Forget it, here’s some random snapshots

This HAS to have been a lab accident. I swear I didn’t shoot this lightning looking thing:

More to come soon. I’m working on catching up on the wedding sneak previews… I’ve been falling behind. It’s wedding season so yeah…

Like a good friend of mine would say;

Please hold!

But I have no time and I’m behind on my blogging. Five weddings, a formal shoot, a family shoot and a model shoot behind to be more accurate.

That’s really behind on my blogging… I’m late…

I’M LATE-SAUCE!!!!! hahaha!

Just so you can have something to savor while I catch up, I’d like to share yesterday’s little adventure.

The FIFA World Cup is in full swing as some of you may know, and I’m a big fan of the game. Well. Just the World Cup. Every four years, my summer turns to heaven and I get inspired to play again.

So I’m playing soccer (ahem… football) outside with my little boy and inevitably, we collapse to the ground, stretch our arms out on the ground and look up to the sky.

The sky returned the favor and stretched its arms as well

I said sure.

Early the next morning, I had a bridal shoot. That same afternoon, I had a wedding. The day after that, I had another wedding. And then on Sunday, I had a model shoot. Yesterday, a bridal shoot. Tomorrow, another one.

It’s been kind of busy. My mom even started worrying when she couldn’t reach me anywhere.

All this to say that I know I’ve been slow at getting back on here and posting something new, but I’m still alive, and here’s a recap of my daily shoots:

Day 100/365

It’s getting warmer. Mason and I went outside to play some soccer. I think he really just wanted to play with the neighbor girl.

Psh! Ditching his dad for a girl…

Day 101/365

I needed an excuse to shoot some pictures and going outside sounded good, so Mason and I went across the street to the school’s playground.

The reason I needed an excuse to shoot pictures was because I was worried – no, terrified – that my camera wasn’t focusing properly anymore… Two days before back to back weddings…

This test didn’t reassure me at all…

Day 102/365

But then on the paparazzi shoot Dani asked me to come to, it was fine. Razor sharp. In really terrible low-light conditions no less. Whew!

The paparazzi thing was an event where Dani and other local models were supposed to pretend being big Hollywood stars and I along with a bunch of other local photographers were supposed to act as the scum of the earth; the paparazzi.

Thanks, Dani. Great friend you are.

What I discovered was that I’m a terrible paparazzi on a number of levels.

First, I couldn’t get myself to yell out random questions. Not because I was too shy, but because I simply couldn’t think of a single thing to ask.

Second, I couldn’t bring myself to use any of the really, truly, colossaly ugly shots that the real paparazzi regularly throw into magazines. You know the shots. Ugly flash, shiny skin, shadows behind the celebrities. Yeah. Ugly. Spectacularly ugly.

Finally, I really sucked as a paparazzi because I found it more interesting to shoot pictures of the mass of photographers falling over themselves trying to get the best shot than taking pictures of the celebrities themselves. My camera was pointed in the wrong direction. I didn’t do that more than a couple of times, but I noticed some stares when I did do it.

I’d post the pictures of that mass of photographers, but those shots sucked too.

I also realized that I’m behind on site updates… I have a lot of new work that I haven’t uploaded yet, so that should be happening very soon.

Day 66/365

Mike & Blakelee engagements:

Day 67/365

My boys running for the ball in a backyard soccer game:

The door getting fixed from being busted open:

Day 68/365

Belgian mail. They look the same now as they used to when I was a kid. I have good memories associated with these enveloppes.

I’m editing a wedding I shot last weekend. That along with the rest of the daily shoots will be up soon.

Mason and I often play soccer together and always inside the house (REBELS!!). He’s always asking me if we can play. Hence all the damage to the ball

Sorry about the lousy picture. I’m really tired from all the shoots I’ve been doing lately. You may have noticed that I skipped a day, day 57. I’ll hopefully get to that tomorrow. If not, the day after.