flashback

Was looking through some old files for another image and came across this oldie-but-goodie maternity silhouette.

A little Utah rain goes a long way

Here are a few more images created in Utah last week... Some in and around Bryce Canyon (bottom row), some in Panguitch (the balloons), some in Tropic (top middle and middle right), one in Richfield/Glendale (center), and one from a Delta Skybus (take your best guess).

Utah couldn't have been more beautiful last week. Everywhere you turned, you heard comments and news stories about the amount of rain, moisture, runoff, snow pack, snow melt, flooding, etc., in Utah. No doubt, it has had a significant impact on the scenery in parts all across the Beehive State. Yes, it's amazing what a little rain and snowfall can do to a desert.


Organizers of the 50th annual UPAA Symposium and the Munson family reunion couldn't have picked a better week to invite me out west.

*Technical details on the last image, which has absolutely nothing to do with the rain: Canon 7D, Canon 24-70mm lens (Thanks, Kristen Hines Baker!), 800 ISO, 1/160 sec., f/4.0, approx. 7:30 p.m.

working for the weekend | family and senior portraits around the STL

Five shoots. One weekend. 15 sneak peeks. (Phew.)




More to come soon Williams, Wilsons, Wilsons, Meiers, and Ashmans!

Melts. Hearts.

Words? Not tonight; not with those eyes. Settings? Of course. Photo 1: 120mm, f/6 + 2 strobes. Photo 2: 50mm, f/1.8. Photo 3: 70mm, f/8 + 1 strobe.

These are just two of our favorite things...

... Babies-on-the-way and babies-no-more { aka h.s. seniors :) }

So just a quick update and a teeny sneak peek – we're working almost 'round the clock on three recent shoots: Shannon, Jackson and Baby Baker!

someone's having twins...

... and no, it's not us. Becca and I experienced another first this past month: maternity photos. In about an hour-and-a-half, we put together about 50 shots inside and outside of Rachel and Brian's home and had a great time doing it. Yeah, it's always a bit stressful to shoot something you've never done before, but once you get going... And when you have such a great subject (or two... or four, in this case), it all comes together.



All of our inside shots were taken using two Alien Bees (except the silhouette). The outdoor shots shown here were all done with a prime 1.4 (if I remember correctly) ranging from wide open to f/8, no artificial light.

Ben On Assignment

By requirement, for the workshop I'm in (in the really cold room), I'm going to post a few pix that I took not in Savannah, but in Chi-Town a year ago at a photo conference for University Photographers Association of America (UPAA). Enjoy.