Tag Archives: downtown

Project 52 – Week 31 – Love is in the Air

Happy Valentine’s Day! I’m going to keep this post pretty brief because it’s keeping me from spending time with my girlfriend, Josi, but I wanted to take a few minutes and share a couple of pictures from a recent session … Continue reading

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Lighting Essentials Workshop with Don Giannatti

A few weeks ago I attended Don Giannatti‘s Lighting Essentials workshop up in St. Louis, Missouri and I wanted to share some images and my thoughts about the workshop with everyone.  This is my first ever, but hopefully not last, … Continue reading

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Night Shoot with Two Models

I finally got around to getting Jessica and Sa’dia their CDs from this shoot so I figured it should blog about it too, ya know, for good measure.  We did the shoot almost a month ago, but we’ve all been … Continue reading

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Back to Back Seniors – Abby and Chris

August was a pretty busy month for me – photography wise.  And by August I really mean just this one week in August, but let’s not nit-pick.  Anyway, I had two senior sessions lined up in one week – Abby … Continue reading

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Fountains of Downtown featuring Kristen

Sounds like an interesting album title.  And if it was, in fact, an album title, this shot above would be the album cover.  This is a quick shot I grabbed in between fountains when Kristen had a little time to … Continue reading

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Sometimes the most interesting pictures are the ones you didn’t plan…

Case in point.  This shot wasn’t planned and was completely random, but it turned out pretty sweet none-the-less.  Jason, Eliesha, and myself were downtown doing a mini-group shoot with Nikki and Christie.  I was setting up some lights for when … Continue reading

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Downtown at night = fun times in Springfield

I love environmental portraits.  There’s just something about seeing a subject and it’s surroundings that really draws me in.  These are the kind of shots I really want to get better at taking.  This post is about a recent shot … Continue reading

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Summer Fun, Having a Blast…

Ahhh, summer.  What a wonderful time.  It’s warm, sunny, refreshing.  And the girls really know how to dress for summer.  Cute summer dresses, short skirts, etc.  And I don’t mean that as a perv or anything, it’s just that with … Continue reading

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Goodbye High School, Hello College!

I love senior pictures.  They have come so far since I had mine done many, many years ago.  I remember paying over $200 to go sit in a crappy studio and get nothing very exciting done.  Then there were my … Continue reading

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