Life of my Chucks

Washington DC

2010-10-21T23:51:00.000-07:00

I got to meet Bryce Soderberg of Lifehouse after their show in DC.

His reaction was great: "You want a picture of my shoes? But I have like space boots on!"

In it to end it. DC -- NYC

2010-10-14T19:49:00.001-07:00

I'm leaving for NYC in the morning to participate in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.

I'll be walking 39 miles in memory of my mom, who passed away in January after battling breast cancer for 13 years.

Thank you to everyone who has showed their support and contributed to my donation page. I really appreciate it!

I am honored to be walking for my mom, and wearing shirts from Shirts For a Cure-- a big thanks to fellow rock photographer, Mark Beemer, for sending me the shirts!

Rubber Tracks

2010-10-12T20:26:00.000-07:00

Very cool. Converse is building a recording studio in Brooklyn, NY. That would be pretty cool to see...

Converse Rubber Tracks Intro from Brainbow on Vimeo.

Columbia, MD

2010-09-08T20:33:00.000-07:00

photographing the return of HFStival.

Wood...chuck?

2010-09-01T17:36:00.001-07:00

if a woodchuck could wear chucks.

Walking with my Chucks

2010-07-10T20:29:00.000-07:00

For those who follow this blog, you know that my mom passed away 6 months ago from breast cancer. To honor the strength and courage she showed during her 13 year battle, I have decided to walk, with my Chucks, in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in NYC in the fall. I will need to raise at least $1800 in order to qualify to walk, and would appreciate any support. Please visit my fundraising page to find out more: http://info.avonfoundation.org/goto/amywillard

Thank you!

Columbia, MD

2010-05-24T03:36:00.000-07:00

Bamboozle Roadshow 2010 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion

Kent Garrison of Forever the Sickest Kids

Washington DC

2010-05-08T09:31:00.000-07:00

So... aside from taking pictures of my own Chucks, I've been taking pictures of famous ones. For those who don't know, I am a concert photographer and I've been coming across lots of Converse at shows these days. Here's Damian Kulash's of OK Go.

Another pair...

2010-04-30T21:27:00.000-07:00

I got another pair of FREE Chuck Taylors, this time they're PINK! I got this color because my younger, second cousins, Kaitlyn and Lexi both have pink, and I thought we could match!

Mashantucket, CT

2010-04-25T23:56:00.000-07:00

soundcheck with The Fray

(Joe King, Ben Wysocki, Isaac Slade, and Dave Welsh)

Ben definitely had cooler shoes than before ;-)

New chucks!

2010-04-14T19:33:00.000-07:00

Converse hooked me up with this pair of sweet Chuck Taylors in red as part of their Conversations program.

I'll be receiving another free pair soon... I think I'm going to get pink ones =)

I'll post pics of my growing Converse family soon!

Branford, CT

2010-02-24T17:03:00.001-08:00

So it's rather painful to me to even post this photo, but it's been a while since my last entry.

This image was taken on my cell phone on January 10, 2010. The 2 year anniversary of the Life of my Chucks project.

Where I'm lying here is on a bench in the cafeteria at the Connecticut Hospice center in Branford, CT. I spent just about 3 weeks sitting here.

My mother was admitted to Hospice on December 24, 2009. I spent every day there up until January 10. Merely 12 hours after this photo was taken, my mother ended her 13 year battle with breast cancer.

She loved the Life of My Chucks project and always told me my shoes would take me to incredible places.

I love her and miss her dearly.

Washington DC

2009-11-07T21:59:00.000-08:00

Tonight was "Night Visions" for FotoWeekDC

6PM-6AM photographers were asked to run around DC and shoot.

I stopped at the exorcist stairs in Georgetown

Virgin Mobile FreeFest . Columbia, MD

2009-08-30T18:35:00.000-07:00

part of the free festivities at FreeFest was decorating Converse.

Also scored a free Converse T-shirt, high tops, sunglasses, and backpack.

