Harris Family

Last week I got the chance to snap some pics of the Harris family's new baby boy, Max. Here are just a few favorites from the shoot.

Carson Family Shoot

Had the opportunity to shoot the Carson family on Friday at the AF amphitheater - the weather was a bit cold and windy, but they were brave and toughed out the hour or so long shoot. Adam, the youngest simply did not want to be held by anyone, so we tried some things that allowed him a little more individual freedom and he did great. Thanks again Sam and Jim - you guys are awesome!

I love Halloween!

I'll say it again, I love Halloween! While this doesn't compare to a lot of home haunts out there, we try to make the yard/house fun for the kids and they seem to appreciate the effort. This year I created a new pneumatic powered prop that hid behind a large tombstone until triggered by an infrared motion detector. When triggered, a spot light would light up the tombstone and the prop would leap up from behind it to it's fully extended height of over 6 feet! It took a lot of work :) but the kids seemed to really enjoy it.



















It is not easy to capture shots like this - bright spotlights combined with darkness, fog, moving props, etc make it difficult. I just ramped up the iso, opened up my aperture, and shot handheld. In the window is old "bluie" - he was my first animated prop, a flying crank ghost that is blacklit and hovers in the window