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...

I had the opportunity to shoot Bill and Leslie’s wedding last weekend and had a great time. They were both really laid back (at least on the outside!) and fun to shoot for. I appreciate the opportunity they gave me as they knew this was my first wedding. My brother also came along to help out. Here are few of my favorite shots from the day. A couple of the cutest flower girls...

I was recently passing through Baytown and found a decent spot to shoot a couple of photos of the Fred Hartman Bridge. It ain’t the Golden Gate but it’s about the only bridge around here worth...

As I’ve mentioned in the past, Nathan loves his new bike. But don’t call it a bike – that doesn’t fly around here. It’s a motorcycle and don’t you forget it! He corrects me often so the question usually goes like this; “Hey Nathan, do you want to go ride your...

About a month ago when we were partying like it was 1999 around here (I think 4 parties in 2 weeks), we had a joint party for Kayla and Nathan and their friends at Kids in Action. They had a blast and wanted to know when we could go back before we even made it back home. One of the games they played was dividing into 2 teams – 1 team knock over the cones and the other set them up. They were supposed to be riding around on their...

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...