Place mats as a background

This is going to be a quick note. I just wanted every to see how I took this picture of Lincoln today. I wanted to get a close up of his face in natural light. He has some huge and cute eyes!

I didnt want to use a generic black or white backdrop, so I took our dining table's place mats and placed them on the ground next to our sliding glass door in the kitchen.

Content is Key

I recently attended a wedding in Birmingham for a friend that has been in our lives (myself and my wife) for a very long time. We have had wonderful memories with Adam and his wonderful family! It is always refreshing to (1) see friends get married and (2) not have to worry about photographing the entire wedding.

What if you saw a cow doing a backflip?

The title of this note is only a portion of what I want to talk about. It is one of MANY questions we ask our boys (& clients) in order to get their attention. Asking weird and intriguing questions to your subjects is one of the best ways to (1) get their attention and (2) get a real reaction and expression. They are caught off guard and will give real results.

"What if you saw a monkey on your swing outside?" "What if backhoe knocked on your bedroom door and asked you to play?" "What if a trash truck said, "ooooooooooooh yeah!!! ?" "I think YOU smell like a trash truck!"
Here are a few results.

Baby Photography: Minimal Materials, Large Results

I have a new born baby, actually he is already three months (!), and today I decided I really need to get some images of him before he gets all chunked up like my other children did (if you know my other children, you know what I mean)

Lincoln is the perfect subject - always smiling!

Product Photography: Strawberries and Martini's

This photo was taken at F4.5 and 1/200 for the shutter.. I was bored one day and decided I wanted to shoot strawberries in a martini glass. I simply placed a

Senior Shoot for Lambert High School

I had a need for some High School Senior Representatives for Lambert High School. The White family came right to my mind. I have known their family for over 10 years now and I know that they currently have two girls at Lambert. Macy invited her friend Taylor to come to the shoot. Below are a few shots I took during the session last week. We first went to an open field of Ga 20. It is an abandoned paintball facility. It has great "big" shots and has perfect lighting while the sun is fading away after a long day. We then proceeded to shoot at downtown Cumming.
All of the "field shots" were taken with my 70-200 2.8L Canon lens. I shot them with my 40D at 2.8 and 1/200 of a second. I have an on camera flash set to 1/8 power as well as an off camera speed light set to 1/4 power.

Kayla's Senior Session

Check out our latest High School Senior Session.
Kayla shoot was very fun! We went to Pooles MIll Park in Cumming. There is a million places to shoot around this park. Cascading waterfalls, covered bridges, and a wonderful riverbank.
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Triplets!

Wow - I thought photographing single babies could get hard! Although this was a difficult photoshoot, it was also extremely fun! These three precious babies were very photogenic and actually slept for 1/3 of the shoot.
Enjoy!

Photos in a Dungeon

Let me tell you something - When I was ask to shoot at "The Ice" in forsyth, I was excited for the challenge. I have always head that taking pictures on the ice is a very difficult task. And it was. I had to bump up the ISO to 500 when using the flash (Individual hockey player). 1600 when using no flash (the boy and the father picture). This was a "try out" for me to be able to shoot their team and individual pictures during their hockey season. Guess I passed, I will be shooting them in March.

Bianca and Tristen

It is always fun taking pictures of engaged couples. It is even more fun to take them of family you have never met before. Bianca is my Aunts husbands daughter. Bianca and Tristen lived out in California up until recently and I had the privilege to meet them and shoot their engagement session all in the same day.

They are a really fun and trendy couple - so taking these pictures was exciting and entertaining.






These were shot on a road off James Burgess near Settles Bridge. I regularly go here to fly fish and have alway knew it would be a perfect place to shoot engagement sessions.