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Merryman
Here is a quick shoot I did with a young musician from San Antonio last weekend.
Merryman
Also, something new on my blog, if you look right below this you’ll see a few icons that look familiar. You can now send my blog posts to twitter, facebook, digg, and a few other sites.
Cooper at 6 months
Just a few months ago I photographed Cooper for the first time, and last night I got to spend the evening with him again. Despite the cold the little guy toughed it out without one complaint and managed to be super cute in his little beanie. The location was this years “Trail of Lights”, which is far from what it was last year… a few lights, a big tree of lights, and some food stands seemed like all you saw this year. Bummer…. But some great photographs came from it. Unlike my last post where I lit up a parking garage like a studio this shoot was all available light from the lit up trees, huge work lights the city set up, and a small LED light from the handlebars on my bicycle!
The next three photos is where the LED light came in handy.
Pilot Cooper
Robot Cooper
Cooper has some rad parents and I cant wait to document the rest of his first year!
Laura Lee Bishop
I had the pleasure of photographing the local artist Laura Lee Bishop this past weekend in a downtown parking garage. The inside was lined with white brick wall, concrete floors, and ceiling; I setup shop and lit the place up like a studio.
Got outside just after the sun began to hide….
….and found this amazing hole of light where the sun was bouncing off a gold building behind us. Light like this is to good to pass up, just something you can’t plan for, and you HAVE to take advantage of.
Then back inside with the rest of her band.
Busy, busy, busy….
Lots going on, and I’ve been either to busy or tired to get on here and give you some previews lately, so here is a big random update. I’ll start with the most recent, bicycles… I’ve been riding my little kids bicycle around quite a bit and have been having a blast. This past weekend there was a small jam/demo at a skatepark up north called Ramp Ranch, I snapped this quick shot of Hanson Little jumping out of the bowl quarter on the far right and wall riding into the small quarter. It was up on Mutiny Bikes website after the jam which was pretty rad! Go ride a bike now!
Next up is some film, I recently purchased myself a new film camera and have been shooting more film than usual. When I say new, I do mean new to me as the camera is 10 years old (Nikon F100 if your curious)! Here is a couple from the last roll I got developed from the old F100.
and here from the cult classic… Holga
Last month I did a press kit shoot with the local band We Paint The Town
Finally, a quick editorial shoot for a new small indie music magazine out of San Antonio called Backbeat Magazine for a gear talk section with a local musician. Robert Cherry brought out a couple speakers and a lot of cables, to bad we didn’t make and loud noises.
One final thing, I recently setup a facebook page, so please add it and spread the word.
High Watt Crucifixers
Here is a quick look into what comes out of a press kit photo shoot between myself and a local Rock n’ Roll band High Watt Crucifixers. I spent a little over a hour with them this past weekend in and around The Highball here in Austin, that is itself a work of art! The Highball is a rad new bowling alley, skee-ball, karaoke, and restaurant/bar all in one location, that is straight out of the 60’s! Anyways, here are my favorite photographs from the evening. Please contact me for any questions/inquiries for setting up a shoot similar to this for your band.
Cooper at 3 months
I spent a few hours with a little guy named Cooper the other day, I must say that I’m a bit jealous of his sweet Dr. Seuss room. He also has a sweet Basset Hound dog to grow up with, I’ll be shooting some more of this little guy the next year, but here are a few of my favorites from this shoot.
Playing catch up
I’ve been lazy lately and haven’t took the time to get this photo blog updated in a while it seems, I’ve taken a few portraits since the last update so here is a few posts in one.
Here is Joshua Kedzuch who plays acoustic guitar and sings, these were for a demo cd he is putting out. These were taken during a short break in the rain last week behind Guerro’s.
My grandparents retired and moved away from everything a few years back, just outside of Del Rio, TX near Lake Amistad/Devils River is there slice of paradise. I took a long weekend a few weeks back and went down there to relax, and came back with a few good photos.
My cousins were there also with their little kids.
Lane
Sean
And the last one for today is another cousins little girl Simone who just got finished destroying her first birthday cake!
So full!
Motörhead is tonight so check back in here in a couple of days to hopefully see some great photographs from that
Dubb Sicks
Last weekend I shot some portraits of a local Hip Hop artist, Dubb Sicks for his next album release. Walked around downtown Austin and found a few spots.
The Dukes
I had a early morning session with the Dukes this past tuesday down by Town Lake here in Austin, TX. Just a simple post wedding portrait session after they just signed the papers last month with no ceremony. We all had a blast even though it was 7 am and felt like the Texas heat was in the high 90’s halfway through the shoot. Here are a few of my favorites from the morning:
June!
You may recognize June if you have looked through my portfolio any, she is a friend of mine’s daughter and extremely cute! I’ve done a series of shoots with her throughout the past year and this was the last of that series ending with her being 1 year old. Other than getting bigger and able to run faster she still makes the same awesome face and hand expressions, I spent a few hours with her Saturday morning down by Town Lake/Lady Bird Lake and for well over 50 great shots, I liked them all but I just can’t let myself post 50 pictures in a blog posting, so here is 10 of my favorites. Oh, and the dogs came out for this one.
