I'm running out of ways to talk about cute

It's Natalie again, yay! This time, since it's just a wee bit cold outside, we went to Faust Park and took a ride on the carousel. She held on like a real trooper, which made my job all the easier. I think we've probably got a good rapport going by now--we just know how the other thinks.

Also useful--if she sees a picture of herself she starts smiling, so if I needed one, all I had to do was hold it up, and presto! Instant smiles (like in the second picture).

Dave

I wonder if that's how it felt.

I did a new batch of GateKeepers pictures last week, and, well, sometimes it's nice when the image does all the talking. I don't think I can add much to this.


Dave

Watt's the Buzz?

I did some family pictures a couple weeks ago, on what was, more than likely, the last nice day for outdoor shooting we'll have for awhile.

(I'm always torn--outdoors is, to me, always better for shooting, so I'll miss that, but I do like cold weather.)

Trying to keep up with young Michael certainly kept me on my toes. I think I might have put in a day's workout running around after him. Not that any of that was a bad thing, mind you.

Dave

Shameless Self-Promotion

Not to toot my own horn (okay, that's a lie), but Melissa Marr, featured here, emailed me last week, wanting to know if she could use the picture I took as her jacket photo in her next release.

So I said yes, as you might expect, and you can expect to see my picture on bookshelves (!) next summer. June, I think. The book is called 'Graveminder,' by the way.

Dave

Hats Off!

Once again, I haven't the slightest idea what inspired me to put people in hats. But it was something I wanted to do as early as May, but just never could seem to find the time for. But I finally did manage the time, and even managed to book some time in a real studio, which makes a huge difference. Having consistently good lighting, and no nonsense in the background was great. Everyone seemed to have a good time, too, so I guess hats just bring out the best in people.

Dave

M.A.S.K.

For the life of me, I can't recall what made me think of putting people in masks and taking pictures. Maybe I saw it somewhere else and thought it might be fun. That seems the most likely candidate. And being close to Halloween when I did it seemed fitting.

Also interesting--I created a studio of sorts in my basement using nothing more than a couple white sheets and some lights. It makes for a very different environment than I normally have.

But now I have 5 masquerade masks and no idea what to do with them. Have a party, maybe?


Dave

Family Values, pt. 2

Ah, now THIS is the promised sequel to this post, and another cousin of this post.

We shot a little later in the day than I'm used to, so it was hard working with the low light (meaning lots of pictures that should have been awesome were blurry or whatever because I didn't make the right adjustments). Truth be told, I'm a bright light kinda guy.

Anywho--the second and fourth shots include some of my favorite Logan-based expressions ever. The second one, especially.

"Who are these people I'm with, and why are they so weird?"


Dave