New Domu Ads are up

The new Domu Ads are up.  Check them out all over the CTA. 

Vera

My husband, son and I are super excited to announce the addition of Vera Hayes to our family.  Expect to see her in many upcoming photo shoots as well as a few short videos.  I am sure Odin will figure out a way to get me to dress her as a small dinosaur soon.

Christmas tree topper?

Hoping everyone has a painless Holiday!!! 

Something to sink your teeth into

Happy Thanksgiving!

Gartober or the Gar-O-Latern

October 2011 Gar Calendar Posting.

Summer 2011

Good-bye summer of 2011. It was fun. Now back to work!

Does W Stand for Bald?

Here is the latest e promo that is going out this week.

Actually .... W stands for Who, What and Where and Whalen.

Here is Whalen's website.

CMG Partners

Here are some screen shots from a great client and awesome group of people at CMG Partners. Had a ton of fun with everyone and still dreaming about the veggie sliders at The Federal in Durham NC. Special thanks to Whalen at izm for your wrangling and speaking abilities and to Sandy for your surperb directions and driving and not missing the flight in Philly!!!

Happy 4th of July!!

I am very excited for the up coming Gar Calendar photo for July... so excited I am posting early. I hope everyone has a great and safe holiday weekend!! Enjoy.

Portfolio's going into retirement

Dusted off the old portfolio’s last night for a group showing to Chicago art buyers with the APA.

Admittedly my portfolios have been collecting dust lately. Mostly for the reason that I am embarrassed that they are old to me. I had them made by Amanda Love (who got out of the business) years ago and by the time she was done with the process of hand sewing them they were already dated to me. Few people have actually seen them so if I show someone new they are unaware they are ‘old’ but I cannot help myself from blurting out how old they really are.

My images (I believe) have gotten better over the years and my style has become more focused and I want people to see that. So, I brought my iPad portfolio as well last night. And here was my dilemma: I LOVE PRINTS AND BOOKS but I also LOVE my images on the iPad. Do art buyers love prints and books so much that they will over look that they are not up to date? I don’t think so. Do they prefer the iPad? Do I show both? I am not sure because I am not an art buyer but I can say that after last night my old books are going into retirement. After showing both my books and iPad, I realized it was not about the craftsmanship and prints of the printed books, it was about the images and and myself… not about some fancy book I had made years ago.

I am currently working on new printed books because I just love the process of flipping though them but this time I’m not putting the time and money into them as I once did. The yearlong process of designing, printing, and building the book is just not worth missing the latest and greatest new image…at least not to me.

All that… and I still love my old books. I will keep them forever. But the only way to seem them now is on this slideshow.

It seems my phone has gone on vacation!

It's been a crazy few weeks of travel in and out of Chicago... a few days in Durham, NC, a few days in Key West (for some family fun), Fort Lauderdale, in and out of Philly and as always, all around Chicago. Only to get back to my studio and desk yesterday to find my phones are not working! I have been so busy and always on my cell phone I did not even notice I was not getting the normal messages on my studio phone. I hope anyone who tried to reach me either called my cell or sent me an email. I hope to get my phones back in order here soon!

WORKBOOK!

Finally. I am in. www.workbook.com

Today’s Lesson: Think beyond the immediate.

This pertains to so many different things and in many ways but as far as photography jobs; always shoot in addition to the job, the location, the model, the props, etc. Magic sometimes happens when you remove yourself from the original thought, idea, or job. Of course… always shoot the original job or layout but always try to go beyond.

Also, don't wear your tight pants on Monday after a weekend of beer and pub food!

Lesson of the Day: Learning never stops

Learning is an Everyday process!!

Although I joke that I am embarrassed to be going to seminars and workshops considering that Blinkbid considers me “been at it awhile”, but no matter how amateur the seminar is or how novice the workshop might seem, there is always something to learn. I was recently at FlashBus with a really nice woman sitting next to me who was amazed that you could turn your camera flash (speedlight) around to shoot behind you to create a large softbox effect (if there is a wall or something to bounce off of). That was worth the price of admission for her but for me it was worth the price of admission to learn that there is a $17 piece of equipment called the JERKSTOPPER for shooting tethered. Nice!