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I met Katie, and her mother, author Cynthia Patton at their home the day following Katie’s 5th birthday. She literally bounced between her new trampoline and her painting easel and the couch.
She eventually warmed up:
And tuckered out at the end of our portrait session:
Been a bit tardy in posting these images from the trip to Care Free. The conference was terrific; new friends made, new ideas hatched, new inspirations blooming left and right.
The saguaro forest on Black Mountain:
Later in the week my parents joined me, and we enjoyed an afternoon at Taliesin West. I came to a greater appreciation of the living sketches and spaces that FLW and his school created.
Books on the wall of book-shelving in FLW’s bedroom. Not surprising to find Kandinsky here.
Blue Angel sculpture in the sculpture garden.
The restful living room. I love the feel of this space.
Celebrating T’s birthday. Can you guess how old he is this year?
I’ll be heading out to Care Free, Arizona tomorrow morning to attend the Digital Wedding Forum Convention and to check out Imaging USA. My folks are flying in at the end of the week, and we will be having a belated holiday/birthday celebration with them and my in-laws.
As well as the many workshops, lectures and gatherings that will be afoot during the convention, we also have planned a tour of Chase Field (home of the Arizona D’backs) and a day trip to Arcosanti (home of experimental arcologies).
Have a great week!
Yellow flower, and it’s shadows on a yellow wall.
It’s been a long time since I had the working super-late/up super-early routine, and this morning I found myself in that bleary eyed semi-conscious state reminiscent of college; bathed and dressed before the sunrise, on a few hours sleep and ready to journey into the center of all things mac. And so, Trent and I met Brad Miller at the Moscone Center to catch the keynote at MacWorld. If any of you kept up with my tweeting this morning, I did my 140 characters at a time best, to chirp the best and most important tidbits. Nothing extraordinary was unveiled, but I’m interested to see if the new iMovie will be helpful with my new 5D mark II.
I was tickled to see Chris Hardwick, memorable was the snarky disdain for his hosting position in the ever hilarious Shipmates.
Impressively, the keynote ended with a performance by Tony Bennett, pictured below.
I’m happy to see that Apple is leaning toward a more green family of notebooks, but I was waiting for a component to this greener family of notebooks that never came; proactive recycling of current generation of Mac products. Wouldn’t that make me all the more likely to buy a newer computer, instead of holding on to this one for another year?
Trent and I spent the first day of 2009 enjoying the natural beauty of Northern California, specifically spending some time with the dog at Muir Beach. The wind was sharp, the trail fairly crowded, but looking west to the water, it was enormously peaceful. I sat and looked at this for a long time. Could this be an equivalent? Possibly.
Happy New Year!
I was quite flattered to be asked by Meghan Connolly Haupt of C5Company to help her create a series of lifestyle portraits for her new marketing campaign. C5 is a jewelry company that creates custom pieces from ethically mined gems and recycled metals.
It was kismet, to meet Meghan at the same time that I am working on building a greener product line for Ars Magna. She and I will be partnering to offer C5 clients a special portrait session package. [more to come about this in 2009]
Last Sunday we worked on two of the five planned shoots, enlisting the neighbor’s adorable dog, Finnegan. Dreary rain and cloudy skies be damned. Here are a few of my favorites from the shoot. The tag line of C5, and what will be accompanying these images is ‘Wear your Commitment.’
