Red Cross ball (10-11-08)

Almost two weeks ago I covered a charity auction/banquet for the Washtenaw County Red Cross. Here is a sample of some of the pictures I took at the event. Before I started volunteering, I didn't realize all the services that the Red Cross provided, such as assisting people whose house had caught fire. Besides helping out, volunteering with the Red Cross is providing a lot of great experience covering fast moving events and anticipating the great candid moments.

Here is the auctioneer in action trying to motivate the bidders to bring the price up. It was fun to watch, he was pretty funny.

The waiters were all dressed in costume - there was a WWII era theme to the event.

There was a "big band" and swing dancers. With the dancers I was trying to get a great shot using a slow flash, and I didn't get anything I was super happy about, but I did get some good panning shots.



In the next week I'll post images from Ashley and Jeff Kermath's wedding I covered on the 4th of October. Got some great shots I am happy with.

The begining...

This is my first blog. Hello.

My name is Matthew Eddy, and I live in the lovely town of Ann Arbor. I only moved here 2 years ago from the central coast of California. As you might have expected, its a bit of a change. Freezing temperatures in winter, humidity in summer, lack of hills, snow, and the terrible roads are balanced with the cultural diversity, the fall colors, beautiful sunrises/sunsets, thunderstorms (which I think are fun) and I am sure there are more positive comments I could make about Ann Arbor, and Michigan in general.

Well, my main motivation for creating this blog is for my friends, current and potential clients to get a taste of ME, and keep people informed on the projects I am working on. I will be focusing on my Photography, and the small company I started called Oil-Rig Productions.

Why Oil-Rig Productions? It started as a domain name, something that was unique since www.matteddy.com was taken. So why Oil-Rig Productions? Well, driving up and down the coast of California from San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara, there are a number of oil rigs just off the coast, and I, being a industrial nerd, was fascinated with the contraptions. However, I am working on a current project that relates to oil rigs, but its not a mature project yet, and so I don't want to unveil it just yet.

My current public projects:
-Teaching photography classes through the Ann Arbor Rec and Ed department.
-Volunteering with the Washtenaw County Red Cross as a photographer


Well, I will post more as I have news. Right now I need to work on picture for a wedding I covered for Ashley and Jeff Kermath on Oct 4th. I will post some examples of my work on my website: www.oil-rigs.net

Take care,
Matt