Defining Moments

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Kevin will be a senior at Regina, and plays football there. He picked the hottest day of the year so far for a session, so I was a little worried. But no problems, we both survived it, and have a ton of great images to show for it. Here are a couple of favorites, one from the studio and one from outside:

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Wow, it’s been toooo long since I’ve updated my blog, so I’ll post from a couple of sessions today. This is Cassidy. She is one of my very favorites, because she really loves having her picture taken, and has a lot of fun at the studio. Here are a couple of favorites from her session. Heh…I must have said something funny!

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I photographed Kathryn and Myron’s wedding last year. Late last month, they were back, with a new addition:

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A poet and one-time Iowa resident, Deborah Ager, contacted me late last year. She had seen one of my Photernal images and thought it would work perfectly as a book cover for her upcoming poetry volume. A few months later, I am thrilled to have the book in hand, and there is a photo below! Deborah lived for a time in Lamoni, Iowa, and her poems, those which I have read so far, feature strongly the flavor of our state. Her book, Midnight Voices, is available HERE, and the original photo was posted on Photernal HERE.

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Several local groups showed up at the Coralville Reservoir this afternoon to raise money for the Special Olympics by jumping into the freezing water. Well, it wasn’t actually freezing, but rather, a balmy 44 degrees. One of the participants, a Coralville police officer, was nice enough to save me a spot in the Sheriff’s boat, so I had a great vantage point to shoot the action. It was pretty cold out there, and my hands are still stiff and numb, but…..I guess I won’t complain, since I stayed dry. There are a few pics below, and a gallery of larger images HERE.

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This was a really fun project which I did late last year and have been meaning to post about since then. The University of Iowa Biochemistry Department was updating their web site and wanted me to do some photography and design artistic headers for the individual faculty pages. I did all the faculty portraits. Then I spent some time in labs photographing equipment, spaces, and data. I combined my photographs with some data submitted by the investigators to design something unique for each faculty member, which reflected their own areas of study and showed off recent work. I’ve included some favorites below. Go HERE to see larger versions for the whole department and click on the thumbs to get to the research pages.

**I should note that while the individual faculty thumbs are also my portraits, the group photo at the top of the page is not.

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I did some dress rehearsal shots for City Circle’s production on Arkansaw Bear. It’s a really good show for kids, and there will be performances at the Iowa Children’s Museum through March 15th. Click HERE to see a larger version of this photo at Photernal.com, and be sure to click on the link to the gallery in the text below the image!

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I don’t do many high school senior sessions in February, but there are always a few late-comers. Yesterday’s slacker was Josh. Seriously, Regina publishes yearbooks in the fall, so he wasn’t really late. Great kid, and we both had fun at the session. Here are few favorites:

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Pretty amazing show here. Dr. John lit the place up, and the Nevilles were even better. I’m not overly familiar with their music, but I was duly impressed, and will be downloading some soon. Thanks to the Englert for bringing this rockin’ show to Iowa City, and for letting me photograph it! Full gallery of images HERE.

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I haven’t shot anything like this before, so was thrilled to have the opportunity. There was a controlled house burn in Shueyville this morning, for purposes of demolition and a training exercise for the firefighters. A new friend on Twitter invited me to come along, and I’m glad I did. Thanks, Tiffany! More HERE.