But I don't have Photoshop... Not an excuse anymore.

(Attribute this post to boredom and a necessity to discover things I don't need  .)

     While doing my early morning surfing which usually is a standard E-Mail, Facebook, Huffington Post mish-mosh of diversion while I have my first cup of coffee, I fell into the whirlpool of what I call Web-Nosis. [Web-Nosis] : the act of traveling unconsciously from one page to another via links in what was going to be a fully read article.

     During this particular day I stumbled upon something that I am surprised to find out has been around since 2008.  

Photoshop Express . This is, described in Wikipedia, as a
      'Flash-based image editing web application from Adobe used to directly edit photos on blogs and social networking sites, so that users do not have to download or upload images' .
In short, it is an online working Photoshop program. Granted it doesn't have all the bells and whistles that I am used to but if you're looking to make that point and shoot picture pop, then this is perfect.

When you sign up for a free account you get:

• 2GB of free storage
• Online tools to edit, create, and share
• A personal gallery and profile page
• Slideshow templates and creations
• Video storage and streaming

I loaded a picture into the beta myself and can say, if you're looking for something quick, free and PRODUCTIVE then you have Photoshop at your disposal.

I always end up back in the kitchen....

I don't know why. Is it because I am Italian? Is it because I was (and am still to some extent) a picky eater? Is it because my first job was bustin' sudz in the kitchen of Gaetano's restaurant back then, a lifetime ago, in Mattapoisett? It is possibly a question for a philosopher, but I seem to always find myself entwined in the Food and Beverage industry no matter what I do in life. Sure, I'd love to bang out my own ideas but I don't pay myself a respectable wage whatsoever. So I take the work that is given to me and rent is ultimately paid.

That being said, things have been up in the last few months. Key West Food To Go, a restaurant food delivery service, has been established and given a presence thanks to yours truly. Their logo and sight design is 100% SCI. The logo was a quick make due to time.


More recently, we have been creating menu, table tent, & coaster designs for Pat Croce's Rum Barrel. Most of the design work has been done using their existing logos and basic design principles.

Where has the time gone???

It has been some time since I wrote anything. Over a year to be exact. At this point in the game I have been doing a whole bunch of nothing but doctor/lawyer stuff and it seems to be getting better. Well on the law side of things anyway. But back to that in a bit. I am deep in the middle of revamping skycrabimages.com .The site will have a whole new look and feel with new galleries (OK, not NEW galleries but a new style). I haven't shot anything since my accident so content will be pretty much the same. A new section will be added to the graphic arts section that will showcase print work (i.e. booklet, brochure style work)in a manner that will convey the finished product. The changes should be up shortly
As far as my accident. Well, we will be picking a jury for the criminal trial and if all goes smoothly we will start on the 8th. My civil case is going rather slowly. At this point I am awaiting the slow churning bureaucratic system to do it's thing so I can see a hand specialist to determine weather or not it can heal properly. Wish me luck on that.

Hungry???

Well readers, it hasn't been all recovery and pain for me. This week after months of revision and change the first issue of Rob Ayr's "We Deliver" menu has finally been sent to the printer. Rob had asked me several months ago to help him with a menu design that was both informative and visually appealing. I took a look at his current menu booklet and to be honest he could have gone any number of routes (including writing it all up with blunt crayons) and it still would have been an improvement from what he got from his previous graphic artist. After a battle with spell check, researching restaurants that did or did not exist anymore, recreating and creating logos for local restaurant menus (most were stolen from existing businesses across the country) I have finally come up with a product that Rob feels will do "We Deliver" a great service. This first issue is in greyscale and has only a few select menus (and a list of 38 other restaurants of which to order from) but once production becomes steady "We Deliver" will have a full color menu filled with menus on the streets of key west listing all restaurants and their cuisines that can be delivered right to your door.

Click on "We Deliver" for a .pdf of the first run menu.

Naked For Aids

Since the early days of FnA Studios my friend and business partner had an idea. Something for everyone to take part in. A unique vision and artistic way to battle the ongoing Aids epidemic. Get naked. It is in fact a simple idea and one that has come to fruition. Thomas Filipkowski has officially started the "Naked For Aids" website. I have assisted him on several of the shoots that have already taken place and thru skycrabimages.com have created his home on the web. Special thanks to those who were told about the project before the general public and stood tall to become the first of soon to be many who will donate, not money, but their clothing and around 30 minutes of their time to battle this ongoing disease.
Please visit nakedforaids.com
Thanks for reading

The Site is updated

After many months of recuperation with a head full of drugs keeping my attention at an all time low, compounded with a broken hand that keeps work at a slow drizzle, I am happy to say that I have finally set up the site to...well not perfection but at a standard that I approve of and is COMPLETELY self maintained. Which is, as some of you know, something I consider an important aspect. So, here it is. take a look and feel happy that I feel content on how I portray myself.

The Plight of the Knee.

For those of you who don't know I was in a severe accident on February 27th. A drunk driver hit me head on while I was dropping of wedding photography. I broke 2 ribs, the tarcal navicular in my right foot, and shattered (pulverized in some reports) my right kneecap which necessitated a patellectomy (removal of the entire patella). On the 24th of this month I found out that I will also need another surgery, this one on my right hand on the carpal navicular, of which I cannot afford. Well not only have these injuries stopped all production in the studio but since I have been taking a massive quantities of pain medication I have lost 2 possible jobs I spaced out on return calls and meetings I may have acquired, which I need desperately as the driver had no insurance and I am awaiting a court date to possibly maybe get some money back from all I have spent on medical bills.
So if for some reason I have not contacted anyone for any reason, I sincerely apologize. Thanks for reading.