Full suitcase!

My bags are packed and I am ready to go!

First snow fall of 2008

Amy celebrated the first day of snow by making these fun tracks in the snow before she left for school.

Rob and Lisa

Mary and I got to work a wedding in Lakeville. It was a beautiful day.

PJ on the fire escape.

I got to go down and assist for Mike O'Halloran at his studio in NE. Mpls. The session was on the roof of the building we had to climb a fire escape ladder to reach the top. I was able to take a few shots of one of the models, PJ, that he was using that night

May and Canon

I got to assist at a wedding this weekend. I got some fun shots. Even one of the bride with her friends hair caught in her dress.

Daniel

Pete

Here is a shot of my nephew.

Julie and Tom

We had a nice brunch with our good friends Julie and Tom and they agreed to sit for me.

Vistitor from the south

My old college buddy Ripp was in town for some training. It gave me an opportunity to practice with natural lighting

Painting With Light

I took a workshop with Carl Caylor called painting with light. The class focused on using natural light. For a final project the students took the portrait our fellow classmates. Here are the results.

Illinois Workshops Lewis

Lewis is a worker at the Pere Marquete Lodge where we stayed, he was a great sport !

Illinois Workshops Shoot out

At the Loading Dock in Grafton Illinois

The Tuesday night shoot out is a free for all. the instructors start out with the models and then the students get there turn. The Models are from The Edge Modeling Agency
I believe that they are based out of St. Louis, MO.

Illinois Workshops Lauren

Illinois Workshops Laura