Rick & Kim ~ the show
Posted on April 30, 2009
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Rick & Kim ~ the bride and groom (part 2 of 2)
Posted on April 28, 2009
And then we found these grungy, dirty railroad tracks and knew it was the perfect place for Kim to put on her wedding dress. 
Yes, that is how the mind of a photographer works. At least for this photographer… and thankfully, Kim and Rick were up for just about anything.
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Rick & Kim ~ the lovely couple (part 1 of 2)
Posted on April 28, 2009
Again, you guys were just awesome. Kim, I am so thankful for your dad’s recommendation… this has definitely broadened my shooting locations horizons! All the best to you guys!!
We shot most of these at the amazing ASU campus in Tempe. I think I could have shot there for consecutive days and not hit up all the nooks and crannies I saw all over the campus. What a gold mine for a photographer that enjoys angles, shadows, lines and patterns.
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rick + kim = awesomeness
Posted on April 28, 2009
Oh my…. oh my. I started looking at these tonight, with no intention of processing them. But I couldn’t stop. I am not finished post processing, but I just had to post a couple of my faves so far. the whole afternoon was overcast and kinda hazy, but we made it work. and then, wonder of wonders, the sun peeked through the clouds and illuminated this beautiful bride! wow. thats all I have to say about these. wow.
rick and kim, it was so fun meeting you guys finally and working with you… there are MANY more of these to come, but just had to post a sneak peek tonight!
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Owen is ONE!
Posted on April 22, 2009
What a cutie! I photographed Owen and his family when he was about 4 months old last year… and wow, he has really grown up these last several months. We had fun just chillin’ in his environment… outside in the yard, in his playroom, on mom and dad’s bed and so on. It is so fun for me to photograph little kiddos like this in THEIR most comfortable environment. I think it makes for the best, most realistic photographs. I appreciated Owen’s parents’ perspective - they really wanted to just capture Owen in his “one-ness.” They wanted to get shots of the things that they want to see and remember 10 and 20 years down the road…. the toys he likes, books he loves, the things he loves to do most (play on mom and dad’s bed, play in his crib etc). Instead of dressing him up and decking him out in unfamiliar clothes and props, they wanted REAL pictures of their son. I loved that and appreciated their forethought into the future! These “one-ness” moments will be gone in a flash. I hope these pictures bring them great joy and maybe even some happy tears in the years to come as they remember these days.
** you can view more of Owen’s pictures HERE **
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New Blog and Updated Site…
Posted on April 15, 2009
UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!
Please excuse the dust.
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A Grand Easter
Posted on April 14, 2009
Easter Sunday was spent here:
(yes, my daughter is holding, and eating, a snowball in her hand… in arizona…go figure)
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…in the meantime….
Posted on April 7, 2009
Yes, website and blog changes are STILL coming in the near future….
But for now, I just had to post a peek at Brian and Gwendolyn’s A W E S O M E wedding album! Wowza!! This is an example of a “flush mount” album for any of you who are interested.
Here are some views of the actual album. Unfortunately, I see that my red walls in my dining room produce funky color distortions, so, sorry about that. The cover is a yummy, dark brown smooth leather. Really, makes you want to just eat it. Brian and Gwen, like I told you, these pics are NOTHING compared to how cool this album is in real life. I will be getting it in the mail asap this week to you!
The Specs:
10×10″ leather flush mount album
26 spreads
PRICELESS representation of the most significant day of their lives
And here are a couple of my favorite spreads from Brian and Gwendolyn’s album!
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Website and Blog changes coming soon!
Posted on April 2, 2009
Stay Tuned!
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Freedom Beads
Posted on April 2, 2009
I had the pleasure of meeting Abby Tracy a couple of months ago. This young twenty-somthings girl with a heart literally the size of Africa, FOR Africa, really inspired me. She has given her life, her heart and her time to the abandoned kids on the streets of Kampala, Uganda. Kids that are hated, ignored, harassed and abused. The beads used in the following pictures are made by Ugandans trying to support themselves so they don’t have to stay on the streets. What Abby (and others partnering with her) has been able to do with the proceeds of this jewelry is just amazing. Abby explained it here:
The beads are made from rolled up pieces of magazines by local artists in downtown Kampala. The carved pieces are made out of wood or the enormous horns of the Ugandan cattle. To make the paper beads you cut a tapered piece of paper and then roll it around a needle, dab a but of paint to hold the end down and then string it on fishing wire. Once there is a sizable amount you paint the beads with a clear shalack and then string them together! The money from the necklaces alone was enough to purchase a plot of land, build a family home on it, and take 16 kids off of the street. The home is run through the sale of the necklaces although it is our goal in the next year to start up many income generating activities. We have just purchased a large plot of land again through the sale of the necklaces and have many things we are planning to use it for like planting crops, raising cattle, and having fishpons where we raise and harvest fish! We are currently in the middle of starting a new program with older street youth 18 and older that have shown initiative and a desire to change their lives around through Calvary Church’s street children program to put them in a program where they make the necklaces and the money that they earn from them goes to getting them off the street, in transitional housing and then off of the streets for good by letting them choose from job training, a paid apprentiship, help starting up their own business or store, or help going back to their village and farming.
Abby is currently in Arizona raising support to be able to return to Uganda fulltime. She works with a Ugandan organization called Africa Hearts. She sells the jewelry around the USA via friends and family who have connected with her vision and passion. Currently, she is working on getting a website up and running to be able to sell the jewelry to a broader audience. The proceeds of these necklaces, bracelets and earrings are truly giving desperate Ugandans hope and freedom from life on the streets. I will certainly update this blog when the website is up and running.
Personally, I have bought several of these necklaces for friends and family and I wear one of two of them nearly everyday. And I ALWAYS get asked about them when I am out and about… I hope I have successfully piqued your interest and hope you will buy some of your own in the near future (when online purchases are possible). Who doesn’t like cool, unique, stylish jewelry, especially when you KNOW that this jewelry is in a small way providing freedom where there was bondage, hope where there was despair.
Check out more of Abby’s story HERE.
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