Fun outdoor lighting...

 Luke, Eli and I decided to mess around with some night flash photography, and we came up with few nice pictures, as well as a few pretty crazy photos!  

 Enjoy!

 My lighting setup was pretty simple.  It was just these two Alien Bee strobes, one with the umbrella with the back light slaving off of it.

We started messing around with water and we found out that just a little bit of water flicked off the ends of Eli's fingers looks like a whole lot more when you light it up!

Why do fire breathing when you can do the safe alternative of water-breathing? :o) 

Just for the record, these last two pictures were Eli's idea, and his only!  And yes, it was about 55 degrees outside.  Chilly fun!

This may be the one and only time in his life that Eli actually asks Luke to pour a bowl of ice cold water on his head! :o)

My apologies...

My apologies.  Due to an unforeseen scheduling problem, the photographer meet-up had to be called off.  I hope we can schedule it again in the future, maybe sometime next spring.  

Will miss not getting out there to shoot pictures with you guys!  Thank you for understanding.

Wedding slide show

This is for all you photoholics that want to see waaaay more pictures of the wedding than I posted. :o)  The last of the pictures will be adding to this slide show throughout the rest of the day, with the final count being right at 880 pictures.

I added the "pause" and "skip" buttons to this slide show so that you can view the pictures at your own pace.  And remember, if there is a picture that you would like to order through my website, just use the link in the upper right hand corner of the slide show to go to my photo gallery ordering page.  

Enjoy!

A few more pictures from the wedding...

 So I was editing the pictures from my sister's wedding this week, and I couldn't help but post a few more from the wedding day.  

Enjoy!

These guys are not only brothers, but also the best of friends!

Cutest ring bearer and flower girl combo ever?  I think so. 

(Okay, maybe I am just a little prejudiced :-) 

Dawn Rardin made a beautiful little cake for the top of the cupcake tower.

The making of...

Normally my blog followers don't get to see the behind the scenes view of the photography shoots that I do, so I took the advantage of having a second shooter at my sister's wedding to show you a few shots in the making.  Enjoy!

 

Thank you to Lindsay Hicks for doing a great job as second shooter! 

 

This photo has to be one of my favorites from the whole day!  Love it!

Train Tracks

As I have been working on some Bible studies this evening, I thought of this picture that I took recently and how well it ties in with some thoughts that have been running through my mind.

Aren't these train tracks such a good picture of the Christian life?  

We can't see what the result of our life in Christ is going to be until we get there.  It is simply our duty to keep striving after the heart and mind of Christ.  As we move forward, bit-by-bit down the tracks of life, we will see what is ahead of us.  There is no need to worry or stress about the distant future, we just need to take the little steps that we know to be right and can see clearly in front of us.  As we follow our all powerful and loving Saviour, he will guide us in the right way just like these train tracks guide the train to it's final destination.  

So stay on track! Trust the all-knowing God in where he laid your life's rails!