meet me ... in forest park

Becca's out of town -- Florida this time -- so it's my turn to post... It's been a busy few weeks with all our travels and what not; nevertheless, we squeezed this couple-hour shoot in of Rachel early this week at Forest Park and in the Delmar Loop. The shoot was a lot of fun, mosquitoes and all, and we definitely look forward to photographing Rachel again sometime down the road.


The majority of the photos here were shot with a fast 1.4 lens using a variety of lighting, while others were taken using the 17-70 Sigma. Look for these and more in the coming days at our Photoworkshop site.

not to burst your bubble...

We were running through some photos of our ward friends, the Nays, when all of a sudden the brilliant idea came pounding on the door: make a bunch of colorful bubbles appear on the screen to add another splash of color, but make sure the pictures are somewhat blurry so the bubbles stand out...

Okay, so we really accidentally stumbled upon the idea (isn't that the way it usually goes?) because as we got talking and what not, our Vista screen saver randomly started and brightly colored orbs were scattering everywhere, uncontrollably. It really came just straight out of the blue since our screen saver hasn't worked for more than 6 mos. since we cut the cable and went to a wireless mouse. (Apparently, the CPU thinks that you're still hard at work even when you're not because the little blinking red tracker light keeps trying to communicate with the tower. Strange that all of a sudden the screen saver feature started working again.)

Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Everywhere

It's been a fun -- and long -- past couple of weeks. Since a picture's worth 1,000 words, I'll stop typing and just start showing...



Now, check out a bunch of others (horizontals) on our Travels/Journeys page -- from music to 3D movies and from mountains to cool silhouettes...

Mmmm... Delicious Chocolate and Photos

A while back, at a wedding reception more than an hour's drive away, we met Angie (pictured), the super-friendly owner of Chocolate Falls out of O'Fallon, Mo -- coincidentally in our backyard, more or less. Convenient.

Most of the photos were shot with the Sigma 17-70 mm lens, with a late switch to the trusty 70-200mm for the last 15 min. or so. I love the color accuracy and clarity that Canon L series lenses produce... I guess sooner or later it's going to be time to seriously consider Canon's 24-105 f/4 L or the 16-35 f/2.8 L...

On the Scene: STL MoTab

Spotted: Former British boy band singer Alex Boye, MoTab Choir president Mac Christensen, and former Missouri Governor / U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft all on one stage on Saturday, June 20, 2009. The reason? The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The place? St. Louis' Scottrade Center (home of the St. Louis Blues). The show was the first for the Choir in St. Louis since 1958. From the audience's reaction, it was worth the wait. ** More pictures from the VIP reception and the concert are available for viewing through our Picasa account.

baby o.

What a beautiful little angel ... A good friend of mine from work, Anji, and her husband Roger, were blessed with this wonderful little soul about six weeks ago. She was a trouper yesterday throughout her baptism (below) at Trinity Lutheran and later on in her backyard. We feel blessed to have been able to share this wonderful day with our friends.