I know, I know…I say it all the time….but I LOVE my job!!  A few nights ago I had the distinct pleasure of working with the stylists from The Marc Salon ON TOP OF THE GUITAR BUILDING!!  That’s right, we were on the rooftop at sunset.  I had been looking forward to this for weeks ever since the idea was brought up.  What a FUN group of people!  I also need to say an ENORMOUS and HUGE thanks to my good friend and sometimes assistant, Annie Parsons, who schlepped all the bulky and heavy equipment up the sort of scary flight of stairs to the roof, lent me her second opinion on the design of the shot, and shot these great pictures of me on the ladder on the roof.  Another big thanks to mother nature for providing a cool evening in August (!) with a slight breeze coming from the right direction!

So, my wonderful “giant baby sign girl”, also known as Hannah, also known as the raspberry blowing baby on the back of my brochure…is moving to Florida!  How could she?!  I suppose her parents’ employment is more important than my annual time spent with her.  I was so bummed she was going to be leaving I had to have one last session with her.  Her aunt won this fabulous polka dotted dress in an online give-away and her mom and I figured Sparky’s homemade icecream would be the best place to capture the moment.  I have been wanting to do something with Sparky’s ever since I moved into my new studio space so it just seemed perfect all around.  (Stay tuned for a special relationship I’m hoping to work out with Sparky’s….)

I hope you enjoy the images as much as we enjoyed making them!

So long Hannah, Deborah and Danny!!! I hope our paths cross again!! It has been a GREAT pleasure to know you all!!

Okay, okay…my apologies to all my family and friends who are clamoring for more Delia.  I took these images a few weeks ago when she was 14 days old and have been very neglectful about getting them posted.  She is beautiful and sweet and I can’t wait to play with her again soon!

So one thing I love about children’s portraiture (and my clients specifically) is they come back year after year. I LOVE getting to know a family better with each year and each session. The time spent together unfolds easier each time as the children get to know be better. This year, Trey turned two and we had such a great time at his photo session! Normally, I’m a little hesitant to bring a two year old into the studio because they just need lots of space…and the studio can be rather confining. But I was excited to see how it went in my new studio and I know Trey is a pretty mellow dude. I love it when parents bring in toys they know their children love. Trey brought along his truck (which I immediately called his bike and by the end of the session none of us knew what to call it anymore!)

I love how he’s using his toes to help hold up this classic children’s book

When we finished up at the studio, we headed over to the FlatBranch park sprayground for a little fun in the sun. Scroll down and see why I said, “I’ll never work again in this town!” after this session. Congrats to Trey’s parents! The first grown-ups I have convinced to get into the water too! Look out parents!

p.s. I think we all had a great time!

People just can’t get enough of Miss Delia Mae. To satisfy the masses, here are a handful of images I made on Tuesday afternoon.

This morning I looked outside my studio window and I saw this guy cleaning the windows at the bank across the street. It seemed a pretty scary situation, but I guess these guys are fearless. This reminds me I have a plan to start making images daily of what happens on my corner-9th and Broadway. There’s always something going on down there! Check back and see what I capture next!

This morning I had the pleasure of photographing my friends, Ardith and Ryan’s, little (BIG) boy, Simon. He is the spitting image of his daddy. It’s really uncanny.

Poor guy, he is on vacation, missing his daddy, in a different time zone and TEATHING…

Still, we managed to get a handful of great shots. He has an amazing ability to hold his toys with his feet as you’ll see below:

Thanks for bringing Simon by, Ardith! It was fantastic to see you and to finally meet this guy! What a cutie, what a sweetie, what a complete and total flirt! He DOES love the ladies!

I swear, I did NOT force my children to come to the studio with me yesterday!  It was their idea.  They really WANTED me to take their picture.  For everyone who keeps asking why my OWN children are not featured on the website….here they are!  Joseph is 8.5 and Isaac just turned 4.  (He’s wearing his home-made party hat)

As always, I hope you enjoy!

Delia Mae (my new neice–surrounded by 4 boy cousins) was born 4 minutes before midnight last night, July 11, 2008.  She was 6 lbs, 10 oz and 20 inches long.  Linda and I had the pleasure of having big brothers Emmett and Liam over for a sleep-over last night!  This morning I brought them home to meet their new little sister and, of course, to have her first photo session!  The following are our favorite 16 images from this first batch.

 This is the sign Emmett had us write and put on the front door this morning.

Congratulations Hardy and Debbie! I don’t think we could be any happier or more proud this morning.

So every year I have a blast entering a variety of photography competitions.  One of my favorites is the Black and White (b&w) magazine’s ‘Single Image’ contest.  This is a great magazine marketed to collectors of fine black and white photography.  It has definitely served as an inspiration for me and my work over the years.  They have two contests each year–the single image contest and the portfolio contest.

    Some interesting information about the contest:  Last year 830 photographers from around the world entered.  There were roughly 5,500 images submitted and these were narrowed down to 200 winning images.

  Both years I have entered, I have been honored to receive a merit award for one of my images submitted.

 This year I thought I’d give you a preview of the images I’ve submitted for consideration.  It’s a long process on this contest–The entries are due the beginning of June and the awards are announced in mid October.  I love the process of going through images and deciding on what I’ll enter.  For this particular contest, there is no limit to the number of entries, but there is an entry fee per image.  I try to keep my entry to under 10 images.   Enjoy! ,br>
This first image is titled:  ”Dakota” and is from the first session in my new studio

  These next two are quite special to me–they are entitled “Flakey’s Funeral 1″  and “Flakey’s Funeral 2″  This past fall we lost our good old cat Flakey to a variety of diseases.  It was an emotional time for all of us and I was grateful my family understood my need to process this through my lens.

“New Beginnings”  — For Christmas this year, I bought myself a toy camera–a replica of the cult classic ‘Diana‘ What fun!  This is from my first roll of film and is a shot of the new retaining wall built behind the new Jimmy Johns on West Broadway.

   ”Respect for H.S.” is an image I have tried to emulate for a number of years.  I think I finally got it with this one.  The first copy of B&W magazine I received was a Christmas gift and it had an image similar to this on the cover.  Howard Schatz is the amazingly talented photographer I’m trying to copy here.  In fact, the first year I entered the single image contest, Howard Schatz won the gold award for the category I placed in as well and I was just so honored to be considered among the same pages as him.

   ’Separation Anxiety’   One of my favorite birth pictures

‘Two Hours’ is another birth picture that just had something about it I fell in love with.  I love the light, the huge yawn, the little fist in the corner…

 And finally, ‘Three Goats’.  I took this while doing a family portrait session at Goatsbeard Farm (BTW, if you’ve never had their cheese…you have GOT to go to farmers market, Hy-Vee or the Root Cellar and try some!  It is a little piece of heaven produced right here in mid-mo!)  I knew as soon as I snapped it I would be entering this image into the contest.

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