RB Photo and Design

What better way to spend Memorial Day weekend than doing an engagement shoot for a couple of our good friends? Mandi had been talking with me for a while about setting up a session and things just never seemed to work out so we could get together. A while back I ran a contest on my Facebook page for a free session and she won and finally we were able to get our schedules to match so we could do the shoot. We had a lot of fun taking shots around their home and down at Hardy Lake. Jeannie fell in love with their dogs and I think if she could have gotten away with it, she would have stolen them. Here are a few pics from the session, enjoy!

Yesterday started out beautiful! We had a engagement shoot scheduled for 5pm at the Chateau de Pique Winery just outside of Seymour when some storms decided to form and give us some much unneeded rain! Luckily for us the rain didn't hit the winery and the skies cleared, so we ended up with a wonderful day to do a shoot. Holly and Dan are by far the easiest couple I have ever photographed. I would point to where they needed to stand and Jeannie would tell them the general idea and they would fall right into the most beautiful poses. I wish all my couples were as easy and as much fun to work with. Here are some pics from our session....

Its been a non stop marathon around here for the last couple weeks. Between working for a friend in his shop and events and family time, I haven't had a whole lot of  time to blog. Right now my editing computer is down. I should get it back today, but I am going to have to reinstall all my programs and presets for things like Lightroom, so thats going to be ab all day event. In the meantime I have 3 cf cards with images that need edited so I probably wont be able to post anything until this weekend...so everyone have a great week and hopefully I will have some pictures to put up this weekend.

A friend of mine from high school sent me a message around a month before Easter wanting me to come out and take pics of the day for her, so we spent Easter with them and had a blast...this is the first time that I have ever been to someones Easter celebration that was just as crazy as Christmas morning. We had a ton of fun and I had a chance to talk to friends I hadn't seen in a while. Here are a few pics from the day...

So I just sat through the 1st day of the Zack Arias weekend workshop. I just love how down to earth he is and how he breaks things down so they are easy to understand and digest. If you have the time go to www.creativelive.com and watch the replay of todays class, and take the time this weekend to watch the next two classes. I guarantee you will learn something.I learn something new everytime I watch one of his videos.

This past week I had the chance to shoot some pictures of Cody before he went to a dance at the High School. I have known his mom for years and her daughter is married to one of my best friends. It had been raining all day and about 3 days before that so It was very wet out and a lot of the roads were starting to have water over them. We really didnt have a whole lot of room to work with and was limited on what we could shoot outside since the yard was so soggy, but we still managed to come away with quite a few nice images.... now for the tip.... WHen you are using off camera flash in full manual the aperture will control the flash exposure and the shutter speed will control the ambient exposure. When shooting outside try underexposing the scene by 1 1/2 stops while exposing the subject correctly. This will make your subject pop from the background. I usually shoot at two shutter speeds when I am shooting outdoors...either I am at 1/60 to get as much ambient light as I can in the...

Sunday we had the pleasure of shooting Kourtney's newborn pics. Her Parents are Jason and Kimmy Gladden, we shot their wedding last year and they are great people to work with. Jeannie and I both loved doing this shoot. Kourtney is so tiny and one of the cutest babies we have ever seen..here are a couple shots from the session...