November Family Portraits

I had the pleasure of photographing this family for some November Fall portraits. The shoot was in the country and it made for an awesome backdrop to the images. I had a great time photographing them and it was a perfect Fall day! Enjoy!

Senior Portraits “Sneak Peek”

Here are the rest of my senior portrait “Sneak Peeks” from this past weekend’s session.  Enjoy!

Senior Portrait

I shot my oldest nephew’s senior portraits this weekend, and this is one of the images from the shoot.  More to come!

Fall Time Portraits

I had the pleasure of taking some Fall time portraits of these children this past weekend.  I love the Fall and this park makes these images really stand out.  I wanted to use some different effects with these images, so as you can see there is a wide range of creativity to display.  Enjoy!

A Child’s Perspective

I shot this picture of my son at my niece’s bridal shower event.  I titled it “A Child’s Perspective” because it shows my son’s viewpoint at that very moment the shutter clicked.  We sometimes don’t have a child’s perspective on what they think, but I think this image captures that pretty well.  Enjoy!

Ann Arbor October Wedding “Sneak Peek”

I had the pleasure of taking the wedding photographs of this couple on Sweetest Day.  The wedding location was in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Most of the images you see were taken at Island Park on the University of Michigan campus.  The weather was perfect for a Fall day and the location was also a perfect back drop for these images.  It was a great time and the Bride, Groom, and their families were awesome!  Enjoy!

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Seminar

I had the great pleasure of meeting Scott Kelby at his Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Seminar on October 16, 2009.  I’ve been following Scott’s Photoshop techniques for years and I have been a huge fan of his work, books, videos, etc.  His portfolio of work is incredible!  Here is a brief description of Scott and his Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Seminar:

Scott Kelby has been the top-selling computer technology book author worldwide since 2004. He is President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), the trade organization for Adobe Photoshop users. NAPP has more than 60,000 members in 106 countries worldwide. Additionally, Scott is Editor-in-Chief of both Photoshop User and Layers magazines. Scott serves as training director for the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour and is the technical chair of the largest Photoshop gathering, Photoshop World Conference & Expo. Scott is one of the leading seminar instructors in the country today, training thousands of Photoshop users across the country each year. He is also featured in a series of Photoshop training videos. In addition to The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, Down & Dirty Tricks, and the Killer Tips book series, Scott is also the author ofThe Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers, The iPod Book, The Digital Photography Book, and The iPhone Book.

Scott Kelby’s The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers was honored with Professional Photographer magazine’s highly coveted 2008 Hot One Award. The award winners are featured in the February issue of the magazine.

Photoshop^® Lightroom^® 2 LIVE

with Scott Kelby

Get ready for the best Photoshop^® Lightroom^® training on the planet! You will be taught by either Scott Kelby or Matt Kloskowski, two of the world’s top Lightroom experts. Sit tight as they show you an insider’s view of Lightroom. From Start to Finish, from image capture to final print – you’ll see it unfold right in front of you, as you learn step-by-step how to take control of your digital photography workflow.

This seminar will teach you how to take your photography to an amazing new level of productivity, efficiency, and fun with real world insider techniques that will make your life easier, and free your time so you can do what you really want with your photography.

The day begins with a live photo shoot. The images are then taken into Lightroom so you see the entire process from beginning to end. You’ll learn how to set up Lightroom the right way from the start, to save you hours of wasted time and frustration. You’ll learn how to edit your RAW, TIFF, and JPEG images like a pro, and use Photoshop and Lightroom seamlessly to dramatically increase your productivity and enhance your workflow.

You’ll be shown the step-by-step process for setting up and customizing a professional presentation of your photography for clients that highlights your creativity and the quality of your work. And, you will be taught exactly how to set up your system for printing success, and automate the whole process, so you can just sit back, print, and get amazing results that look exactly the way you wanted them to, plus much, much more.

October Wedding

Here is the rest of the “sneak peek” images from my weekend wedding.  The outside surroundings at this location really make the images pop.  Enjoy!

October Wedding “Sneak Peek”

I shot my first twilight outside wedding this past weekend and it was awesome!  The Bride and Groom were very fun to work with and both family and friends were very friendly.  I told the Bride that I would put up a “sneak peek” photo while I finish post processing the rest of the images.  It is always fun to work on the images after the fact so your creativeness can start shining through.  More from this wedding to come!

October Family Portraits

I had the pleasure of photographing this family for the first Fall portraits of 2009!  The portraits were done at Mill Race Park in Northville, Michigan.  The backdrop for the portraits is very popular with local professional photographers and as you can see it is very unique as well.  I really like the candid poses to my portraiture rather than the traditional posed shots.  I really like to show people in their normal everyday surroundings and environment.  More Fall portraits to come, stay tuned!