A lot of insanity went on at Casa de Synth in 2007. I'm trying to pull it all back together for 2008. I learned a lot, mostly by making a ton of mistakes and letting life get me down. So some basic news and updates:

-I am largely without internet access right now; I've become a web hobo, using the computers of family and friends to access the web because I don't have service at the home base right now. So if you email me and I don't get right back to you, I'm not ignoring you, I promise.

-the contact forms on the site have been taken down; they have been very flukey, leading me to not get a lot of correspondence from people, which caused a lot of problems. Also lately they've become victim to spammers in a big way, and while i love gay porn and enlarging my member as much as the next person, I don't really want to be getting it through my website. so the contact forms have been pulled until I can get those issues sorted out. in the meantime, I can be reached directly via my email address, syntheticshadows AT gmail DOT com. see first note regarding response time.

-i will be redesigning the site as time and internet access allow. I feel the current layout and functionality are not as awesome as they could be, so that will be addressed in the coming months. one new feature in particular that i'm planning will be a setup so that my clients can purchase prints for themselves, instead of having to order them through me. I get all my printing done via Fotki, and I've been quite happy with the quality of their work, so i don't feel that I need to be an intermediate quality control step anymore.

-I'm catching up on all the editing that my life got in the way of; not having constant access to the internet has been helpful in this regard because it allows me fewer distractions from work. I intend to have everything done and sent by the end of the month, so I can start my spring shooting season with an empty queue.

keep an eye out for further developments!