Category Archives: Portraits

Portait of Kjerstin

Here is another portait that I captured of our good friend, Kjerstin.  What a fun photo session this was.  If I didn’t know better, I’d think she spends a lot of time on the modeling side of the camera.  She … Continue reading

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My Wife – My Photo Assistant

It isn’t eveyrone who gets to work with their spouse as they do what they love the most.  I am really blessed in that respect. My beautiful wife of 33 years (she will tell you that we got married at … Continue reading

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La Bella Corda

My wife is a very talented guitar player and teacher.  One of the extra activities that some of her advanced students get to participate in is being a part of “La Bella Corda.” These kids put in a lot of … Continue reading

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Husband and Wife

Today I had the opportunity of taking portraits of Elijah & Kjerstin, a very much in love couple who have been married for less than a year now.  It was so fun to see the sparkle in each others eyes … Continue reading

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Christmas Portrait

Today I’d like to talk about about how I shot this particular portrait.  One of the things I’m trying to do when asked to shoot something like this is to be rather spontaneous with my creativity.  I used to really … Continue reading

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La Bella Corda

My beautiful wife is not only my assistant when I’m taking photographs, but she is a very talented classical guitarist.  Her main profession is teaching kids how to play this wonderful instrument.  Today was the day when some of her … Continue reading

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Wedding Photos

The following photos were also ones I captured during Cliff Mautner’s workshop.  I had some other favorites that were not included in my prior post, so with my wife’s encouragement, here are a few more.  I hope you enjoy them.

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Spoiled Dog

You know that a dog is spoiled when it is wearing a fancy scarf like this one.

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Blue Eyes

Last week we had the opportunity to celebrate a birthday at our house and one of the people invited to the party was Riley who has some magical blue eyes.  I took several shots of her and found this one … Continue reading

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Retouching Wedding Photographs #1 – The Bride

Over the next few days I will show examples of how to take some photographs and make them even better.  Well, at least in my opinion they look better than the originals out of the camera.  Plus, my wife says … Continue reading

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