Lawler Family

A week ago I had the opportunity to take Amira's 6 month baby photos. I was a little nervous because I know almost nothing about babies, except they're small. But Amira made it easy. She was really great and too cute. I basically laid on the floor for a couple of hours and got to hang out with this great family. That's a good way to spend a hot Sunday afternoon.

This photos is my favorite from the afternoon. I shot this with my Canon 5dMKII and 35mmf1.4. This lens was made for kids and natural light. We pulled all of the shades open and filled their living room with light. Amira did the rest.

She really liked it when her parents did this.

This was a test shot, but I find more and more I love the test shots. No one is posing and you get a natural shot.

Great smiles.

Another natural light shot with the 35mmf1.4. We talked some about how all of the photos we see from our childhood (if you're around my age) seem to have an overblown feel to them. I'm not sure if it's the film or how the paper has aged, but I like that look. I was going for that feel in some of the de-saturation and blown out backgrounds.

Thanks to the Lawler's for having me over and taking such great photos.

Survive Music Video: Shoot 2

Last night we had shoot 2 for Survive the music video for Calling Matthew. We shot in downtown Fort Worth and everything went great.

Thanks to Abe for being our light engineer. That's a tough job!

Thanks to Kelly for photographing the event and handling the sound.

Here's me working the Glidetrack. At some point I'm going to write a review on it.

This is a cool picture. You'll notice some stair stepping behind the camera. Abe, good job holding the light up.
I like the shots where she captured what's on the video screen.
Amber did a great job. She's a natural actress. Look and attitude.
Matt can sing. We're in the middle of downtown Fort Worth and he's belting the song out like he's on stage. People we're stopping to watch and find out what's going on but he just kept singing. Great job.

You see the backpack Abe's wearing, there's a 30lb battery in there powering the light.
We should have the video finished by September in time for Calling Matthew's new release.

Thanks to Abe, Kelly, Amber and Matt for making this thing work.

Herb

Today I had the opportunity to photograph Herb at Broadway Baptist in Fort Worth, TX. Herb's a singer and needed a few portraits for some upcoming events, so he set up this shoot at a beautiful church in Fort Worth. You may not be able to tell it in the photos, but the AC in the church wasn't working, but Herb's cool enough it didn't matter.

It was tough to balance GQ in a church setting, but Herb pulled it off.

The large things on the walls behind Herb are parts of the organ, which they were tuning while we were shooting. If you haven't heard an organ being tuned, it's interesting.
The one below is one of my favorites. I like the shadow. Before this shot we talked about how sometimes during the invitation in church you kind of feel like you're alone praying. I think this shot feels that way.
The speed light behind Herb really worked well in this photo.
I liked how the light spread across the pews behind him.

Thanks Herb for being a great model and good luck with your upcoming singing events.

Gear: Canon 5DMkII, Canon 24-70Lf2.8, Canon 430EX's, multiple light modifiers

Music Video: Survive Behind the scenes shots.

So I'm trying something kind of new. I'm working on a music video for a great singer/songwriter, Calling Matthew. The song is called Survive and will be released on his new album this fall. We were lucky enough to get a great model (and now a great actress) to join the video, Amber. Both she and Matt did a great job acting and working with me. The video should be complete by the end of August, but until then here are a few shots of us working.

Kaya's Agility Trial

This weekend I had the opportunity to watch my wife run of our Border Collie's in a trial. It was fun and they did a good job. This video gives you a little taste of what it's like.

Kaya's Agility Trial from Blevo on Vimeo.

Melissa's Bridal

I'm finally getting to post some great photos from Melissa's bridal. These were a lot of fun to shoot. We took these at the Petroleum Club in downtown Fort Worth.

They told us we could shoot anywhere we wanted too, so of course I pulled the cover off of the piano and Melissa was a good sport by posing on it.
Melissa chose this one to print. Reminds me of a magazine shot. You can see the tops of other buildings out of the windows.
I really liked this chandelier.

Luis and Melissa's Wedding

This past Saturday June 5th, I photographed the wedding of Luis and Melissa. I posted their engagement photos a few postings ago. It was a lot of fun. The wedding was held at their church in Fort Worth. The reception was at the Marquis on Magnolia. Congratulations to Luis, Melissa, Alana and Jade.


This is one of those small detail shots that I'm making a mental effort to capture more of.
I mentally pictured this shot during our engagement session. Alana did all of the work.
This was a special moment during the ceremony.
The Marquis has these huge windows and lets in great light around sundown. This photo was taken during their first dance. They really are a great looking couple.
Here's Melissa showing Jade the wedding cake.
Thanks again for choosing me to be your photographer. Click the link above to view more photos from Luis and Melissa's wedding or go to: www.blevinsphotography.zenfolio.com