Shylah Rae is Six Months Old :)

Wow do the babies get big fast!

It seems like I just uploaded her infant photographs yesterday?!?!?!?

This baby is the most smiliest, laughing-est baby I have ever seen. I had an extremely easy time getting her mommy to coax the little smiles outta her. Her laughs were abundant let me tell you.

So cute!

Also, her big brother was in town on a break from the military. He's a Marine people! And he has my utmost respect! As do they all.... (God bless them.)

So we made sure to take some shots of him with his baby sister that he can take with him when he heads back to work. Later, we went to my home to do a little studio work as Phoenix, Arizona gets a little hot pretty darn quick. So... click, click, click and a frosty beverage later we have achieved awesomeness...

Perseid Meteor Shower. Ahhhhhh Nope!

Well last night we had a thunder storm.....The weather guy got one right :).
Soooo... no meteor shower photographs, but I did get a couple of lighting strikes. Those are always cool!

Maybe I'll have better luck later...

Perseid Meteor Shower 2009

Well.... you pack your equipment up, ice down some cold drinks, charge up the Ipod and head out to capture one of the universes wondrous marvels. But Mother Nature had a different idea. :)

I had hoped to get some long exposure shots. You know, the kind that shows the stars moving in circular patterns and that one streak moving perpendicular right through the image like a comet? Nope... the clouds moved in. Just figures, hardly any weather all monsoon season and on the peak day of the Perseid event, the clouds roll on in. Oh well, on the lemonade making front I did capture some images of the clouds moving past the waining gibbous moon. No meteor shower but I must say I still had a pretty good time.

The forecast for tonight...Thunder storms. I'm debating whether or not I want to try again for the meteor shower? Maybe...

Cody's a Senior! Class of 2010.

Senior portraits are always fun. It is a chance to break the mold... bend the rules a bit if you will. Teens are always more open to fun places, edgy contrasts and thick colors...

Cody is a cool guy with aspirations of being a physical trainer. He'd like to be the guy that works with the professional athletes. Pfft... who wouldn't, huh? And if you couldn't tell, he likes the Atlanta Falcons.....I'll hold my comments to myself ;) But when he asked if I ever worked with models... I think he is now thinking of being a photographer. LOL. Cody is an Athlete, he likes to work out and runs on track. I was extremely happy to capture this senior moment. Senior year is very exciting and moves very fast. It is good idea to capture who you are now, before you become who you are going to be. I know I'm not the same :) ...

Time Marches on....

Hard to believe my friend's little baby girl is one year old!
Living in Az. means a birthday party involving water in one form or another from time to time. It was so fun to shoot this party! Children slipping down the slip -n- slide, toddlers toddling around a sprinkler and babies discovering water. These are the types of things I like to capture...Life as it's happening.
Obviously I miss out on some things, sneaking around stealthily with a largish block box and matching largish black flashy thingy, trying to get photos of people laughing, telling a very important story, or a baby smiling. But that is alright, it's my job. It brings me joy and I love it!