you gotta have 'em

we tackled another 5k last week - but this one included more walking and smiling and girl-power, and a little less sweat and fire and mud - it was a great experience and really uplifting - the susan g. komen breast cancer awareness 5k is always a very empowering and community driven event - more than 30,000 people came out in support of the cause - and it was really an amazing sight to see - see for yourself and check out the video i made of the early morning fun:

today i stretched my designer hat over my photographer hat - it was a tight fit

i had the privilege of shooting these three girls for the 2nd fall in a row this year - and somehow, they have managed to get more beautiful since - and this time, mom and dad decided to join in on the fun for a few of the photographs - i'm wrapping up the editing of their shoot from this weekend, and have layed out and designed for them, 4 different christmas cards with the photos from our shoot - i've always loved graphic design, but have certainly never considered myself a designer - i have to say however, it was made a lot easier by having access to photos that i shot with my point of view, from which to derive inspiration

click right here to check out the card designs

let the games begin...

click here to look through the rest of this shoot

with fall comes great weather, and with great weather comes portrait season! just another reason why this time of year, is my favorite time of year - i had a hectic weekend of wedding photography, family portraits, and senior portraits - the first set i'm rolling out to the public are the senior portraits - this was one of my most successful and satisfying shoots to date - i am proud of the work and eager to share - and it didn't hurt that my subject was a very patient young artist with incredibly striking features - a complete joy to photograph

(fall appointments are filling up fast - check out thephotositake.com for available dates and rates)