A few nights ago I noticed that the moon was moving through some clouds and I thought it would be a good opportunity to do some time lapse photography. After capturing 1,500 images and watching the video back on my computer, I quickly realized that the time lapse video was not very exciting. One of the problems with using the images as time lapse video was that I set the exposure for the clouds and the moon was overexposed, which I knew at the time, but the clouds just weren’t that exciting in individual frames.

So, I decided to see what it would look like if I combined the best parts (the moon and lit clouds) of a few images from the sequence of shots. I took every 60th image from the total of 1,500 images, which gave me 20 images and combined only the brightest areas of each image into one picture. I was pleasantly surprised with the result and has me looking at time lapse photography in a new light. 

I recently had the opportunity to take some family pictures at a local park. We had a great time capturing the images and the girls were great sports during the shoot. Thank you again ladies!

It was tough, but I have updated my senior picture gallery.  I looked through hundreds of images and picked my favorites.  There were more images that I would have liked to include, but I had to draw a line somewhere. To view the updated gallery click here.

I recently had the opportunity to take my girls out on a photo shoot. It can be tough to take pictures of my own children because they are so used to seeing me with a camera. However, the best tactics for children works for mine as well. Put them in an area and let them be kids. I love sneaking pictures when they are not posing. It is a great way to get authentic expressions. Below are just a few images from the shoot. It is very difficult to pick my favorites…

I also wanted to let everyone know that I have a new senior picture gallery coming soon (I hope by the end of the month). I have a lot of new work that is not currently on my site. Senior picture pricing will be changing as well, but if people book senior pictures now for a shoot in 2010, I will honor my current prices.