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| Professional/Personal Overview |
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I own and operate Octane Press, a book publishing and packaging company. My company offers turn-key publishing solutions, and can have stunning book projects authored, photographed, published, printed, delivered, marketed, and sold. Our client list includes Crain Communications and Source Interlink, and we are adept at creating clever, popular books out of existing content.
I'm also an accomplished author, and my photography and writing appears in books, calendars and feature articles for national magazines including Men's Journal, Motorcyclist and Draft. |
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| Work Samples |
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Magazine Features |
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(Robb Report Motorcycling, 8/1/2007)
A ride in Michigan's upper peninsula with off-road race legend Dick Burleson finds the 58-year-old man living life with the verve and energy of a man one-third his age.
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(Motorcycle Escape, 6/1/2006)
A visit to New Orleans for the bittersweet Mardis Gras of 2006 finds the town and its inhabitants battered but not beaten.
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(Motorcycle Escape, 6/1/2006)
On a 2000-mile ride across Alaska, Peter Peil and I find that the best parts of the state exist at the end of the worst roads. We visit with an amateur bear photographer in Manley Hot Springs, cross the Brooks Range on the Dalton Highway, and encounter a brown bear on the way to McCarthy.
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(ATV Rider magazine, 7/1/2005)
Chasing Wild Bill's legacy in the vast riding area near the tacky temples in Deadwood, South Dakota.
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(Motorcycle Cruiser, 5/1/2005)
Riding and religion meet on a motorcycle tour of southern Minnesota
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(Escape magazine, 4/1/2004)
A visit to the Gracious House near Denali National Park
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(Motorcycle Escape, 4/1/2004)
Finding suadade and allegria on a two-week-long tour of the south coast of Brazil.
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(Dirt Rider, 4/1/2001)
Crossing pathes with saltwater crocodiles, virgin beaches, and the Telegraph Track during a 2,000-mile trip through the Australian Outback
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Books and Calendars |
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(Motorbooks, 10/6/2009)
Illustrated book.
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(Voyageur Press, 7/1/2008)
The market's best-selling farm tractor calendar features beautifully restored old iron in attractive settings.
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(Voyageur Press, 7/1/2008)
Oversize calendar featuring perfectly restored farm tractors photographed around the country.
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(MBI Publishing , 6/1/2008)
If you want to rebuild a beloved ride, house a prized collector car, or spend some quality time with a motorcycle, here is the book for you. An essential tool for building your dream garage, this book takes readers from inspiration to reality in engaging and easy-to-follow steps.
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(MBI Publishing, 7/1/2005)
Calendar of trucks working on farms in the US, South America, and Australia
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(MBI Publishing, 8/1/2003)
Cofee table book with photos of old tractors in scenic settings.
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Reviews |
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(Minnesota Public Radio, 11/4/2003)
Radio interview with MPR's David Molpus about Tractor in the Pasture
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(Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal, 2/3/2003)
Review of Tractor in the Pasture
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| Work Info |
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Expertise |
| Book Author |
20 Years |
| Editor |
20 Years |
| Photographer |
15 Years |
Specialty |
| Books & Literature |
18 Years |
| Outdoors |
25 Years |
| Travel |
20 Years |
Total Media Industry Experience
20 Years |
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Motorcycle Escape magazine (3-5), Motorcycle Product News magazine (3-5), Octane Press (3-5) |
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Crain Communications (1-2), Source Interlink (1-2) |
Other Work History
Features Editor, Motorcycle Escape; Outdoors Editor, ATV Rider; Adventure Travel Editor, Dirt Rider; Editor-in-Chief, MBI Publishing; Senior Acquisitions Editor, MBI Publishing |
Computer Skills
InDesign, Photoshop, Photo Mechanic, MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Quark Xpress |
Technical Skills
Sound editing, photo editing, text editing, GPS navigation |
Equipment
Canon AF film and digital SLR (1DS, 10D, 1N, 70-200/2.8, 24-70/2.8, 50/2.0 (macro), 14/2.8, 550EX); Nikon Coolscan 4000 slide scanner, Canon 2200 large format printer, Olympus digital audio recorder, Garmin GPS V and Zumo 550 |
Foreign Language Skills
Speak, read and write rudimentary Spanish; can order a beer in seven languages |
Work Permits & Visas
current Brazilian Visa |
References
Dennis Pernu, Editor, MBI Publishing; Zack Miller, V.P. Publishing, MBI Publishing; Jamie Elvidge, Editor, Motorcycle Escape |
Associations
American Society of Journalists and Authors, Society of Professional Journalists, Independent Book Publishers Association |
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near Austin, TX. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car. |
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| mediabistro.com Questions |
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Describe your dream assignment
Covering an impossible-to-reach destination that only a few people have been lucky enough to see. Add in good light, motorcycles, and some characters to write about and photograph, and I'm in heaven. Today, I'd want to be crossing the Atacama Desert in Morocco.
What book is on your nightstand right now?
Ballad of the Whisky Robber, Julian Rubenstein
What's the hardest work project you've ever tackled?
An assignment to cover Caravana, an off-road ride that takes place in Bolivia every year. I fractured my fibula in a motorcycle crash on the second day of the ride, and hadn't shot near enough film. I had to finish the two-week-long trip riding on an ATV and shooting with my badly swollen ankle and lower leg stuffed into a boot that was two sizes too large.
What's the best job you've ever had?
The Bolivia assignment in which I crashed and fractured my fibula. The countryside was exotic, the experiences amazing, and the people were terrific. Plus there is nothing easier to write about than a eventful (read disastrous) trip!
What's your idea of a perfect Saturday night?
Dinner at a great little unknown restaurant with friends, and then catching one of my favorite bands. This Saturday night, that would be The Barbary Fig followed by a Charlie Parr show, but my tastes are always changing.
In ten years, I want to be:
Writing and photographing books and magazine feature articles with enough people ponying up for my stuff to make a halfway decent living.
What's your idea of a perfect Monday morning?
Waking up in a tent pitched next to my motorcycle in the middle of nowhere with the coffee already on and the light just popping over the horizon.
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