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So I've had high hopes of
taking a photo walk about while on Christmas vacation
and as of yet I haven't gotten further than my back yard;
sometimes thats far enough.
This is the little collection that came from it

Kathryn & River

I stumbled onto this image this morning and just had to share.
Kathryn or Katy as she is better known is the lovely mother
of my fabulous aunt Rhonda, my father's brother's wife just to be clear.
River is the son of my good friends Christopher and April Sunami,
son and daughter in law of my revered mentor and former employer
John Sunami. All the degrees of connection elaborated are just to show
the reach and connections of friends and family and how often
those line are wonderfully blurred.

Fall

As fall looks more and more like winter these days I thought
I'd share one of my favorite images from the season. My fine young son labored for an hour without
complaint as we raked leaves to an impressive peak. He was happily rewarded (and me too) with big jumps
into the center and later some hot cocoa from his mom. What a boy God has blessed me with.
Thank you once again Atticus

Yes We Can

I have been a soldier for this country;
marched, stood at attention, slept in fox holes
and saluted our flag with tears of pride in my eyes.
But I have never felt more proud to be an American
than tonight. Congratulations Barack Obama,
history is in the making.

God Bless America

Presenting...

...Cale. This guy was eager to meet the world, 2 weeks early to the pleasant surprise of all.
Welcome to the world little one, you have made it more beautiful to be sure. Congratulations
Jack & Kristen, you have one fine boy.

anticipation

my son's have cruised right into the little boy stage.
All the baby has shed away making room for rockets, forts,
and exhaustive conversations of what goes out of them and into toilets.
To remember them as little balls in my wife's belly seems like decades ago.
The photos of that stage are precious to me and it brings perspective
of what a gift it is to have them and what a gift to me to give them to our clients.
Kristen and Jack were wonderful to work with. As much as they adore each other
I can only imagine how much they willl adore their son who will be here soon.
Thank you Kristin and Jack for all that you shared.

God Bless you all,

C

young ladies

My good friend Chris Mosley gently mentioned last month that it had been some time since I have updated this blog.
So in response, I thought I'd get back on the horse. Things have been busy to say the least and have been blessed with
great people and great shoots. So here are some from the other day. Meet Gray, a beautiful, radiant yet centered 1yr old and Bethany, the gorgeous, talented and yet not self-absorbed 17r old. It was a my complete pleasure to have met you both. More to come, along with a little more about my friend Chris.

wedding dress

It's hard to believe that we have been in business
going on seven years and we are just now doing
our first pre-wedding bridal sessions. Kim was a wonderful
introduction to the process. Her easy going nature was an excellent compliment
to my, at times, frentic excitment as I would shout, wait, stop thats perfect! don't move! now move!
and so on. I had a blast and she loved giving her dress a trial run before the big day.
Thank you Kim for the honor, you wedding was just as beautiful and we will be seeing it together soon.

God Bless,

Chris

a moment

The most important thing I want to give
to our clients are their genuine moments back them,
where what they felt and experienced can be tangible to them again and again.


Rachel and Micah's wedding was a flurry of great
moments and each was a privilege to document.
Here's one of my favorites.

Thank you both and God Bless,

Chris

Fathers Day

As a wedding photographer I have heard
many speeches from Fathers relating the
blink of the eye process in which their babies
transform seemingly overnight to adults. Even with
ample preparation of the redundant message of "it all
goes so quick" it isn't enough, it doesn't help, it doesn't slow
the transformation. The shirts and shoes that are suddenly too small
and don't fit are like highway warning signs for me saying :SLOW DOWN. TAKE THIS IN.
BE ALL HERE NOW. TOMORROW ISN"T PROMISED. CHILL.
thank you Atticus and Adam for trying not to grow up so fast
and teaching your ol Dad that there's nothing better than a belly laugh.
God bless you both.

C

beth & light

2 weeks ago my photo mates and I went
to an outrageous location to photograph Beth.
We were graced with wonderful light starting pouring in and an
atmosphere of amber came enveloped us for about 30 minutes.
The thing I love about photography is that no matter how long you've been doing
it there is always new frontiers to find if you're looking.

Beth was a complete trooper as we hacked through brush
and scaled scaffolding to accomplish the vision.
Here are some of my visions

enjoy!