Well?

Yes it was time for my annual “volunteering” to photograph at the Indiana para-transit roadeo. As usual it was a lot of fun and as usual I took way too many photos. It took forever to sort through them and pick the ones they would want versus ones that I shot more for myself.

Finally done with that portion of the task and now I have to burn them to disc and distribute them. I am going to share one of my favorites now and get off here so I can watch the storm that’s getting ready to hit!

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It’s been a rough week and the next one looks to be more of the same. I did an event photo shoot for a local nonprofit. While there someone from another agency spotted me and asked my wife if I would shoot their event next week.

I’m a sucker for this kind of stuff since you always meet some of the nicest people. Since I do it for free they always feed me. So nice people, free food, and a chance to photograph people, what’s not to like?

My youngest.

Granddaughter came to visit on mothers day and I took the opportunity to take a few grab shots of her. I posted one of these on Facebook and saved one exclusively for here. Shhh, I’m going to post them both here and hope the one doesn’t show up on Facebook twice!

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I enjoyed playing with her and trying to get her to smile. Babies are so awesome.

Well with the snow at least I have some captive models for photographs!

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Still sick, went back to see doctor today, more medicine to take! YAY

Let’s get on to something a little more interesting shall we. This is a portrait I took of the girls just before Christmas. I am not super happy with it, I really need a better background and the lighting is a bit off. Why am I sharing it with you then? Cause I am sick and haven’t taken anything new yet!

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I didn’t need a $10,000 lens, or a camera that shoots 5 frames per second. I didn’t shoot 20 frames leading up to this moment. One shot, I followed the action and anticipated the catch. I got one of my favorite sports shots so far.

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The Colts Austin Collie catches the one and only touchdown of the night against the Baltimore Ravens.

Not that I think I’m great, just the opposite actually, I think I am pretty mediocre most of the time. I’m just saying to all those who want to shoot great shots, it doesn’t take tons of money. It just takes patience and knowledge of what you are shooting.

This may not be what you expect. If you came here thinking I was going to give some magic formula for photo shoots you may want to turn away now! If your just curious about things that I want to shoot in my lifetime then by all means, read on!

The list is in no particular order, just people that I find fascinating and would love the opportunity to do photo shoots of them. There are musical groups as well as individuals.

1. Casting Crowns
2. Demon Hunter
3. Mercy Me
4. AC/DC (yeah I know, cut me some slack here will ya)
5. Toby Mac
6. Disciple (want a full on shoot, not just the concert shots I did awhile back)
7. More to come…

This is by no means a definitive list. It is a work in progress. As goals are met, they will be crossed off the list. Consider this my bucket list, it may grow, it may never shrink. It does give me something to shoot for though. (pardon the pun)

Aside from the fact that the wedding was for my step son, there was one other unique attribute. The brides family has a rather, shall we say, unique sense of humor:

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Yes, that is indeed a shotgun he is holding!

This is why I will never do another family wedding shoot, a little too much pressure.