Tommy! Tommy! Tommy!

Tommy loves records, Tommy loves Mommy & Daddy, Tommy loves Curious George. My pal, Mary Jessica, who used to be my favorite reporter when I worked at the Athens Banner-Herald, has been kind enough to contribute to my baby business blog. While I was in Athens last month I photographed her precious child. To all you mommies out there I know how hard it is to snap that shutter fast enough to catch a two year old. Practically impossible without a professional camera. Good thing for f-stop 1.2 and my 85. I can't love that lens enough.

Jason & Sue | Athens, GA | August 2, 2008

There will be some back blogging, indeed. Sorry, blog-ville, I didn't want to tote my 5 month old AND my laptop and my camera rig on our first baby plane trip. Next time, next time.

Anywhoo, Jason and Sue are married! Our mutual friend Jason "introduced" Matt and I or rather, we met by coincidence at Jason's house 6 years ago. Whatever. We are so happy for Sue and Jason glad they sealed the deal. Needless to say, we couldn't miss this wedding and Matt was a groomsmen...Sue and Jason wanted me to have "fun" at the wedding and not "work" but I took my camera and a couple lenses because I can't just sit there while great moments occur. I ADORE the shot of Sue reaching out to touch Jason as he read his vows. I just shot the ceremony and enjoyed the rest of the evening with friends while Owen hung out with his Gran (Matt's mom lives in Athens). Thank you Gran Sarah for putting our boy to bed and letting us go into a real live bar. We haven't exactly made bar-hopping a priority since the baby was born so that was really fun.

We were in Athens for 2 nights and it wasn't long enough. Next time I'll take some cool shots of one of my favorite towns.

Camping in Hart Prairie | Flagstaff

It seems a tradition that each year we go out to the spot where we got married here in Flagstaff at Hart Prairie and camp out. This year we brought out the vans. D.Kish brought her gimpy arm (went boom boom on a climbing photo shoot) and Benson, Gomez and Erin-Kate brought their Westy (theirs is pretty sweet) and we brought the red stripe (our van). Have I mentioned that Matt is OBSESSED with the GoWesty.com site? He has given up (for now) his sports car addition and traded it for VW vanagon obsession. If Go Westy got a dime for every click Matt clicks on that site, they'd be RICH. Keep in mind an average GoWesty Vanagon costs like $45,000. Yes, I know. I know. Anyway, Owen was chillin' in his bear costume coupled with a cute ears hat that our friend Anne made for him. We hope Anne will make him another one as he outgrows this one and maybe a matching one for Mommy.

Bisbee, Arizona

This past Friday Matt and I picked up Matt's mom Sarah, who flew in from Georgia to spend a week with us. We went on an adventure to Bisbee, an eclectic town south of Tucson, just a skip away from Mexico. Bisbee was a booming town of 20,000 back in 1910 with the Copper Queen Mine boosting all of the town's economy. Now it's a quaint weekend destination with a nice climate (it's sits at 4,780 ft) and great Antique shopping. There was a Bisbee local who had three animals trained to co-exhist together: a dog, a cat and a rat-- you have to see it to believe it. We ate at a great restaurant called Café Roka (with the woman singing in the window) and we stayed at an RV park called the Shady Dell, in the Spartan Mansion trailor. Shady Dell has restored vintage trailers from the 1950's. As you can see from the images, the trailers are outfitted with the original stoves, tv's and record players. Some are buses, some are yachts and all are distinct. We ate breakfast at Dot's Diner, a 1957 Valentine Diner, which is also on the property. I had the Bisbeeberry pie (to go) and it was delicious. I recommend this destination to anyone coming to Arizona

Vanessa & Jeff

I was in Brazil last week shooting a wedding! What a great country. I loved everything about it, it was a great mix of European style housing and South American culture. Everyone was very friendly. Half the week I stayed with a Brazilian family-- thanks Renata and Phillipe! They fed me three meals and day and everything was delicious and I really felt like I made some Brazilian friends. I hope they will come visit me and go to the Grand Canyon. The wedding was incredible, with a caparinia bar and a 12 piece band and an entire desert table featuring tasty little temptations. It was overwhelming visually and I think I managed to capture it well. Vanessa and Jeff were incredible to work with-- very much in love and we did a post wedding photo shoot at the beach, which definitely paid off. Buzios is an incredible place. I could've spent a month just documenting that town! View the slideshow