Upcoming hometown visit...

I will be in Hoopeston, Illinois in a few weeks (September 22-23). I am doing Senior Portraits for my best friends son.

If you, or anyone you know, might be interested in getting family portraits, individual portraits, or any other type of photos done please feel free to share my information with them.

I would love to go back home and have a weekend filled with photography! That is my birthday weekend, so I only have a few expectations aside from doing the Senior Portraits of Jared...eating Monicals pizza, getting a new tattoo, and hanging out with my best friend.

So, happy riding to my friends out there rolling over the pavement, and happy capturing to my friends with their lovely cameras.

Opportunities abound

I am so thankful for all the support that has been directed towards myself and my photography business.

My September is actually pretty full! I'm very excited about this. I am currently still booking September shoots as well as October and beyond.

I'm still in love with black and whites...and honestly would shoot in black and white more often than not if my clients preferred it the way I do :)

Below are a few photos from a recent photo session:

September is filling up!

I am very happy (and super Thankful) to say that my September calendar is filling up very nicely! This is very exciting for me!

Yesterday I was asked about doing a wedding next summer (fingers crossed that pans out).


Saturday I walked around downtown DeKalb hitting local businesses and trying to get my pamphlet and business cards up in their stores. I had several takers including the children's resale shop and Small Town Skate Shop  which my son is always visiting.
This morning I ordered new business cards as I'm down to my last 50 or so. :)

School starts next week, so August is always a little tighter on budgets. Hopefully, the fall will be super busy and profitable :)

Have a great day!

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Studying

In my quest to accomplish greater shots, I have picked up several books on Photography. Currently I am reading through a text book on Black and White Photography Technique. Very interesting actually...and yet, a moment ago, I realized I am sitting at home on a Friday night...inside the house reading a book, while the rest of my family is outside hanging out by the fire...

This has me thinking that I need to give a little! Tomorrow night (hopefully it's not going to rain tomorrow...I haven't looked at the forecast) I will not do anything photography related but instead will spend the entire time with my family!

Tomorrow I have another boudoir photo shoot. I am not sure what to think of this and yet...I did not intend to do anymore of these shoots than the one I was asked to do...and yet, I find it intriguing now that I am on my third one...and have been asked to do several others that I am now working on scheduling. I find them fun, and may end up doing one with me on the other side of the camera to help myself understand what it is that I'm asking of my clients when I want them to pose a certain way, and how self conscious someone becomes on that side of the lens.

I am also looking forward to several other shoots that are coming up including a senior portrait shoot with my best friends son...It seems impossible that he could be a senior already!

All in all, I am completely enjoying this adventure I am on...and indeed it is an adventure...Photography opens your eyes to so many things...It doesn't matter what I'm doing anymore, I see things as if I'm looking through a lens and want to keep my camera near me all the time so that I can capture great things.

  This was a shot that I took last weekend during a photo shoot of these two brothers. The younger one absolutely loves trains and his mother purchased a black and white print of the old grain elevator that still sits over the tracks...that is where we took this picture...but we took it on just the opposite side of the grain elevator. Fun shoot, fun day, cute boys!

Cool summer mornings

This past few days I have woken up and actually been chilly. I am honestly not prepared for the cooler days of fall to be upon us, yet, I know that in a matter of about 6 weeks autumn will begin.

Today I woke up feeling a bit under the weather, but made myself some coffee, started laundry, pulled food out of the freezer to make for dinner tonight and shortly will go find a spot on my couch, curl up and begin crocheting for the day. I may even venture out of my comfort zone and pull out the sewing machine, as there are a couple Christmas presents I still need to make.

I am also babysitting for two other photographers I know while they are working.

If I finish any projects today I will be sure to post them :)

Have a great day...I'm staying inside and trying to stay warm...it's a brisk 53 degrees here this morning!

AudioDrive in Rockford

I was lucky enough to have an opportunity to do a photo shoot of a show the other night in Rockford that featured AudioDrive at the Festa Italiana. This band had so much energy. They played a lot of 80's Rock, and their fan base spanned several generations.

The guys in the band were forewarned that I didn't have a lot of concert photography background; and were very gracious to let me do the shoot, even holding poses for an extra second or two in order for me to get them!

I will post a couple of pictures up here; but please check out my facebook page and my webpage . Please give me some feedback!

 Ben Tuula on the guitar...close your eyes and let the music take you! 

 Colin Edmison on the drums pounding out the beat.

 Dan Curington on vocals. This guy has a fabulous voice and interacts a great deal with the crowd.

 Daryl Andrus on the bass....Do you feel like I do? 

Jay Strong on the keyboards...music is what feels sound like.