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Welcome! Here’s the latest:

Yava & Jason, engagement

What a great couple:  fun, stylish, and comfortable together.  They said they were worried about ‘what to do&#View post >

Andrea & Mike, engagement

I got to have fun with Andrea and Mike on a couple shoots:  the first was when we got rained out, but still wanted toView post >

Prina Bagia, fashion

Prina just graduated from the Apparel Design program at Purdue, and we had a shoot with her senior collection of 12View post >

2012 Purdue grads of Alpha Phi

Sunday is graduation, so this week I had some calls for graduation photos.  Here’s the only one I could sneakView post >

Stephanie & Michael, engagement shoot

A couple of firsts for me:  shooting in the rain and in Chicago!  Challenging, but totally worth it.   I metView post >

Kirsten & Ervin, engagement

Kirsten and Ervin were really fun to work with — very relaxed and natural in front of the camera, and I had noView post >

Clella Mae, 6 days old

This sweetie was only six days old when I squeezed her in the studio before a weekend trip, but I’m glad we didView post >

Amanda & Ian, engagement shoot

This really neat spot with the covered bridge was just a few yards from Ian’s parents’ house, and we did aView post >

Behind the scenes: Fashion show

A few weeks ago I was photographing the Purdue Fashion runway shows, when I came across a really great strobist lightingView post >

Speedlight class #4. I think.

I lost count, but I’ve been visiting a Purdue class this semester to demo/teach some small flash techniques andView post >

Rachel & Joseph, the gift registry

I’m excited about Rachel and Joe’s wedding in June, not just because they seemed like a great couple duringView post >

the 2012 Purdue fashion show: 7pm runway

The last of the fashion show edits are now in this gallery.   Follow this link to see all of the ‘fashion’View post >

the 2012 Purdue fashion show: 1pm runway

Here is a sample of the photos I made on the runway this year.  The flash I bounced off the ceiling/post just a fewView post >

Relay for Life, photobooth

Back for my 3rd Relay, and the 2nd photobooth, here are a few highlights.  You can see the rest in my store, availableView post >

the 2012 Purdue fashion show

This post is for the movement we had on set at the 2012 Purdue Fashion Show.  There are over 1,000 more in the storeView post >

LEARN 2 LIGHT: a small-flash lighting workshop

Learn to light:  natural light exposure (left) and photo made 5 minutes later with 2 small flashes and zero photoshop (View post >

Samantha & Christopher, the gift registry

Photo compliments of Sam’s sister, Molly Gephart.  Thanks!  :) Sam and Chris will be wed on May 19, 2012…View post >

Dwight House, dance

Dwight is a multi-faceted dancer/entertainer/actor that I was able to work with last week, to try out the new lights onView post >

Becca, for the lighting class

This time around for the Purdue photography class (a new sophomore lighting class), I let the students loose in twoView post >

baby Joel, only 8 days old

Katy and Phil trusted me with their first baby a couple of days ago, for my own first newborn photo shoot.  Honestly, IView post >

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