Falcon Photography

As I said earlier, I think we got some great pictures of Lindsey, Kelly, Libby and their dates. I enjoyed spending an hour photographing you all in your prom attire.

I hope you had a wonderful evening with great memories. All the best on your future endeavors. Here are the results.

Lindsey

Kelly

Libby

The Group

Got a call a couple of weeks ago from a friend of my parents. Her daughter is graduating this year. Although she has already taken her senior pictures, she wanted to get some pictures taken of her daughter & date before dinner the night of the prom.

As the weeks passed, the number of people grew. It ended up being pictures of her daughter and two of her friends and their dates, etc. The more the merrier, right? The location was for the pictures was at a local restaurant called Nino’s. It is actually a trio of Italian restaurants on the same block that shares a little courtyard/fountain garden. Gives it that feeling of being in a small Italian village. My wife and friends had eaten there before. Good food. We took the pictures last night.

So we show up early to meet our friend’s, their daughter, Lindsey, and her date. Now, I am comfortable with people watching me work, even in public. So when I looked around, no big deal. But get ready to do the math with me. OK, we have the Lindsey, her date, her parents and Lindsey’s two girlfriends & their dates of whom I am also taking pictures. Oh, and their parents too. With me so far? The group was growing all the while I am clicking away.

When I finally got the shots in the camera, I looked around and Wow! There was a total of seven couples going to dinner, I believe the parents of all the girls were there at the restaurant. It was like when you see a wedding party and entourage show up at the reception. One big group of people milling around. I got some great shots. Stay tuned…

So the Texas School of Photography is over. It was a long week and I am tired but I am very inspired right now. The class was everything I was expecting and more. Have you ever watched someone do something that they love? You know, something they really have a passion for so much that it almost oozes out of their pores. Well this is what I saw when watching Dave Newman teach his class. It was quite a joy to see not only the teacher enjoying the teaching experience but also the students in the class were just as stoked.

We were exposed to a Master Photographer in action. Here was the process: book learning, taking pictures, evaluating the pictures. Rinse, lather, & repeat again. We had models in our class everyday, single portraiture, couples, family & bridal portraiture. Busy, busy, busy. My brain is hurting now remembering the week.

We even had a field trip. We met up in a local park where we met some kid models for outdoor portrait sessions. Then later, many participated in the arts & crafts part of the course… we dyed backgrounds. There were a few who dove in, literally. One person missed a step and took a step off in the creek. Missed that shot.

Here are a few shots from the field trip.