Corinne - A Day in the Life

Corinne is a high achiever with many accomplishments to her name. On this day, I had the opportunity to document a day in her life with her latest milestone of her prom. No prom day would be fitting without fresh make up and hair styling from the professionals. In the presence of her onlooking father, she transformed from the day to day to Miss Extraordinaire.
It was a fun day hanging out with Corinne and her family learning about the major tasks and volunteer efforts she had done. Using my prime lenses, I was able to up the ISO and capture nice photos in her home with no flash (except for one or two posed shots). Outdoors, lovely shallow depth of field portraits were achieved of her, her date and her friend.


A fairy tale ending for a princess to be home by midnight (or there about).

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Give Emerald Some Love... Your Vote

I covered Emerald's wedding last year in the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia. A beautiful wedding with a 1930's era feel and theme. This year, she is one of the finalist in a bridal contest.

Show her some love by giving her your vote at this link http://www.totheeiwedbridalshow.com/Face_of_the_Show.html

The contest ends soon so act fast. Vote. Forward. Encourage to vote.

One More Year - Birthday

Yes, I have officially added one more year to my age. This year I had a small celebration with my family before going back to work. Oh yeah, one candle is all I need. I have learned that there is a point when you go with one candle and forgo needing a leaf blower to extinguish the multitude of candles.




Ice cream and cake for everyone!

Walt + April = Family

I love it when I just feel the love. Three generations in one photo in a place they call home. I was happy when Walt asked me to schedule some time for his family to celebrate their bond at his home. He and his wife always appear to be great parents and It was confirmed at the session.

I arrived a little early to see if we were going to shoot inside our out. Though it was a sunny day, the wind drove us indoors to protect the ladies' beautiful hairstyles. A quick count let me know immediately we were missing the oldest son, his wife and the third generation. With a bright outside and windows bringing it in, I opted to add some internal lighting from my Qflash set up in a stationary location to insure proper contrast and light to the shadows for this family fun setup. For couples only, I would opt for more contrast to set a special mood. Here, light means fun, see for yourself...

While finishing up with one set, this adorable little guy gave a quick lovable poses on the sofa. He feel into so naturally that I quickly stopped speaking to Walt and started capturing him.

They told me that not posing was the hardest part of the session. I guess they didn't believe I would catch a few good, unrehearsed shots, but here's proof. I love laughter. I love good, heartfelt laughter. Aside from that, I love to see cute babies having fun with their grandfather.

If this last picture does not make your heart melt, I'm not sure what will. However, there are a few more heart warming shots from the session. Check out the rest on the slideshow and at the event.

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Data Robotics Scores Again with the DroboPro

Okay, I already love the Drobo, but this goes well beyond that! My current Drobo holds up to 4 drives at any size and connects either via USB2.0 or ethernet (droboshare). I was waiting around to get the newer firewire800 model until I saw this.

The DroboPro can handle up to 8 drives of varying size and connects via USB, firewire or ISCSI (ethernet based SCSI or something like that).

I can contest that the Drobo has saved me a couple times through its ease of file management and storage failure security. I can only imagine the possibilities with a single unit that can hold up to 16 TB of data.