Christmas Day is tomorrow, and in a flash it will all be over. The older I get the more I see Christmas as a time to spend with my family and friends. It’s really fun and cool seeing my daughter open up gifts and dress up in her “fancy dress” as she calls it. It’s...
My approach towards children’s portraits has changed this year. I’m still tempted to take really cute photos of babies and kids wearing funny/furry hats, and the like – I have done that in the past and really dig it. But kids are small adults in the making so I want to light them and photograph...
Family portraits are really cool. Why you might ask? Well, I enjoy meeting new people and I also enjoy spending time with families. Seeing them interact with one another is a fun and there is always something to learn from the people I photograph. My family never got together for portraits, so it means a...
Silver Balloons Make Me Happy A good time for me involves a few things: cool balloons, a beautiful afternoon, good food, and taking portraits of a 4 year old full of energy. Thus, this shoot was a good time indeed. The portraits took place in Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology – I...
Just Hanging Around Henry’s 3 year photo shoot was a cool and chilled out session – just check out his Superman shirt and Keens! We, my family and his, met up at the Caribou Coffee on Lake St. and Oak Park Ave. We ordered some drinks and I started taking photographs, all while chatting and...
Time Really Does Fly By My daughter just turned 3 and I still cannot make sense of how fast that happened. I still remember my wife being pregnant with our daughter, and how special that time was. I remember how we would try to image our daughters face, or how her laugh would sound. But...
