11.09.10 - sorry for the neglect

It stinks when this happens to blogs... they go for a while... and have a good go, and then they slowly start to fade and before to long you notice that your last post was weeks, months or even years ago...

I got a nice wake up call from a friend that sent me a message on facebook asking why haven't I updated the blog lately? Well... theres no real good excuse...

This blog sort of turned into a photography blog of sorts... it didn't start out that way but it kind of morphed into that. Now that I'm doing photography full time, I don't care to be blogging about photography on my personal blog.

So... where does that leave us?

I'm not quite sure.

I was looking at my old myspace blog the other day while searching for something to send to someone and didn't know if my life was just more interesting then or if it was more interesting because I took the time to actually write about my daily experiences.

So I think I'm going to lay this blog to rest. I appreciate everyone who has followed, and commented.

I do however think there may be a new blog in the future, maybe starting up in 2011...

Bless you guys
Jim (and Jess too) Baker

10.26.10 - the winner is...

C is the winner! Jess took C.

Seth took A.

And Jim took B.

Sorry this is late, I was on the road this weekend. Our print giveaway winner is Jeremy Wat, Jeremy you have 48 hours to email us at jim@carpediemphotovideo.com with your address so we can mail out your photo to you.

We are moving the WHOLE thing to FACEBOOK because we've heard from a lot of people that they are still having trouble voting. And also you are WELCOME to tell us WHY now but its not required.

We've gotten a couple of entries for the critique contest this week with YOUR fall pics. Keep sending them in! Details here.

JIM baker

10.22.10 - CRITIQUE NEXT WEEK with YOU!

Hey everyone, we've been asked by a couple of people to open up the critique so we ARE.

The topic is FALL.

You need to send us a HIGHEST RESOLUTION jpeg you can, (so set your camera setting to the highest resolution you can) and make sure that the photo is cropped in a 4x6 crop, so we can blow it up to an 8x12" print.

It HAS to be a photo that you took after reading this post. So no awesome pics that you took from last year. It has to have been a shot intentionally taken for this competition.

Submit your photo to jim@carpediemphotovideo.com on Tuesday October 26th by 11:59pm.

The carpe diem team will pick the top 4 and then we will post them just like we always do on thursdays and open it up to everyone else. If you win we will send you an 8x12 of the print and also a winner that voted for your pic!

We're SO LOOKING FORWARD to seeing your work!

JIM baker

10.21.10 - kitchen utensil

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Only 3 submissions this week.

Vote by telling us which pic you like the best by LETTER and tell us WHY in the comment section.

Only votes on the blog comment section are official and you can only vote for 1 pic. Voting will end at 10am on Saturday Oct 23rd.

All of the votes for the winning picture will be automatically entered in a random drawing and the winner picked will get an 8x12" print of the winning picture!

The winning pic and print give away winner will be announced Saturday the 23rd on the blog.

Click on the word "comments" on the bottom of this post, and then click on name/url if you don't have a google account, and type in your FIRST and LAST name for us so we know who you are.

ANONYMOUS POSTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED and only comments on the blog count!

go vote and tell your friends to vote too!!!
JIM baker

10.16.10 - lit pic winner...

This week's winner for the literature critique pic is JIM!




This print give away winner is BROOKE!

The winner has 48 hours to contact us at jim@carpediemphotovideo.com to claim their prize! Please send us your address in the e-mail.

Next weeks topic is Kitchen Utensil.

Got some ideas for themes you'd like to see us shooting? Let us know in the comment section. and SOON we're going to get you guys in on the action doing the photography so start dusting off your cameras and start practicing.

JIM baker

10.14.10 - lit pic critique

Is thursday becoming your favorite day of the week? This week's theme was LITERATURE.

Vote telling us which pic you like the best by LETTER and tell us WHY!

Only votes on the blog comment section are official and you can only vote for 1 pic. Voting will end at 10am on Saturday Oct 16th.

All of the votes for the winning picture will be automatically entered in a random drawing and the winner picked will get an 8x12" print of the winning picture!

The winning pic and print give away winner will be announced Saturday the 16th on the blog.

Click on the word "comments" on the bottom of this post, and then click on name/url if you don't have a google account, and type in your FIRST and LAST name for us so we know who you are.

ANONYMOUS POSTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED and only comments on the blog count!

go vote and tell your friends to vote too!!!
JIM baker

and while you're at it... LIKE our new facebook page!

