"Lil Will..." Maturnity!

I am blessed to have such great friends! My long-time friend Farrah is 8+ months pregnant with her first baby. She was sweet enough to allow me to use her belly and husband for my very first maternity photo shoot. This was so challenging in so many different ways, I am so happy it was Farrah I was working with. However, it was a great learning experience and I love the end product, I'm actually excited to do another. There were a number of things I took away from this photo shoot. One being indoor lighting, another was positioning and having a set plan. It was so hard to get her little self to look like she was pregnant, but I think I pulled it off. I feel as if the photos turned out "SO COOL". Anyhow, I would like to thank her and Brent for being so kind and cooperative as I experimented with them. They did a wonderful job and were great sports! I hope they like their photos and there are more to come.

Norris Lake, Sky Ski

What a fun group of people! The Family and I had the pleasure to ski with some great riders this week in Tennessee. The weather was beautiful and the people were wonderful to us. This was a very challenging photo-shoot for me due to the constant change in lighting, overall boat movement and the speed of the riders. It was hard and I need to keep practicing but overall I'm happy with the end product and had a lot of fun with it. As always these are just a few I picked to work on, not necessarily best of show or the "highest"(-boys)..... Thank you for letting me capture some of your summer fun and there is more on the way. Enjoy!

Faith Baptist of Avon, VBS

What a neat Church! I was given the opportunity to shoot some photos of VBS at Faith Baptist Church of Avon. This was such a fun atmosphere! The kids really seemed to love it and the adults did too! This event had many games for the kids, as well as music, snacks, and theater. It even had it's own bus system and so much more! The day was beautiful and the people were so friendly. This was a great experience for me because I've been thinking about launching an events photography line next year and this gave me a feel for it. What I learned from this photo-shoot was once again DON'T BE SO SHY... I have great ideas in my head. Some of these ideas require set-up to get the best picture, but at the same time I want to be very unnoticeable and let the event flow as it should. The members of the Church really made me feel at home and did an excellent job showing the kids how to have some summer fun! If you live around the Avon area I would recommend checking this Church out at http://www.faithbaptistavon.com/
Thank you to all of the Faith Baptist crew for letting me capture a day of your lives at VBS. As always these are a few pictures I pulled from the stack, not necessarily the best...there are more to come! Enjoy!!!

MHS State Football

As many may know, Monrovia High School made it to the State finals back in November. I was asked to take some photos for a graduation gift for the "QB". I was honored to have this assignment. The game was exciting and the Bulldogs played very well, they didn't lose they just ran out of time (V.L.). What I took away from this experience was to not be shy, I took all of the photos from in the stands. I wish I would of asked to get a little closer to the field so I could get better angles and neater photos. However, I think the book turned out to be really cool, I hope Tim likes it. Here are a few photos from the book. Congratulations on the graduation -Class of 2010. Thank you Corie and James for giving me the opportunity to present the state finials as I saw it. Thank you, enjoy the book!!!