bristol board painted with
spray paint.

The final versions of these will be shot with color
4x5 film... fingers crossed.

I've been watching movies, animated movies mostly. Movies I've been putting off watching for years. For example, Howl's Moving Castle, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, and Peter and the Wolf. You might notice a trend in most of these movies. I can't explain it. It just kind of happened that way. Most of it could be attributed to trying to watch two movies in particular, never being able to find them online, and then stumbling upon these other titles in my quest.

Also, a reminder. 4 square season is back in effect.

In progress...

2008-03-19T19:02:00.001-04:00

Here are just a few of my black and white 120 diptychs. The list is getting longer and longer, and will continue to do so. I am still in the process of editing/touching-up these. Also, I am going through all my 120 negatives to see if I can't find some more possible diptychs buried in there.

I watched this awesome South Korean film, Old Boy, yesterday in my Asian cinema class, and afterwards I watched Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown which I enjoyed quite a bit.

Mobile Photos...

2008-03-13T13:05:00.001-04:00

The strange mushrooms on my pizza from O.I.P. that I could not bring myself to eat. They looked liked they were rubber and they definitely came from a can.

Mullen and I took a ride in the monstrous truck formerly known as The Big Red Machine that has now been painted white. You feel 10 feet higher than every other vehicle on the road when you are in that truck.

2008-03-11T13:25:00.001-04:00

I made breakfast...

Go here if you want to learn something without paying for college.

My first polaroids...

2008-03-10T22:59:00.001-04:00

These are the first polaroids I have ever taken (I could be the last person on the planet to do so). They scanned terribly, but this scanner is junk anyway. If I ever take any more polaroids I would like to use a camera that has some sort of manual functions, however minimal they may be. I don't like not being able to accurately frame a shot before I take it.

I am going to go read- probably a lot more than I really want to. Too bad my text books aren't on this site of free classic audio books.

Go take pictures

2008-03-10T14:06:00.001-04:00

(Gage.)

I like watching movies.

Last night I watched;
There Will Be Blood (Amazing)
The Assassination of Jesse James (So good)
Into the Wild (Still good)

Tonight I'm watching;
8 1/2
Me and You and Everyone We Know

NO CLASS

2008-03-08T19:50:00.001-05:00

"poles" (in progress...)

So I have a week off from school, and that means time to get things done. All I need now is sun. I have cameras and more than enough film:

Yashica(TLR/120mm)
Kodak Brownie (P&S/120mm)
Omega D (View/4x5")
Nikon D70s (SLR/Digital)
Polaroid (P&S/600)

2008-03-05T21:40:00.001-05:00

"The lights are on."
"Is anyone home?"

An accurate representation of the current weather...
An accurate representation of the current climate...

Critiques drive me crazy. Class discussions drives me crazy.

It goes in one ear and out the other.

Look Around You

2008-03-03T17:55:00.001-05:00

A few too many clouds to see the eclipse, but I still like the way this shot turned out. It's time for a critique so I'll make this quick.

I love the BBC. Watch this video and all the other clips.

3rd and final

2008-02-28T20:47:00.001-05:00

"Two Seths and a Railing"

This is my last post for the day, but I will have more tomorrow. This is another group from the same roll and day as the cookout. I discovered this roll of 120mm in my room a couple weeks ago and was so happy when I developed it and found all these shots.

There will be a couple more medium format diptychs coming soon. I just have to finish cleaning them up. Also there will probably be a lot of medium format in general coming soon because I know have 16 rolls of B&W and 7 rolls of color.

before/after

2008-02-28T19:26:00.001-05:00

after

before

Before and after digital modification. Both of these images were shot in Sayre, PA during my photo 1 class in the spring of 2006 I believe. I like the transition from shooting with a cheap plastic camera (holga) to digital alteration on these excessively expensive iMacs.

The diptych I posted earlier today was taken in October at Ben and Gus's when we were enjoying beautiful weather and eating big slabs of meat. A reminder that NWPA isn't always 12 degrees and snowing.

Maybe another post tonight? We'll see what happens...

It's been awhile

2008-02-28T16:45:00.001-05:00

So I haven't posted in awhile, but I've just been so busy working on things without any really viewable progress being made. Fortunately, the wait is over! The next few days will be full of updates. Sorry I've been gone so long, but I needed to really get down for a few days. I'm watching Tetsuo II: Bodyhammer tonight, and I am pumped about that.

Blah blah blah. I'll be posting again later tonight.

Work in progress...

2008-02-18T20:54:00.000-05:00

"Cool Keith"

Today is a super long day. I'm about to head downstairs to work in the wet lab. These shots were taken at least a year ago. I found them yesterday and scanned them, but they still need a lot of clean up.

2008-02-15T14:34:00.000-05:00

"I had visions of silver until the student government blinded me."

"This print is not for sale, but I am."

A readdressing of some portraits, I just submitted these to the Graphic Design Club's show "Not for sale." The first is a comment on the Student Government Association's denial of funds for the Photo Club's publication Silvervision. The second I guess is just saying how this "Not for sale" show is still an attempt for artists to sell themselves.

I'll find out later if they were accepted.

Keep Truckin'...

2008-02-13T01:33:00.001-05:00

(alex.)(amber.)(ernst.)(gus.)(me.)

I finished everything for my first critique for Adv. Photo 1 tomorrow (actually today). I'm not totally thrilled about it, but I am just completely tired of doing these little assignments. This one had to be inspired by early 19th century and Victorian photography. In both my photo classes I have semester long projects that I feel I should be devoting my attention to, but these little assignments are seemingly unnecessary. I guess I thought my senior year would be more focused on an exit portfolio, or at least allowing me to focus on work I am interested in doing. This project did however have some positive inspirations on what I'd like to do.

