Iphone to the rescue!

SO Kristen and Chris got engaged (awesomeness) but they wanted to wait a bit for making it facebook official. They also wanted to make it more subtle and just post a pic showing the ring. SO i stole an idea from my sister in law Courtney and used my phone, and a little quick photoshop action to create this!

Congrats to two of my favorite people! and remember. Good photography doesnt have to come from a good camera, it comes from capturing good moments.

I learned 7-22

Sometimes you have to let photos just happen. You can plan out all the poses and settings you want but the personality of the subject will come through when you least expect it!

The Miesners

I was asked by my long time friend Jolene to take some photos of her parents in preparation or thier vow renewal ceremony.  It seemed like a huge responsibility, as they are going to be using these photos for their table settings and in various other things. SO I met them in the park one day, a ver hot, 95 degree day, and we shot for about an hour and ended up with some great ones. They are a really fun couple and are laughing almost constantly. Let me know what you think! I went a little crazy with the sepia.

I learned - 6-15-11

I tried making a round photo. I had a lot of old shots from the Great Balloon Race here in St.Louis, and I though they would make a cool round photo. I think it turned out pretty well.

NeoCon

My friend and Co-worker Troy is a very talented graphic designer. He has created  a lot of images and logo around St.Louis and the country that you may know, like Lion's Choice, Great Rivers Greenway, and many others. Recently, at the NeoCon Trade Show in Chicago, he was given an award from one of the Signage Fabricators and he was honored with some sweet cash, and a huge graphic that the many thousands of attendees were greeted with at the trade show. Troy needed a photo that featured a design or graphic element, so he asked if i could do a quick photo shoot over lunch one day. We hit up CityGarden downtown (which if you haven't seen yet, you HAVE to. Its amazing) and I took about 100 shots of him in different positions and in front of the different architectural and sculptural elements. We got a shot we were happy with and I did some quick editing and we submitted it in hopes he would win, When he found out he did, he went to the event and there was my photograph on a massive graphic panel! and its featured on their website. I am really proud of Troy because he is incredibly talented, but I am a little proud of myself too! haha. Here is the original shot , and a photo that was taken at NeoCon. Sweet!

I learned

This week I was out on a site visit for a potential work project and we were taking photos of this public square that has this amazing bell tower (carillon). I was trying to get all of the existing conditions (curbs, plants, cracking pavement, furniture, and all that. I was looking at the carillon from its base and loved this angle, the play on the slight variants of the sandstone panels, the sky, and the one open window. I learned that you can always find interesting angles. And its ok to take credit for something that you stumbled upon.

Some new music

YOu all may remember massive attack from thier big song teardrop that has been covered 8 billion times. Here is some new stuff that I heard on Trueblood and LOVED