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Here is a Christmas card design I made this year I thought I would share with my painter friends.
Created in Painter X and Photoshop CS3.

Merry Christmas everyone and have great new year!

This is my latest requested portrait work by Andre that works with me. Today is his one year anniversary with his girlfriend and the portrait is for her. Congrats you two!

I have been trying my hand at creating painted portraits from photos in Painter and Photoshop in different styles and thought I would share.

This is my wife’s cousin, Katelynn. I was asked to photograph her for prom. This is my favorite photo of all of them.

Nikon D80  1/200 sec.@f/8  66mm  ISO400

The new Adobe CS3 icons are, in my opinion, very bland. I was excited to see them when they were announced, but when I saw them, I was very dissapointed. Thankfully, freelance graphic designer Adam Betts has created a new set of CS3 icons that have much more visual appeal then what Adobe has put out. Way to go, Adam.

Download the icons here.

I have not posted in awhile with all the work I have been doing I have been a bit lazy so I have been working in Painter X to try my hand at portrait painting and thought I would post a portrait I painted recently of Randy’s son Christopher.

In the passing of my grandmother, we were able to get together most of the family at her funeral for a group photo. Even though it was the result of a death, the time we spent together was alot of fun. Before we all left to go back home I asked to gather in the main room for a group photo.

I used one SB800 on-camera and two SB600’s wireless. My main light (SB800 with diffuser) was pointed straight at the subjects, while my SB600’s lit the room. After all of the years shooting large groups, I am very pleased at the result, especially in the short amount of time we had to set up and shoot.

Nikon D80 1/40 sec. @ f.3.5, ISO 125, 18mm

Today was a beautiful day with temperatures in the 70’s. The kids were out playing in the neighborhood. I gathered them together long enough to grab this photo with them in the back of my truck.
Taken with on-camera diffused flash using the SB-800 set on TTL-BL. Photo was adjusted in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.

Nikon D80 1/200 sec @ f/11 ISO 125

The moon was especially cool-looking tonight. The moon’s glow overpowers the detail, but the crescent of the moon was that of the Cheshire Cat’s smile.

Nikon D80 20sec. @ f/5 ISO 200

This is the better half of me, Rachel. This photo was taken at Kingwood Center in Mansfield, Ohio. The sun was coming in from behind and I filled with flash using my SB-800 with the diffuser cover. Some post processing done in Photoshop.
Nikon D80, 1/125 @ f/5.6, ISO 160