Yesterday I had a great day in Chicago. I went with two other photographer friends to a seminar. We went to a seminar on Lightroom, a new photo editing software made by adobe. I have had the program for a couple months. The fun thing was that the seminar was taught by Scott Kelby… He wrote the book! I have his book Lightroom for Digital Photographers. I have read the book. The seminar was a recap of the book for me. It was a good seminar, and I am anxious to try out some of the new things I learned for my workflow!

OK, I just found something out. It is illegal for me to take pictures on the Railroad tracks. Once in a while I take pictures on an old railroad bridge downtown. Well last week they put up a no trespassing sign on the tracks. I was talking to a couple other people about this, and someone told me it was illegal to go on the tracks. Then today in my photographers forum, I found a topic about this. Someone had a link to a government document. This is what it said about Michigan…

“Michigan law prohibits walking, riding, driving, or being present on the right of way of a railroad or a railroad yard.” ….. “A violation of this section is considered a misdemeanor and is punishable by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, a fine of not more than $100 or both.”

Click here to read see the document!

WOW! I did not know that… so no more railroad sessions for me! Sorry to those of you who wanted that!

Drew and Renee are going to be married next August. We did their engagement session this week. I really like to do engagement sessions, because I get to know the couple a little better. I find out who likes to get their picture taken, and who doesn’t… right Drew? Seriously, I think the engagement session is an important step in the process of me getting to know the couple before the wedding day. So, here are a few of Drew and Renee!

This week I did Mark and Domenic’s senior pictures. We did both indoor and outdoor sessions. We were planning on doing a beach session, but with the rain, we ended up at Spring Grove Park instead. We didn’t want to drive all the way to the beach and then not be able to do the pictures! So, here are a few of my favorite!

Stacey and Jesse were married last weekend. The church was GORGEOUS! I love old churches with great architecture! Here are a few of the Bride before the ceremony,

And the Groom….

The ceremony was wonderful. It is a good thing that it wasn’t hot this weekend, because there was no air conditioning in the church! Here is the view from the balcony. My assistant Matt took this image while I was on the main floor.

Here is the beautiful stained glass window in the balcony:

Now for some fun images of Stacey and Jesse! Jesse felt a lot more comfortable with the non traditional images versus the posed traditional ones.

And the reception…. the first dance!

Congratulations Stacey and Jesse! Your wedding was wonderful!

Last Thursday my computer crashed! Oh my! Don’t worry… I didn’t loose any images. I have a very complete back up system in place if my computer crashes. This time I was fortunate, it wasn’t really too bad. The problem was that I have been without my computer for about 5 1/2 days. So, I am a little backed up on work. So… those of you who are looking for your images on my blog… sorry! I am swamped trying to catch up, and I haven’t had time to post any. I’ll try to get a few up later…

Right before I went on vacation, I did my good friend’s new little baby named Chase. We figured he would arrive while I was on vacation, and we had an appointment set for the week I returned. But, he came right before I left, so we squeezed in a session the day before I left. (I was supposed to be getting ready to go… but this was important!) Here are two of my favorite of little Chase…

Monday night I did Meredith’s senior pictures. I had a lot of fun with Meredith, she is a very fun girl! Here are a few from her session:
Meredith is a HUGE Stealers fan, so we had some fun with that!Sh also brought her friend along, and we did some CRAZY pictures for two CRAZY girls!

Wow…. I’ve been gone for a while, and now I have been busy. We were on vacation for the last two weeks. Now I have been trying to catch up! I had a lot of phone calls to return, I had to edit my wedding and a session that I did right before I left, now I have my sessions this week to contend with! So… sorry I have been gone so long and haven’t posted in a while… I am working on a post right now.