Its not as glamorous as Hawaii, California, or even Florida, but any place you have waves, you have surfers.. and the Texas Gulf Coast is no exception. I was just taking pictures at the beach when Danielle arrived to try some of the waves on a beautiful January day…

Another sports image – and another composite – stands out on my best of list for this year.. this time a boxer. This image was not originally envisioned as a composite. I shot it so it would look like he was stepping out from the shadows with a dark background and lots of dramatic lighting. At my first competition at the state level in Kerrville, though, it took a lot of convincing by a couple of the judges to persuade the panel to push it into the “merit” category (80 and above out of 100).

After Kerrville, I took some of the suggestions made and added this background to give more of a feel of him stepping out of or into the arena.. ready to go. It scored in the merit category at the district level last fall and will go on to merit at Nationals this year (along with 2 others, one of which is also from 2011 and still to come this week).

2011 saw an expansion of my portrait services into Sports and Hero photography.. here’s one of the first ones that was done this year. Erin’s Hero Portrait on a local golf course.

I love photographing athletes… you meet some interesting people. This woman decided several years ago to not just shed baby weight, but to work out with a trainer and become an amateur bodybuilder. At 39 years old and with 4 children, I think she looks amazing.