Mt. Orab Village Christmas Parade Pictures

All of the pictures from the Mt. Orab Village Christmas Parade have been posted on my website. I had a great time and met some nice people while photographing. Everyone was genuinely excited and there was a great turnout. Take a few minutes and look through the pictures. Thanks!

Mt. Orab Village Christmas Parade

Scheduled to shoot the Mt. Orab Christmas Parade on Saturday November 27th. Hope to see you there.

Holiday Portrait Offer

With the upcoming Holidays approaching fast, I'm offering a special deal on any scheduled Portrait Session. Please see my website for details, or just click on the Holiday Portrait Offer link below. Thanks and Happy Holidays!

Holiday Portrait Offer

Engagement Photos on Saturday @ Rowe Woods

Saturday morning, sunny, 70 degrees, a great outdoor location, and an opportunity to take pictures. What a great beginning to a weekend. The engagement pictures are for Shawnna and Ryan, who have plans to be married in November of 2011.

 It's a one hour session scheduled to start at 10am. My wife Karen is along to assist me with the shoot and we arrive at Rowe Woods about 40 minutes early to setup. Unfortunately, there's another event planned at the lodge where we plan to shoot. We do our best to work around the tables and chairs because this is a great space for outdoor photos.

Natural light was used for all the poses, with the use of a diffusion panel to cut down on the high shadow contrast due to the harsh sunlight. Other than these few obstacles the session went as planned and we had a lot of fun. Shawnna and Ryan did a great job posing for the shots and was great to work with. You can see the end result in the Clients section of my website. Congratulations to them on there upcoming wedding!

Westcott 28" Apollo Softbox

Ok, I've only had this modifier for a couple weeks but it's AWESOME! The design of this thing is genius. It's a softbox that opens like an umbrella and it's unreal how easy it is to setup compared to a typical softbox. The picture above of my Boxer was the first picture taken with the Apollo and it puts out an incredibly soft light. I can't wait for many more shoots using this softbox. Get one for yourself and check it out, you won't be sorry.

Nice work Westcott!!!!

Music in the Village @ Mt. Orab Sept 18, 2010

Spent the evening snapping pictures at "Music in the Village" in Mt. Orab, Ohio. Nice evening, good people, and a great band playing classic southern rock. The band was "RoughShod" and they had a great sound. If I was going to create a playlist of the best southern rock, it would start with every song in their set.

Had my 1D Mark II and my 20D both equipped 2.8 Sigma's to help with the low light conditions of the evening. Occasionally mixed in my 550 with a Westcott 28" Apollo softbox to help with the low light.

Overall a great night and I snapped a couple hundred pics. I will post some on the website sometime this week.

Welcome to my Blog...

Just created a blog that will be linked to my photography site. Looking forward to blogging information about upcoming and past shoots and maybe some insight on some of the shots on the site. Hope you enjoy my thoughts.