A couple favs!

As I sit here today and look back over some of the moments that I have had and been able to shoot I think I am a pretty lucky guy! I have been invited to some pretty cool events. I have been honored to get to shoot some cool things for some awesome kids!

Granted in the last bit I have not shot a lot. Obstacles will always arise if you let them I suppose. I am however trying to ease back into getting to put some shots in the books and see what happens. I have traded out some of my old gear for some new. Gotten rid of some heavy stuff for more practical gear. So lets see where we go from here!

I love music especially live stuff. You really can't beat it. So I am going to give  you one of my favs from a while back a long with a new photo from very recent.

It is hard to believe that it is already prom time again but its true! I was very fortunate to have some pretty cool kids to photograph this year! Its always fun and sorta takes you back a bit to a earlier time in life. As it goes I also found a nice place to get some pretty cool photo's so with out further delay here is a sample from this years shoot. If you like it more can be found at http://www.xcellentphotography.com/Clients/Events

Allready a new year?!?!?!?

Wow it is already February in the year 2013. Man am I behind. Seems like only yesterday it was last summer. Where does the time go? So with this new year I am planning some changes in the way I shoot, when I shoot, and what I post. The post part is what is to be talked about here I suppose. I am going to attempt to post at least once a week. Some with photo's some with out. So lets get started. I had the opportunity to take some photo's for the Clear Creek Middle Schools basket ball teams recently. The kids were all great to work with and a lot of fun. It is always inspiring to be around a group of happy fun loving kids!

Prom season has now come and gone. I really had a good time this year with some of my prom photos. It was a chance to be creative pump out some new stuff and see if we could make some folks happy. In the end I think we achieved our goals! Here is a sample from this years pics. Hope you enjoy more can be found on the main site at www.xcellentphotography.com!

This couple was really fun to work with and very open to all the ideals that I proposed! They both have great personalities and wonderful smiles which they share often!

Last year I had the honor & luck (right place at the right time) to photography one of history's great musicians. Who was it? None other than Mr. Charlie Daniels & the Charlie Daniels Band! Okay so I was actually there photographing Dallas with is a very cool up and coming band who opened for CDB! I have to say for a man that who has preformed in all the places and for all the people that Mr. Daniels has he was a very gracious man. He was very willing to speak with us back stage say hello and pose for pics with guys from Dallas. As for the Charlie Daniels Band each member was very approachable what an awesome bunch of guys. THANK YOU all for the experience.

50 Years!!!

I recently had the honor of photographing a 50th anniversary celebration for some very dear friends of our family. Its one of those times you really enjoy just being there in the first place. Surrounded by such positive people. Your also doing something for there family that will let them remember this wonderful event forever. They will always be able to look back on the occasion and remember what a happy day they shared.

Speaking of happy, for a photographer there is nothing better than getting to capture people that truly love life, love their friends and family. People that are just plain happy! Well this couple is that couple. You can see it in their faces, in their actions and all that they do. I was truly blessed to be able to take part in the celebration! Thank you for letting me share in your 50th anniversary!!!

Cold day on the Appalachian Trail.

I got the opportunity to do some really cool
hiking this last weekend.... Well maybe that should say really cold hiking. Either way I had a ball doing it!

You know how you have those ideals in your head that you would really like to get a shot of this or be able to take that photo? Well this was my chance. I love walking along the Appalachian trail and have often thought that it would be cool to get photos of several different places a long the trail if it were covered in snow. So when the snow hit my mind was churning. I probably had smoke coming out of my ears. One of the main places I wanted to visit was the Hawks Ridge shelter on the AT. So I packed up my FStop bag and headed off.

This would be one of those days that you really would never expect to see any one else on the trail but as luck would have it I ran it to the owner of our local outfitter store (really great people) and a young gentlemen that was hiking along with him who were departing for a 6 day loop. My hats off to them I am not sure if I would have started this trip or not. It was 16 degrees when they departed with lows in the single digits later in the night and next morning. I got a couple good shots of them heading out from Three Forks.

Now it was time to head on out to my destination. I wanted to get a shot of the Hawks Ridge shelter all covered in snow. The photo above is of me heading back to the truck after making it to my destination to take the following shot. In all just being out on the trail was worth the effort but actually getting the shot I wanted was very cool. You can't ask for much more than that!