Sydney's first day at work.

AWWW!!! No big deal. Just a portrait with a newborn and dog all looking awesome! Can you believe how great Skyler looks? She is already back to her pre-baby weight. WOW!!! I'd be happy if I could loose my freshman 15... or my post college 30. Anyways. I know y'all are probobly getting sick of Sydney photos but this one was just too sweet not to share.

Andrew C.

Andrew is a musician. I photographed him earlier this week for his new promo material. It was great working with someone who had some defineate ideas about he wanted to look. :)

Okkervil River

I photographed Okkervil yesterday at the recording studio. The photos are for the cover of an Australian music magazine. Fun! The band wanted 4 different looks in less than an hour. We used Elinchrom Rangers, Visateks and 580ex for the light.

George Romero

I love this of George Romero the famed producer of Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead. He was in town for the Alamo Draft House's Fantastic Fest. In the realm of celebrity portraits Mr. Romero could not have been any nicer or more generous with his time.

Jake at Austin Art Garage

If you are looking for great works of art made by local artist in the sub $500 range the Austin Art Garage is the place to go! Jake is very friendly and knowledgeable and can help you pick out just the thing you need. Some of my favorite artists displaying work are Brett Buchanan and Lincon Hesse. The Art Garage art gallery is located in the same complex as my new studio. They are having a big grand opening at Ann Kelso Salon on Thursday September 27.

Party for Satya

I love this photo of my mom holding her first grandchild! The pearls are my favorite part. I love wearing pearls. My mom gave me my first set when I was in Jr. High. :) I wanted to give Satya pearls at the baby shower, but I couldn't find a set I was in love with so I settled on a very cute spoon with a giraffe handle. I'll post more shower photos soon.

Jackson and Dylan

These two are my cousins! Aren't they just too cute?

Scott

Isn't he handsome! I found this great photo while I was digging through files looking for some stock photos.

Micah P Hinson

I photographed Micah P Hinson this week for the Austin Chronicle. Micah and his girlfriend were both very sweet and gracious with there time. However getting the photo session scheduled was tough!

Chris Anderson

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Author of The Long Tail. This portrait is from his speaking engagement in Austin. He could not have been any nicer!

Band Pictures

Photographed a band yesterday. It was very hot outside and I have a cold.

Voxtrot

Yipeee. Voxtrot made the cover. This was my favorite photo from the shoot and the art editor left it with my funky color treatment. yipeee!!!! I'm very happy with the way it turned out.

See lots more photos from the Voxtrot story HERE.

Fun times with the girls!!!

What a fun IDEA!!! Annie had the great idea of doing a photo session with all of her girls! We had fun tramping around down town. Would have been better if it had not been soooo windy.

Gospel

Photographed the gospel lunch today at thread gills. It was great. Pictured above is Brennen Leigh

Katie

This photo makes you look like a singer song writer. Had a great time on this shoot. :) Hope your family loves the photos!

Jumping

This lovely young lady did some great modeling for me a few weeks ago. She is an aspiring model so if y'all need some modeling I can put you in touch with her.

Emma and Sean

Of a father and his daughter. Thanks! Y'all were wonderful.

Workshop

It's my birthday!!! I treated myself to a workshop by Doug Gordon the "inventor" of Flow Posing. Must say I was not too impressed. The way he talked about taking as much money as he could from brides and selling prints instead of files just seems sort of slimy. The part made me the MOST unhappy is that he is opening a satalite office for his company Patken Photography in Austin and he had secret shoppers help him get EVERYONES PRICE LISTS. He said he's using the lists to talk brides into using him by showing where other photographers are trying to rip them off. For the record the only even remotely "hidden" fee on my price list is sales tax...and there is a line at the bottom of the price list with two Astrix that says prices are pre-sales tax.

As for flow posing... I'm just going to stick with what I've been doing. I'll never be able to remember all of those steps and I don't think it'll make me a better photographer.

Good news is my hunky boyfriend is taking me out to dinner at Wink tonight. YUMMY.

Blue...

I just liked this portrait and wanted to share it.

Ryan

This is a photo of Ryan. He wanted it for his myspace page. Yip yip yippie. Ryan is an amazing designer who works for Milk Shake Media and he's single. Ladies let me know if you are interested. Who doesn't love a blind date. :)