Showing posts with label uw-madison arboretum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label uw-madison arboretum. Show all posts

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Fashion shoot or is it....

When Paul contacted me about the idea of shooting his proposal I was more than honored to be a part of it. I have worked with Melissa before in fashion shows and fashion shoots and we had a great time together. So the tricky part was how are we going to pull this off as she had moved away. Melissa has a very busy schedule so I mentioned if she ever makes her way back to Madison, we should shoot again. I knew that Paul would bring her here so we we just had to find a time and place and it just so happened to be the most perfect summer-like weather in October. So we started doing a fashion shoot and then worked in the proposal after we played up getting some "goofy shots."



Congrats again to Paul and Melissa. I hope your lives together are filled with happiness, love and everything wonderful.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Daffodils and Magnolias

The weather in Wisconsin has been very un-spring like with temps hovering in the 30s and 40s for what seems to be forever now and lots and lots of rain and grey cloudiness which doesn't help an outdoor shooter like myself. The magnolia trees are the first to bloom at the UW-Madison Arboretum and I pretty much wait all winter for this splendid occasion. Next week the flowering cherry trees and lilacs will be blooming. Longnecker Garden pretty much turns into a scene from a fairy tale. Besides using a 24" softbox as key I popped a bare strobe behind the flowers to give them that magical translucent quality to add to the fairy taleness of it all.