I am SOO grateful to have been nominated again as one of the best photographers in Indiana by the INDY CHANNEL’s A LIST! I was lucky to be on the top 5 list last year and it’s VOTING TIME AGAIN!! I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR VOTE!! Please click HERE TO VOTE: http://wrtv.cityvoter.com/a-list/weddings/photographer

Simply find my name on the list and click VOTE…then it should send you an email to CONFIRM YOUR VOTE!!

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!

I know that LOTS of people use the internet browser, FIREFOX!! (myself included) I have ALWAYS hated it’s lack of color management, though!! However, with the recent update on Firefox, they included a way to have it be color managed! YAY!! I did the change and I’ve noticed a HUGE difference!! I think it’s soo important because finally our work can be viewed in all it’s true color glory in firefox!! CLICK HERE to read about how to apply COLOR MANAGEMENT to FIREFOX!!!

You HAVE to see this!! If you haven’t ever heard of Jasmine Star, then you are missing out!! I’m honored to call her a friend and she is truly an incredible photographer! She’s also newer to the industry, so when you look at her creative eye and extraordinary talent, then consider that she’s just getting STARTED, you won’t believe it! (but it’s true!) She JUST launched her new website and it is OFF THE HOOK!!!

I have a 30 inch cinema display and when the site opened up in front of my eye….in all of it’s 30 inches glory, I think I started to drool!!! It is SOOO amazing and A MUST SEE, in my opinion!!

(her new BLOG is also amazing…she is just on FIRE that girl!!!) It was also created with, what I would consider to be one of the HOTTEST AND MOST INNOVATIVE up and coming products out there, David Jay’s SHOW IT SITES!! David is also a friend of mine and so I got a sneak peek of SHOW IT SITES earlier this year in Vegas while at WPPI and I was BLOWN AWAY!! It’s the most incredibly simple, yet POWERFUL tool for designing websites…on YOUR OWN! It’s just crazy how GREAT it is!! It will be THE product of the year, NO doubt!!! I really give kudos to DJ for thinking of a product that will be SOO valuable to photographers! If you haven’t seen show it sites, do yourself a favor and GO CHECK IT OUT!!

Many of you have heard of DROBO lately! It’s really cool and a very smart storage system!! It’s basically a RAID storage system at a MUCH lower price than RAID systems are known to be!! In their words, it’s “The world’s first storage ROBOT! Fully automated data storage that ensures that your data is always protected, your capacity is unlimited and requires no special knowledge or expertise!” It’s a GENIUS thing for weddings because you can keep updating your storage capacity as you add more events and not need to continue stacking up external hard drives on your desk! Ok, maybe I’m the only one who does that! AND….EVEN better, they JUST announced a STELLAR deal on the DROBO with HARDDRIVES!! You can get the DROBO system WITH 4 TB of STORAGE for $1075!! STEAL!!! It’s normally $1600, so that is a GOOD savings for a RAID storage system, complete protection and reliability on the safety of your DATA and 4 TB’s of storage!! WOW!!

CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT!!!

Itty Bitty is AT IT again with an ENTIRELY new set of actions, borders, collages and MORE for 2008!! Their stuff is just DRIPPING with FUN, WHIMSY and SUCH STYLE!! I loooove it!! Just when I think their things couldn’t get any more GREAT…they go and amaze me!!! CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT….and be sure to go through the entire site!!!

There are really few words to describe the incredible devastation from the recent earthquake in China and cyclone in Myanmar. The loss is indescribable and frankly, I can hardly believe it isn’t getting more attention or more coverage. With over 55,000 dead and 30,000 missing in China and over 134,000 dead or missing in Myanmar, it’s beyond catastrophic, there just aren’t words for the immense depth of the tragedy. CAN you imagine if 219,000 people died or were missing in the US!?! THE WORLD would practically come to a stop and come to focus on us…and all media would not talk about any other topic for years!!! Interesting how different countries just don’t get the attention we do.

This story is pretty incredible…a photographer was shooting a wedding when the earthquake hit! CLICK HERE to read the story…it’s pretty incredible and really makes you stop and think….about how our jobs can be SOO much more than we realize…how grateful I am to be alive….and soo much more…

I love TIME LAPSE stuff…I think it’s soo fun…from quirky, neat photo stuff like this to cool time lapse cinematography! It’s just GREAT!

CLICK HERE!! CHECK THIS OUT!!!

Wow…I STINK at the multiple blog thing!! One always suffers….and it’s USUALLY this one!! SOO SORRY!!

So, just got wind of this fun thing…PMA Magazine featured Jessica Claire’s SHOOTSAC and also MY image of my dear friend, Lauren (with Openfield Photography!)! SUCH FUN!! Congrats, Jess! The SHOOTSAC is really the best and has transformed my shooting style….and I LOVE IT…thanks for SUCH a terrific invention!! GO GIRL!! Aren’t smart girl inventors the COOLEST thing!?! LOVE it!!

THIS is cool!!! It’s PHOTOSHOP in fast-food-drive-through EXPRESS form…and on the INTERNET! HOW coooool is THAT?!?!?!?! CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT!!!!!

I’m back from a whirlwind trip to Vegas & WPPI!! It was TERRIFIC and I genuinely loved seeing my friends! Just needing a little extra sleep at this point!!

When I returned, I got an email about this GREAT new blog about all things wedding and GIRLINESS!!!! It’s called THE WEDDING CHICKS!!!! When I clicked on the blog…I fell in LOVE because it is just SOOO yummy to look at!!!! It’s SUPER fun & STYLISH and you should check it out…..for ideas, for inspiration, for cool vendors…for FUN!!!!

CLICK HERE to check out the WEDDING CHICKS!!! RSS IT!!