I'm all Converse'd up.

Switchfoot Concert . Baltimore, MD

2009-08-23T23:06:00.000-07:00

After the show at Ram's Head Live.

Jon Foreman of Switchfoot

Jerome Fontamillas of Switchfoot

Tim Forman of Switchfoot

Drew Shirley of Switchfoot

Columbia, MD - Incubus Concert

2009-08-09T20:32:00.000-07:00

Incubus at The Merriweather Post Pavilion

Columbia, MD - Vans Warped Tour

2009-07-14T23:37:00.000-07:00

Vans Warped Tour @ the Merriweather Post Pavilion

of all the people to run into, I run into Josh and Clayton from Standard of Living
(They weren't performing... 'just spreading the SOL love)

while running between stages all day shooting,
I bumped into John O'Callaghan from The Maine
(he's guilty of brown sandals!)

Towson, MD

2009-07-11T23:36:00.000-07:00

All Time Low show at Towson University
(DO NOT FLIP!)

Rowayton, CT

2009-06-27T18:27:00.000-07:00

picnic in the park

for Shakespeare On The Sound

New York, NY

2009-06-26T18:33:00.000-07:00

James Corner Field Operations opened the first installment of The High Line
this month. 'Had to take the chucks for the experience.

New York, NY

2009-06-26T06:19:00.000-07:00

Nina and I waiting at the train station to head to NYC

hello NYC subway
Guggenheim Museum, NYC

Washington, DC

2009-06-17T06:17:00.000-07:00

photographing the Plain White T's at the 9:30 Club
in Washington, D.C.

Columbia, MD

2009-06-16T07:01:00.000-07:00

"your shoes are way cooler than mine"

Ben Wysocki of The Fray
He was just in the Merriweather Post Pavilion during Richard Swift's set.

Click here to see my photos from the night!

Columbia, MD

2009-06-16T06:49:00.000-07:00

So...

This is what was sent out via Twitter:

@thefray: Care to sit here? You're about to find out how.
shortly there after...

@thefray: 2 tickets. West box office. Donut box. Inside. Get 'em while they're hot!
After security thought I was insane asking "have you seen a donut box around?"....

First to find the box!

new seats... pretty clutch.

Thanks so much to The Fray!

Last Day.

2009-05-11T13:56:00.000-07:00

Last day in studio. I'll be graduating from college next week. Quite surreal.

Washington DC

2009-04-28T16:19:00.000-07:00

Meet and Greet with The All American Rejects!

Thank you Skull Candy!

Columbia, MD

2009-04-25T20:47:00.001-07:00

Fairfax, VA

2008-10-28T23:10:00.000-07:00

at the Hanson concert at the State Theater in VA

Washington, DC

2008-10-23T13:17:00.000-07:00

the axis point of Washington D.C.

inside the Capitol Building

climbing to the top of the dome...

halfway up...

from the top.

Mount Angel, Oregon

2008-09-28T17:03:00.000-07:00

laying in the grass at Mount Angel Abbey.
(Spencer has chucks too!)

Mount Angel, Oregon

2008-09-28T15:52:00.000-07:00

enjoying the serenity of Mount Angel Abbey
Mount Angel, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

2008-09-26T17:02:00.000-07:00

a public fountain in a city! *sigh, reminds me of Rome.

Portland, Oregon

2008-09-26T16:59:00.000-07:00

riding the tram up to the Pearl District in Portland

Ostia, Italy

2008-03-30T11:42:00.000-07:00

hanging out at an old harbor town just outside of Rome

Rome, Italy

Connecticut

2008-01-10T14:39:00.000-08:00

So I've decided to document the life of my shoes via photographs.

here's the journey... it's anyone's guess as to what will be the destination...

so there's are my old pair of Chucks that I retired just before leaving for Rome

and these are my new pair, that I'll be wearing around Italy

They fit pretty nicely...

now let's go