Lab Seminar

Yesterday it was back to work - sort of. I love what I do so it's never really too much work. But I was the one who was teaching the workshop not attending it. I have done some speaking before and I used to teach middle school science but for some reason I was a little nervous for this. My subject was beach portraits. I had never done this type of workshop before and had over 60 photographers signed up for my class! Including my old boss Bob Knight from the photography company I started with 17 years ago in Florida. Add to that we were going to go out to the beach and do some live shooting with a couple of models.

Well the good news is that everything went very well. I had enough time to go into my presentation - photograph on the beach - then show them what we got on the beach. Perfect!

The photos are a few selections. Maddie was my senior model - she works at Norman Party Pics. But the real stars of the day were Georgia and Portia who were just awesome!

Circa 39

Our first stop in Miami was hotel Circa 39 where we had a great time. The hotel was built around 1939 and is located on the 39th st. block in Miami Beach. They feature complimentary cocktails from 6-8:30 each evening and a free hot breakfast in the morning. If you come to the hotel in September when you are 39 you can stay for just $39/night! Guess who is 39 this May! Miami in September hmmm - too bad I'm crazy busy in September ha!

With the kids at mom's - we were looking forward to a couple of days relaxing by the pool or on the beach. I got in another run on the boardwalk here before taking a few photos with Amy at sunset.

Here is a pic of the staff before checking out of the hotel on Sunday - They had these in the courtyard right outside our rooms - how cool!
(L-R Amy, Karen, Me and Kelli)

















Weekly running miles = 24

Studio Closed

The studio will be closed today Feb. 23 thru Friday March 2nd. This is the first time I've closed my studio in quite some time for this long. I've always wanted to reward my staff so this year we are taking Amy and Karen to Miami Beach. They are flying in today and we will pick them up in Ft. Laurderdale then it's off to South Beach for a few days of R&R before our lab seminar begins on Sunday.

If you need to get a hold of us please email me at Nimages@aol.com but it could be a few days before I get back to you.

Disney MGM

We had an awesome time at MGM. After spending past years at the magic kingdom, animal kingdom we decided to check out MGM. Lots of shows to take in. Melanie and Kylie both loved the Little Mermaid show and the High School Musical street performance.

Cocoa Beach

Spent the last few days on the beach visiting my mom and my step father. Nothing like getting out of the cold weather for a few days.

We went out to the beach and did a few of our own family photos Florida style.

Here is one of the girls with their beach Grammy.

Maybe I need to do beach portraits in the winter.....hmmm southern images??

House is sold

We just sold our house! 6 months on the market and it sells while I'm on vacation! Oh well - nothing like selling your house on vacation. What a hectic few days. Heading over to Cocoa Beach where mom is. Kelli and the kids will be here tomorrow night.

Here is a pic of our house we sold. Oh we do have one we are moving to - we had put an offer on one just down the street.

Tampa Bay Half Marathon

Well I made it to Tampa around Midnight last night. Kenny (my teammate in college and best man at our wedding) asked what time I wanted to get up. I said about 5:45 - after all the race doesn't start till your chip crosses the start - right.

I felt pretty good despite driving for two days to get here. I finished the race in 1:46:43 just over 8 min pace. The right hip had been acting up recently and I may need to take a few days to recover from this one.

But I'm in Florida and Vacation has begun!

Last week - miles 10 (resting injury before the race)

Going To Florida

Well I was suppose to fly today to Tampa but my flight was canceled coming out of JFK. Due to the Valentine's Day Snowstorm they are still backed up at JFK......so no problem just take the next one but guess what - no empty seats till Sunday maybe Monday!

Welcome to the northeast during Winter Break! OK so now what? Guess I'm driving to Florida now - I know - I'm crazy!! Kelli and the kids are flying down on Tuesday and I have a race in Tampa on Sunday at 6am. Only way I can get there in time is to drive.

See you in Tampa!

SPA in TX

In January Damian and I traveled to Texas to attend SPA (Senior Portrait Artists). We had a great time (despite the ICE in San Antonio!) learning and becoming inspired. Here are a few images of some of the models we photographed while there.

New Blog

Well I've been talking about doing this for a while. So here it is my first blog. I hope to keep you informed on current updates and news at Northern Images as well as my life in general. For those of you who are a little unfamilar - Kelli and I started our company 10 years ago in the town I grew up in. We opened our retail studio in Heritage Park in 2003. Before that I worked as a school teacher and part time photographer in Florida before moving to Kansas where I was the operations manager for University Photography.