The Year 2010 in Review

The Year 2010 in Review

Wow, here we are December 31st 2010.  Hard to believe we are a full decade into the ’00s.  It doesn’t seem that long ago we were all worried about Y2K.  Somehow someway we survived and are staring at 2011.  Crazy. This past year has been a big step for me in the photography world.  I…

A Rare Treat in AZ

A Rare Treat in AZ

Typically the weather in AZ has two descriptions, hot or nice.  And by hot I mean 115 in August.  And by nice I mean 75 on December 18th.  Occasionally we have rain but it never lasts more than a day.  So you can imagine the surprise and delight when we had fog!  Real genuine hard…

A Model Shoot

One of the biggest benefits of belonging to a photography group is you always learn something new.  This past SmugMug meeting was no different.  Ken Robert (co-organizer of the Meetup) lead the the mini-workshop on using multiple flashes for lighting a model. Ken started the session explaining that just because its pitch dark doesn’t mean…

Children’s Action Alliance

I recently had the honor of 2nd shooting the Children’s Action Alliance (CAA) with Holly Baumann Ambuehl .  The CAA is a very noble organization dedicated to serving the youth of Arizona.  Find out more about them at http://www.azchildren.org. The event was held at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Phoenix.  I got there early to…

Slug Bug

“Slug Bug”, my 7 year old yells out.  “I wanted that one” screams my 2 year old.  Yes, my kids have learned the ancient game of seeing a VW bug and crying out “slug bug”.  So now the game is a foot every time we get in the truck. What I find amazing (for now)…

I Wanna Be a Cowboy

I Wanna Be a Cowboy

Summer time in Phoenix brings out the camper in all of us.  When the temps hit 110+ we all head for the high country.  And that would be Flagstaff or Payson.  So this past weekend we made it to Flag for a weekend of camping and cooler temperatures. After checking in, we were told the…

You Just Never Know

A few weekends we were camping just outside of Payson AZ.  The area we were at is known as the Mogollon Rim (or just simply The Rim).  It was a weekend of on-off rain that always makes camping trips interesting. Needless to say here in AZ we never complain about getting rain. On our descent…

First Thoughts

Hello and welcome to my first attempt at describing the world around me as it spins. The main focus of this blog will be to discuss all things photography.   However I will reserve the right to throw in occasional random topics such as Jayhawk Basketball or offroading.  I do hope this journey leads me and…