one last hurrah - walk and lightpainting

My wife and I are expecting our second child this week, so I was allowed to head out on one last hurrah the other night. Steve, Adam and I walked around waiting for the sun to set, then we attempted to do a little light painting. Every time I try this, I think I need to do it more.

 

Honduras - the video that was shot

On a previous post (look here) I talked about a video shoot that took me to Honduras. Well, now that InterVarsity's Staff Conference is over, I can share the video with you. I was lucky to be the backup video producer for this shoot, the original producer was not able to travel at the time Will was going to be able to host us. Therefore, I traveled to Honduras solo, but was well taken care of by Will and his team of sales associates as they visited the factory. Back state side, a coworker (who was originally supposed to go) edited the following video.


For more info on Tegu, visit their website,and by a couple blocks...we did and they are a lot of fun.

lot of travel lately

I have been in a lot of airports lately. This morning was particularly beautiful in Reagan International. And with a longer than normal layover in Chicago, I just kept shooting.

Johnson Family Portraits

To be honest, I am not sure if the first time I photographed the Johnson's (see that here) was easier than the most recent two years later....because now the boys (and adults) know me and I have less of the "be good for the strange man with camera" behavior. Now it is more of the "poke Matt with a stick to make the kids smile" trick.

But it is fun photographing good friends, knowing the lives and stories I am trying to capture, and knowing how fast they have grown up, makes it feel like an intimate family excursion. Proof that I am "part of the family" came when a passerby offered to take our picture so that I could be in the photo too.

just returned from honduras

more to come, but here is some of me, and then the photos I took at the same time...

stretching myself simpler

Over the weekend, I headed out to a familiar wooded area to stretch myself.  I took a lens that I usually love to hate, and decided on pushing myself into a creative corner of simpler compositions.  I walked into the woods at a very slow and contemplative pace for 45 minutes, but when I ran out it only took 3. It was an interesting exercise that surprised me in the results.

so many seniors

This has been one of my busiest Senior Portrait seasons yet.  And it is awesome.  It is interesting doing this many; I was able to get an interesting selection of personalities, shyness, adventurousness, outfits, settings, willingness, and silliness. Because they were all within a month it is easier to compare them.  It was also a stretch to think of unique settings, poses, situations and moods for them all. It would have been fine to do all the same stuff with all of them but it was fun to try and create shots that were representations of each of the seniors...plus where is the fun in trying the same things?