Portrait Bonanza

This gentleman is an 80 year old minister whose parish is anyone who calls his beeper. He's on duty 24/7 and often drives hours to meet with sick and dying people. Oh, and he was a missionary in Liberia for 12 years. This man was a pleasure to work with, and though I don't know that I fully conveyed all that in this portrait, I feel like it was one of the more successful ones I've shot.

straight from facebook

"In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you."

Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)

a remnant of summer

An Iranian family was swimming at a local beach with some kids from the area. Their father was teaching them to catch minnows with a plastic bag. I shot this one about two weeks ago, when it was so unseasonably warm. It combines my two true loves: children and weather features.

queen of the cute kids

I blow even myself away sometimes. Maybe I should just quit the photo-j thing and become a professional cute kid shooter.

Slice

A frame where the photographed is clearly aware of the photographer can reveal more of the nature of both than any other shot.

I like it

And that's all that matters. . .

Predictably Sad

Some shots from the game yesterday.

Trick-or-Treat

These kids were fun to work with, and all 15 of them were related.