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By Brian Posted on January 29, 2020January 29, 2020

First Snow

View of the first snow in my and my fiancee’s new home.

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Categories: PhotographyTags: first snow, home, iphone photography, Photography, snow, winter
By Brian Posted on January 18, 2020January 21, 2020

Finding My Center

What do you do to let go of stress in your life?

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Categories: Health, Personal JournalTags: mindfulness, running, stress, yoga, Yoga with Adrian, YouTube Yoga
By Brian Posted on January 8, 2020January 17, 2020

Finding Strength

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Categories: Personal JournalTags: Comic Books, current affairs, despair, Hope, Inspiration, Jesse Custer, Preacher, Vertigo
By Brian Posted on January 7, 2020January 7, 2020

BLINK 2019 Map

I created this interactive map of BLINK light and art festival that took place in Cincinnati, Ohio in October 2019.

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Categories: ReviewsTags: #featured #summer #work #writing #busy
By Brian Posted on October 23, 2019January 17, 2020

Double Indemnity Indeed

“It’s straight down the line for both of us, remember?” – Femme fatale Phyllis Dietrichson, Double Indemnity

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Categories: PhotographyTags: black and white photography, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Ohio, Covington Kentucky, film noir, John A. Roebling Bridge, Roebling Wednesday
By Brian Posted on October 17, 2019January 17, 2020

Gimme Shelter

“Oh, a storm is threat’ning
My very life today
If I don’t get some shelter
Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away” – The Rolling Stones

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Categories: History, PhotographyTags: canon camera, gimme shelter, Photography, rolling stones, throwback thursday
By Brian Posted on September 25, 2019January 17, 2020

Time Keeps Marching On

“The future came and went in the mildly discouraging way that futures do.”
― Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

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Categories: PhotographyTags: canon camera, clock, neil gaiman, Photography, time
By Brian Posted on August 17, 2019January 17, 2020

It’s the little things

“Everything is complicated if no one explains it to you.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry

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Categories: Personal JournalTags: add, ADHD, Brian Mains, confessional, gifs, giga coaster, graphics, hyperfocus, Kings Island, me, Orion, Random, sharing, Work
By Brian Posted on July 4, 2019January 17, 2020

How to Live a Year in One Week

On Saturday morning, I sat in a veterinarian’s office and held my sweet, crazy Gracie as she took her last breath. That night, my fiancée put her arms around me … Continue reading How to Live a Year in One Week

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Categories: Personal JournalTags: fiancée, home buying, Life, loss, love, relationships
By Brian Posted on July 1, 2019January 17, 2020

“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole” – Roger Caras

Or . . . “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” ― Will Rogers

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Categories: Personal JournalTags: age, cancer, dog training, dogs, Gracie, grief, lessons, Life, loss, love, loved ones, pets
By Brian Posted on June 27, 2019November 1, 2019

Cincinnati Opera’s new Romeo helped avert Shakespearean-level tragedy

The broadcast and online versions of this story first appeared on WCPO Channel 9 and wcpo.com, respectively.

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Categories: Featured Work
By Brian Posted on June 27, 2019January 17, 2020

Almost Famous

“Maybe we don’t see ourselves the way we really are.”
– Almost Famous

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Categories: PhotographyTags: almost famous, black and white photography, Photography, self portrait, tbt

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