When I got into journalism school, for me, it was all about the magazine. I had long seen the beautiful spreads of photos in magazines while sitting at the doctor’s office or in National Geographic at my grandfather’s house. I wanted to make images that would look that beautiful and leave an impact on someone [...]
I’ve been going to Gatlinburg, Tenn. for as long as I can remember. I grew up only a couple of hours from the area and my family went about once a year. When you figure school and church trips, I would bet there were some years that I found myself smack dab in the Smoky [...]
A lot of the photos we do for work are on our smartphones. Besides being convenient, the phones really help give our work a personal feel, which is very important in social media. Every now and then though I get to pick up a DSLR and dig in. One of our biggest clients is Schmitt [...]
Since I started working at CurrentMarketing, the most common question I get is, “What do you do?” It’s actually tough to answer exactly. “Social media strategy” is my general answer, but it’s so much more than that. In short, I blog, Tweet, Facebook, check-in, provide brand monitoring, handle customer service, brainstorm social media promotions and [...]
It’s a total cliché to even write, but Ferris Bueler was right. “Live moves pretty fast sometimes, if you don’t stop to look around once in a while, you’ll miss it.” I know my days here are numbered so I intend to try as many new things and experience life in as many ways as [...]
When Mary Margaret and I were at Brian and Courtney’s house the other night we watched this video I made of Gibson’s grand arrival. I’m proud of this video and so glad we have this to look back on. It’s nice to see how excited Walt was, and I think it’s something Gibson will appreciate [...]
Something I love about CurrentMarketing is that we all have to write a monthly blog post. I approach it as I would a column and try to find something that will stick with readers. We actually don’t even write them once a month anymore, because since I was hired the company has grown so much [...]
Christmas of 2010. It’s like this: my mom knows how to make some Christmas candy. I’m talking about peanut butter balls, fudge, no-bake cookies, orange sherbert balls, it’s like a cholesterol family reunion. I normally don’t even eat that many sweets – I leave that to the wifey – but come Christmas, I firmly believe [...]
Welcome to the new bradluttrell.com. You may be here because it’s also the new bradluttrellphotography.com. Since I am no longer in photojournalism, I saw no need to have a domain devoted to my work. A lot has happened since my last blog post nearly a year ago, most notably that I’m working at CurrentMarketing and no [...]
