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Sandy and I belong to Photography Group on FlickR called Gallatin Strobists, and we just concluded the 5th event with them. It was held the “Cumberland International Trucks” dealership in Nashville.

We had 15 models, 3 makeup artists, and 19 photographers!!!!

Well, Let me say… I had a Blast!!!!

A big thank you to Kelvin for obtaining us one of our best locations to shoot. His Company, “Cumberland International Trucks” was so generous of the facilities and the personnel there were wonderful and a delight to work with! What with getting battery chargers and power to the trucks, moving them around and all sorts of stuff like that! I don’t want to speak for everybody, but I really feel we all had a great time!!!!

And a big thanks to all of those that brought water, snacks, cookies, chips, soda, and all the goodies!!!! Simply awesummm!!!

And let’s don’t for get the Models and Make-up artists, all of them literally bending over backwards and looking gorgeous.

I personally have some shots, (Yet to process!) that are breathtaking…. And I know Joey got one, that made me want to quit, because there is no way I could do better!!!! (Well not really quit, but WOW!!!!)

I also want to thank Danny Meyer and Adrian Payne for lending the expert advice to assist those of us that needed help!!! They were so generous of their time.

I was truly impressed by the level of sharing and care for each other that was shown by everybody!!!! I kinda think this one event was probably the best we have had!!!!

Everybody I asked, said that they would gladly do it again, and definitely want to be on the list for the next one!!!

OMG, I gotta start thinking about that!!!!

OK, Here is a couple of clues…

Think fire truck, think pro studio!!!!

Anyway, Thx again to everybody!!!!!!

Here is a sample from my images taken at the event…

Anyway, to see more of my images on my “FaceBook” account, CLICK HERE…

I know it’s early, but I’m a guy and if I don’t put this up when I’m thinking of it, I will not remember and then I will be in serious trouble! LOL!!!

We have been super busy setting up a Strobist Style Photos Shoot / Event at a local Semi Truck Dealership. It was originally scheduled for last Sunday, but we had the snow storm of the year on Friday and Saturday, and we ended up canceling the event late on Sat. evening. We are re-scheduling it for this Sunday Feb 7th.

Anyway, here is my ode to Valentine’s day! Enjoy!!!!

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of working with the fine folks from Ol’ Jim’s Customs… , a shop that makes and sells motorcycle custom built parts. They needed some images to be used on their website for these new items in their inventory. When they called, I was more than happy to accommodate their needs.

We spent several hours together and had a blast. It was clear these guys have a real passion for bikes and their new products!

Here is a sample shot of one for one of their new designs, “Lady Liberty”. They have obtained the design rights and copyrighted her image, so I can only show you a little tease here. It will look drop dead gorgeous on anyone’s motorcycle. They will be introducing a version soon with LED lights, so watch for that soon!

Anyway, Here she is:

To see the rest of the images posted on my FLickr account, CLICK HERE…

Please forgive me as I have gotten behind in my posting s here. Over the next few days, I will be posting some past events images on my Flickr site…

To see all of the images posted on my FLickr account, CLICK HERE…

The Camera club I belong to was asked if they would like to attend a behind the scenes, pre event, photo shoot before the public is allowed to enter. Again, I went with the intention of not staying very long and only grabbing a few shots….

I need to quit thinking like that!

I stayed over four hours and filled another memory card with hundreds of images. It was so colorful, so period specific, and everything was so very authentic looking!

Anyway, to see more of my images from the “Daniel Smith Days at Rock Castle”
on my “FaceBook” account, CLICK HERE…

A few friends of mine wanted to do some preliminary shooting in advance of a much bigger event in the future, so I suggested that we gather in the “Streets of Indian Lake Breezeway” for some testing, training and exploration of some “Off Camera Flash” techniques, most often called “Strobist Style”.

One of the ladies brought her two models, Stephen and Brittany, and her mom.

Then somebody saw the posting on Face Book somewhere and asked if they could come along and bring their friend. So I said sure, no problem. Well the extra friend could not make it, but Corinna brought another of her friends, Brette along instead. Brett’s Mom also came along as transportation, and so, we ended up using her as a model as well for the training.

To see all of the images from this shoot, posted on my FLickr account, CLICK HERE…

Turns out, Ms. Kristi made my fav’s of the shoot, not once but twice!!!

So, allow me to introduce you to Ms. Kristi!

It’s been many years since I was at a real Native American Pow Wow, and I told myself that I would go to the one in Mt. Juliet and only stay a little while and take just a few pictures. I had hoped to get a good picture of a “Fancy Dancer” and that would have been enough for me.

Or so I thought! Turns out we were there for over four hours and I filled up two cards with pictures, Sandy filled up her card as well. We had a wonderful time!!!!

I will have an entire section in my website devoted to this event, so if you get a chance, check it out. It will feature over two hundred images.

To see some more from the set on my “Flickr”, Click here…

Anyway here is one of my favorites from the set, it is the back piece from one of the “Grass Dancer’s”, who is also a drummer and singer for the tribal council, and it was sooo beautiful!!!!

Sandy and I were recently asked to attend the 2009 Tennessee State Fair with a group of photographers and received  “All-Access” passes. So we were able to go anywhere we wanted to go to get images for the Official State Fair website.

To view other photos from the evening,
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Here is one of my Favorites:

Last weekend Sandy and I went to the Tennessee Central Railway Museum in Nashville on a scouting mission for a future Strobist meeting site. They have some really cool train things there, several newer and some old rusty locomotives, passenger and utility cars, and other train related items there.

Of course we took a lot of pictures while we were there, but I have to tell you, we had a special treat! We got to get up close and personal with “Thomas” the train engine. Now, if you have a little one, you know who he is!!!! It was very cool to see Thomas there!

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