Family, Pamly, Pumpkin Pie!

Howdy Folks! (Capitalized because that is indeed your name) Welcome, once again, to my strange world. Just to get this out there...I have no idea what "Pamly" is supposed to mean, but I've had a glass (a large glass) of wine and it sounded good-ish. I found these pictures while digging around in Lightroom. I made these this fall with our Pumpkin-Dog (who died shortly thereafter) using a technique called light painting. The idea is that you take an extended exposure (20-30 sec), and you mess with the photo in the meantime. At first I was content to use only a flashlight, but later worked my way up to flames for a much more demonic jack-o-lantern. Who ever said the Great Pumpkin was good??

Life has been treating us well to be sure, though with so many variables in the air, we sometimes wonder if we're sure we know what we are signed up for. But thats how life is sometimes and we wouldn't have it any other way. You only get one shot at it so you might as well jump in with both feet and get dirty! Carmen is finishing up school at Aveda in May and is currently weighing her options for post-graduation. Currently, however, she is at school where some friends are dying/cutting her hair for a fashion show. Yep, I'm married to a model and damn proud of it! I am truly lucky to be married to her. (I know this because told me)

She has signed me up to be one of several photographers taking pictures before the show she will be in. Pretty much just running around backstage photographing people getting ready

(well...makeup, hair, etc). I am also beginning to book a few free sessions here and there to get my feet wet. So if anyone is interested, please let me know and we'll see if we can work

something out (Illinoisans included).

Well, Folks. That's probably about as much rambling as anyone can be expected to put up with. Signing off with a picture of the dude walkin on water. Rock on...