Time Whizzes by

I thought I'd update everyone on what has been going on for the past few weeks.
Obviously I have more than dropped the ball when it comes to keeping the blog updated. Something I'm planning on working on more frequently, as I actually do enjoy writing.

October is shaping up to the busiest month this year so far. By a long shot. It's almost like 2010 decided to concentrate itself all into one month.
2 weddings, a workshop or two, an annual report, some interior photos, lots of marketing, maybe a few head shots, sprinkled in with a touch of shameless self-promotion.

I have a series of Downtown Dallas photos that I have been building on over the past four months or so. I have them all over on the Radiant Squares Facebook page (There's that shameless self promotion I was talking about...).

Here are a few I have been rather pleased with:






For more you can check out the albums called "The Dallas Project" and "Abstract Dallas".

I've been teaching more lately as well. Had a few one-on-ones with some people, trying to help them figure out how to properly work their camera. I know a lot of other people have been asking me to sit down with them, so maybe that can turn into a monthly thing. If you have a dSLR and would like to learn more about using it, or if you would like to learn some tricks and techniques for taking good photographs, please feel free to drop me a line and we can start getting that taken off of your to-do list!

My sister is also in town for a few days, which normally would turn into an automatic portraits session, but we are both really busy with work and I don't think we will have time for that - unfortunately.

Well, that's it for now. I will talk to you all soon!
Be on the lookout for the Radiant Squares monthly newsletter which will be coming out soon.
If you are not signed up yet, there is a link on the home page of www.radiantsquares.com where you can sign up.

I hope you all have a great week!

Traveling Circus

What a day today turned out to be. It started at 6:30am and is still going strong.
I participated in 4 photoshoots today. 2 of which I assisted, and 2 of which I was shooting.
I visited 7 cities total today.



I started out at the "L" position, then drove to the "I" position. Then to "C", to "I" again, then on to "E" and "F", then back to "I". Then over to "H" and back to "I". Got back on the road up to "J", then "K" and finally back to the starting point of "L". All told that is over 220 miles driven today!!!

Needless to say I'm pretty beat down after all the shooting, planning, traveling, and all the in between stuff. It was a good day though, as it reminded me of how lucky I am to be doing what I love and to be able to have the freedom to move around so much during the day. I definitely would prefer a day like to day to a 10 hour day at a desk in some office building.

I tried new things today, which included gaffer taping a flash and pocket wizard to a ceiling and riding in the back seat of a cop car (there is absolutely NO space back there, no wonder people always look so miserable when they are back there!).
I am shooting some more tomorrow but for personal projects only so there isn't much pressure. The last shoot of today was for personal stuff but we only had about a 30 minute window to shoot in and my equipment was not functioning properly for some reason.

Anyway, I'll quit boring you with text and jump to an image or two :-)



PUMA EC 225
Auto Pilot & Aircraft Condition Monitoring System
I've also been having some fun playing around in HDR a bit... I thought this was a prime candidate to try that out with:



These were from a ribbon cutting ceremony I had the privilege of shooting in Grand Prairie.

I am usually not one for kids - I mean I am pretty afraid of them in general. I'm sure that will change but for now I don't know what to do to make them stop crying so I live in fear of that moment when they start. But today I saw some of the most adorable babies I have seen in a long time and I actually enjoyed the experience.


Canon EF 50mm F/1.4 | 1/80s | F/1.4 | ISO 100


This girl's eyes just grabbed me as I was working the room and I had to go back and get my 50mm f/1.4 to shoot some more "up close" portraits.
She, along with most of the other people in the room, was an Nicu baby - which means she spent some time in intensive care after being born either prematurely or with complications. Those eyes are so huge and untainted! There is just something amazing about a baby's eyes.

I think that's it for now. I'm pretty tired from the day but I did want to share some images with you!

More to come!