Another shot from New Smyrna Beach.

Another vintage treatment.

My brother fly fishing near Smokemont, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina.

One for Sunday. I have mixed feelings about this one, but I'll post it to get some feedback.

Andie at the beach. This one makes me especially proud because she's really been getting into surfing lately (you may not be able to tell, but she's hanging onto a surfboard). I've surfed since I was around 14, so it's been a big part of my life. Andie is into it now. Anytime I'm watching a surf film or looking at surf photos, she comes over and is 100% interested. We took the kids to see Surf's Up (surfing penguins) and she's hooked. I love it.

Andie at Disney. She's ALWAYS happy at disney.

Alright, so I've done it already. About 5 days in and I already missed a day. We were out of town all day until late, and by the time we got the kids in bed I forgot all about it. I hope I can do better in the future.

In the meantime, I'll catch up with two photos.

This is a shot of my daughter Andie I took in October. I waited for the afternoon light to get low and warm enough to get some good lighting scenarios. This is the result. Andie's always been really good about posing, or at least staying in one area.

Just a little technical update:

All of these current images have been shot with a Canon 10D and Canon's 50mm F/1.4 lens. It's been great so far. Right now I'm waiting for the Canon 30D. A small step forward. I'd love to have the 5D one day, but all in due time.

I try to shoot with natural light whenever possible. When shooting children sometimes it can be hard to get them to turn just the right way to get the best shot, but you just have to be patient and take lots of captures. The 10D has been great for that — there's really no lag time between shots, at least not where I've been able to notice it.

Post-processing is all done in Adobe Photoshop, but soon we'll also be getting Apple's Aperture to help with workflow and RAW conversion. More on that in a couple weeks.

This is Bridget at New Smyrna beach, taunting the seagulls.

Welcome! I just wanted a place to upload some of my personal photography projects, and hopefully get some feedback. You can see the wedding photography I shoot with my brother over at www.anthemstudios.com. It's just the two of us that make up Anthem Studios. We've been shooting photography (professionally) in some form or another for the past 3 years. This is more of a personal project. Family, kids, vacation, etc.

I'm going to try to be good about updating this blog almost everyday.

I hope it all goes well.

Thanks,
Mark