Every year on or around the 4th of July Mom makes a cake that looks like the American flag.
And every year the 3 boys take a picture with it.
This year Mom and Dad did too!
And to see older years of the cake check this out: http://nathanworden.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/4th-of-july-cake-july-25th-2010/
Actual Date of Photos: 7/8/11
(and YES the obligatory shirtless shot at the end was necessary. The reasoning: In a couple of years Josh is going to be buffer than Daniel and taller than me, and so I want a before and after, haha)
Brielle McClain is awesome.
Like really. (check out her blog! : http://www.briellemcblog.com/)
Last summer I spent a lot of time second-shooting her on senior portrait sessions and weddings. I think it might have been then when I first started forming aspirations of making photography a career and not just an obsessive hobby.
So I was super happy when she said she’d assist me on weddings I did this summer.
Not only that, but when I wanted to do a mock engagment shoot to practice posing people, her and Doug were totally game.
I really enjoyed shootin’ their sass for an afternoon. They are great.
Actual Date of Photos: 7/4/11
I love weddings.
I think I want to be a wedding photographer.
They’re such happy, promising days. Good vibrations.
Here are some shots from Caitlin Leslie and Kyle Kimball’s wedding.
Pretty soon they’re going to move to Ireland where Kyle is accepting a head swim coach position. Awesome!
Actual Date of Photos: 7/2/11
The Shepard’s are family friends and Isaac ran cross crountry when he was a freshman and I was a senior at CHS. So I was pretty stoked to do Isaac’s senior photos.
It was a lot of fun, and since I had the whole shoot already planed out, it was a breeze. A lot of times I’m not sure where to go next, but I had it all mapped out today. Definetely doing that for photo shoots in the future.
Really happy with how these turned out.
Actual Date of Photos: 7/7/11
To prepare for a senior-photos session I used my little brother Joshua as a model. He ended up being really good!
It was really helpful to try out stuff the day before and get everything looking just the way I wanted to so the next day I didn’t even have to think about it.
Tomorrow you’ll see what I mean. Some of the shots are pretty similar.
Actual Date of Photos: 7/6/11
This is Dad doing river-martial-arts.
Dad recentley bought a stand-up-paddele-board.
Random? Maybe a little.
But he can leave our driveway and be in the Wilamette River in 15 minutes, enjoying nature, water, and getting a workout.
I think it’s awesome.
Plus he let me try it out.
I’m only home for the month of July, but while I’m home its been good to see friends from highschool, even if it is only for a short while.
Actual Date of Photos: 7/6/11
