MOMENTS in music: Michael Barton
Immensely talented musician, Michael Barton shares a bit of his background and mad woodworking skills handcrafting custom electric bass guitars. My connection with MB is through the photographic world where
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Photographic gods
These guys were the Indiana University professors and student teachers that I had the extreme pleasure of spending two weeks with while at the IU journalism institute for high school
MOMENTS in dance: Kelsey Knee
Kelsey dances. She’s been dancing since she was about 4 years old. Recently I got to spend a few minutes with her making some pretty cool images at Belleville
Moments with Emily
Music. There’s nothing much better than to immerse yourself in music… unless maybe it’s being able to write and perform it as well. Emily is the total package. Fabulously sweet
Marching Lancer’s 2015 season.
I can’t say it enough. I love watching and experiencing our band as they practice, prepare and perform. This video short is a compilation from the many opportunities I’ve had
Musical muses
Growing up our home was filled with music regularly as mom was the church piano player and dad was the music director. Some of my favorite memories revolve around singing
Foggy Morning Train Ride
I really enjoy capturing images in less than perfect weather.. rain.. snow.. fog.. and a couple days ago I had a bit of inspiration with a beautiful foggy morning. This
Paint Saint Louis
You never know when you’ll find something really cool… and today I was driving around Saint Louis simply looking for something.. cool.. something.. visual. And the flood wall that protects
NMAOTBA
Never Miss An Opportunity To Be Awesome – Pretty cool slogan right? THIS is just a sample of what the Belleville East Marching Lancers go through to build their competitive
College move in day
We left our little girl in tears as we drove away today… a couple hugs… a last hug… nope… one last hug… no maybe just one more… I left the
2015 Image Competition — PPA IPC
It has been a pretty good competition season! The Professional Photographers of America just wrapped up 4 days of judging (aprox 5200 entries) and three of my four images were “merit” worthy this year with one of them being accepted
SPLASH DANCE!
Yes! That was big fun! Sunday afternoon we had a swimmer and group of dancers over to create some exceptional images… Not your every day, run of the mill snapshots
Philmont
My son Jake, and a lucky group of guys from Belleville’s Boy Scout Troop 553 are leaving tomorrow for a trip they will never forget. Along with two adult supervisors,
Lemp Brewery Model Shoot
Fabulously fabulous! Working with experienced models is the best… and when they’re patient, can interpret bad direction, AND have that indescribable quality that somehow helps images jump off the screen… you’re
Anastasia
Anastasia came to visit yesterday! As a young model in the St. Louis area it’s tough to get a portfolio developed… and Kevin Long’s The Edge Agency does a great
Slick. Smooth. Suave. Traveon.
This guy shows up today almost an hour early for his model session! That’s cool. He is READY. Traveon is working toward a recording deal… producing a CD… hoping to make
Autumn & Ryan Maternity Shoot
I’ve not had the opportunity to shoot many maternity sessions so I was super excited when Autumn asked me to work with her and Ryan to document their family to
Marching Lancer’s Florida trip DVDs are available!
Many of you have seen the cool movie created with a ton of our images from the Florida trip and MANY of you have asked how to get your copy….
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Bellevillle East travels to the Outback Bowl
SATURDAY – Travel Day Today we’re aboard four tour busses headed to Florida with the Belleville East Bands. Almost 150 band members along for the ride, we’re headed to Tampa
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Bodybuilding with Ruth
Recently I reached out to Shiloh’s Anytime Fitness manager Ruth Riley… she liked the idea of creating some portfolio images as she continues to work out and fine tune her body…