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Brad & Mallory / Aug 8th

Thanks to Shannon, I had the opportunity to shoot Brad & Mallory’s wedding with my good friend David McClain. David & I got their early to scope out the house and grounds. The setting was absolutely beautiful. Brad & Mallory had fun throughout the day, I think that Brad had a few inches on Mallory during the cake cutting and feeding. Brad & Mallory, thanks for being such an easy couple to shoot …. I had a blast!!

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ITA Midwest Regional Tennis Tournament

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CU’s womens #1 player, Joy Kellogg wins her first & second round in the tournament.

It is always fun shooting CU sports but when I had the chance to climb up inside the water tower on campus I jumped at the opportunity. While I was shooting some tennis action this morning, Mark Womack Cedarvilles SID said that it would be nice if I got an overview of the tournament. The water tower is not all that far from the courts so I worked on getting permission to get on top of the tower and get a few shots of the tennis facilities. It was so much fun. It was a beautiful day!

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Back in the classroom

Dr. Sims,

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Always nice talking over food!

Today I had a lunch meeting with a friend from work at Chipotle, talking about a photo project we are working on. While eating good food, we came up with some good ideas … now to make it happen.

I had not been to Chipotle for a very long time so when we discussed where to go & Chipotle came up, I quickly agreed. I had not idea of what to get. After my friend ordered, I was asked what I would like to have, I said that I had no idea! I decided on tacos, the lady started asking all these questions that I had no answer for so I said, “surprise me”. That idea was the best decision I have made for some time …. wow, the tacos were very good. She started her magic behind the counter and mixed it up. I had 3 totally different tacos, very good.

Freshmen group shot / Cedarville University

It was a great weekend on the campus of Cedarville University! Getting Started Weekend is a time when all the freshmen arrive on campus and spend the weekend moving into their dorms, meet new friends, spend time in small group get togethers and get the annual freshmen group picture.

The light was perfect for this years group shot. It took several minutes (probably more) to get the students in the shot. Just as I was about to take the picture … there would be another 5 or 6 students running up to get into the shot, this happened 4 or 5 times.

This shot more than any other shot in years past, there were a large amount of parents standing around watching. Many of them had cameras taking pictures … wondering how many of them took a picture of me up on the lift. I was about 35 feet up in a basket on a lift. I felt fine the whole time, it never bothered me at all.

I am looking forward to another great year at Cedarville!!

Cedarville Gorge

Today I had to do a photo shoot test for the university. It required a cliff w/ a “teen standing on the edge”. I got Abby to wear some cool shoes & jeans. The shot turned out pretty cool.

After the short shoot, since we were at the gorge, we took a walk down to the river and played in the water for a while. The water was chilly and moving quit well. The girls and I had fun playing around in the water. I thought I’d get a few shots of moving water & stillness … the girls played along.

Skype is terrible!

I used Skype when I went to Europe for the month of May, thinking I was paying for a single month of service I found that I have been getting charged every month since then. It is very hard to cancel ones subscription on the Skype homepage plus there is ZERO customer support!!! I am very upset. After I recently found out how to cancel, I did. I just got an e-mail from Skype congratulating me for another month of service. They charged me AGAIN for August. UNBELIEVABLE!!!

Below is an image of me pulling my hair out, I used to have very long wavy beautiful hair, but I have now pulled it out because of Skype and their lack of customer service! I plan on calling Clark Howard as well, and complain to him. People need to know how Skype operates.

Volleyball team shot

School is about to start and all the fall athletic teams are arriving on campus. After lunch this afternoon I shot portraits and group shots of the volleyball team. Every year they have me shoot a team shot of them on and around the rock. With the image, they use it on a postcard style with a gospel tract on the back and hand them out to opposing teams after their matches. The teams really appreciate it. I got the shot they wanted and then asked for one more quick shot. I threw my 50 1.8 and took another shot. I think they will end up using the image from the 50. Then once we were done I had them quickly smash up together for one last shot. Though the lens is best shot at 1.8, I had to shoot it at around f/8 at least to get most of them in focus : P It was a fun quick shot and I think they liked doing it.

Getting back to blogging …

Getting back to blogging and this is a test. I finally got my MacBook Pro back today. I have been running on a iMac and it was running strong but with file and images across 2 computers and several external HD’s, it is hard to do anything. I hope that this MBP will last more than 2 weeks.

Soccer starts here in the next week … that will be fun. Emily is looking forward to soccer starting. Abby will be starting next week as well.

There will be students arriving early next week at the university. We had a faculty staff picnic on Tuesday. It was a nice time getting back together and see old friends.

I watched America’s Got Talent this evening, it was ok. About the only thing they did this evening was invite some to Hollywood and send others home. They showed a lot of crying and cheering with little to no performances. I suppose they will show them performing next week.

LATER …