Wednesday, May 27, 2009

First Chance to Shoot in over a month!...and the battery dies...

Ok so my life always feels like its moving in fast forward, if I dont have to work at changs Im working on homework, if im not at home im in class, if im not in class im trying to get business going, and if i get a free minute i go see my beautiful girlfriend. It is actually because of that last one that i finally got a chance to shoot today. My spummer class ended early so i decided to wait around to visit my Bella on her lunch break, so to pass the short time i had, i decided to head to GOTG. It was the first day of pure summer sunshine i have seen yet, so how could i resist pullin out the cam to take some of it home with me. When i started shooting i realized my battery was low, which is usually never a problem since im fairly good at keeping a spare. After about 6 frames my battery died and i proceeded to switch out to my backup only to find that it was dead to...chalk one up for preperation. Anyway the day was still gorgeous.

The above is a photo of Pikes Peak from the valley behind the faces of the Kamels, or Camels ...whatever. Either way it was the most green i had seen in months. Due to all the adverse weather the past few days the peak had a fresh layer of brilliant white snow to pull the mountain top out of the beautiful blue sky...yeah i know, no poet.


This one is a shot of the front face of GOTG, for some reason this angle is not nearly as popular as the shot most taken from the backside, of course after all who doesnt like a good backside haha...oh come on, I know that got some sort of reaction...even possibly a bad one which is ok i guess.

The Gardens has so many beautiful locations to be shot, but unfortunately so much of the park has become fenced off or posted no passing. I miss the days when every sunday as a kid i would go climb up various rock faces and formations at will and rome about the park as though it were my backyard...which i guess it was. Now the beauty of the park is being imposed upon by concrete sidewalks winding through the popular areas of the park and fences upon fences with no tresspassing signs warning any who oppose them. 500 clams, thats the cost nowadays if one wants to wander and let venture off into the bueaty of Gods creation. Someday i would love the chance to photograph the park which was such a wonderful place to play as a child from any and every angle i want, a chance to bring my camera places where now no one else can go. Oh well.


Me, almost a year ago...
Garden of the Gods

Saturday, May 2, 2009

I gota go work for the man tomorrow

I got to do my first maternity shoot, ironically i did it with my first born...well technically shes not born yet shes still in the belly. My beautiful girlfriend was the model. We did this shoot 20 minutes or so before i had to go work at changs. This series was made incredibly easy due to the fact that i was working with the most beautiful subject...i may be bias but look at her she is GORGEOUS!!!

this first picture is my favorite and was also taken while she was waiting, she didnt know i was going to take it in other words.



She is so amazing, i am truly blessed to have her in my life. I pray that we can do the right thing.



Well I did some senior portraits the other day....like anyone is really reading this but hey. I got the job because it was the sister of one of my friends...who consequently i shot the wedding of. Anyway these are a few of the shots.
pretty much all of the shots we took were done at the Garden of the Gods overlook.



I NEED A WEBSITE!!!! i really need to learn how to make web pages, ive always wanted to learn but have yet to be able to do it successfully. I also really need to nail down a logo so i can get that dang site up than business cards than flyers. In all honesty weddings are ok...but its not my passion, neither is senior portraits. I really want to find something that i love to shoot, something that stirs emotion, intrigue or curiosity, something that doesnt beg the eye to stay but holds it prisoner.

.... someday maybe ill know what i want to do when i grow up