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About Nate Baker

I'm a storyteller and a chronic creative. Here I explore creative collaboration, tell story across various media, and highlight the side streets of Nashville. Belmont pinned a journalism badge on me in 2008. I work at Sitemason and founded Diving Board and Click Homeless.

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This Website Has Secrets

There's an easter egg hidden somewhere on this site. Can you find it?

It's a throwback to a hidden message I included in my first few websites. In 5th grade my dad handed me a copy of some website editing software. Web design has been a creative outlet since.

One reason why I blog is to collaborate with folks.

I regularly publish poems and random things with a creative commons license in the spirit of creative collaboration. If you see something that you want to work with, run with it. Let's create something.

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At the Wedding are You the Creative or the Friend?

Here’s the teaser trailer for a wedding video I made for friends.

Congrats Evan and Natalie! I felt honored to be a part of your day!

The wedding was over a year ago. I think it turned out fine, but yeah, a little late. All my friends are getting married and as a creative person I love to help when I can.

I’ve done a website, website, engagement photos, engagement photos and a video. Oh and I started a backup groomsman business.

I started saying no to engaged friends with video needs though. I found I can’t get it done in a reasonable amount of time. And at my level of proficiency, it takes more time to reach the level of quality I feel is necessary for such a meaningful capture.

Granted, this was my second wedding video. As a teenager I lost my first wedding video in an editing mishap. I’m also getting more proficient after learning how to juggle three cameras, but from helping friends I’ve learned my creative limit is the ceremony.

That’s when I’m not a creative friend, just a friend.

Creatives, under what circumstances do you tell a friend no? Married folks, what have you learned from working with creatives vs. creative friends?

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