Great sunset

Our last night on the islands before we head home. Here's a Fujiroid of my timelapse setup I shot at sunset.

On the road

Thought I'd share this beautiful sunrise before I shot while waiting for my plane on Saturday.

New York

After the past few months on the road, my travels are finally slowing down.I have a couple more short road trips over the next week and then a break (finally). Recently Andrew, Mike and I headed out to NYC for PhotoPlus Expo. It was nice to see how the workflow at Malone & Co. (and GJP) are really in line with many of the top pros out there. Check out the gallery of images from the city here.

I need to give my client Peter and Stephanie a huge thanks for letting us crash at their place! Andrew and I will be heading to the British Virgin Islands in February to shoot their wedding.

Krazy Kids Day

Last weekend I opened up the studio for Kids Day. We had a blast shooting while raising some money for Operation Smile. The images below were created using our homemade ring light. What fun!

We'll be having our next session in the spring of 2009. If you're interested please sign up here.

Kids Day

Many of you know I only shoot weddings and commercial, but twice a year I offer portrait sessions to my close clients, friends and family. I call it Kids Day. I really have a lot of fun doing these, so I'm opening it up to anyone interested. My next session will be held September 6th. Click here to sign up.

I'm doing things a bit differently this time- I'm charging a $50 session fee which will go to Operation Smile. It's a really great cause!

Check out some kid-friendly images here.

Alabama & New Orleans

Earlier this week Anne and I spent a few days in the south visiting my sister and brother-in-law. Our first stop was Fairhope, Alabama where I grabbed a few images from the local barber shop. We then headed over to New Orleans before coming home. I was pretty bummed out that A Gallery for Fine Photography was closed. This gallery in the French Quarter has one of the best photographic collections in the US including one of my favorite photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson. Of course we had to grab some beignets at Cafe du Monde. Check out the gallery of our journey.

Down South

Taylor + Steve

Yesterday had to be one of the nicest weather days I've experienced for a July wedding. It was perfect! Kameron Bayne helped me shoot Taylor and Steve's wedding at Saint Vincent de Paul with their reception at Champions Run here in Omaha. Click on the image to see the slideshow from the day.

Independence Day

An image from the suburbs on July 4th!

Kristine & David's Slideshow

Andrew and I photographed a great wedding this past weekend. The reception was at Happy Hollow Country Club, one of my favorites. Check out the slideshow.

Canon TV Commercial

Check out this awesome TV commercial from Canon promoting the EOS Rebel XSi. This was shot with Canon EOS 1D Mark III's combining 70,000 images from 10 different angles. You can also see the behind the scenes here.

Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational

This past weekend Malone & Company shot the Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational. All the big names were there including six-time gold medalist Michael Phelps. Later this month Omaha will be hosting the Olympic Trials.

Here's a few images I captured during the 4 days of competition.Click on the image below for the gallery. Mike Malone rented the Canon 500mm which was awesome for getting those tight shots.

Old School

After 5 years of not shooting any film products, I've gone back to film (kinda). Andrew Marinkovich showed me his Polaroid back for his Holga camera. I used to take my Holga everywhere with me and even dismantled one by removing the shutter so I could shoot at night. That was many years ago though. Since Polaroid stopped making type 80 films and are stopping all film production in 2009, it's really hard to find. After a few days of research I found some at Unsaleable, a company based in Austria. They have this really awesome Chocolate Film that has a sepia look to it. I even found this website called Save Polaroid which is kinda cool.


The idea is to shoot a series of 10 images at selected weddings (it's expensive since I'm buying in Euro) and then mount into a book for the couple. It's a cool thing to give them after shooting with them all day. Plus, since we're in the digital age with slideshows and blogs this is old school instant. Now my only problem is finding more Polaroid. I just ordered 15 packs of Viva Color which I can't wait to shoot with.

2 Weddings: Sara+Brian & Nisha+Joe

My wedding shooting finally started this weekend with 2 amazing weddings. On Saturday Lara Adkins shot Sara & Brian's wedding with me. Lara brought along her extension tube for some really great macro images. It took me back to the 4x5 film days.

On Sunday, Andrew Markinkovich from Malone & Company along with Kameron Bayne from KBI photographed with me at Nisha & Joe's wedding. We hit a record amount of shooting with a total of 8000 images.

Let the editing begin!

Sara & Brian


Nisha & Joe

Perfect Storm

Angela and I were shooting at Dana College through Malone & Company yesterday and had a rush session with some of the athletic teams. After a bit of scrambling to figure out what the look would be, we finally decided that portraits would be a better solution than action due to time. With the help of mother nature, the thunderstorm that was moving in offered a dramatic background for the soccer and football images we captured.

Missy & Andrew [Chicago]

The past few weeks have been crazy and I've been meaning to post some images from a recent shoot in Chicago. Here's where I've been the past month: LA, Napa, Chicago, Iowa City,Home,Des Moines, and now I'm back on the road to Kearney, NE.

I scheduled my shoot with Missy and Andrew (they live in Chicago) a few months ago and booked a second shoot for a commercial client through Malone & Company.

Missy and Andrew gave me lots of time for the shoot. We shot most of the day and managed to get in some night shooting. The total tally was 34GB worth of images (I'm still editing). Along the way they treated me to lunch and a great dinner at A Mano.

Check out the gallery of a few favorites.

Napa

Last weekend Anne along with Mike and Patty headed to Napa. Our reservations panned out at The French Laundry and wow, what a place. Many of you know that I'm a pretty plain when it comes to food, but I tried it all-including Caviar. I think my favorite was the lobster tail along with the 4 desserts! Last week was all about new food experiences-2 days before I tried sushi for the first time at Sushi Roku while shooting in LA.

Of course along our journey we hit many wineries. We went back to Niebaum-Coppola, now called Rubicon Estate. Anne and I were there 4 years ago.

Check out more images here!

April 2008


From our journey in 2004.

Las Vegas

I just got back from WPPI in Las Vegas and will post more images. Here's a couple images from the spectacular sunrise yesterday morning while flying from Vegas to Phoenix.

Lightroom Workshop [Fotoflo]

This past weekend Malone & Company photographers Mike Malone, Geoff Johnson and Andrew Marinkovich hosted a workshop on how we flow here. We call it Fotoflo. Many thanks to all that attended-Shane and Erin Melenbacker, Lara Adkins, Megan Nosbish, Stacie Kinney, Ann Luchsinger, and OPS high school student Marty Lastovica.

Double thanks to our assistant Sam Carter who kept us on track throughout the day.

Addys

Malone & Company photographer Geoff Johnson and digital Artist Kate Heller won a Silver Addy for work on USC Hospitals ad campaign.