We’re home for the holidays and really enjoying our time with both of our families. This is just a little fun that’s sorta out of my normal photog routine.
Archive for December, 2008
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Sunday, December 28th, 2008A Year To Remember – 2008
Tuesday, December 23rd, 20082008 has been a great year. When I look back at all that’s happened, I can barely believe that it all happened in 2008. Adler went from being barely walking, to being a full on track star, complete with singing voice and curly long hair. He’s grown up so much in 12 months…I can not believe we have a 2 year old! This year we also found out that we’ll have another family member in 2009, so it’s been fun to dream and plan with my beautiful wife who is such an amazing Mother to Adler and I know she’ll be the same to #2. 
On the work side of things, I was able to get some amazing experiences through working on The Home Depot account at The Richards Group. Things like having my pictures from the Olympics TV shoot be used in their online advertising just put the icing on the cake of an amazing job. Photography has been growing throughout the year. I added more weddings and family shoots than the previous year and have had so much fun working on that business and growing my skill set with technology and just taking pictures in general.
So…here are a couple of my favorite images from 2008. You may have seen some of these on this blog or flickr, but looking back and putting them together gives a sense of how SHP has grown this year. Merry Christmas!
Preview – The Parker Family
Monday, December 22nd, 2008While I was in Florida shooting a wedding, I was able to meet up with The Parker Family for some fun on the beach. There are so many pics from that whole weekend to edit, but this is one of the first I finished.
Reminiscing: The Olympics Vol. 2
Monday, December 22nd, 2008Just another image from my fun times on the Olympics TV shoot for Home Depot in ‘08. Mary Weinberg ran in the Womens 4×400 relay and scored a gold medal. She was amazing on set, as were all of the athletes, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw her in a Nike commercial sometime soon.
Reminiscing: The Olympics
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008Probably one of the coolest projects I’ll work on in my career in Advertising happened this year. I was fortunate enough to be the account guy for our Olympics TV shoot that The Home Depot did in June. You probably saw the final product if you watched any of the Olympics, but the shoot was amazing. Being around those world class athletes, who were so thankful and excited to be there, was amazing. Not to mention that I was able to take TONS of pictures, some of which were used in their online advertising… There are so many images that I never really sifted through, because things got so busy. But when fellow photog and blogger Andrew Shepherd hit me up on twitter, his simple question as to whether or not I knew someone he knew, became a trip down memory lane and I wanted to post (possibly the second time) one of my favorite images:
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
Lately I’ve been trying to remember that family pictures, OF my own family, are actually more important than the ones I get paid to take for other people. It’s really easy to get so busy that you forget to capture your own memories, so here are a couple that I took this fall of Adler (and his friend Emma in a couple):
Last Shoot of 2008 – Looking forward to 2009
Thursday, December 11th, 20082008 has officially come to a close for SHP. My next shoots will be in 2009, and it’s nice to have a break from shooting, although I’ve got well over a thousand images left to go through for the three shoots I had last weekend. I went to St. Augustine, FL for Arin’s wedding and had a blast with a really fun group. The next day I was able to book a family shoot (complete with 2 labs) and ended up with some fun images, although getting the dogs in the shots was a bit challenging.
One of the best parts of the weekend was getting to stay at a great B&B on the beach for the price of taking pictures of the place. It was amazing. The owner was so gracious, a great cook, and really fun to talk to. We’ll definitely go back some time, just to hang out there. Here are a couple teaser pics from the weekend.
2009 is going to be an exciting year. From having our second son in February, to a total redesign of my site and blog. I’m still just working on a “plan”, but will be excited to get moving on some new things in the photography world.
Hope all’s well with you and yours. Merry Christmas! and God Bless.