RB Photo and Design

So its Valentines Day, what did you get your significant other? Right now I am waiting on one of Jeannie's presents I ordered for her to get here...probably going to be a day or so late, but its all good since I got her a Coach eyeglass case and some flowers already. I got my gift from her today...a new to me 70-210 f4 lens. This lens is awesome for being 20 years old...I love the push pull design and I am amazed at how fast the 1st gen AF motor is in it...a little noisier than the nifty fifty, but a lot better AF than the fifty has...I think I am going to get some really awesome images with this lens..only bad thing is I dont want to take it off my 30D now...lol anyone want to buy me another body...lol

Why are Professional Photographers so expensive? This article has been very well received by the photography community, and is published in the December 2009 edition of Professional Photographer Magazine. In this digital age where everyone has cameras, scanners, and home "photo printers," we hear this all the time: How do professional (or personal) photographers charge $X for an 8x10 when they cost just $1.50 at the drugstore? Simply put, the customer is not just paying for the actual photograph; they're paying for time and expertise. The average one-hour portrait session First, let's look at the actual work involved: * Travel to the session * Setup, preparation, talking to the client, etc. * Shoot the photos * Travel from the session * Load images onto a computer * Back up the files on an external drive * 2 - 4 hours of Adobe® Photoshop® time, including cropping, contrast, color, sharpening, and backing up edited photographs. Proof pho...

I got hooked up with an awesome cover band the other night by some friends and went out to a bar to do some live shots of them. Tons of fun and got some awesome pics. ] ]

Sorry for not posting very much lately. Not a ton of stuff going on photography wise, but a lot going on elsewhere. Jeannie had a to be admitted to the hospital Thursday night, she had been having problems all day with her blood sugar levels and felt pretty lousy. So I took her to the ER and they diagnosed her with high blood sugar and low potassium. She wasn't released until Sunday morning so its been a lot of running back and forh from the hospital to the house and back. She is fine now and back to normal. Matter of fact the Dr. took her off her blood pressure meds and reduced her diabetes meds. So actually she is better now than before the hospital. Another thing going on right now is this ginormous winter storm just north of here. We got lucky and are just south of the freezing line and missed out on all the mess. But just 50 miles north the weather is terrible. some places seeing an inch and a half of ice and even farther north they are getting 12-16 inches of snow. This has b...

While I am between shoots I figured I would get my strobes out and play around some with my Beauty Dish and Softbox...Heres a few of the self portraits I have done the last couple of days. Enjoy!

I mentioned looking for a photography club last week (there are none in the area) and a friend of mine mentioned I should start one. I wasn't to sure about it, but he got the ball rolling and started a club page on facebook, so it seems we are starting a club. If anyone is in the Southern Indiana area and wants to join just drop me a line.

Today has been a pretty decent day. I was contacted by the editor of Gauge Magazine and looks like I am going to be doing some show coverage and shooting some features/covers for their online magazine. A big thanks to Dan " DoubleD" Davis for giving me the chance to shoot for him. As promised I finally got my pics from the Colts Vs. Titans game uploaded to the computer and ready to put on the web so here are a few shots that I took from about 8 rows from the very top of the stadium. Used my 30D with a 28-105mm lens. It was a little short, but I am happy with the images I got and I am extremely happy with the noise handling since my camera was at ISO 800 for most of the game.