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This year I unfortunately got food poisoning somewhere on Christmas Eve and after being sick all night I slept through the entire Christmas Day and woke up sometime Saturday.
Thankfully I got to hang with my family and nephews Wednesday night before all that though.
Grady and Casey recently starred in their very own video on my blog, but here are a few photos:
Grady also got a workbench for Christmas - he was occupied for the next 2 hours, even through changing his pajamas:
Casey didn't get his two front teeth, but he's working on standing up:
Grady is on the phone with Bob Villa about starting his own show:
Thankfully I got to hang with my family and nephews Wednesday night before all that though.
Grady and Casey recently starred in their very own video on my blog, but here are a few photos:
Grady tried to open a present by sitting on it:
Grady also got a workbench for Christmas - he was occupied for the next 2 hours, even through changing his pajamas:
Casey didn't get his two front teeth, but he's working on standing up:
Grady is on the phone with Bob Villa about starting his own show:
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Here's an update to an earlier blog about Help Portrait.
Check out their website to hear what it's all about, but basically a bunch of great Kansas City photographers joined in with over 6,000 photographers worldwide and gave away professional portraits to those in need on December 12th.
Studio 132 in downtown hosted our event, one of several in KC that day. Thanks to all the photographers that donated their equipment, time and money to help in this incredible cause.
Thanks to Jason Domingues for helping coordinate the event, edit all the photos and handle the printing process!
Here's Jason's shot of me filming:
Also thanks to Digital Labrador for donating the lenses and Zacuto video rig that helped make this video possible:
Check out their website to hear what it's all about, but basically a bunch of great Kansas City photographers joined in with over 6,000 photographers worldwide and gave away professional portraits to those in need on December 12th.
Studio 132 in downtown hosted our event, one of several in KC that day. Thanks to all the photographers that donated their equipment, time and money to help in this incredible cause.
Thanks to Jason Domingues for helping coordinate the event, edit all the photos and handle the printing process!
Here's Jason's shot of me filming:
Also thanks to Digital Labrador for donating the lenses and Zacuto video rig that helped make this video possible:
Natalie:
This is great, and makes my heart happy. Great job on the video Brother!
(12.16.09)
Sean Berger:
Mike -- I'm so proud of you for participating in Help Portrait. This makes me so completely happy. The video just told the best story ever. Duuuuude.
(01.12.10)
Amy W:
Ok, so yes, the video made me cry. I am incredibly proud of you my friend for all the work you did and are doing with Help Portrait. We are so blessed to be able to have family photographs taken on a regular basis and know how precious they are to us and the generations to come. Thank you for serving His Kingdom in this way.
(01.15.10)
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So incase you haven't heard, the new digital cameras like the Canon 7D and 5D Mark II shoot incredible video as well as photos. "Fusion" is a term those cool folks out in California have been throwing around that basically means photo + video together.
So here's my Family Fusion piece. I used my awesome nephews Grady & Casey along with my sister and brother in law Aaron to try this out on - You've seen Grady & Casey on here before in photos - get ready to see them in live action - enjoy:
So here's my Family Fusion piece. I used my awesome nephews Grady & Casey along with my sister and brother in law Aaron to try this out on - You've seen Grady & Casey on here before in photos - get ready to see them in live action - enjoy:
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So I spent last week in Addison, TX for the Foundation Conference.
It was incredible.
I didn't shoot much actually, just enjoyed a little bit of down time and hanging with great photo friends.
I got to meet Ben Chrisman and Brett Butterstein, two of my favorites as well as hang out with a handful of really great Kansas City folks like Jason Domingues, the gals from Epaga Foto, and Tyler & Becca from Wirken Photography.
Here is Jesseca and Jessica from Epaga Foto - I absolutely love filming weddings when these girls are shooting the photos - their work is fabulous!
Huy, along with a panel of incredible photographers walked us through how to improve our images:
After the last session I walked across the street to a park where a guy was flying a model airplane during sunset:
Other than that, I'm working crazy long hours each day to get your wedding video done - incase you're one of my brides checking up on me :0)
I have about 5 to wrap before Thanksgiving and another 4 before Christmas.
It's been a great year though and 2010 dates are filling up - Some exciting changes are around the corner for video too... you'll see a preview soon on that.
It was incredible.
I didn't shoot much actually, just enjoyed a little bit of down time and hanging with great photo friends.
I got to meet Ben Chrisman and Brett Butterstein, two of my favorites as well as hang out with a handful of really great Kansas City folks like Jason Domingues, the gals from Epaga Foto, and Tyler & Becca from Wirken Photography.
Here is Jesseca and Jessica from Epaga Foto - I absolutely love filming weddings when these girls are shooting the photos - their work is fabulous!
Huy, along with a panel of incredible photographers walked us through how to improve our images:
After the last session I walked across the street to a park where a guy was flying a model airplane during sunset:
Oh yeah, and then I had to eat this - emphasis on "had to" (gotta put on my winter weight)
Other than that, I'm working crazy long hours each day to get your wedding video done - incase you're one of my brides checking up on me :0)
I have about 5 to wrap before Thanksgiving and another 4 before Christmas.
It's been a great year though and 2010 dates are filling up - Some exciting changes are around the corner for video too... you'll see a preview soon on that.
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I'm off to Dallas today for the Foundation Conference - it's made up of
some of the best photographers in the world for wedding
photojournalism and I'm looking forward to meeting up with some of the
folks that have spoke into & inspired my photography so much over
the last year -
I'm big into learning and growing.
Constantly.
In fact, if I'm not doing that, I get really bored.
I'm currently getting certified in my video editing program, studying a ridiculous amount of photography and learning more cinematography.
I'm also about to teach a couple classes at Digital Labrador on video and editing with DSLR cameras.
I think there's a lot to learn about your field of work, but also personally.
I just finished Mark Batterson's In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day and loved it. I highly recommend it for anyone, especially those that are letting fear keep them from doing something in their lives.
I recently started Donald Miller's latest A Million Miles in a Thousand Years - I've heard great things about it and so far they're all true -
I think sometimes we can get stuck and think we've arrived or we're good enough at something. I don't ever want to be just "good enough".
Do you?
I'm big into learning and growing.
Constantly.
In fact, if I'm not doing that, I get really bored.
I'm currently getting certified in my video editing program, studying a ridiculous amount of photography and learning more cinematography.
I'm also about to teach a couple classes at Digital Labrador on video and editing with DSLR cameras.
I think there's a lot to learn about your field of work, but also personally.
I just finished Mark Batterson's In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day and loved it. I highly recommend it for anyone, especially those that are letting fear keep them from doing something in their lives.
I recently started Donald Miller's latest A Million Miles in a Thousand Years - I've heard great things about it and so far they're all true -
I think sometimes we can get stuck and think we've arrived or we're good enough at something. I don't ever want to be just "good enough".
Do you?
Luke Sickman:
Man i so appreciate you. U are constantly giving me a drive and a boost. I have got to a point were i am stuck not because i think i am good enough but nothing i do is good enough. It seems most of the time i know in my heart what i want but it doesn't come out. Every time i read your blogs i get fired up and start learning and get just the right nudge. Your the best man.....
Luke
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