Our Oktoberfest display is up for Fall.  Everyone here at the studio went above and beyond.  Lisa Anne styled this shoot top notch. Amy, Shannon, Robin and Bev really put so much into it also.  Thanks to all the models for your time and having fun with this shoot.  Stop by if you can and take a look. Night is best.

Our studio is now recognized by the Professional Photographers of America as being professionally certified.  I recently received Certified Professional Photographer status from the Professional Photographers of America. Like certification for other professionals, this means that our studios creative work and technical knowledge are considered to be above industry standards. As a Certified photographer, I also participate in continuing education programs. This means that I’m constantly learning new techniques and renewing my creativity, which directly benefits my clients in the end product.

Recently, we have been seeing much more land like this. Especially here in Florida. The booming growth of land development projects suddenly coming to a stand still. This image was taken on my way to work. Within the five miles it takes to get to work, I pass probably 3 – 4 pastures of light posts and signs of life, but still remain empty and inhabited. I believe this image simply states the times we are now experiencing.

Our main shooting room is a bit tore up this week. Have a crew in here building a new portrait set. Going to be pretty awesome. Will keep ya posted when it’s done next week.

Kind of a neat idea:

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Shot a wedding recently this summer, it was low key, at someone’s beautiful home on one of the many lakes here in Winter Haven. The children of the residents are in Culinary school and had prepared many delicious Gourmet tasty trays of food. This display was my favorite though, they had fresh pineapple, strawberries, and marshmallows. Sad to say though, that the only chocolate dipped delights I got to enjoy was the ones I used for this photo. I had to get back to work, capture the evenings festivities. 

Recently visited New York City and of course spent a day walking through the park. It was a great day, sunny and warm but not too hot. We managed to see many exciting events as we passed through. It turns out it was Japan Day in the Center of the Park, and on the Northern End we found a group of individuals doing a ritualistic dance. I will have to update this post with an image from the Japan Day, but here I have made a composite of three separate pictures from the same group. They were beating drums and burning some substance, allowing smoke to escape at certain moments. It was truly a great day when you can visit one park and experience many different cultures. 

Found this pic online of Shuttle Atlantis with the sun in the background.  An amateur astronomer claimed to take the picture from earth through a telescope.  But then I started thinking this would be a pretty easy photoshop trick too..  What do you think? Real or Photoshop?

The beginning of 2009, I decided to make the investment of buying a newer and better film camera. Everyone always asks why there is still use in these old out of date cameras? To me, its the feeling of knowing that I have captured something, on film and having that hard copy to hold on to. Due to the inconvenience of shooting with film, it has taken me a while to get these scanned. I shot these with my new camera throughout downtown Atlanta. The whole weekend I was there, it was impossible to see the whole skyline as you can see. So we made the best of it, and when we had a good two hour slot when it wasn’t raining, we hiked throughout the city and captured the evening.

This past weekend both Ellie (6) and Isabelle (5) celebrated their birthdays and we made these little treats to send to school for the parties.   They were a big hit!

This was my first shoot and I had to fight off Mike so he couldn’t eat his cake pop.