Here’s a small piece of the Henry Ford through my little eye…

Snow shmow! Sarah didn’t let a bit of cold and snow dampen her spirit or stop her from having an awesome session. I admit, there are many days I long for the warmth of the Arizona winters I left behind when I moved to Michigan three years ago, but all in all, I consider myself pretty tough. Then comes Sarah…she shamed me! I dare you to find somebody tougher…she did this thing with short sleeves and a big ol’ smile.

Not sure about you, but I love old, dilapidated ruin. We recently stumbled upon the coolest old, abandoned building near our house that just begged to be photographed. And nothing makes ruin and grime better, than putting something pretty in the middle of it!

Here are a couple images of Lis’ modeling session there at the building.

As I mentioned last week, we spent about a month in Utah over the Christmas holiday. Here are a few more images I took while on our trip…

These first few are a continuation of the Park City series…the place is seriously so cool…if weren’t so blasted cold we could have stayed for hours. However, I felt a bit sorry for my buddy, Josh…as he only had leather work gloves in his car…poor chap about lost his digits in the frigid air!

This next shot is of the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City. I shot it from the top floor of the building next door. Every year, the temple grounds are lit with Christmas lights…it’s beautiful site. The second shot is of another Mormon Temple in Logan.

This last image was taken while walking down a street in downtown Ogden…I thought it looked so mysterious and magical.

So sorry about the crickets as of late…I’ve been spending every living second getting my new website and shopping cart up…but alas, I think we’re there! Check it out by clicking HERE. In order to celebrate, I think it only appropriate to have a little contest…check out the site and either comment or email me with the name of somebody you recognize and your name will be entered to receive one of three $10 iTunes gift cards. Good luck!

I mentioned in my last post that we had been on vacation in Utah for about a month…so a few things came out of the trip. First, never go on vacation for a month! Unless you’re a glutton for punishment!!! We’re still trying to catch up. We took loads of work and good intentions with us when we walked out the door…but as always goes, we came home without accomplishing a single work related thing…but we had a ton of fun anyway! I had the chance to get out and shoot just about every day. Over the next month or so, I’ll post a few of my favorite images from the trip, starting with the image below.

My buddy was in town visiting some family and we decided to take a morning and go to Park City to see what we could find. It’s funny how places take on a whole new interesting vibe when you move away from your home state. I lived in Utah for most of my life, yet I never cared about doing anything in Park City other than skiing. But man, what a great place to photograph!

As of late, I have been drawn to big rigs and street scenes. That combined with my intimate relationship with Coke Cherry Zero, and I couldn’t resist but shoot the following scene…

Well, after a month, we’re finally back from our travels! I’m sure you’ve missed me horribly! While I love to travel, it is really nice to be back at home at getting back to the ol’ grind…and as usually happens after too much fun, I’ve got too much work to catch up on!

In addition to visiting friends and family while we were gone, Jean and I had the chance to do a ton of shooting…including attending a great workshop put on by Jake Garn. He’s an incredible fashion photographer and he put on a great workshop. We had models, stylists, and several shooting stations set up and were able to both shoot and observe for several hours. I highly recommend his workshop for anybody interested in getting involved in fashion photography! I am posting a small sample of the images I shot while there.

Over the next few days I may post a few other snippets from my travels as well…some people, some nature, and some other junk…

Man, it’s been a crazy past few months! We’ve had an awesome time since we opened our doors, thanks to all the great seniors we’ve shot this fall, all those that joined us for the friend’s shoots, and ultimately all the great people we met at the photowalk. We’re getting ready to pack up and ship out tomorrow for a long winter’s nap (we’re out for the holidays). We’ll be using the time off to gear up for 2010. We’re really excited for some cool things we’re cooking up for both seniors and weddings. So, as awesome as 2009 has been, we plan on killing it with 2010!

But before we head out, I wanted to post a quick preview of our last senior of the year…Spencer! He looks calm, cool, and collected, but believe me, he was freezing his bejeebee’s off! Luckily he’s a tough sucka, and worked it like a pro…

I love the campus at Cranbrook. So you can imagine my excitement when I had a student there book me for a shoot! Kayla contacted me a couple months ago, and we had a great shoot just before the cold hit. We had full reign of the campus, and it was awesome! Here a few of my faves from the session…

Ian. Avid soccer player. Urban runner. All around cool kid.