Defining Moments

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I love new backdrops, and I love unique, hand-painted drops that no one else has. So I often paint my own. In addition to the ones I painted last year and this summer, I have also enlisted the help of Iowa City artist Bekah Ash, and I have several new drops that were done by her. These are funky-cool, and I will post some pics as soon as I shoot on them!

And yesterday, I got Jen and Katie to help me out with some. As you can see from the pics below, they didn’t necessarily keep all the paint on the canvas!

So…….who likes hot pink?

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Well, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here!  Yesterday for the first time since the flood we got out to the fossil gorge.  A lot of amazing fossils there.  I didn’t have my macro lens with me, but I will definitely go back soon and get some cool fossil images. For now, just a quick shot of one of the kids climbing the wall of the spillway.

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Recently I jumped into the world of landscape and long exposure photography, after getting some solid tips from my buddy Shawn at Prolific Photography.  I feel lucky to have this nice perspective, because the water is not often up this high (though it’s actually gone down some in the last week). With high school senior season approaching, I may not have time to do much of this kind of photography, but I am definitely hooked, so I’m sure I’ll be doing it whenever my schedule allows!

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I got up early this morning to get a few wildflower shots, and I think it was a successful outing!  Oddly though, my favorite shots (below) didn’t even have any flowers in them.  More HERE.

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I shot a soccer game for the first time yesterday.  It was pretty fun, but I don’t know much about soccer.  The game was City High vs. CR Jefferson, and it turned out to be a really good game.  Still tied after two overtime periods, so they had to go to penalty kicks.  City High won, and the shot of the winning kick is below.  You can see a larger version HERE, and a gallery of 89 images from the game HERE.

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I shot another show for the Englert last night. Oddly enough for being a long-time Iowan, I had never seen Bo Ramsey play before. I was impressed! This guy put on a great show that was a lot of fun to listen to and shoot. I might be adding him to my CD collection soon.;) The full gallery from the show can be viewed HERE.

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This guy has long been one of my musical heroes. I got to photograph (and meet!) him at the Englert tonight. This was the first time I had seen him do an acoustic set. Brilliant. A set composed heavily of ballads, and the audience so rapt and attentive I was sometimes hesitant to click my shutter. It was a small but very enthusiastic crowd, and both players unplugged and played out in the seats for a while. What an awesome show! David Pulkingham is the guy who played with Alejandro and added some backing vocals. His playing is incredible! A few images are below, and the full gallery is HERE.

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On Sunday, Diane and I went to the Voom video portraits displayed at the UI Museum of Art. Pretty interesting stuff. It’s only around until the end of the month, so if you want to check it out, hurry up! Here are few pics I took while at the exhibit.

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A fun shot I took this afternoon with my Lensbaby.  Iowa City area residents may recognize the location.;)

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When I started this blog, I really intended to occasionally post photos that I shot just for me, but it hasn’t really been happening. I will try this year to post more random photography, as time allows. These sunsets were shot near West Branch last night, on my way home. Enjoy!