Monday, August 31, 2009

Blush & Brushes Nominated

I've worked with Blush and she does wonders for brides. I'm happy she has been nominated for the My Fox Philly Hotlist for Best Makeup.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Belvedere Family and Friends Day

We received a special invite a little late so my boys and I made our way to enjoy the family friendly event sponsored by the Belvedere Volunteer Fire Department. My wife headed the opposite direction for a previous commitment.

Coming from an earlier photoshoot, I decided to carry along one of my D3's to capture the festivities with whatever ambient lift that was available. From the start my sons enjoyed the moon-bounce and the music.
A few members of the community brought out their show cars showcasing the results of timeless hours they spent preparing the vehicles for shows and competitions. We had seen the movie Transformers so my oldest was very interested in the yellow and black car. He told me it was Bumblebee and asked if it was a real transformer. I told him unfortunately not, but it was a true transformation to a nice show car.

The festivities wrapped up with drawings for family fun prizes and school supplies giveaways. The sun took a nosedive and I spent the second half of my time shooting at high ISO going for the mood.
This was a great event centered around family, one of my favorite subjects. If my calendar is free, I would enjoy returning. Next time, I would arrive a little earlier. By the time I had wrapped up my photoshoot, gathered my boys and arrived, just about all of the fish was gone. I still had a sufficient supply of grilled meats, but I missed the southern styled fried fish. Maybe next time at this event or when I'm in the South.

View a quick slideshow of the event's highlights...


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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Baby Stages 6 Months in the Park

I had a great time in the park with Lawrence and Titania celebrating their son's sixth month. The little guy has started crawling... well kind of, since he scoots in in reverse. He didn't need to show his skills since his parents planned a picnic outing.
Such an adorable guy, he was his mother's focus of attention. I zoomed in close as much as I could under the soon to be setting sun to capture the emotional bond between parent and child.

This little guy wanted to give his dad some attention... including the nice little buttons on his shirt. However, nothing says I love you like a wet kiss (one of my favorites, below).


View the slideshow...




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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Does "Life Matters" to You?

I am all about family and will be providing photography coverage for the Life Matters Conference which will be held Sep 12 in Wilmington, DE. This conference will focus on topics that matter such as marriage communication, being single, self image, domestic violence, anger, grief and more.

Not only will the attendees (and hopefully me also) will be feed through word and food, but the event will end with a concert by the fabulous Norman Hutchins.

This is geared to be a great event which I cannot wait to place before my camera.

What I Love about Apple

Aside from the cool factor, beautifully designed hardware, and knowledgeable people to assist you, Apple works at reducing the size of its software. The latest version of the operating system, OS X Snow Leopard is 7 GB smaller than the current version. My dust collecting Windows run computers experienced large leaps in size of their operating systems.

I do like the fact that when I upgrade, the process is pretty easy. Apple products are on the upper end because a lot of research and development goes into them to make them what consumers like me desire and obtain. When it comes to upgrading, Apple generally keeps that simple too by offering a low price to not only upgrade a single computer, but for upgrading a family of five from a single disk. With currently three Macs, I need the family pack.

If you are on the borderline of leaping into a Mac, now is as good a time as any to jump in with Snow Leopard. I can't wait to get my copy soon.