… for a few days, but when I get back next week I promise to blog like a madman! :0)

I have several things coming in the next few days… then it’s off to Austin for a few days of fun!

My friend Ryan came in today with his wife Rita and their son Milo. Ryan and Rita love to poke fun at the concept of the formal portrait, always joking about Coke machines and turtle neck sweaters.

This is our attempt to parody the family portrait session. It cracks me up!

Moonshine Mason and the Rot Gut Gang will be playing the weekend of April 18th & 19th. Check details and hear new tunes on the myspace page.

I’ve had a few people inquire as to the specifics of my wedding albums lately, so I thought I’d mention them here (the regular website will be getting an update sometime soon).

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Pages are heavy “board” style, again all pages are laminated and waterproof.

A velvet slip cover as well as archival box are provided for protection:

This is my 10″ book sample:

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Thanks!

I spent Sunday, April 6 photographing models for a new marketing campaign for PAN-TEAZ iWEAR (a little play on words they hope to to capitalize on), a new line of fashion sunglasses. It was great fun and I’m thrilled with the images. Thanks to Bob, Jerry, Christy, Stacee, Morgan, Gina, Sara and Elise.

Here’s a favorite for now (click to see the larger version), I’ll try and add more but it looks to be a very busy week!

A few of Sara, she was so fun!

Morgan:

A couple more of Gina:

Yet another fashion project coming up, keep an eye out next week!

I was recently hired to do portraits for Purdue’s Apparel Design and Technology & Purdue Fashion Association’s annual runway show. A very exciting day, I started early and did photos of 100 or so models in the span of about two and a half hours.

The quality of the student’s projects was higher than I expected, here are a few of my favorites: