Photographing Angels Today

Directing Models

Directing Models to get precisely what you want can be very challenging, but sometimes it's a lot of fun! As you can see Gavin hit the mark.

Beyond the Call of Duty

My daughter Sadie was a real trooper in going the extra mile to assist me in a last minute photo shoot for Family Fun. We made some great images and Sadie was able to keep her Track & Field injury dry while she recovers hopefully in time for the Spring season.

Model Makes the Shot

It's always a thrill to walk in a store and see one of your images hanging there. This particular one reminded me of how much a model can make a shot. Brynn is a very cute and enthusiastic model who always brings great energy with her. I call her a "point and shoot" model because that's basically all you have to do!

How's your Winter?

Whew! This has been a rough winter for many of us. So I try to live by the old adage, when given lemons make lemonade. We'll we got a lot of snow so I decided to make a Snow Bride with the help of a great Hair & make up artist Deborah Engelsman. Thanks to my daughter Sadie for providing a look on how we did it.

How's your Fall going?

I couldn't pass up shooting the fog that's on the lakes as the temperature drops in the fall. Now come's the video editing for a new pharma test spot coming soon.

How was your summer?

I hope your summer was great! We took our girls to Brazil for World Youth Day. What an experience! I was warned by many not to travel to Brazil with a lot of expensive gear because of wide spread theft. My solution was to take my back up body, a Canon 5D Mark II, and a 50mm lens. It was fairly compact and allowed me to shoot rather conspicuously. I was able to use photo merge for more wide angle stuff and the Mark II sensor gave me a large enough file to zoom in on other shots and I was able to shoot with Hi Def video. If I only brought my iPhone, I'd be kicking myself!