The next two ports of call – Roatán, Honduras and Belize City, Belize…

Tuesday, January 27th – Roatán, Honduras

Our first port of call was Roatán, Honduras.  Roatán is a less widely traveled destination for cruise ships, but one that is becoming more and more popular.  Roatán is a small island that is part of a chain of five islands known as the Bay Islands of Honduras.

My previous visit to this island was in 2005 and a great deal of new infrastructure was apparent, including a complete renovation of the Port of Roatán.  Actually, the day after our visit, the Honduran President was coming to officially dedicate the new port.

Unfortunately, this was still the rainy season and the skies were overcast (okay, the picture above is from later in the day!).  Our shore excursion was a trip to Gumbalimba Park and the Tabayana Beach Party.  Gumbalimba is a small park where you can see various parrots including the military and red macaws and interact with monkeys.  Of course, upon arrival we were greeted with a downpour.  This was the first time I’d used the belt system from ThinkTank (I’ll do a mini review in the next few days) and they have built-in rain cover for their pouches.  A nice feature that was very useful this morning!

When the rain stopped we had a short walk to see the macaws.  I’ve always been a fan of parrots.  Their intelligence and beauty are fascinating.  When looking in the eyes of these birds, you can sense their intelligence.  After a couple quick shots, it was off to see the monkeys.

In this area, there were a number of monkeys freely jumping from tree to tree, but also a few “naughty” ones on leashes.  Peter, a capuchin monkey and the baby of the group, was also on a leash.  Some guests were given hyacinths to feed the monkeys.   Peter, not shy at all, ran from guest to guest, pausing only long enough to eat the flowers.

I’d never been close to monkeys before and this was a neat experience.  The little hands were very soft and gentle, not what I expected.  Photographing these little fellows wasn’t easy as they constantly ran around grabbing treats from people.  Yes, I could have a number of shots with a monkey on someone’s shoulder, but I wanted pictures of just the monkeys, not the guests.  I was able to grab a few.  This one was my favorite.

The rest of this park was a short history of the island and walk through the grounds before boarding a bus for the beach party.  To my surprise, the sun was shining with bright blue skies and white puffy clouds.

Tabayana Beach is a private beach attraction where most of the private tours end up.  Hundreds of folks were at the beach, but it never appeared crowed or difficult to get food, drink or rent any of the equipment available.  It was a nice day to swim, soak up the sun and relax.

I did take a short walk down the beach and found a few marine iguanas.  These small, black iguanas live in the old coral walls that are now part of the landscape.  When it’s sunny, you can almost always find them basking in the sun.

Of course, I couldn’t just end this section without a quick mention about my good friend Tim.  Tim decided he wanted to sing with the reggae band and they were more than willing to have him!  Great job, Tim!

It was back to the ship and a slow trip to our next port.

Wednesday, January 28th – Belize City, Belize

In Belize, our ship needed to anchor a good way out and we had to tender into the port.  You’d think this would take a lot longer than walking off, but you’d be amazed at the number of boats coming to take passengers into the city.  Once arriving in port, I thought about stocking up on various pharmaceuticals before our excursion.  It’s amazing what you can buy!

In Belize we signed up for a cave exploration, a Land Rover tour through the jungle and a boat ride down the Sabun River.  What sounded like a fun day turned out to be a most excellent adventure!

An hour school bus ride through Belize City and into the surrounding jungle was narrated by our guide giving us a history of the island and overusing the phrase “Seeing is Belize-In!”.  Nevertheless, it was informative and entertaining.  When my butt had just about had enough of the bouncing down dirt roads, we came to a stop in the jungle camp.

Strapping back on the ThinkTank belt system, we showered in bug spray before heading off to the caves.  Fortunately, we weren’t lite on the spray as we were quickly covered in mosquito’s.  Hundreds if not thousands.  It was nasty.

Now I’ve been in caves before.  In fact my gallery contains a nice picture of an underground lake from Indian Echo Caverns in Pennsylvania.  I’ve been to at least two other PA attractions with caves.  This was nothing like I’ve ever seen and something that would never have been allowed in the states.  Pictures aren’t going to do this justice.

Suffice it to say, I’m not a small guy.  At 6′1″ and… well, a couple pounds more than the most liberal weight charts, this was going to be a test of my ability to fit into tight places.  Entering the caves meant squeezing though a narrow entrance and through small crevices.  At one point, I removed the ThinkTank and camera, slid them through to Jen and, on my hands and knees, crawled through to the next section of the cave.  It was very cool!  Here’s a shot of Jen entering the cave.

