I’ve been busy recently editing the new wedding video from the weekend before last, which was my first wedding to film! I was so happy to hear that the bride and groom were “FLOORED” with how it turned out! Whew! I may post in more detail about filming my first wedding later. As you might [...]
I spent some time recently visiting a good friend in Chicago and wanted to post some photos from the trip. The trip started out with a free concert in Millennium Park by Ricardo Muti. Other highlights of the trip, besides quality friend time, include hanging out at the Art Institute, meeting Philip Bloom at a [...]
I recently agreed to be the photographer for a charity event for the Bowling Green, KY office of the American Cancer Society. The event they are having is called “Bustin Out.” Basically, different businesses and individuals are decorating bra’s to be photographed by me, then cards will be made of the photographs for sale to [...]
This year was the 20th anniversary for the annual Ballooning event in my hometown, Bowling Green, KY. The event was previously known as the Balloon Classic, now, it’s Balloon, Tunes, and BBQ. There are some big sponsors and all the profits go towards the United Way of Southern Kentucky. I was excited to go and grab some [...]
This is not an easy blog post to write. It’s a large subject that crosses a lot of aspects of my life. I’ve always loved photography. Even before the only photography class I took in college, I loved it. We used large format cameras in that class and I spent a lot of time in [...]
I was pumped to get my 28″ Westcott Apollo Soft Box in the mail today and immediately did some tests with it. I’ve seen it used all over the internet and I know it’s one of the most popular and cheapest options out there for a soft box light modifier and wanted to see how [...]
So I’ve decided to start hitting the photography side of things a little harder, if for no other reason because I enjoy it! Out of necessity, I will be taking a lot of self-portraits since that will be the easiest and quickest way to experiment and take photos, not because I enjoy being in front [...]
I posted a photo yesterday on my tumblr photo blog of my Mom sitting inside the flower cooler of her florist shop, MacKenzies. I came up with the idea for this photo because I wanted her to have some more photographs of her and her store, I wanted the practice, and I like the idea [...]
I’ve seen this effect used in some wedding photographer’s images with the heart shaped bokeh (blur) is in the background so I did a little investigating into how this effect is accomplished. You can watch a video tutorial on how I did this above, or buy a premade kit by clicking HERE. This little knife [...]
I spent yesterday taking photos with my new Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 lens (see bottom photo) getting some shots while I was at launch and the break down area at Lookout Mountain Flight Park. The idea was to go about and take pictures more of the people of the sport than the sport itself from a [...]
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