Well, I've been at camp for two weeks and sadly, am going home tomorrow. Had a great time, but didn't shoot or post nearly as much as I planned to. Ah well. Here is a picture of Emily and a friend, practicing a dance for the big camp talent show.
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I shot pictures of a bunch of great kids at the IronMen Health Center in Mancelona this week. In addition to being an excellent model, Ashley was interested in photography herself and got a chance to take some pictures of her own. Kyle was a great helper all afternoon long and we shot his pictures with a cool vintage bicycle. Thanks Ashley and Kyle!
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Well.... I had the best of intentions to blog every day while away at camp. Hasn't quite worked out that way what with less shooting than I planned, competing [recreational] responsibilities, and general laziness on my part. Here is a photo from today. It was Messy Day (Again! And yes, camp does have other activities besides Messy Day!) which reminded me I hadn't posted anything so here I am. (Click on the photo to see it bigger).

It summer, so I'm off to camp. I went to summer camp as a kid and liked it well enough. I fell in love with camp as a college student who spent summers as a camp counselor. Too old for that now, but I still go back to camp for two weeks every summer (now as camp doctor). I've been doing it for so long-- 29 years now-- that's it's become something of a home-away-from-home. I do shoot a lot at camp, though the pictures can be hit-or-miss. I'll try to blog every day, though internet access is dicey. Here's a camp picture from a year or two ago.

I had the pleasure of photographing this beautiful young lady this past weekend. Here's one of the pictures. Click on it to see it full size!

I had the chance to take pictures of Lenore, her twin brother Larry, and their older brother Spike. OK.... So these are not their real names, but these are the names I used for them all afternoon. Lenore (really Isabella) had a ballet recital following our shoot, so had changed into her ladybug tutu. Couldn't resist shooting this, even though we were "all done". Lesson learned: You are NEVER all done.

Did pictures this weekend of this great little girl. She had just taught herself how to ride a two-wheeler and she was very proud of her new Strawberry Shortcake bicycle . She was a whirlwind of activity for the entire time we shot together, except for a few rare quiet moments. Here are some pictures....

Happy Memorial Day weekend to all of my U.S. friends.

Remember the shy girl with the lamb? Well here she is after she warmed up a bit to the idea of being photographed. Gotta love those Dora-the-Explorer shades!

I've always loved small details like this pigtail on my cousin Gracie.

While doing portraits this weekend, this young lady was not at all interested in having her picture taken (at first), but she did allow me to photograph her lamb instead. She worked hard, without much success, to get the lamb to smile. Icksnay on the hands (again).

Had the chance to do a lot of shooting this weekend, including lots of brothers and sisters. This is one of my favorites from the weekend (something that I like more than the parents will). It's the hands. I have always had a thing for hands and I really like what the hands are doing in this picture.

After what seems like the forever winter, looking forward to days that look like this one....

Here is an outtake from the same shoot I posted from last week. This photo is clearly not a keeper, but I am strangely drawn to photos like these anyways. I like the feeling that the photo is happening in "layers".... I like the crazy movement through the foreground. And I especially like it when the foreground interest is wildly out-of-focus. Go figure.

Kerry and Abby again.... Kerry is sitting on the floor and the dancing fool is Abby.

During a recent trip to North Carolina, I had the pleasure of shooting Kerry and Abby (or is that Abby and Kerry). Despite yucky cold weather, we managed to have some fun and make some nice pictures. Here they are!

For those who followed my not-always-weekly postings on my old web site, you may have discovered that my site has morphed into something very different. I still plan to post kinda-sorta-weekly pictures, but will now do so here.

Had the opportunity to shoot recently at the Red Rock Canyon (outside of Las Vegas). Here's one from that shoot.