RB Photo and Design

So we are off today to celebrate two of my nephews birthdays at Montgomery Farms, click here for info While we are there we are going to do our Christmas card pictures, I am wondering how many weird looks I will get from the point and shooters when I pull out my strobist gear. Jeannie is making me take it easy on gear for this shot, I am only bringing my camera and tripod, a 24" softbox and two hotshoe flashes. My sisters and their kids will be there so I will probably get suckered into taking some portraits of them while I am at it...

So this past weekend Jeannie and I went up to Tallmadge Ohio for the Dropt n Destroyed car show. We had a really good time hanging out with our friends that live up north and hanging out with Acrophobia guys that were there...If you want to know more about Acrophobia check them out at AcrophobiA While I was there I tried to cover the show from a photo journalistic style and think I done a decent job of it. I also shot a couple trucks up there to practice my off camera lighting on trucks, Here are a couple pics from those shoots.

Once a year I go to a car show in Ohio. I have quite a few friends who I only get to see at shows, so sometimes its a year between seeing each other. It was great to see my AcrophobiA family and get to meet a couple of the guys from down south who flew in for the show. It was a 6 hour trip up to Kent Ohio where we were staying, I am getting to old to sit in a car for that long..lol

Those of you that know me, know that I am a huge Beatles fan. I love the music, I love the stories behind the band. This Saturday would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday, and I sit here wondering what would he have done to celebrate. I think he would have been out protesting something somewhere, raising his voice to challenge us to be better than we are...

 Custom Photography is part of my brand name, but what exactly is custom photography? I recently found this article explaining what custom photography is:

Over the last several months I have noticed a lot of people hanging out their shingle and attempting to do "pro" photography. I visit all of their facebook pages and websites and look thru their portfolios and can't help but wonder how in the world are they getting clients...terrible compositions, harsh lighting, underexposed and missed focus...none of them can use off camera flash as far as I can tell and rely heavily on photoshop to hide their mistakes. And people LOVE their images...I just dont understand it.

I know this is supposed to be my photography blog, but I have been to pre occupied with the loss of my bestest pal to do much shooting. Today I was out in the yard with Bella, our other chihuahua, and the neighbors came out and asked about Charlie.  They were upset that he didn't make it. They told me how he made their day when he was outside and would bark at them.