The Land Rover tour was even more of an adventure.  The previous few days had spilled a lot of rain on Belize.  After boarding the Rover with another couple and heading into the jungle we realized this wasn’t the best day to be on these trails.  With mud over the front bumpers of the vehicles we bounced, bopped, jumped and nearly flipped our way through the jungle.  In this shot, you can see one of the Rovers stuck in the mud.  Definitely, an extreme trip!

At this point I think we were running a little behind on the schedule as we were supposed to break for lunch hours previous.  I finally got one of the guides to admit (with a laugh) that it was probably a good day to have canceled the Rover part of the trip.  They didn’t know how bad the trails were until it was too late.  Hey, it was a blast!

After a short respite with a traditional lunch of chicken, beans and rice (and a few glasses of rum punch) we got ready to board the boat for our trip down the river.

I love boats so I was looking forward to this cruise down the river looking for wildlife.  While we were traveling too fast and furious for shooting the egrets and other birds taking off from the riverbanks, we did stop to see some of the larger iguanas living in the trees.  The large male iguanas were orange in color and fairly easy to spot in the green treetops.  The green females took a little longer to spot.

A few minutes later, we stopped to check out another denizen of the river – a crocodile.

The rest of the trip was pretty quick.  In fact, we were so behind schedule that we were almost too late to board the ship.  So, our guides decided it was easiest to run straight back to the ship instead of to the port for a tender.  So out of the river and straight into the ocean we shot making a beeline for the Pearl.  It was the perfect end to a blast of a day…

A relaxing day at sea…

This is the second part (of how many, I don’t know) of my posts catching you up on the last few, very busy, weeks.  I intend to continue with the posts each day until I catch up.  Thanks for reading!

Monday, January 26th

The first full day had us steaming (can I still use steaming if it’s a diesel-electric engine?) through the Caribbean Ocean, past the West coast of Cuba and down to Roatan, Honduras.  The only official duty I had that day was to shoot a small reception in the evening for all the wedding guests.  For this gathering, I selected the 17-55 f2.8.  I believe this to be too wide for this type of work, but without a 24 – 70 (a future purchase) my only other options were a 60mm and/or 95mm primes.  I’d just have to get a little closer to the subjects.  Ultimately, this worked out because there wasn’t a whole lot of working room in the little club where the reception was held.

The SB-900 is my primary strobe and it works like a champ.  The secret (okay, maybe not a secret to most, but it took me a long time to figure this one out) is to shoot in manual mode not aperture priority that I normally use.  Set the camera to an ISO allowing you to get some background exposure using ambient light and not the strobe.  In this case I was using ISO 400.  This gives some exposure to the environment, but not nearly enough to be a distraction to the subject.  Then, set your aperture and use a shutter speed that’s complimentary to the chosen ISO for background exposure.  The flash then varies it’s output to properly expose the subject and foreground while the ISO and shutter speed expose the background.  Chimp like crazy here (that means check your LCD screen) and check your histogram to make sure you have a decent image.

Also, I try to keep my shutter speed high while using  ISO changes to fine tune the exposure.  Make sure you’re working within the capabilities of your camera’s sensor (you don’t want noisy images), but ISO is an easy boost to the background exposure.  I like a higher shutter speed (the flash will have to work a little harder) to combat camera shake (hand shake, boat shake, whatever) giving you a clear image.

The images captured the mood of the evening – relaxed and ready to enjoy the upcoming week.

The wedding and boarding the ship…

My apologies to all my readers!  It’s been too long since updating this blog and I’ve a lot to catch you up on.  Tonight, I’ll start the journey of bringing you up to speed on the many events that I’ve been fortunate enough to be a part of in the last few weeks.  Thanks for understanding!

Saturday, January 24th

After a 4-hour delay (and a number of Bloody Mary’s) where the airline had to fly in a filter for one of the plane’s engines, the trip to Miami was easy.  Clear, turbulent free skies allowed Jen and I to catch up on some much needed sleep.  I remember something about turning off the seat belt sign then Jen hitting my arm as we were preparing to land.  It was the perfect flight if you ask me as I’m not a fan of flying.

