There's a bit of a sadness around Chapel Hill now that UNC is out of the Final Four. The good news is that my friend Hubert Davis, an Analyst for ESPN, can finally engage in some seriously needed downtime with his family, after a frenzied season of traveling to tons of games to cover them. He also gets the opportunity to hang out with this gorgeous woman, his wife and close friend, Leslie: And with these adorable sweeties: Leslie and Hubert are seriously good people. The

There's a bit of a sadness around Chapel Hill now that UNC is out of the Final Four. The good news is that my friend Hubert Davis, an Analyst for ESPN, can finally engage in some seriously needed downtime with his family, after a frenzied season of traveling to tons of games to cover them. He also gets the opportunity to hang out with this gorgeous woman, his wife and close friend, Leslie: And with these adorable sweeties: Leslie and Hubert are seriously good people. The

The new issue of Adoptive Families Magazine is out, and this beautiful cover model is Mimi, from Ethiopia. I love photographing covers for Adoptive Families Magazine for a few reasons: First of all, I'm a huge advocate for adoption, no surprise there. Secondly, I get the opportunity to suggest my portrait clients for magazine covers! Little Mimi here is not just gorgeous, but she also has an incredibly interesting life story ... and she's only a toddler. She was born in

Want to win a free seat to this fabulous workshop? Today is the last day to sign up to be eligible to win a $1700 pass to this one-of-a-kind educational experience. You can join me and one other instructor in New Orleans in October. All you have to do to enter is join the mailing list by registering your name, email and zip code. That's it. (I have nothing to do with the picking the winner - I'm only teaching :) My focus in this workshop is all about portraits. The cont

Want to win a free seat to this fabulous workshop? Today is the last day to sign up to be eligible to win a $1700 pass to this one-of-a-kind educational experience. You can join me and one other instructor in New Orleans in October. All you have to do to enter is join the mailing list by registering your name, email and zip code. That's it. (I have nothing to do with the picking the winner - I'm only teaching :) My focus in this workshop is all about portraits. The cont

After my post about Senator Obama, I got an interesting phone call from my friend, client, and fellow photographer Katie Williams. It turns out that her mother, Hallie, has been following the blog since I photographed her grandchildren. She had the thought that she would love to see similar images of Senator Clinton. As a passionate supporter and friend of Hillary Clinton, she wanted to see how she could help me get the type of access I would need to achieve more personal i

After my post about Senator Obama, I got an interesting phone call from my friend, client, and fellow photographer Katie Williams. It turns out that her mother, Hallie, has been following the blog since I photographed her grandchildren. She had the thought that she would love to see similar images of Senator Clinton. As a passionate supporter and friend of Hillary Clinton, she wanted to see how she could help me get the type of access I would need to achieve more personal i

I will definitely post more portraits and imagery of Senator Hillary Clinton from her visit to North Carolina today - got some amazing access and beautiful images!! I also had a fantastic opportunity to get some one on one time with the Senator, and I wanted to at least quickly show one of the portraits from our session. In my next post, I will share a lot more details about how these portraits came about - it's such a cool story...

I will definitely post more portraits and imagery of Senator Hillary Clinton from her visit to North Carolina today - got some amazing access and beautiful images!! I also had a fantastic opportunity to get some one on one time with the Senator, and I wanted to at least quickly show one of the portraits from our session. In my next post, I will share a lot more details about how these portraits came about - it's such a cool story...

I so appreciate the very cool feedback and emails I received after posting some photographs of Barack Obama (and Annie!!). One of the things I was asked most often was if I could post some more images. I will definitely do so later, after the magazine goes to press, but I do have clearance to post this one more, definitely one of my favorites... I am gearing up to photograph Senator Hillary Clinton next, this Thursday. Will circle back after that - we're working on a diff

I so appreciate the very cool feedback and emails I received after posting some photographs of Barack Obama (and Annie!!). One of the things I was asked most often was if I could post some more images. I will definitely do so later, after the magazine goes to press, but I do have clearance to post this one more, definitely one of my favorites... I am gearing up to photograph Senator Hillary Clinton next, this Thursday. Will circle back after that - we're working on a diff

So I promised images from the day with Barack Obama. Here are some shots Steve grabbed of me, seriously excited (fired up & ready to go!!!) to photograph everything... And the subject himself...this was photographed from about 50 feet back, in a crowd of thousands. Then we moved up to the buffer...now about 5 feet away... And here's what I was getting, and much, much more - but we are keeping some images under wraps for exclusivity in the magazine... After a good lo

So I promised images from the day with Barack Obama. Here are some shots Steve grabbed of me, seriously excited (fired up & ready to go!!!) to photograph everything... And the subject himself...this was photographed from about 50 feet back, in a crowd of thousands. Then we moved up to the buffer...now about 5 feet away... And here's what I was getting, and much, much more - but we are keeping some images under wraps for exclusivity in the magazine... After a good lo

I am so looking forward to photographing the winner of the 2008 Carolina Parent Magazine Cover Contest again. I have had the pleasure of shooting several of Carolina Parent's covers, and I have no doubt that this will be another fun and high-energy session with the always-worthy finalists of the contest. As we have done for the last couple of years, I will photograph the selected finalists and a decision on the Cover Winner will be chosen after the photographs are reviewed

I am so looking forward to photographing the winner of the 2008 Carolina Parent Magazine Cover Contest again. I have had the pleasure of shooting several of Carolina Parent's covers, and I have no doubt that this will be another fun and high-energy session with the always-worthy finalists of the contest. As we have done for the last couple of years, I will photograph the selected finalists and a decision on the Cover Winner will be chosen after the photographs are reviewed

When I photographed Sarah & Paul's gorgeous 4-day affair in Kona, it was a seriously magical series of parties with their closest (fun and charismatic) friends & family surrounding them, enjoying all that the island had to offer, and then some! Their wedding was showcased on The Knot's Destination Weddings, and we have finalized the album for production. It's 100 pages! We just really wanted to bring the feel of the entire series of events together into one big boo

When I photographed Sarah & Paul's gorgeous 4-day affair in Kona, it was a seriously magical series of parties with their closest (fun and charismatic) friends & family surrounding them, enjoying all that the island had to offer, and then some! Their wedding was showcased on The Knot's Destination Weddings, and we have finalized the album for production. It's 100 pages! We just really wanted to bring the feel of the entire series of events together into one big boo

Had a great time down in West Palm Beach this week with my talented friends Lena Hyde and Laura Novak - we all stayed at Lena's gorgeous house (looks like something out of House Design Magazine - uh, I made up that name, but that's what it looked like to me) and stayed up late, having very long conversations while half asleep that none of us would remember in the morning. We spent our time together brainstorming, sharing ideas, and making plans for working together - one big

Had a great time down in West Palm Beach this week with my talented friends Lena Hyde and Laura Novak - we all stayed at Lena's gorgeous house (looks like something out of House Design Magazine - uh, I made up that name, but that's what it looked like to me) and stayed up late, having very long conversations while half asleep that none of us would remember in the morning. We spent our time together brainstorming, sharing ideas, and making plans for working together - one big

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep is a powerful organization that is also difficult to discuss. Working with NILMDTS has been an honor, yes. It is also heart-wrenching for all involved. I kept the application to join on my desk for a few years, willing myself to have the courage to fill it out and send it in for approval. I finally did, and I started participating after speaking with Aimee Bickers, who had already done 20 of these shoots when we spoke. I couldn't imagine how sh