10.09.10 - and the winner is...

This weeks winner for the agricultural equipment/tools is JESS! D got 10 out of 20 votes.



This print give away winner is Russ Baker! (sorry no video this morning I'm on the road)

The winner has 48 hours to contact us at carpediemvideos@yahoo.com to claim their prize! Please send us your address in the e-mail.

Thanks to everyone that participated. Tell your friends, lets try and get 40 people to vote next week.

Next weeks topic is Literature.

JIM baker

10.07.10 - agricultural equipment/tools critique

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Hello! Time again for another critique competition between the CARPE DIEM team! This week's theme is AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT/TOOLS.

Vote telling us which pic you like the best by LETTER and tell us WHY!

Only votes on the blog comment section are official and you can only vote for 1 pic. Voting will end at 9am on Saturday Oct 9th.

All of the votes for the winning picture will be automatically entered in a random drawing and the winner picked will get an 8x12" print of the winning picture!

The winning pic and print give away winner will be announced Saturday the 11th on the blog.

Click on the word "comments" on the bottom of this post, and then click on name/url if you don't have a google account, and type in your FIRST and LAST name for us so we know who you are.

ANONYMOUS POSTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED and only comments on the blog count! (someone always tells me their vote on facebook, don't be that person!)

looking forward to your critiques!
JIM baker

10.02.10 - this weeks crayon winners are...

This weeks crayon critique winner is... JESS! B got 9 votes out of 22.

Jim's pic got 4 votes. Jamie's got 5, and Seth's got 4.

Check out the video below to see who the winner of the 8x12" print is!

The winner has 48 hours to contact us at carpediemvideos@yahoo.com to claim their prize! Please send us your address in the e-mail.

Thanks to EVERYONE that participated, we LOVE reading the critiques.

Next weeks topic is FARM EQUIPMENT.

JIM baker

09.30.10 - CRAYON CRITIQUE

Whats up everyone? Time again for another critique competition between the CARPE DIEM team! This week's theme is CRAYON.

I know some of you wanted to vote last week and could not because of the required google account, that has CHANGED so now everyone can vote.

Vote telling us which pic you like the best by LETTER and tell us WHY!

Only votes on the blog comment section are official and you can only vote for 1 pic. Voting will end at 11am on Saturday Oct 2nd.

All of the votes for the winning picture will be automatically entered in a random drawing and the winner picked will get an 8x12" print of the winning picture!

The winning pic and print give away winner will be announced monday Saturday the 2nd on the blog.

- JIM baker

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ANONYMOUS POSTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED and only comments on the blog count!

Click on the word "comments" on the bottom of this post, and then click on name/url if you don't have a google account, and type in your FIRST and LAST name for us so we know who you are.

09.23.10 - the CHICKEN challenge

So the Carpe Diem team has decided to get competitive. A little healthy competition is GOOD for us, it keeps our creative juices flowing.

The subject for our little shoot out was CHICKEN.

But we NEED your help. Vote on which picture you think is BEST and tell us WHY in the comment section of the blog. Only comments on the blog will be accepted as official votes.

Don't worry right now about who shot what, I'll let you know that once the votes are in. Lets see if we can get at least twenty votes! Voting ends Saturday the 25th at 10am.

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Thanks!
JIM baker

09.16.10 - Calvert/Fessler Wedding

The wedding ceremony and reception was held at the beautiful Elkridge Furnace Inn near Baltimore Maryland. (I actually worked here for about 4 months during high school, this is where I found out that I didn't want to be a chef.)


Gordon and his son Jack get ready!



Joanna the bride getting ready.

Abi, Gordon's daughter contemplates before the wedding.

Abi and Joanna showing off their matching shoes.




Abi doing an excellent job as the flower girl.

Joanna's dad walks her down the aisle.



Scripture is read and a song is sung.






You may kiss the bride!

The rings.


The Calvert family!



Bridesmaids.
Charlie's angels?

Gangsta?!

Intimacy.

Chef Wecker and his staff do an amazing job cooking up delectable meals!

First dance.

Daddy daughter dance.


The cake.

Music provided by Jose from Alder entertainment.

It was Joanna's dad's birthday as well so he was suprised with his very own cake.

Father daughter dance.

The escape.
Goodbye! Sent off with bubbles, headed to Jamica.

CONGRATS to Mr and Mrs Calvert! Thanks for the honor of sharing your beautiful day!

JIM baker