I had the pleasure of working with Chelsea the other day to take some headshots for Texas A&M’s Greek Rush. We headed out to the beautiful Horseshoe Bay Resort, ducking golf balls, dodging golf carts and trying to stay cool, in the end we got the shots we needed and I didn’t have a golf ball lodged into my camera gear or head.

Chelsea is taking a summer break from her studies to spend time with her family and friends in Austin, before heading back to College Station in July. Chelsea is currently hoping to have a career in the health care field and I wish her the best.

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Lately, I have been wanting to experiment more with off-camera lighting.  I follow Zack Arias, the Strobist, Ed Pingol and have several photographer friends that are great with lighting and just wanted to try out some ideas I had in mind.  I also wanted to try out some Pocket Wizards. Yes, I am probably the only photographer who wants to do off camera lighting that doesn’t have the PWs, LOL.  Well, I finally rented some PWs and am thoroughly happy with its performance and I can see why so many photographers swear by them.

Here are some pictures of the shoot with aspiring model Steven.  Steven contacted me regarding getting some portfolio pictures and was a great sport for waking up so early to get ready and do the shoot at seven in the morning.  Steven was laid back, probably because he was still tired and wondering why he agreed to wake up so early and was very patient as the wind kept on blowing over my strobe. My intention was for a beautiful sunrise and a sunny partly cloudy day, but I ended up with a windy cloudy overcast.  We made the most of it and I was actually happy with how the pictures came out.  I thank you Steven for having such a great attitude that early in the day and for catching my light stand every time the wind blew over.  Note to self – invest in sandbags.

Well enjoy and take care everyone.

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Last weekend I had the pleasure of spending the day with 50 or so golden retrievers.  Gold Ribbon Rescue of Central Texas (GRR) has an annual picnic event that helps raise money to provide shelter, food, medicine, and an avenue to find permanent homes for these adorable golden retrievers.  The event is like a dog reunion that brings goldens that have found permanent homes and goldens that are still looking for homes together to enjoy a day in the park with each other.  There was food, dog products to purchase, grooming services, micro-chipping, and even a service to train the dogs for search and rescue.

My sister and her husband adopted a golden from GRR two years ago and they help out with GRR as much as they can.  I usually tag along with them to these events to help where I can and enjoy the company of these great dogs. GRR is a great service for rescuing these dogs from the streets and being put down.  GRR’s website has stories of these rescued dogs up for adoption that I go to read up all the time.  I hope to one day have the means to foster and adopt some goldens, they are really great dogs, drool and all. Here are some pictures of these great dogs.  Enjoy and take care.

This puppy up for adoption, just had surgery on his arm and spent all day in a carriage.  How can you not adopt this puppy with those eyes?

Probably my favorite picture of the day.

I felt so sorry for the one with the collar.  He was so happy though.

There were other dogs besides the golden retrievers that attended.  The one below was a therapy dog from Therapy Pet Pals of Texas, Inc….

who apparently thought he was a lap dog.

There were dogs large and small.  I love the picture of the dog yawning, every time I look at this picture it would make me yawn too, lol.

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