Lake Elmo – Day 4

by | Aug 30, 2010 | Photography

We finished a very successful 4 day weekend. We all learned a lot and looks like Jeff & Christy will be taking this idea on the road. Their next event will probably be Des Moines in 2 weeks and then the future is wide open. It was really fun watching Jeff and...

Lake Elmo – Day 3

by | Aug 28, 2010 | Photography

Day 3 of the Lake Elmo Dog Show.  A busy day of shooting and learning about dog competitions.  I watched Masked Bandit, one of Sally Battista’s dogs from Fly-N-Hy Kennels win her heat.  I also watched my first agility trials full of energy and skill.

Lake Elmo Dog Show – Day 1

by | Aug 26, 2010 | Photography

Today was the start of a new chapter.  Our daughter-in-law Christy has a mobile photo studio and has set up at the Lake Elmo dog show for the weekend.  Word is that there may be as many as 1,900 dogs by Saturday.  We hope to snag a few for some photo shoots (and...

Audubon Photo Contest

by | Aug 25, 2010 | Birding, Photography

Last year the first-ever Audubon Magazine Photography Awards was a big success, and they  received hundreds of amazing bird photos. (For a look at the winners and some very worthy runners-up, go to http://www.audubonmagazine.org/issuearchives/issue1001.html.) This...

Photo shoot

by | Jul 30, 2010 | Family, Photography

Spent last night learning about lighting an indoor photo shoot.  Jeff and Christy purchased some new lighting equipment for their photo business.  We asked two of our favorite people to model for us to test the lighting arrangement.  Here are the...