~Memorial at Oklahoma City~
Terry and I took a road trip to Oklahoma to visit her son who is going to school to become a great welder. While we were there we visited the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial. When we first walked up on it, it looked like just a huge wall with an opening leading into a reflecting pool then to the wall on the other side. Once we walked in the arch way however, it was a different story. I really didn’t think it would have the kind of impact on me that it did. Since I didn’t know any of the victims, survivors, or their families I thought I would be able to shoot at this location and just move on with my day. This was not the case. As you can see in some of my images, there are chairs that represent the people who died in the building. There were two different size chairs. The smaller of the two represented the children who died. After walking out the other side of the memorial and looking along the fence where families and loved ones had put pictures, stuffed animals, and personal affects of the victims, both Terri and I noticed that there were 3 pictures of 3 boys, all with the same last name. The way they were put on the fence led us to believe that the person who put them there had to be their mother. I could not even imagine loosing one child let alone all 3 of my girls at the same time. Even though I have heard most of what happened with the guy who did this unthinkable act, I still don’t understand why he would do this horrible thing to so many innocent people who had nothing to do with what happened to him. Please take time to look at these images and remember all who passed on this most unfortunate day in Oklahoma City.
~Collage~
During my summer course I was expected to produce two 10×20 collages. Here is my first attempt at them. 
~Ratio~
For this assignment, we are suppose to use alien bee lights on location to take portraits. Since I provided the model, Jerry let me use these images that were taken during class. Click here to view more images.
~Hi Key~
This assignment is to shoot a subject on an all white background while maintaining the lighting on the subject. For this assignment I used 2 subjects, Kristen and Rabecca. To view more images click here!
~In Class Shoot~
At the beginning of my summer Portrait class, our instructor took us out on a campus shoot. Here are some shots from that day. We were using reflectors and subtractive lighting.
~One Light~
My assignment is to use only one light to light the subject. Since I had a “Senior” shoot booked for the same week I thought it was a prime time to do this assignment. I used a beauty light on my subject, Lindsey, and lit the background with one other light, which was allowed. I also used a reflector to bounce back some light to the shadow side of Lindsey’s face to help highlight her beauty. Since all but the last few were done in the studio, I used sunlight as my “one” light with a reflector. Lindsey was against a brick wall in an alley which drowned out all other light. I think the outcome is a good one!
