Breakfast with a friend.
Met up with a friend recently over a fine Denny’s breakfast. We don’t talk much these days. See each other even less. So of course it was good to catch
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Eagle Scouts
Boy Scout Troop 553 has a pretty proud tradition of ‘graduating’ an Eagle Scout every year or so. Yesterday we had the extreme pleasure of celebrating three scouts
My favorite senior girl. Seriously.
Well it’s happening. Rachel is now seriously into her senior year of high school and we did her senior portraits (part one) as our trees started showing signs of autumn..
PPA Super 1 Day with Meghán
Recently I had the pleasure of an up close and personal serenade by Belleville East Senior, Meghán McGarrity. She has a wonderful voice, a sweet smile and is over all,
Marching Lancers at Collinsville
es·prit de corps noun \is-ˌprē-də-ˈkȯr\ : feelings of loyalty, enthusiasm, and devotion to a group among people who are members of the group. See also: Marching Lancers I tagged along
2014 Competition results are in!!!
I don’t get to write many press releases… so please allow me a few moments to brag: Belleville, IL, 8/12/14 — Doug Howell of Doug Howell Photography in Belleville was
Class of 2015!
Sessions range from $75 for a straight studio session to $200 for four hours of fabulous studio, woodlands and Saint Louis too! Session fees applied toward package prices and are
The Great Smoky Mountains – The Family Vacation
Hiking and waterfalls and yes even bears too.. this summer vacation was a classic. We found a swanky cabin in a pretty remote area close to the Smoky Mountain park
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2014 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Tanya Reed’s Belleville Elite Dance Academy has some amazing dancers. No doubt about that. Recently at the Talent On Parade Nationals held in St. Louis one of her groups BANJI
CLASS OF 2015 — ITS TIME!
It’s the last day of school! The 2014 seniors are sooo gone and moving on… yeah I know… kind of sad for those of us not going anywhere but really
Flour Dance
http://vimeo.com/93670016 <p></p> The “flour dance”. I’d never seen it before… but I instantly knew this was something very cool that I was gonna do when I saw it recently at the
The Hunt [for mushrooms]
Some of my earliest fond memories are of my father and his three kids (I was number three) wandering through the woodland of Spring Mill State Park in southern Indiana.
My [soon to be] senior daughter
Life is full of firsts of course… and better yet when they involve your kid. First day at preschool. Thank you Mrs. Herzog. First day of kindergarten. Thank you Mrs.
AfterDark – Saint Louis
AfterDark. Lots of things happen after dark. This week lots of very creative thinking was happening in Saint Louis. AfterDark has been a creative force in the photography industry since
Elizabeth
I recently wanted to try a couple ideas and who better to call than one of my recent high school seniors. That’s a big bonus for some of my senior
Road trip to Moab
Sometimes when an opportunity comes along that seems too good to turn down you’re fortunate enough to actually realize it and make it happen. Five days on the road with
DSLR video and story telling
This May I’ll be jumping into the teaching world and leading a class as part of the Professional Photographer’s of America’s Super 1 Day on DSLR video: shooting & editing.
Kenzie returns ;)
Kenzie’s little sister Maddy came by recently for a test session… of course we had to take advantage of our studio time together and create a few new headshots for
Meet Maddy
Meet Maddy. She’s one of the newest models on the block! Maddy is hoping to get some face time when AfterDark comes to St. Louis next month and needed a
Do your homework. Make a plan. Stay flexible.
We needed a sweet looking clip of NewsChannel Five’s Mike Bush delivering a line or two for the end of a Big spot KSDK will run in the opening ceremony
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