Inessential Stuff

Not everything stays in Vegas. Take, for example, these awesome mustache props I picked up at my photography convention. I confess that not all my friends understand (nor support) my mustache fascination, or as one friend has coined it, my “mustacination.” But handlebar mustaches delight me. They delighted Marcus, too. So after a kind of rough start (see hover-text below), we got a nice portrait with mustaches! Awesome.

Marcus has learned to ride a bike. I had tried to get him interested in biking before, but he waited until I was out of town before he got the biking-bug. So, back in town, I took him down to the park and took some photographs of Marcus biking around (also a good excuse to try out my new fisheye lens). So here is a small gallery of Marcus on his bike.  “I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike . . .”

I attended the Wedding & Portrait Photographers International conference in Las Vegas, and though I didn’t have a lot of time, I did squeeze of a few shots on my way to the airport on the last day.  Here are a few photographs.

This is Patti. We met through a mutual friend, though I had never met her in person before, since she lives in Las Vegas. That changed, during my trip to Vegas for a photography convention, where we met up and did a photoshoot.

I wanted the images to be trendy and fashionable, because Patti struck me as that way. We started out with a shoot outside at sunset and shot into the darkness, with a fine view of the city. And when my lights didn’t work as planned (I’ve since ditched PocketWizards for RadioPoppers), we used her truck’s headlights for some unusual off-camera lighting (see above). Then, quite cold, we retreated to someplace warmer and finished the shoot.

Patti is getting married in Chicago this fall, so if I’m lucky, I might get to work with Patti again.

I really enjoy taking pictures at night. On our recent trip to McCall, Idaho, I saw a couple things that made me stop the car and shoot.  First, this McDonald’s in Lewiston.  Very sweet; love the retro look. And, on the way home, a large model of a dinosaur skeleton in a very small building near Grangeville. Something you just don’t see every day.

My good friend Michael invited Marcus and me to a weekend of sledding in McCall.  We created an impressive luge run in the back of his cabin, and sledding we did go.  There are pictures here, with small captions at the bottom-right.

Warning:  Camera-Phone Pictures Ahead!

Marcus and I went to a Spokane Chiefs game on Hat Night. I love Hat Night! I love free hats! Above, we show off our styling headware while Marcus gives his own, intense and distinctive kind of head-lock/hugs.

Then, a few days later, we went to the Open Skate for the Chiefs Outdoor Game. Marcus was again fairly giddy, and he was particularly covetous of the bright orange jacket seen behind him at the right. Orange is his favorite color, don’tcha know.