Matthew

Our school has an annual even called "History Day" in which we celebrate the different time periods that we are studying. All the kids get to dress in costume for the whole day which is full of history related activities. I brought my camera and softbox to school to grab some shots of my students and these were all I came away with as my batteries went dead in my SB-900. I had more batteries... at home!

Max Pearlstein

These are some shots of my dad. I had been wanting to use my softbox again and so I took advantage of him being here.

Caden and Reece

Ellie in the Snow

This is a shot from a set I did for Marie-Madeline Studio. This image does not show off the skirts that they made but you can check out my wife's blog for that.

Westcott Softbox

This is one of my first images with the 28" Westcott Apollow Softbox. This is an amazing light modifier. I have lots of ideas brewing in my mind! I love the ability to control light and my style will be further shaped as a result. I cannot wait to put it to further use!

Excuses and Recommendations

Well, I have not posted in a little while --somewhere around a week (or more). This coming shortly after my resolution to post more often. To try my hand at excuse making, I will tell you that I am having some technical difficulties. I was saving an image for upload when my issue arose and I have not yet gotten it resolved. That image, along with some others that I have been capturing, will be posted in time (hopefully sooner than later). So, don't give up on me yet!

That being said, I would like to recommend a photographer who I have come to enjoy. His name is Eric Ryan Anderson and I bumped into his work through Scott Kelby's "guest blog" series which he does on Wednesdays. So, go check out him out.
Eric Ryan Anderson guest blog post
Eric Ryan Anderson's blog

Great Deal on Helpful Books

I have mentioned David DuChemin before and I am going to mention him again because he has just come out with his latest e-book. This is his sixth one thus far. He also has two "real" books out that are very much worth reading. I again want to point out that he does not write dry how-to books or even really good how-to books for that matter. David is out to inspire creativity and story telling. I have not yet read his e-books though I possess two of them presently. But, I have read "Within the Frame", chunks of "VisionMongers," (both of which I could not give a high enough recommendation for) and enough of his blog to feel free in selling you on him in general.
That being said, he has a couple of great deals on his blog that are good for tonight and tomorrow. The e-books are normally a whopping $5 but are even less if you get in on them now. And if you are into photography at all and want to improve without having to dump a fortune on gear then this is the guy to read. His mantra is "Gear is good, vision is better."
Here is the link to the post with the deals.