Playing Around at the Mesa Arts Center

My friend, co-worker and all around cool guy, Nathan Smiddy and I headed over to Mesa Arts Center earlier this afternoon to shoot a fashion show for a local high school class. But before the kids arrived we got to play around in the museum with the 35mm f1.4L. These are the results. Great portrait lens. Do want.

Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre

The Merten's Family Shoot

Took some time the other day to head over to Estrella Foothills to take some family photos for my good friends, Ben and Jill. The three of us went to college together back in Minnesota and now, amazingly enough, we all live in the desert. Something about Minnesota makes this place feel exotic, I guess.

We started out at a local landmark and walking path before finishing up at a nearby park. The landscape is really beautiful and I wish I could work out there more often.

Ben and Jill's shorty, Jacob, was a good sport, too. But after a half hour his camera curiosities were spent and it was time to improvise. Still, we had a fun shoot and their Christmas card this year should turn out great!

Just Karen

Spent a couple of hours with my good friend, Karen, the other day up in the beautiful Vistancia area in Peoria, Arizona. Fun times.

I've known Karen since high school but, incredibly, this is our first photo shoot together. Needless to say, we had a blast and she got some new Facebook photos in the process. Thanks, Karen. Let's do it again, sometime.

Day Trip to Saguaro Lake and Payson

Barrett Jackson 2010