A short taxi ride took us to Doral, Florida, a suburb of Miami, and the stunning Marriott Golf Resort and Spa – home of the Green Monster.  If you’re a golf fan, this is the place for you.  Simply stunning!  After checking in and exploring the grounds, we met up with the crew for a quick bite to eat.  It was nice to catch up with some old friends and to make some new ones.  This night was an early night.  We had to be up early to get ready for the wedding shoot.

That evening I didn’t sleep very much.  I wanted to wake before sunrise to see if the light during the golden hour (the time when the light from sunrise or sunset produces a golden light) would strike the grounds of the wedding.  That led to me getting up every hour or so to check on the time.  Truly frustrating!

Sunday, January 25th

Unfortunately, the sun came up in the east that morning (always check how the sunrise will affect your images before staying up all night!) which meant behind the buildings I was hoping to shoot as they caught the first light of day.  Nevertheless, I photographed some of the grounds and got my bearings for the wedding.  A friend and mentor told me, when on assignment, you have to get the shot.  So I photographed the buildings knowing it wasn’t perfect, but realizing I needed some of the grounds to tell the story.  Maybe a background image or two for a wedding book.

Around 9:00 we headed to the spa to take some shots of the bride, Janella, getting ready.  Janella has beautiful, bronze skin and a smile that radiated the excitement of the day.  With her sister helping, we were able to get a few very nice shots of the preparation.

The groom, Kris, was wearing a traditional Filipino shirt and appeared ready to get the party started!  A good friend for many years, I spent a few minutes with him before the wedding started.

Just before the wedding started, the bride arrived.

Show time!

The wedding took place outside in the beautiful morning sun.  I shot mostly with my D300 and 70-200 f2.8 VR allowing me to zoom in tight for my shots, yet staying out of the action.  For a more expansive shot of the wedding, I used a D200 with 17-55 f2.8.  Having two bodies with two very different focal length lenses worked really well.

Posing some group shots after the wedding was slightly challenging as the light was very bright and shade a minimum.  Fill-flash was a huge help in this lighting condition as was using a large reflector to block some of the sun, but some shadows and highlights were visible in some of the images. Overall, though, they looked really nice.

The following reception/brunch was in a glass-walled building providing excellent lighting.  Again, I chose the 70-200 to capture the expressions of the day without being noticed.  This type of “hunter”-style photography (aka Photojournalism) is very fun for me allowing me to capture the emotion of the day without the “fake” smiles all too common when asking to take a picture.

This was a great assignment and a fun day.  You couldn’t ask for a better day or location and I enjoyed the experience very much.  I think the couple will be very pleased with the results.  I know I was.

Time to Relax

As our bellies filled and the excitement ebbed, it was time to run back to our rooms, change into something more comfortable and head over to the cruise ship.  The trip to the cruise ship was quick and easy as was the process to board.  Actually, I’m really amazed at how easy the boarding process was.  Maybe it was because we arrived towards the end of the boarding time, but there was no wait and no lines.  It was a fantastic experience that could have started the trip off on the wrong foot.  Fortunately, this was not the case and the experience was perfect.

Our trip was aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Pearl.  The Pearl is three years old and a beautiful ship holding over 3,500 passengers and crew.  Our outside room had a nice little balcony to take in the sites and enjoy the sounds of the water.  I was ready to relax and enjoy the rest of the week.

Fortunately the first and second days (Sunday and Monday) are at sea and I was looking forward to relaxing, getting some much-needed rest, and laying low.  The days with shore excursions would be busy shooting stock images for my online portfolio.  After making multiple copies of the wedding photos, a great wave of relief hit me, knowing that it was time to enjoy my trip.

Trip update coming…

Ahhh, the mad rush of getting back to reality.  The trip was fantastic, the wedding beautiful and I’m completely swamped!  With another trip and photo shoot coming up this weekend, a hard drive failure on my Drobo (everything is working fine again! Damn, I love this Drobo thing!) and a full business plate, I hope to start posting the trip update this evening.  I’m already getting told I need to post pictures!  They’re coming.

Stay tuned!

There’s nothing better than a photo trip…

So why do I hate packing so much?    I’m getting ready to travel to Miami for a wedding shoot and then hopping on board the Norwegian Pearl for a Western Caribbean cruise.  Yep, some rest and relaxation while earning a living.  Not too bad for a week of work!  Clearly, the focus of the trip is the wedding.  The couple is very laid back and really looking for a good time – not a stuffy wedding to say the least!  The type of pictures they want is, of course, photo journalistic.  That is the term in wedding photography and has been for a long time.  Basically, keep your posed pictures to a minimum and focus on capturing the spontaneous events of the day. As a photographer you don’t want anyone to know you’re there as this will allow you to capture the “real” expressions and moments throughout the day.  I’ll post some of my images (with the couple’s approval) when I get back.

