a tribute to Coldplay

When I first met my husband I had discovered the band Coldplay just before hand.

They were unknown at the time and I was obsessed with them

My husband says every time he hears them he thinks of me

He would call me whenever they came on the radio

He even called me from the other room one time because they were playing on the TV

 It became our thing

Then my teenage daughter discovered them

Her best friend bought her tickets to see them at Phillips Arena in Atlanta for her 17th birthday

It was the first time she went to a concert unsupervised

She said it was the most amazing thing

And then the cutest thing happened...

My son heard this song on the radio and began singing it

He said it was he and Ariana's song to each other

In "loving" color

These are untouched, S.O.O.C (straight out of the camera) just resized for web. I had the best time shooting these and look forward to working with them in October for the big engagement party in New York.

Beach Portraits

I have always seen those family beach pictures and wanted to try some of my own. I used my Nikon D300s mounted on a tripod, in camera flash set to fill. Nikon SB800 stobe on light stand to left of subjects fired from the in-camera commander mode with sun setting to right of subjects. ISO 200

These were taken with the Lensbaby composer

St. George Island Trip

she says this is my good side
St. George Island State Park
St.George Island Lighthouse

Wild cat hanging at the park

The Shark that scared us silly

My husband bat him to the shore

At first we thought it was a bottle, then we realized it was a Man O War

My sea monster I built it the sand

We caught 8 starfish (My daughter caught all but 2)

I dug him up out of the sand when I was building my sea monster

Tina and I really loved these chairs

He was dug up from the ocean and I made him pose for me

Mine!

Garett found a sea snail

Lighthouse in Infrared

My family and I took a week long trip with some friends and their families to S.G.I. Florida. It is on the Gulf Coast. We almost cancelled (actually we did and then rebooked the same house 2 days later) due to the oil spill. Lucky for us we were oil free. We observed lots of wildlife and enjoyed the remote beauty of the island.