coming soon

I just got back from Kansas City and am currently processing the photos from the Saint Patty's Day celebration there. Check back tomorrow for some crazy times.

oh shakespeare where art thou?

On what felt like a midsummer's night - due to the fantastic weather we have been having here in St Louis - Ben and I had the opportunity to photograph a very unique production. One of our friends home schools her children and in their curriculum they were to do a Shakespeare unit. What better way to learn Shakespeare than by ACTING it! She ended up directing what was basically a community children theater production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." All in all, there were 14 children - ages 5-12 involved. These photos are from Friday's dress rehearsal. All the kids were extremely good actors. Julliard anyone?

under one bulb

Becca and I had a fun shoot yesterday (thank goodness we were inside and away from the nasty weather!). Our principal focus was to get each member of the fam shot individually holding a white wooden letter to spell out their name. While I was wrestling with a rickety backdrop and a pair of strobes (no complaints on my AlienBees), Beck was occupying the kids' time shooting in the other room with our Canon 50mm (f/1.8, ISO 640) under a single incandescent bulb. And although that lens can be finnicky at such a wide aperture, it can produce great results in low light when you hit your target. These are four of those captures.

Move Aside, Oscar

Who needs the Oscar red carpet? This one was way more fun. The album is live -- so now you can see the rest of the photos from Thursday night's Missouri River Ward New Beginnings. Also, for those interested here locally, our newest blog "http://moriverauction.blogspot.com" -- dedicated to the upcoming Missouri River Ward service auction -- is up and running, too. Add it to your blog list, share it with your friends (and invite them to come!), and check back regularly for the inside scoop.

a new beginning

The Young Women of our ward put on a great evening extravaganza last night at church -- and they invited us to play the part of the "official paparazzi." What a cool (and uplifting) gig for us and the entire crew involved... Plus, the cupcakes were dang tasty (and that's what matters most, right?).

Global Sunrise

What makes sunrises so awesome is that not every day are they, well, so awesome. But these two were: one in Hawaii and the other in Uruguay. Where will the next one be? If you could choose (and money were no object), where would you go to see the sun rise?