Grad Fest

Rarely, if ever, do we post pics we didn't take. However, this photo merited an exception. Friday night, Webster U hosted a pre-graduation party for the 2009 grads. The highlights? A pretty good hot dog and free photo booth. Seriously. Needless to say, we didn't stay long - just long enough to pose for these pretty cool shots. So, in a way, I guess we sort of took them.

The Sccougar.

The journalism students of St. Charles Community College recently launched an online news site -- sccougar.com. And yesterday, while Amanda, Josh, Kat, and Kylie were with me on campus for the college's annual spring photo shoot, we picked up the companion print version (it's virtually everywhere on campus) and started shooting. Kind of dumb but funny. I chose to post these four because I liked their expressions. Not sure how I feel about the pub name.

saturday is a special day

Ahhh...the weekend. A time to kick back, rest, and do generally nothing. Well, except today. It's been like this: 1:00 a.m., arrive home from the movies. 4:00 a.m., wake up thinking it's really 5:00 a.m. 5:00 a.m., wake up because it is actually 5 a.m. 6-11:00 a.m., volunteer at SCC at the 17th annual Wellness Fest and 10K race. Noon, eat a delicious meal at First Watch. 1 p.m., head to the Rodaboughs for a photo shoot. 4:00 p.m., sit down to watch Albert Pujols and the Cards embarrass the Cubs. 5:30 p.m., fall asleep from exhaustion... What's next? Bring it on.

welcome to town, june.

This may be a first -- two posts in a day; but it's only fair since our good buddy June is in town and Nate is not. Everything shot with the trusty 30D, 400 ISO +/-, Aperture 5.6, using a 70-200 non-Image Stabilized lens. Oh, how I wish we had an f/2.8 IS...

bubbles in black and white

I am burning a disc or four right now, and so while that's running in the background, why not share a few more pictures? Like the post below, these are from a week ago today. The specs: ISO 160, Aperture f/4, Shutter 1/250, Flash? Yes. Converted to B/W in Adobe Lightroom. I wonder what it is about bubbles that makes kids so dang happy... Don't think I've ever met a kid under 4 yrs. old who didn't think they were the absolute coolest thing ever.

belated easter wishes

Ben and I got to spend Easter Saturday with a fun family. You might remember them from a Christmas shoot we did last year. We were invited to attend an egg hunt and bubble session with Ava and her cousin Cadence. It was super fun - and the girls were way adorable! Stay tuned for a link to the full shoot.