A few random pictures...

Today, I thought I would share a few of my favorite pictures thus far of my wonderful ongoing vacation here in sunny Florida.  

Enjoy!

The Blue Angels

As I have been vacationing down here in sunny Pensacola, FL, I finally took my camera out and did some shooting.  Some high speed, super intensive shooting.  The Blue Angels demonstration team are pretty much the most amazing things with wings, period.  Even though there was a heavy haze for the whole flight, I managed to grab a few good shots of the team.  Enjoy!

This picture kind of looks menacing, but I like it!  What do you think?

This would be a major "don't try this at home" moment.  For sure :o)

Connor

Okay, so the light was really beautiful last night and I had the urge to shoot some pictures, so I grabbed the nearest sibling and we had a blast doing a mini photo shoot together.

Connor has personality and then some when it comes to hamming it up in front of the lens as you will see in the pictures below.

Presenting awesome little brother, cheerful model and energizer bunny.....drum roll please.....Connor!

Awww, he loves his sister!

Last one:

Over the past few days I have fallen in love with this picture that we got at Jacob's senior portrait shoot, so I couldn't resist putting on just one more. 

More Jacob!

I was finishing editing pictures from Jacob's senior photo shoot in Chicago tonight and I  just couldn't resist posting a few more pictures from the awesomely fun day.  

Story behind the picture: I have run to several trains, but this was the first one that I have ever missed. Jacob was calling people to make arrangements here at the very empty train station.

Okay photographers, don't drool, but Jacob made arrangements for us to shoot some pictures in the beautiful Grainger Ballroom.  This is in the building with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.  We popped our heads in the concert hall and the whole orchestra was in there rehearsing!  

So totally cool.

I began to understand how much Jacob loves music when he requested that I take a picture of his cello by itself. :o)  BTW, he is amazing on the cello.

"The Bean" is a place I can never resist at least getting a picture or two at while I am downtown.  The lighting under the Bean was actually really cool (as you can see in the picture right above this one) due to the fact that the afternoon sun reflected all around to make a nice soft light box.

Thanks again Jacob, you were a very easy subject!  

If you would like to line up a portrait shoot with me, check out my contact page on my website at: www.photographybyjackmcdonnell.com

Jacob

I had a totally awesome time today walking around downtown Chicago while shooting Jacob's senior pics. He is a easy going, friendly, extremely musical and all around cool guy.   Thanks for spending the day with me Jacob!

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the day.

The Website is Up!

New Website!!!

I am so excited about sharing this with you all.  After a lot of trial and error work, the webpage is ready for public viewing!

Check out the brand spanking new website at:
 http://www.photographybyjackmcdonnell.com


P.S. You probably noticed a change in the look of this blog.  I edited it to match the web page.  Let me know what you think!