RODEO !

We saw four events in the rodeo billed as the Georgia National Rodeo, a production of Barnes PRCA Rodeos:

aka Saddle or Bareback w/flank strap

NEW BORN SESSION

Fortunately for all of us, Robert James woke up near the end of our session and showed us his deep blue eyes.

I can't always guarantee a smile in a new born session.   


R J performed beautifully for Grandmother Laura.

LOCAL BIRDS

My collection of local birds is about 25 species so far.  They are fun to watch because they display interesting behaviors and sometimes seem to have personalities like this grumpy YELLOW RUMP WARBLER (left).  The names can be pretty funny too.  

This immature is also called the MYRTLE WARBLER.  Or it may be a BAY BREASTED or a BLACKPOLE - these guys are tricky.  If you see a glaring error please make a comment.

On the right is an immature

 PINE WARBLER.  

Professional bird watchers will enjoy learning the fine details of confusing Warblers at 
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/Page.aspx?pid=2622

Fortunately, for the rest of us, many song birds have very distinctive features as seen in the next 6 images.

GWU Women’s Gymnastics: Homecoming - Brownie & Girl Scout Meet

GWU's fifth Gymnastics meet of 2014 took place on Sunday afternoon, February 9th. Sara was a competitor in Vault and I got to shoot from the floor again.

More images are at

 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/njk29p0n5i8zc3l/JwjmqaqtGP

CALENDAR RESTORATIONS

What you see above is the first step in my restoration of the Castle Wine and Berec Battery calendars.  Below are the finished prints.

GWU Women’s Gymnastics: Pictures from the Lindsey Ferris meet

The perspective from the floor is probably the most popular sports photography view,  for both stills (left) and motion/pan blur (below).  













An alternative setup is across the floor, from an elevation, to catch the judges’ reactions at the Balance Beam, below. Modern sports arenas, such as GW’s Smith Center, usually offer many good viewing options. 

Holiday Portrait Themes

Whether you send Christmas Cards or an annual letter update, family pictures help you tell your story to friends and relatives.  Here are two different approaches I helped produce this year. 

Eric, Linda and daughter Sydney wanted to send a printed picture card greeting that told friends and relatives “this is what we look like and how we are doing today”.  We met in nearby McDaniel Farm Park for a photo session.  gwinnettparklife.com/parks/mcdaniel-farm-park/