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Rockstar Workshop: Baby Hank!

On day 5 of the Rockstar workshop, I had the opportunity to present to the attendees my philosophies and strategies surrounding my favorite topic: Lifestyle Baby Photography.

Corey took some awesome images of me shooting and speaking, and he also set up some fun shots of the whole group, but sadly I don't have those images yet. I'll add them as soon as I can.

What I do have to show are images of my absolutely wonderful model child, Baby Hank. I cannot describe to you just how wonderful this family was. Chuck and Cendi are completely in love with their adorable child, and it is obvious in the way that they interact with him. I actually had to wipe tears out of my eyes at one point, as they were singing "The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round." They got to the last verse, and suddenly they were singing "Mommy and Daddy love Hank alot...." It was sooooo cute. I don't think I was the only person who got a little teary over it!

So without further ado, meet Baby Hank!













Their super fun dog, Trout, was also around for the session. He was incredibly well behaved, and a piece of cake to photograph.









Thanks so much, Chuck and Cendi, for allowing us all to come into your home and hang out with your family. You guys were absolutely wonderful, adn I hope we get the opportunity to hang out again soon.



I will add fun images of the rest of the day later!

Robbie & Rachel.... Fire Engines and Helicopters!

Wow! What an experience! Robbie, a fire captain in Georgia and helicopter crew chief for Erlanger Medical Center's LifeForce in Chattanooga, and Rachel, a medic who also has quite the background with LifeForce, took me on a wild ride through their amazing careers as we photographed their engagement session on Saturday!

We started at the fire department in Georgia with some quick images around the ladder truck. The crew at this station were so friendly and accommodating! I already had respect for the profession, but even more so after experiencing the quality of people involved!













We then headed downtown to grab some images at the helicopter pad on top of Erlanger Hospital! It was such a privilege again to be hosted by an incredible crew, and we had a great time getting some fun images around the helicopters!











As we were finishing up, Rachel asked me if I would grab some images of their main helicopter as it was taking off so the crew would have some really great pictures to keep! Those of you who are photographers know how close I actually am as I took the following images with a fisheye lens: I was almost blown over by the incredible down-force of the blades as the helicopter took off! It was one of the coolest experiences I've ever had!






Congratulations to Robbie and Rachel on their engagement and soon-upcoming wedding, and great thanks to them for devoting their lives to careers in which they risk their lives to keep us safe! You guys are awesome!

Rockstar Workshop: Day 4

Day 4 dawned much too early... :) The previous nights party had us all a little tired, but after arriving at the studio and getting started for the day, I again was reminded of how blessed I am to be hanging out at the workshop! Corey had so much to share about Delivery and Workflow, and although I have picked his brain a million times over the last few months, I still learned so much from what he had to share!

A few quick images from the day... Corey drove the Landy in to the studio, and that was a fun new experience for me.



Later in the afternoon, Corey had us go out and shoot headshots of one another. My buddy Tom and I split off to do a little shooting. I grabbed a couple of him, and he got some fun stuff of me!

Tom by me:






Me by Tom:





A few more images of the antics going on during that time frame:

Corey with Aaron:



Tom and Aaron:



Corey with the Landy:





After the day's session, we went out to celebrate the workshop's success at dinner. Dinner was held at Fiddlin' Pigs and was hosted by our very own Photographer's Solutions. Sadly, I think all of the images that were taken were on Jeremy's camera, so I'll have to maybe add some of those later. We had an awesome time!

The final day was the day for Rockin' Baby Shoots... and Corey took loads of cool pictures for me. I'll have something fun to share soon!

Rockstar Workshop: Day 3! Happy Halloween!

Wednesday was crazy busy, packed full of information and more fun shoots and parties! I am quickly running out of time, so I am just going to give you a few images to show you how much fun we had!

We did a shoot downtown, all dressed in Halloween garb. I didn't even take my camera, I wanted to be available to help, and also function as a "voice activated light stand for Corey"... It turned into loads of fun. Check out Corey's blog for more fun images from the night session!





As a "voice activated light stand", I had fun pointing the flash at myself and at Corey while one of Corey's awesome attendees (and my new friend) John Sanderson, took some fun pictures of us. Thanks for sharing these John!











Then we went back to Corey's for a Halloween party. We had a fog machine and everything!

Stole all of these from Jeremy, because I was way to busy enjoying myself to take any pictures!







Good times!

More soon!