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Big changes ahead!

Ok, I’ve been wanting to post this for at least a week. I have 2 reasons: to share the news to show off my design skills Obviously, this will necessitate changes in other areas too. I need a lot more...

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When photographing your own kids, slow down

I’ve always been an impatient person. It’s why I don’t like crowds, traffic, big cities, or working for someone else for that matter. I’m always at the mercy of some other person’s agenda. As I get...

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Doing the right thing

If you’ve been reading the blog over the past week or so you have probably noticed the design changing quite a bit and the tagline along with it. I feel I need to explain. I’m human just like everyone...

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Seasons of life

My pastor, Steve Robinson, is fond of using the expression “seasons of life”. Meaning that at different times of life certain things may be more appropriate for us than others. Let me explain. The...

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Do you photograph one kid more than the other?

I feel kind of bad for my daughter because I have far more pictures of my son than I do of her. There is a reason though, I didn’t purchase my DSLR until late 2010 and by then she was already 7 and in...

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Don’t forget those seemingly insignificant but special moments

As a parent with a camera, especially those with DSLR’s, we often take lots of photos of our kids when they are little but as they get older it seems we take less and less photos of them (well I do at...

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Stomach bugs and sickness strike at home

It’s been stomach bugs and general blah around here for the past few days. First my daughter came down with a bug last Friday and that continued through Monday and then I must have caught it so there...

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Shooting JPG to improve my photography

Since I purchased my Canon 7D I’ve been shooting in RAW. I shoot everything in RAW: family photos, practice shots, and of course the stuff I’m paid to shoot. The benefits of RAW are numerous but I feel...

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My 3 Words for 2013 – Family, Memories, Commitment

On Sunday November 18, 2012 I made a decision that did not come easily, I dropped out of grad school. There were many factors that contributed to this decision but my family, pictured below, played the...

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Going back can help you see how far you have come

Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time in Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom trying to improve my post-processing skills. I’ve been shooting for about 5 years now and in an effort to update my portfolio I...

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