First, I would like to continue this recent trend of shooting film to continue. Luckily, I have basically taken over one of the schools view cameras for the semester. I'll take it back when they make me.

Secondly, I have plans to attempt to shoot photos of as many people that I know as I can. I'd like to do this all in 120mm film to keep it coherent. I would really like to have a relatively large catalog of people I have come into contact with while in NWPA. Time's running out, but I am still going to try to get as many people as I can.

I Shot Me...

2008-02-10T18:30:00.000-05:00

Something I threw together while I spend the next couple hours cleaning up dust and scratches on 40 different photos.

I'm glad I don't have anywhere to go right now. It's 7 degrees in Edinboro and the wind is blowing twenty-eight miles per hour. That makes for a pretty wicked wind chill factor.

I am working on getting these compilations of 8 photos for each of my 4 sitters and one compilation of myself. This assignment is for a project based on early 19th century and Victorian photography. I took my inspiration from Carte de visites, which were 8 portraits developed on one "whole" plate. They printed them on small "trade cards" that were used quite frequently to introduce oneself, similar to a business card for socialites and the like. (You may be able to tell I've been trying to work on my presentation for the critique Wednesday)

Like most school assignments, which are treated more like brief exercises, my results have varying success. There is just never enough time to fully develop your ideas or address problems that arise while shooting or during post-production. That is the nature of schooling I suppose. Spend a few years half completing dozens of projects.

"Smokin' Pokin' Man"

2008-02-06T23:22:00.000-05:00

If Ash Ketchum saved his Marlboro dollars for camping gear.

Today was our class trip to the Stereoscopic Museum in Meadville. I went last semester also, but I enjoyed it a lot more this time. Most likely this is related to who was requiring me to go, and my free pair of 3-D glasses. I need to go home and look at pictures of mars now!

Tomorrow is a BIG day. No class so I am going to get as much done as I can. Hopefully my first labor intensive project of the semester will be posted tomorrow.

Night Light

2008-02-04T18:08:00.001-05:00

This is not a composite or digital alteration. The process I used was very simple so I'll let you guess how I did it.

I now have 48 hours until my first critique in Advanced Photo II. It's going to be a close race, but after this one things should run a little smoother. Having one week to do this just wasn't enough time to really work this out. Thankfully the rest of the critiques are spread out and are a continuous progression of what I'm already doing.

And the film keeps rolling...

2008-02-02T22:26:00.000-05:00

Ashley leaving my house after lunch.

More view camera 4x5 shots. These recent photographs are an attempt to practice using a view camera and re-familiarize myself with film developing. It has been a few semesters since I've really done much work in the wet lab. I don't want to spend a good amount of money on color film only to blow it just because I loaded the film wrong. The last few days have gone without any tragedies and I might just be regaining my confidence.

My First Photo

2008-01-30T16:58:00.002-05:00

This was taken during my first year at Edinboro before I ever took a photography class or really had any interest in doing so. I used a Sony Cybershot through the peephole in my dorm room and this is the result.

2008-01-29T13:48:00.000-05:00

The Telemorphis Descent of a Rectangle*

*A shot of Rick from last semester.

I'll be taking some view camera shots for my 19th century and Victorian project tonight. This might sound strange and unrelated to the project, but it will be totally Sci-Fi influenced. I guess I'll just have to explain it more when the series is completed.

This afternoon in Asian Art & Pop Cinemas I will be watching When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, directed by Mikio Naruse in 1960. As far as I can tell, every movie in this class will be awesome. Last week was Wong Kar-Wai's Chungking Express, which I thought was great. Tony Leung was in it and I always think he does a great job.

Mondays...

2008-01-28T15:20:00.001-05:00

I'm watching "The Adventure of Photography" in class right now. We'll see if it's any good.

4x5 View camera shots

2008-01-25T12:30:00.000-05:00

"ForestFire/FireSale.1983"
"Rick Hits Warp Drive/First Images From Mars Rover"
"Seth Ernst and a Bike, 3 Views from Edinboro Lake"

So I stayed up late shooting, developing and scanning these shots I took with one of the school's Omega 45d view cameras, and then I woke up early today to finish touch ups and printing. This was all in an effort to submit them by 1pm today for the 6x6x6 mini show that opens in Bates Gallery tomorrow.

Needless to say, I'm not submitting anything because 3/4 printers in this lab haven't had proper drivers installed since these iMacs were reformatted, and the other one left gouges on all my prints and refused to print black and gray, leaving me with green and blue tinted, scratched prints. AWESOME!! This is what $200 of lab fees gets me.

*interesting note: those frames are about a foot away from each other

And then it dawned on me...

2008-01-18T13:12:00.000-05:00

I don't think I've seen you before.

The sun, as it rises, such a stranger to me. Except the other day when I was walking home from a very long night and the morning was just beginning. So I took my camera out and looked toward my mailbox. Longing for 8 1/2 to arrive from GreenCine.

First Post/welcoming myself to the internets

2008-01-17T20:26:00.000-05:00

This blog's main purpose is to track progress over the course of my last semester (hopefully) as a photography student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, the bane of my existance.

My newly found motivation to exit the American education system a.s.a.p. has driven me to new levels of productivity I had previously thought impossible.

Hopefully, this is the first of many frequent posts.

Good job, Mike Burch. Welcome to the internets!