Evil Little Thing

T-shirt sold to help provide scholarship funds for Jessica Ahlquist, the sixteen-year-old Rhode Island high school student who won her lawsuit to have the prayer banner removed from her public high school gym, and who had to endure the wrath of her community for standing up for the separation of Church and State. Democratic State Representative, Peter Palumbo, called her “an evil little thing” during a radio interview.

She is a personal hero of mine.

The fellow to the right is my friend Jerry, a military veteran.  I snapped this shot of him last October telling Jessica that she was the bravest person he’d ever met.

Lighting Class

February 23, 2012. Taken during one of our early sessions in Jeff Ross’ studio.  During this class we were learning how to light a wine bottle.

Look closely

Notice something a bit different about this sky diver?

The photo above was taken at the Reno Air Races, September 14, 2012. The one below was taken on September 16th.

Maya – 9/26/2012

I really liked this shot as it came out of the camera. However, in post production I utilized a technique with Gaussian blur and layered erasures of the blur to expose Maya and pop the catch-light in her eye.