I felt lousy all week.. fighting off an allergy attack that turned into a full blown sinus migraine that is only now fading, but I did manage to do some photography of the kids at the party…

Holden

Sascha (her blue eyes just fascinated me)

Aiden

We spent the week staying with a friend.. and my kids spent the week staying with my wife’s cousin’s family. As a thank you, I also did a few portraits of their son, Luke…

This was one of the few frames I captured out there.. Elizabeth isn’t really a high school senior – she’s not even a freshman yet – but I set out to photographer and process the image in that style.

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My daughter (who’s only a freshman this year) wants to try and drum up some business among the seniors she knows at school, so we recently shot some images – senior style – just for her. I’ll share a couple of non-traditional angles of her to get everyone started..

This is the first set of the best images from the trip.. the wildlife: birds and deer

Black Skimmer

Six Point Buck

Royal Tern

Brown Pelicans

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My favorite image from 2009 gains that distinction not just because it is a compelling photograph with a strong sense of story and emotion.. its also deeply personal to me. My dear friend Lar was diagnosed with breast cancer in October of 2008. She had me do her photo several times during the course of treatment, but none were as emotional as making this image in May in the middle of her chemotherapy. Lar is an amazingly beautiful woman with piercing blue eyes and its those same eyes that are so penetrating here, full of strength and sadness and pain all at once.

She was a Godsend to my wife this year, who was diagnosed with cancer – lymphoma – herself in March. She was able to help with advice and commiseration. They are both cancer free now and ready to put this nightmare year behind them.. another reason to post this image today.

Photography info: This is shot with a dark room for a background and in a room with two skylights above and south facing windows. An off camera fill flash to camera right was used to fill in shadows and get a small catchlight. Shot with a 70-200 2.8L wide open.

This was shot using my own strobist kit. The model is sitting at a receiving door, down in a hole of sorts. The main light is above her to camera right and there is another with a purple gel sitting near her hip,

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Had a shoot with one of my photographer groups last week at a nearby small airport. We had classic planes and classic cars (and one Harley) as well as some local models at our disposal. This is a strobist group, so everything you see is lit with small flashes and modifiers mixed with ambient light. Of course, I made a few headshots while I had them as well.

Stephanie

Holleymarie

Rashell

Ashley (Who reminds me of an actress, but I can’t put my finger on it)

Lloyd

Deve

And a couple more of the lovely Zuzzie. I could shoot this woman all day…

Here the beautiful Ashley models one of our newer patterns, the Shoulder Bling shawl.

No additional money for this (I was paid by the Hogs for photo rights and they submitted the photo), but I do have a photo credit.

Here is the image they used:

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