Supporters and Protectors.

One of the strongest supporters of my photography has been my Bogen /Manfrotto tripod.  I bought it several years ago and I remember eyeballing it for many months before pulling the trigger. It was right after my cheapie tripod dropped my stuff. The Bogen appeared to be a pretty good buy at that point. Lesson learned. Now I have a monopod too and love it. This company has proven itself by its product. I am now a proud owner of this Kata bag. Its huge, lightweight and user friendly. Knowing that at Manfrotto is behind this company, assures me that it is going to protect my stuff just as well my tripod had supported it. The tripod has been through a lot and is going strong. Knowing me, I will be abusing this bag too. Pretty confident it will hold up. Will try to update as I get to know this bag.

Lay off the Cheese!

You are looking at a kid that has never been told by me to say ‘Cheese’ (for the camera) from the day he was born. I always felt it was up to me to get the shots and he was not required to do anything but be himself. I played with him, smiled at him, was goofy. I got the smiles I wanted. Having photographed a lot of kids, I meet many ‘trained’ kids. Trained to give me forced and fake smiles. After he was born I was determined not require that of him. He is older than 3 in these photos. We may have saved him from the cheese face. He will now pose for me with no forcing on my part, gives me a great variety of looks, and loves to be the photographer using my camera phone.

I think the simplest way to save a child from the cheese face is to let him or her play. Let them jump, be silly, make goofy faces. Let them be kids.

Cristina on Kiawah

Kiawah Island, South Carolina is an awesome place to visit and great location for photography. While on vacation, Cristina was able to pose for some senior portraits on the beach. We had some some great skies and some great views. She did awesome.

Form and Shadows.

I needed to now if I could pull of the look of the images that you find in the packaging of the infamous P90X workout system. I had a friend who was in the thick of it. She was happy to try the shoot and we were both excited about the results.

Emily and Peter-We had a blast shooting this wedding.

Emily and Peter met in London and got married in beautiful Charleston, SC. It was an honor and a joy to photograph their wedding and to be a part of their great day. I also had the privilege to shoot with Darrel Johnson of Viewfinders Photography and Dustin Ledo of Bella Loren Photography. We had a blast working together. We will surely be doing it again.