I just wanted to quickly post some photos of a couple I photographed the other night in Springboro, Ohio outside @darrinballman ’s studio at the {Snap} Meeting.

Hannah & Nosa

Finally got around to shooting something that has been in my head for a while.

Kristie and I went to a local park where it would be extremely dark so that I could do some painting with light. I used my strobe to paint in areas of light from the right side of the frame. Each tree was lit separately but the shutter remained open for the entire shot.

After I started to get what I was looking for, a cop pulled into the park and wanted to know what was going on. He checked our ID’s and agreed to let us finish. He even waited in the parking lot, just in case another cop came by to kick us out.

After a few minutes of running blindly through the woods with my flash, we finally got the shot. We plan to print a 30×50 of it and hang it in our living room.

I swear that Google is taking over the world! I recently received my invite to create a Google Voice account and I was able to reserve 937-985-FOTO (3686).

Feel free to call and leave me a comment, message or hate mail. You can even send a text to that number (how freakin’ sweet?).

If you want it to be stupid simple, feel free to use this call widget to have Google connect your phone with mine.

I just discovered thisMoment.com, and I think it will be a great way to share my photo series through the various social sites.

Here is one from a CareFlight shoot I did last year:

My cousin Amanda had a beautiful baby girl on Monday, July 27th. I got to meet her yesterday and snap a few photos of her.

Kylie Jo Johnson

BONUS: Wylie the Chihuahua

Since I am extremely lagging on getting my new personal site finished, I decided to put something together via Carbonmade (took less than 10 min!)

So until I finish my new one, chomp on this:

I just watched the first trailer for the upcoming Tim Burton remake of Alice in Wonderland……um….wow…

I was shocked yesterday when we drove by the Frigidaire plant in Dayton, Ohio and saw this:

Even though this demolition has been planned for a while, I will still miss this building. I have used it for many photo shoots and documented the abandoned beauty many times before.

The only side of my cousin Robbie that I have come to know is not a serious side. It is usually a side that will make you laugh until you cry. It is rare to capture an image of him like the one below, but when he gets strapped into his 4-wheels of fury and is about to drag race it down a quarter mile track, he gets pretty serious.

Thanks Mom for shooting me shooting Robbie

Every year that I shoot wedding photography, I get the opprotunity to meet some amazing couples. These are the couples that you know are made for each other, just madly in love with each other. The type of couple that motivates you to try and capture some of that passion and love with photography.

Kristen & Dwayne are that type of couple. Here are some of my faves from their recent engagement shoot with me. I am really looking forward to shooting their wedding in December.