Another Astronaunt Senior and Homecoming Queen!

Wow, Becca! You have so many great shots that it's hard for me to choose which ones to put up on this blog! Believe me, there's more GREAT images to come!!

Tico Airshow

My husband, Scott, is a big aero-freak. In otherwords, if it flies, to him, it's cool! He has worked and organized the fire department coverage of Tico's Annual Airshow for several years. So, he was out there, again, this year from Friday to Sunday and, as always, if I don't have a session, I hear, "Can I borrow your lens?" Of course! He's pretty good at taking shots of those planes!

The Titusville Crews do a walk around every day with the pilots and are briefed on the aircrafts.

This year, Scott took Sierra with him on Sunday (she was busy helping me on a senior shoot on Saturday-----which by the way----- those images, ROCK! More to come on them, later). Scott and Sierra share this love of anything that flies. She wants to be a pilot. And I am content on the ground looking up.)

Oh, the military pilots were kind enough to let Scott & Sierra sit in the jets and, now, that's all I can hear about!

1st Place: "Evening Falls" (Nude Art)

We won! We won! 1st Place at the Professional Photographer's Society of Central Florida in Orlando under the Art-Tech Division! Yipeee! Next, this work of art will go to state competition later in the year. My inspiration for this piece came from, William Bouguereau (1825-1905), a victorian master artist. William painted a piece entitiled "Evening Mood" and when I saw it, I fell in love with it and was inspired to create, "Evening Falls".

It was quite an undertaking. First, I had to find a model who was inspired by art, uninhibited, confident and educated in modeling. As you see, I found the perfect woman. My beautiful model studied the original by Bouguereau so she knew how to fix her hair and makeup as well as have a strong grasp on the pose.

Direction and quality of light was very important to give the feel I knew that I wanted to ultimately create. Next, I took 3 different images that I had from a previous session on the beach----extracted the client from those images----I only wanted the background---and went to work melding them all together, adding color, texture and many retouching tricks! It took several months, lots of eye strain, a hunched back from sitting at the computer, numerous flare-ups of carpel-tunnel and occassional calls to my artist support group (thanks, Ken and Kim)----and, finally, "Evening Falls" was born.

Evening Falls contains frontal nudity, therefore, I have posted as a later date (I don't know how to make a private page) so that it is a private viewing. Please click here if you wish to see beautiful, "Evening Falls".

My Great Models in Historic Titusville!

OH MY GOSH! Check out these guys: Christain and Sandy! They ROCK! They came into my life, swooping in like Angels, to give me a creative boost! I'd like to extend a big Thank You to their mom, Linda, for calling me! And another big Thank You to Christain and Sandy: always think out of the box! I hope you enjoy your images as much as I enjoyed creating them!

Amanda Baggs

Do you know who Amanda Baggs is? You should. She is here to teach us things we never knew, she is here to give us an understanding of Autism. Please take the time to go to this CNN site and then click on "a video she posted recently". I promise, it will be worth your time. My sister, Kendra, brought her to my attention. (Kendra, by the way, painted this carousel horse----cool!)

Episcopal Children's Services 2008

Once again, it was my pleasure to share my services with Episcopal Children's Services and document their Children's Champion Luncheon. On Wednesday, February 27 at 12:00 p.m. at the University Center at UNF, ECS formally recognize Ed Burr as this year's Children's Champion. Edward Burr founded the Monique Burr Foundation for Children in the name of his late wife who died suddenly in an automobile accident. The Monique Burr Foundation for Children is committed to the protection and aid of abused and neglected children in Northeast Florida. MBF primarily funds new and existing programs for disadvantaged children.

The Children's Champion Award Luncheon was established to honor an individual from the Jacksonville community who has dedicated extraordinary time and resources to improve the lives of children in Northeast Florida.

God Bless the children.