Oh so busy...

I've been really swamped the last few weeks. First, we shot a wonderful wedding in Eureka Springs for Becky and Russell. What a great group of people we met. They were so much fun and kind. The best part of the wedding was the garter. Becky had a little surprise set up for Russell. When Russell reached in and removed
the garter, to his surprise, a pair of panties came with it. Let's just say he was shocked. The girls had shown me earlier how they tied the panties to the garter, so I was expecting it. Very funny.

The next day, we shot bridal portraits for our friend Jennifer. Unfortunately, I can't post any of these pictures until after June 5th. In my opinion, they are some of the best pictures we have taken.

Last Sunday, we took pictures of little Jenna. She was a fireball. She was flopping around and making silly faces. I was worried we weren't going to get any good pictures until my wife showed her superior doctor intellect. She started distracting Jenna by asking her questions: what's your favorite color, what number am I holding up...etc. This worked perfectly. Jenna stopped worrying about me and had some great expressions. Way to go Ashley.

It has been a fun two weeks. The shooting was great, now I just have to get to editing all of the pictures.

The most beautiful woman in the world

I was lucky enough a few weeks ago to get to shoot an awesome model, my wife.

After reading and watching tutorials, I always get an itch to shoot and try new things. Of course, I then try to shoot my in house model. Most of the time, though, Ashley tells me to stop. She listens a lot better than my dogs, so usually this leaves me with no one.

I finally got her to do some modeling. Hopefully after seeing these, she will be more likely to work with me.

This is a new technique I read about. It is a high key beauty shot. It creates a perfectly white background while illuminating the sides of the model's body and cheeks, almost like they are glowing.

I was instructed to say that Ashely is not topless. The shot works better with bare skin, so she just pulled the straps on her shirt out of view.

I'm going to be trying some new looks and techniques soon, so come back soon to see what's going on.