Award Winning Prints

Here are my latest award winning prints. The fence photo titled "Fall into Winter" received a Blue ribbon and merited towards my Masters in photography. The image with the woman at the gate titled "melancholia" merited and recieved a blue. The portrait of Matt at the flag barn received a red. I am very pleased with my awards and can't wait for January 09 for the Maine convention.

Eric, my new friend

Eric is an absolute joy to photograph. He warmed up to me quite quickly. He is a talker so I had to shoot quick. We had a good time and I love the shots.

Back from Professional Photographers on New England Convention

I just got back and what an event. I was there for 4 days. Learning from some of the top photographers in the country. Topics like wedding photojournalism, Art inspired portraits, creative lighting and posing, and the senior experience. It was incredible.
I will be shooting this weekend and posting some of the new ideas I have. I am Busy this week with seniors and sports photos. I will have a Yarmouth wedding to post soon.

I entered competition prints to earn merits towards my master in photography. I earned 2 more merits, I am almost half way there.

Travis The "HAPPY" Fisherman

Travis loves fishing. If he could have fished the entire time we were shooting his senior portraits, he would. He actually caught a fish after we had only been at the pond for about one minute. It was small but he was happy just the same..

Shainna

Shainna had her session on a beautiful sunny day. It was a fun shoot. She has amazing blue eyes. She liked some of the shots I took of some of her friends. I took her to a few of the same spots.

kaitlyn

Kaitlyn had her senior session last week on a beautiful sunny day. She brought her mom and her boyfriend along with her. Kaitlyn has amazing lashes and the clearest alabaster skin.
We went to a few spots that were new to both is us. It was kind of an exploration of sorts.

Natural light without any flash

After going to Steve's class I wanted to try his theory and use natural light the way I use studio light. The first set of shots are just that. Only natural light no flash or reflectors. It was a challenge but I love the shots. Marina was a perfect subject for this type of light. Her hair and skin tones are great. I will definitely use this technique more often.

playing guitar and playing in photoshop

Zack enjoys playing guitar and brought it with him. I wanted to take a shot with his guitar and have the end of the neck in focus and Zack out of focus. I shot about 5 shots and played around with them in photoshop. One of the shots I used a filter that makes photos look like the movie 300, really grainy and slightly desaturated. It was fun to play with the shots in photoshop.