Sunday, December 30, 2007

Jeremy Waldorph


Jeremy was the photographer and one of the founders of Shelter.  He has some really interesting work and posts some stuff on myspace.  Check it out.  Jeremy

He's really not this sinister looking-he really gets into his work!

A Quick Stab at the Photo Shoot







One of my assignments last night was to photograph the photographer doing a live photo shoot as seen on the previous post.  Naturally, I had to take some shots of my own and give this expensive studio lighting a try.  (I was told I could photograph whatever I liked, with full copyright privileges, and no restrictions.)  This was fun.  

Click on the images for a larger view.    

Shelter


Last night was great!  These guys put on a well done event.  It was my first volunteer gig as a photography service.  Thanks to Tanya for helping out, we got some great shots.  She took this one of me taking pictures, of Jeremy Waldorph, taking pictures.  Besides being sick, it was a lot of fun.

Monday, December 24, 2007

Merry Christmas

Hope everyone has a great Christmas!  Here's something fun for the kids.  From Norad Tracks Santa.

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Christmas Cookies Video


Here's a quick little video if any one wants to see Ava in action.  It's been a while since I shot some footage.  We caught Ava saying camera for the first time on this!

Christmas Cookies





Today Ava got to make her first batch of Christmas cookies, with a little help from Grandma of course!

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Miniature Earth

Sitting here reviewing for my environmental studies final assessment, came across this video we watched (I wanted to post it earlier but I forgot),  and wanted to share.  Nothing disgusting like the one before.  This one is a perspective video.


Monday, December 10, 2007

Shelter




A good cause to help those fighting breast cancer. If you can, come on down. Full bar, country club, good people! What more could you ask for on a Saturday evening? Also, this is my first volunteer photo gig as the official photographer; let me know if you want to go.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

ROCK BAND










An early family Christmas present. A big hit!

Friday, November 23, 2007

Factory Animal Farming


In my environmental studies class we just completed a section on nutrition.  A few of our presenters were big time vegans and animal rights activists.  By no means am I a vegan, but my eyes were opened up to what our system of factory farming has become.  Sue and I had some discussions about this and our overall diet.  For one thing, we now get all our vegetables from a local farm which are delivered on a weekly basis (Starting in December).  We are looking into other sources for meat from reputable, local farmers of whom are against factory farming.  There are countless issues involving the very things we put into our bodies that we as consumers just are not aware of.  There is no reason for an animal to be put in a cage (a cage it can't even turn its head in) its entire life except for reducing costs to allow us to get that $1 Big N' Tasty.  There currently are measures in place to stop this one example.  WARNING This video is not for the weak stomach, but then again, that's why you should watch it.  This video, and a few more like it did move me and I wanted to pass it along.  We all have the ability to make decisions in regards to where our food comes from and what we put in our and our children's bodies.  

I grabbed this one from the PETA website.  -No, not the People for Eating Tasty Animals-

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving


Wising you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving.

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Saturday, November 17, 2007

One More For the Night


This one went through a little PS.

The Lighting of Pigeon Point Lighthouse


This evening I was able to head over to Pigeon Point Lighthouse to catch the annual lighting. What an opportunity! Here's my favorite shot thus far. This is not "Photoshopped" and is the actual image captured. It was a foggy, cold, miserable night on the coast. Very painful photography.

Thursday, November 15, 2007