Jess and Mike are getting married!

I've known Jessica for quite a while, she's one of my daughters very best friends. She used to practically live at our house sometimes, so when she said she was getting married, I just HAD to do her engagement session. Her fiance Mike is a great guy and they're both fun loving so the session was a blast! Congrats Jess and Mike, nothing but love and happiness to you!

Maternity with Jenn and family

I've had the pleasure of shooting Jenn on more than one occasion, she's always been one of my favorite models. So, when she got pregnant, of course I wanted to do her maternity photos! We did a bunch of artistic images as well as a bunch of family images with her, her son and her husband! Jenn, you were a radiant and lovely mom to be. :)

Here are the results;









And just because Benicio is so cute...

Studio Renovations

This past week I did some renovations to the studio, its finally in a state that I'm happy with. I took down a small section of wall to open up the shooting area, then I removed a bookcase I was using for storage and put up a whole bunch of new shelves. I've also added rails to clamp stuff too along the back of all the shooting areas, as well as hung some prints of my work.

Here are a few before and after pictures.

Primary shooting area;
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Secondary/Natural light shooting area
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Storage areas
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Prep area
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Referral Program

I have a referral program, but I'm not sure anyone knows the details of it. Its detailed on my web site, under the promotions tab, but I figure I'd list out the full details here as well.

For every referral that books a session with me, you, the referrer, will get 10% of the booking fee as a credit to be used either for product or as credit against your next session. This referral credit may be added up to a total of 50% on any single session or print order. Any referrals after that can be applied to the next session or order.

For example, a referral that books a $250 session with me would earn you $25 towards your next session or purchase. A wedding that books for $2000 would earn you $200 and so forth.

Model Portfolio - Christa

I've had the pleasure of photographing Christa on multiple occasions. Any session with her is always not only fun, but she always delivers great images and she's very easy to work with. We've done a combination of studio, location and conceptual work and here a few images we've collaborated on.

An actor's headshot

Tori is an aspiring actress who's considering hitting the various agencies in the area. She felt she needed a good headshot to bring with her (rightfully so) and so she came to me looking to get a headshot done. I figure, while we're doing the headshot, we may as well have a little fun and do a little more.

Here's a few images from the shoot.

Images Without Borders - Haiti Relief

With the recent tragic events in Haiti, there are now literally hundreds of thousands of people without homes or adequate medical care. Doctors Without Borders is one of the organizations that is helping in any way they can. A couple photographers photographers, Laura Bergerol of New Orleans, and Stacy Ericson of Arkansas started Images Without Borders in order to help raise money for Doctors Without Borders. They've gotten hundreds of their twitter followers to donate images for sale, with 100% of the profits going directly to Doctors Without Borders, specifically for the Haiti relief effort. Photoshelter has been kind enough to donate the hosting site and the sales handling, giving us a site to publish.

So, if you're looking for some wall art and would like to help with those in need in Haiti, stop by Images Without Borders and, hopefully, buy your art there knowing that you're not only getting some lovely imagry, but you're helping those in need as well. And if you're interested, you can following Images Without Borders on Twitter as well.

Thank you!