My brother Matthew Hinze - Open Book

I have four younger brother; four wonderful younger brothers. 

This is my brother Matthew.  

His nickname since he was a young boy has been “gentle giant.”

Here he is being loved on by my sister Rachel before she left on her mission to Argentina.  

He’s a 6’2 state championship football player full of love.

He’s also a song writer.

Over the last few years, Matthew has been working on his first album titled Open Book.  He is very gifted vocalist and guitarist.  I would categorize his music as somewhat Paul Simon, a bit of Neil Young and an influence of John Mayer.  It’s easy listening and very thought provoking.  His music has a lot of depth. 

While Matthew was in town I asked if I could take some pictures of him.  One afternoon, we drove out to the desert and snapped a few photos.

I love photography, but the only way my pictures turn out at all is because of Google's photo shop program Picasa. 

Here’s the before:

A bit washed out and difficult to see his gorgeous face.

And here’s the after with the help of Picasa:

I love how the wood comes to life behind him.  

I have a few CD’s to give away of Open Book.  Please leave a comment below and I’ll use a random generator to select a few of you.

 He also wrote the music for my book trailer of The Memory Catcher.  

Click here to listen.