Back in mid-July I had the opportunity to shoot bridal portraits for Amanda Black Smith. I arrived at about 6am for an early morning shoot so we could avoid the blazing Houston heat and get some decent diffused light.  6am shoot means I was up at 5am. Heck, on some nights I’ve only been asleep a couple of hours when 5am rolls around! I didn’t sleep well that night because I was a little nervous and my brain wanted to check the...

We took Kayla and Nathan for a little photo shoot this afternoon since it’s been a while since the last one and they are growing up so darn fast. Here are a couple of previews: Click here to view the...

Did I mention it’s been hot in the previous post? Goodness, there is no let up. Today it was 101 with a heat index that felt like a sauna.  We went to James and Tiffany’s house to celebrate Kyles birthday today and had a blast. Mostly played in the lake (which nearly felt like the world’s largest hot tub) and I shot a ton of photos. James and I conspired to dump a bucket of water on the ladies and capture it in photos...

I spent some time shooting with my brother about a week ago and we turned our parents driveway into a studio for the night. We had some interesting looks from a few passersby since we were out there pretty late . Anyway, when you don’t have studio, you just make due with whatever you do have. In this case, a driveway and motor home on which we taped up our fabric background. At least the weather was perfect. I had been wanting to...

Since I work from home 90% of the time and Kayla is in school and Amy works, that leaves…. well myself and Nathan to practice various lighting techniques on. And, of course, it’s a little difficult to shoot “dark” photos of a handsome little 3 year old. His “cuteness” factor is just too high. So that leaves just me most of the time. I like the way this one came out. Amy called it my “mad at the...

I turned the living room into a temporary studio (again) so I could try out a few lighting techniques. Amy just loves it when I do that! Here is one of my favorite shots from today. The first one is the shot right out of the camera. The other two are obviously altered. Click the photo for a larger version. I think I like the middle one the most (upped the contrast and then...