Westcott 28″ Softbox
I think everybody’s first light modifier is the umbrella. Why not? They’re cheap and pretty easy to use. It was my first and I still use them, especially when I need to work quickly. But I did want a modifier that still created nice soft light, but also was more centered around my subjects and [...]
Tom & Meghan
I connected with Tom & Meghan in the virtual world, specifically on Twitter. I made a recent trip to the Atlanta area and it was great because several online friends became in person friends. My wife and I had dinner with Tom & Meghan and some others one night and had a super time. The [...]
Fernandina Beach
I was able to recently acquire a Nikon D90 and will use my D80 as a backup. This weekend, we took a ride up to Mayport, FL where there is a place called ‘Singleton’s Seafood Shack’ which was recently featured on Guy Fieri’s ‘Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.’ We then drove over to Fernandina Beach which [...]
Using Two Lights
I love the ability to be able to work with two lights because of the possibilities it brings. I was recently able to acquire a Nikon SB-900 to go along with the Nikon SB-600 I already had. My son wanted me to get some images of him playing basketball. I could have easily shot one [...]
Lenzner Family
This family came in from Wisconsin and vacation and they took some time out for portraits. It was a windy day down by the beach but things went well and it was a lot of fun. What actually made this great was there were storm clouds in the distance which made for some nice contrast.
Kids – Spring Portraits
So I decided to drag the kids out yesterday during the beautiful weather we had in Palm Coast. No clouds, but the early evening sun made for nice light and then once it started getting a little dark, I broke out the SB-600 and the umbrella.
Mother’s Day Special
The picture above is Mom with my son about 12 years ago. As you may or may not know, my mother passed away on January 24, 2010 after a battle with cancer. I was thinking of a way to honor Mom along with providing families an opportunity to have portraits done for Mother’s Day as [...]
Clemency – Portraits
This was a shoot that came about in the time frame of about 24 hours. The band (consisting of Paul and Jason Watkins with various other rotating band members) drove down from Tennessee the day before to play at the ‘Battle of the Church Bands’ at Destination Daytona so there wasn’t large window of time. [...]
Simple & Fun
When I looked through images on the Internet and in magazines and saw the off camera lighting, I thought, “Man, that looks complicated.” Granted, there are plenty of images that use complicated lighting but basic off camera lighting really is simple and it just makes all the difference in the world with an image.
Dave Suleski – Palm Coast Real Estate
Dave is a friend of mine who is a real estate agent in Palm Coast. He needed portraits done for some promotional materials.
Anatomy Of An Image
When I got back into photography after my nearly 10 year layoff, I was intimidated by the photographs I saw where people were doing cool things with flash. I’d sit there looking at images and think, “How did they do that?” When I first got a hold of a flash unit I could operate off [...]
Bike Week – Daytona Beach 2010
Bike Week in Daytona Beach, FL is perhaps the largest motorcycle rally in the United States. The week long event attracts nearly 500,000 people to the area with their motorcycles. This year, I was able to get out and shoot some images for a few hours.
Free Portrait Session Winner Announced!
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Free Portrait Session!
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Corporate Photo Shoot
When I created a site, I needed something that was financially smart (Right now, I don’t have the $4000 it would cost to have a custom site designed by Flosites. Some day) but also had good SEO capability. What better than a WordPress? My site actually uses a combination of two different themes. One has [...]
Prince/Farmer Family
This was another pre-Christmas shoot. It was actually a gift from the 5 siblings to their Mom for Christmas. 11 people total. It was fun and everybody was in good spirit’s despite the chilly weather. Here are some from that day.
Isernia Family
This was truly a last minute type shoot. Called on the eve of Christmas Eve, I was asked to shoot some family portraits – on Christmas Eve morning. I had plenty to do on Christmas Eve, but I figured if we got started early enough, it would be fine. It went much better than expected. [...]
Worship Band
Our church did something new one weekend and that was to have church “in the round” so I was able to get some good vantage points for images, including being able to use a second SB-600 for some backlighting.
Granada Bridge In Ormond Beach
My two favorite models: my daughter Ally and my son Mike. These were made under the Granada Bridge in Ormond Beach, Florida.
Print Special – Three 8 x 10 Prints With Session
If you book a portrait session before December 20th, you’ll receive three 8 x 10 prints with your order in addition to the CD/DVD containing your high resolution images. This also applies to senior portraits. More info about that here.
Terry Cecil
Actually did this shoot a few months ago, but wanted to post them here. Terry was a great and the shoot was a lot of fun. The weather was just perfect.
The Colemans
Darin and Katrina Coleman are friends that go to the same church as I do. I got a call asking if I’d do a session with their kids, Matthew and Elizabeth. Matthew is a great kid but he was definitely a challenge! Elizabeth had a lot of fun. I was able to convince Darin and [...]
The Cottle Family
I was happy to have the opportunity to do a photo shoot with a family who have probably two of the cutest kids on the planet. Chris and his wife Libby along with Lukas and Lola were a lot of fun. It’s certainly a challenge working with kids that young who are at the beach [...]
Denise Peters Birthday
Greg Peters is the Pastor at Parkview Baptist Church in Palm Coast, FL. His wife Denise celebrated her 40th birthday this year and he had plenty of surprises planned for her. First, he took her to St. Augustine where he surprised her with the arrival of her parents, Dian and Steve Dunlap. Second, was in [...]
