August Update!

Well, August is almost over and I haven’t updated my blog in awhile…shame on me! Busy month. Good stuff going on, though…some nice recognition, too. A photo I shot at Stephens Gap in north Alabama won a Photo of the Day in June and then won First Place for the whole month! Big surprise as there were many other great shots that month. Now, as a prize from the contest, I have a nice new color photo printer from Canon to hookup when I get a chance. I can print up to 13 x 19-inch photos with it.

I also entered a contest that my friend Scott Kelby was part of along with sports photographer Mike Olivella. And my entry was selected by Mike as one of the top 10. That’s a big honor to have something like that selected by a pro like him out of over 800 entries.

I’ve been shooting a few Senior portraits recently and always glad to have that kind of work. It’s a lot of fun and the new high school seniors have a blast working like models for a few hours. I’d love to do some more…so please send some referrals and let’s have a good time shooting!

Wedding in Tuscaloosa

I recently had the pleasure to shoot with Alisa Lynn at a wedding in T-Town (Tuscaloosa for all you non-Alabamians) right across the street from the University of Alabama campus. Lauren and Josh had a terrific wedding! It rained cats and dogs that morning and finally cleared up by the time the wedding was to begin. Thank the Lord! Here are just a few of my images from the wedding. And thanks, Alisa!

Senior Portraits Video

I created a short video promo for senior portraits. Now is the time for those senior portraits. Call me and book a session this summer!

Weddings!

Wedding bells have been ringing a lot lately and I am venturing into shooting weddings this year. I shoot traditional ceremony and reception photos and also use a photojournalistic approach covering the whole wedding day for my clients. I can travel anywhere needed. I have been fortunate to shoot a couple of weddings in Georgia recently with my friend, Cindy Harter. Cindy is a fabulous photographer and energetic and fun person not only for weddings, but all types of portraits. Check out a few of the photos from those weddings.

Model Session

I like to think that I have a way of bringing out a person’s eyes very well in my portraits. Many times, I shoot models who have fantastic eyes anyway, without any help from me. Today’s session was with a model who has gorgeous eyes that I could have shot all day. I think I told her that a few times! Brittany is a beauty and is sooo nice! Just too much fun and made my job very easy! Britt, I hope you like these first images.

Scott, Matt and Motorcycles!

I had a the pleasure to host Scott Kelby again for a day of shooting at Barber Motorsports Park yesterday for the AMA Honda Superbike Classic. And he brought Matt Kloskowski along with him this time. It was great to meet him, too! We had a really good time, but tornado warnings and thunderstorms cut our shooting time down to basically just one 30-minute warm-up period. They made the most of it and got some great shots. I took them to the airport to catch their flights in the afternoon and then returned to the track to shoot the races. By then, the weather was pretty good. I also was able to shoot some with my friend Pete Collins. Here are a few shots from the day.

Calling all Upcoming Seniors!

It’s time to start shooting senior portraits! I’d love to get a fast start on these before everyone else starts thinking about it mid-summer. Book your senior portrait session prior to June 15 and save up to $75! See examples below and in previous posts (scroll down the page). I’m also looking for some additional Senior Reps at Birmingham area high schools, particularly Hoover, Hewitt-Trussville, Mountain Brook, Briarwood, Homewood, Pinson Valley, Spain Park, Pelham and Shades Valley. If you are going to be a Senior next year or know one, please contact me. Senior Reps get a FREE modeling portrait session and hi-res images on CD, a $495 value alone! Most of the reps will also get postcards printed with their photos to show and handout to classmates. Plus, a commission on booked referrals! I’ll need to select the Senior Reps by end of May, so hurry! Don’t let someone else from your school get in before you!

The Swimsuit Issue

I love shooting landscapes, and a particular favorite is waterfalls. I have a favorite location in north Alabama that is one of the prettiest places I know around here. I had an opportunity Saturday to combine this location with shooting some new portfolio images for a couple of beautiful models, Cat and Erika. They made it such a fun shoot, and were real troopers in the lower than ideal temperatures! Here’s a sneak peek at some of my favorite images from the shoot.

Shooting the IndyCar Series test days with Scott Kelby

I had the pleasure of spending the day with Scott Kelby yesterday shooting the IndyCars testing at Barber Motorsports Park. We did a lot of walking and shooting, checking out the whole track inside and in the pits. We were hooked up with media access which was really nice. That allowed us to get close to the cars and the drivers (such as Danica Patrick and Marco Andretti, among others). Scott’s a really cool guy, has a great sense of humor and must have the energy of two or three guys to do all that he does. I’m really happy that he came up for this event and that we got to spend some time doing this. What a blast! The pic of us together was shot by my friend, Pete Collins.

Senior Photos Sneak Peek

Kalee is a beautiful girl with some pretty amazing eyes! I had the honor of shooting with her today and here is a sneak peek at some of the images.