NEW BLOG SITE!!!

Come visit me on my new blog:

www.thesmilecollector.com/blog    

see you there!

Senior to be

It's been a struggle  to set up a new blog, until then I promise to be more constant here.  This lovey senior to be was shot in September, I know shame on me.  Happy Holidays everyone!

Tri-Coast Photography Seminar

Two weeks ago I drove 5 hours down to Lake Jackson Texas to take a seminar on TTL off-camera  flash  presented by Tri-Coast Photography.  Great information, Terrible weather! Poor Cindy the chief "go to girl" for the studio was our de-facto model.  We had no great sunset, no bright shiny days to practice overiding the sun with flash, instead, we huddled under the hotel awning and learned the most we could.  Can't wait to apply this to my shooting style.

Sengleman Hall in Schulenburg Texas!

Traveling back from a seminar by Tri-Coast Photography  I stopped to visit Sengleman Hall, the historic, newly renovated dance hall/restaurant/beer garden/bakery in Schulenburg Texas. I was nursing a killer Migraine, and in the middle of a 5 hour drive home but was it worth the stop! Glorious!!! I can't wait to return and wish I had hit Polka Sundays (yea, I am that corny). I grabbed some shots with a hand held camera "sans" flash and got a great reception from the staff. I am so sorry I was too burnt out to think to shoot the sweetest hostess and production manager Hillary and Jena. Maybe another time. I did catch Tyson at the bar! Definitely stop if you are on route 10 from San Antonio to Houston, but check the times, they are only open about 4 days a week!

Finally! SHE BLOGS!

SO!
I am finally settling in to San Antonio and I apologize for not blogging sooner, things have been nuts, and my internet situation is not great...but until I am up and posting portraits, I will try to post some photos of my new home. These were taken along the famous River Walk with my point and shoot.... can't wait to start photographing people, in the mean time, a look at where I live....

The Last Photos in Maryland!

Yikes! Here are the last photo portraits I will post for awhile. I will be leaving Maryland next week, and will be in Texas about the second week of March. In the meantime, enjoy the beautiful Carrie! Stop by my blog to see my travels as I move across the country.

Goodbye NYC

I made a crazy one day trip into NYC to photograph my brother-in-law John and sister in-law Mary Anne in the Bronx. I spent the day revisiting John's old neighborhood's from Manhattan's Spanish Harlem, to what's left of the totally Italian enclave on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. Good food, good fun...just really cold weather.
P.S.For those in the know. John made it perfectly clear that he was posing on the "B" side of the handball courts because the light was better......he actually played on the "A" side.

Nikki and Matt are pregnant!

This was a quick shoot I did, since I am getting ready to move soon. Nikki and Matt are expecting their first baby, and she was a little unsure of how she was going to look. I think they are adorable,we shot outside behind their house, and even in their great old garage. Can't wait to see if they have a boy or girl!