Mother/Son Portraits

I took some pictures a few weekends ago of this girl (that I used to work with, and really wished I still worked with) and her son both in my studio and in West Bottoms in KC.  It was a lot of fun, but I had to set the edits on the back burner for awhile due to other photography due dates.  Here are some of my favorite shots of the day...

CHIEFS!!

I forgot to post this picture, a looong time ago, too...

First football game I've ever gone too, and quite possibly the last!!

Wedding Shots

Man, oh man!  I have really dropped the ball on this blogging thing lately!!  I've been pret-ty busy, but it's back to staying on top of things.  Here are a few of my favorite shots I took at a Colorado wedding (Cory and Bettina's) a few weeks ago:

It was a really beautiful wedding, and I'm so glad I got the chance to photograph it.  Woo!!  

Pet Portraits

My supervisor, Steve, helped me practice a set-up and session of pet portraits at Brookside Barkery.  We're teaming up to include customers in a Halloween Pet Costume Contest - they'll be able to get a portrait of their pet in a Halloween costume for ten dollars (donated to a charity), which will enter them into a contest to win a Barkery gift card.  I'll get some publicity out of if, as well as hourly pay.  Not the best pay for me, but it's a start!  Here are some photos from our Sunday session.  If you want to see more, you can look at the new Pets page on my website.

PVC-Stands!!

Ever since I learned about the opportunity to work on pet portraits at Brookside Barkery, I've been slowly accumulating all of the "professional" gear I need - lights, stands, backdrops, etc.  The biggest expense I was worried about was one of the less-needed, but still necessary, ones - C Stands.  These are the stands that are typically used to hold up backdrops, and sometimes lighting or other equipment.  They're surprisingly pricey, so keeping my tight budget and my old photography professors' advice in mind, I perused the internet for ideas.  I found a great site that showed how to make these stands out of PVC pipe - they may not be the strongest, but for about 30 dollars, some brainstorming with a couple Home Depot employees, and a little work with Brian's help, I was able to put together two of them.  

I still need to glue all of the joints together, and trim down a couple of the legs to make the stands more level, but I am so happy that they'll be strong enough to hold up a backdrop.  This was my first time working with PVC pipe, and I am in love.  I think I'll be using it to create my table display at the Bizarre Bazaar this year - wooo!