It's Wedding Season!

Weddings are one of my favorite assignments. The feelings, the light, the churches.....just everything about them!

If you are getting married this year, it's time to book us as your photographer! Dates go very fast this time of year.

Olivia and her mom...

Here are some photos of Olivia and Anne....24 years apart. What a blast it's been!

I'm just amazed sometimes at how blessed we've been. I can't imagine what our life would have been like without having Anne and Robin to share it. And now we have Olivia to love.... Life is good!

Smokin'

I love to experiment. So while waiting for my last client on New Years Eve, I lit some incense and photographed the results. I thought it was pretty cool....

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Miss Livi is growing!

The cutest grandbaby in the known universe is growing and thriving. And boy howdy, does she love her grampa! Here's a photograph I did of her last night....& oh, her parents were there as well....

I think the color is great for now and the black and white for later...what do you think?

Full Moon Gallery

I have new work at the Full Moon Gallery this month. The gallery is located on Main Street and is part of the Magic Valley Arts Council. Stop by and take a look. Here are a couple of them...

Color is watching the movie. B&W is reading the book.

Lest you think all I do is photograph my beautiful grandbaby, I thought I'd tell you about my not so secret passion. I am absolutely crazy for black and white images!

Of course, I don't think everything should be done in black and white.....just the important things.

I developed my 1st roll of B&W film in 1973 and became totally hooked. I studied the Ansel Adams books and learned the Zone System which I still use with digital. I then went through my Minor White Zen stage followed by my "practical period" with Fred Picker. I still use Fred's wooden "best damn tripod in the world". It really has been my best loved tripod.....for over twenty years.

I saw John Sexton in Salt Lake City and learned I could mix the art of it with the practical stuff.

Now, of course, everything is digital. I could never go back to just film. Digital has made me love B&W even more. Studying with photographers like Darton Drake, Tim Walden, and Marc Hauser has inspired me to greater heights. It's wonderful to be a photographer in this day and age!

Babies will do what they do....

Olivia, my sweet grandbaby, mainly sleeps and piddles....she doesn't say a whole lot. She's six weeks old today.

The best part of my day is my lunch hour when I get to go see Livvy and her mom for a minute or two.

Here are a few newer photos. In the black and white, if you look closely, you'll see she's peeing all over her daddy's hand.