A fresh start -

I am really behind on my photography work. A few weeks ago I did a shoot for my new friend Jennifer Stambaugh, and I am just now getting around to posting the pictures

Jen recently started doing make up for various occasions like weddings and plays and discovered she was really good at it. Like everything that one is truly good at, she also really likes it. So Jen asked me to come take some "before" and "after" shots of some of her friends that she was doing make up for, so she can show her perspective clients examples of her work.

It was a lot of fun to watch Jen work her magic

And the transformations were lovely.

I won't show you the before pictures because I really don't think the ladies would appreciate that. Not that they were not beautiful before their make up, but I did try to shoot their "before" shots in a no nonsense way, and frankly they came out looking like mug shots.


It was really fun having all ages of women there. I loved the fresh look Jen gave the youngest model.


All the Ladies looked amazing.

And in the end there was even time to shoot a quick family portrait, when this brave dad came to collect his daughter.

Thanks for inviting me Jen. Lets do it again sometime soon.

A little over a week ago, I had the joy of photographing Lindsay and Mark again. I had done family pictures last fall, when Lindsay had just found out she was carrying her second child. Now she is about ready to pop! But still beautiful.

Mark and Lindsay are such a cute couple, and boy does the camera love them. Yes, Mark too even though he doesn't think so.


Ruby was not in the mood to have her picture taken, but I managed to snap this one of all FOUR of them before she was off to more important activities.


I love shooting this sweet family and can't wait to get my hands on that new little one.

Winter

What is it about winter that makes me want to hunker down and put my camera away. Oh, sure I take the occasional icicle picture or the shot of the snow on the pine tree but generally I am less inspired in winter. I have heard other photographers have the same feelings, though some seem to thrive shooting the bleak grays skies and brown barren trees. I am a photographer who loves warmth. Maybe it is the result of being raised in sunny California. Winter there is green and summer is brown, but with plenty of green trees and blue skies.
This winter I did pull my camera out long enough to shoot a couple of shots of the same pier and light house that I shot last autumn in Michigan.




The landscape had greatly changed however. Lake Michigan looked more like the Artic sea. I hope you like the pictures. I am not sure I do.