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Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the web. As you've likely figured out by now from the big, blatant logo above, my name is Matt and my passion lies behind my camera. I'm a portrait photographer in the Dallas/Fort Worth area focusing (pun possibly intended) on capturing people in a natural, artistic and authentic style.
This is a place where (soon-to-be) clients, family, friends, photographers, and harmless stalkers can see my most recent featured work, what I've been up to, and who I am. And with a little luck, I may accidentally occasionally write or post something that's mildly entertaining or even - dare I say - useful. Hopefully you'll see just as much about me as you will my work because as a photographer the more people know about me, the more relaxed they are in choosing me to capture the moments they'll remember and cherish for a lifetime.
Thanks again for dropping in. God bless!
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Shaking Off the Rust
August 27, 2008 ~ Personal
Hello, camera. I'm sorry I've been away, but it's so good to see you. Let us never part ways again.
The shoulder is finally on the mend, and I'm able to pick up my beloved D3 again. I've got new client sessions starting again in September, so I thought I better get back in the saddle and shake off some of the rust. [Insert more gratuitous clichés here] I went for a walk tonight in the new neighborhood, and just across the busy street from the housing development I live in is this big farm smack dab in the middle of urban sprawl. From the pictures below you might think I live out in the boonies, but I promise you I do live in modern civilization. This farmer guy is sitting on a gold mine, but I hope he never sells it. It's kinda cool to have open land with cows and alpaca (not pictured - sleeping or something) so close to the house. And oddly (and fortunately) enough, no farm smell to go with it. I've basically traded a view of the cross near the old apartment for a view of the cows near the new house. Reminds of home where I grew up back in Ohio.
Here's a few images from my first day back in a while. |
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Yearbook Yourself
August 20, 2008 ~ Fun
Since I'm still not able to use my camera with this crazy shoulder thing (I know some of you are probably wondering, 'Is he even still doing photography??'), I'm catching up on a lot of blog stalking. One of my favorite blogs to check out is Bark by fine art dog photographer Erin Vey. Her work is very clean and crisp and I really appreciate her style and the way she captures the personality of her canine clientele.
I was checking in on her blog tonight and saw where she had posted an entry on this hilarious site called Yearbook Yourself where you can upload an image of yourself and then send yourself back in time by inserting your mug into yearbook photos from 1950 up to the year 2000. Give it a try and see if you don't see a frightening resemblance to one of your parents in a photo from their heyday.
Here's a collection of some of my favorites. Bet you can probably guess what year most of these were from. |
An apology to Blog
August 19, 2008 ~ Fun
Dear blog,
I'm sorry. I know you must be wondering where I've been and why I've neglected you for the better part of the last two weeks. Please know that I've missed you, though. I never intended to make you feel hurt and abandoned, and I promise you I'm not spending time with another blog. It's just that I was so busy with the move, and then that shoulder thing happened where it was too painful to even write to you for a few days, let alone use my camera to take any photographs to send to you. I've got lots of meds to help with that now, though, and with physical therapy starting tomorrow, I'm hoping things will be back to normal soon.
I miss you, and I want to spend more time with you, and I promise we will soon. Please give me another chance.
Yours always,
Matt
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Signing Off
August 14, 2008 ~ News
I'll be off the grid starting Friday morning around 9 until about noon on Saturday while I'm moving and having internet access set up at the house. I can still get email (info@mattnicolosi.com) on my iPhone or you can call 214-621-4264 if you need to reach me.
See you on the other side. |
Vacation... Doctor's Orders
August 14, 2008 ~ News
It's a good thing I'm taking most of August off from photography anyway. Otherwise, I'd have a whole lotta rescheduling going on right now. My right shoulder (a.k.a. my "shooting" shoulder) started hurting a couple weeks ago after a flag football game. A little sore for a couple days, but no biggie. Then after throwing all game last week, the pain got a little more biggie. It got worse each day this week to the point where I was loadin' up on Ibuprofen multiple times a day (we're talkin' a steady snack of pills throughout the day), but it was helping less and less. Yesterday and today I couldn't raise my arm above elbow height. One word. Pain. Ful. As a grown man, I'm not afraid to admit I nearly shed a tear on a couple occasions when I inadvertently moved the wrong way.
I finally sucked it up and listened to Kylie and made a doctor's appointment today since the I'm-a-man-and-I'm-stubborn-and-I-don't-need-no-stinkin'-doctor-'cause-this-thing-will-get-better-on-its-own approach that I was employing clearly wasn't working. DIagnosis? Calcific Tendinits. If you're medical terminology deciphering skills are as rusty [read: non-existent] as mine, that means calcium has built up in the rotator cuff tendon where it attaches bone causing inflammation in the tendon. Further layman's description = oouuuucccchhhhh. |
The silver lining here is that no surgery is likely req'd. I was a bit nervous about that since it kept getting worse by the day and all I could think about was that recovery time would trounce all over upcoming photography sessions starting in September. The extra polished silver lining? I was partially right in my this-thing-will-get-better-on-its-own diagnosis. Turns out no one's really sure what causes this to occur, but in most cases it eventually works itself out and the body dissolves the calcium in a matter of weeks or a month or two and replaces is with healthy tendon tissue. In rare cases, arthroscopic surgery is required to seal the recovery deal, but that's typically unlikely. (Hmm... since I started that last sentence with "In rare cases..." the "but that's typically unlikely" seems a bit redundant an unnecessary, doesn't it?).
Generally doctors just try to make the pain more manageable until God's design kicks in and the body heals itself. So, I got a big ol' shot of Cortizone in the shoulder today. The physician's assistant spewed some more medical jargon at me that - when I asked her to give it to me in English - she basically said it's not uncommon for some people to have a temporary adverse reaction to the shot where the pain actually increases for a day or two before it gets a lot better. |
Maybe I'm a bit naive and looking for more of a medical miracle here when i heard the word Cortizone, but I was expecting to be able to pick up my 5lb camera & lens a couple hours later (hey, that kinda healing happened in Varsity Blues, why not me?), but so far not so much.
The doc also said to lay low on the shoulder use for a while. Umm, I'm moving into the new house this weekend. Oops. |
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