Besides the wedding, my partner Jen and I will be looking to beef up RTP’s stock image portfolio with landscapes, wildlife and anything else we can capture.  The ship stops in Roatan, Honduras, Belize, Cozumel and the cruise line’s private island.  Most of the excursions we’re taking allow us to maximize our photographic potential and we’re looking forward to capturing some amazing scenes.

I received an interesting email the other day from one of the stock agencies I use.  They were letting me know one of my images, a picture of a stethoscope in the shape of a heart, was used in a design contest submission.  A little legwork and I found the image is being used on the front cover of a French novel, Un Cancer, mon amour by Biliki publishers.  My French is a little rusty terrible so I’m not exactly sure what the novel is about besides someone’s fight against cancer, but it’s interesting to learn where some of my stock images are used.  I haven’t found a good way to discover more of my images in the “real world”.  If anyone knows how, I’d love to hear about it.

Another bit of news I somehow missed came from a fellow Nikonian, Tom Trujillo.  On October 8th, 2008 he was with a group of fellow Nikon photographers in Curry Village in Yosemite National Park when a landslide occurred destroying cabins and tents in the village and causing minor injuries to some folks.  Tom, instead of running away with everyone else, ran into the chaos and was able to pull a few children from the area.  Check out his interview with FoxNews, an article in the LA Times and the writeup in the Nikonians eZine.  His images were picked up by the Associated Press and published nationally.  Way to go, Tom, not for the images (although national publication is very sweet!), but for your reaction to people in need.  Nice work!

My suitcase is still open and unpacked with many of my clothes in the dryer.  It’s going to be a long night.  Stay tuned for some pictures when I return.

Raw vs. JPEG…

A good friend of mine sent me a Facebook message asking about the differences between shooting raw files and shooting JPEG.  She just made the jump to digital (it’s about time!) when she received a Nikon D90 for Christmas from her (awesome) husband.  Talk about a great gift!  Most new digital photographers, including those with digital SLRs, start shooting JPEG because it’s easy to use and allows for more shots per memory card.  But I’m getting ahead of myself…

JPEG files are one of the many file formats used to represent images on a computer.  The JPEG standard was developed in the early 90s and was made a true “standard” in 1994.  One of the main features of a JPEG file is that it’s compressible and that the compression amount can be determined by the user.  Compression allows JPEGs to take up less space than other file formats.  This is why you’re often asked the quality of the JPEG when you save a file to your computer or in your camera.  Of course, once a JPEG is written at a quality less than 100%, that information is gone and you’re not able to recover.  JPEGs take up less space than other formats depending on the amount of quality/compression  you select.  JPEGs are common across most computer systems, in web browsers, picture frames, etc. and probably the most common image format today.

Raw files, on the other hand, are specific to each camera manufacturer.  Actually, there is at least one company, Adobe, makers of Photoshop and other applications, that created a standard raw file (the DNG file), but this is somewhat beyond the scope of this discussion.  The camera manufacturers create the file format and provide portions or all of the format to the software developers that create the processing software.  Raw files contain the raw data coming straight from the camera sensor (among other tidbits of information).  With raw files, you need more specialized software to read and “develop” these images into a standard format.

So, why would you shoot raw if it uses more space and is more difficult to use after downloading from the camera?  It all depends on the type of shooting you do.  Simply, raw files contain much more data than JPEG files.  Since raw files contain the actual information from the sensor, the images can be developed on the computer using different techniques and different settings.  JPEGs are developed in the camera.  They are created using the settings on the camera.  Settings like white balance, saturation, sharpening, etc. are used when the JPEG is created (developed) in the camera.  While some of the impact the setting has on the image can be adjusted after the file is created, you can never recreate the file from scratch using a JPEG.  The information simply isn’t there.  With a raw file, you can reprocess with different settings until you get the desired image.

Also, raw files contain a significant amount of extra information.  This gets a little more technical, but a JPEG file by definition contains 256 brightness levels.  A typical raw file at 12-bits of data will contain 4,096 brightness levels while a 14-bit raw file (more prevalent in higher-end cameras) will contain 16,384 brightness levels.  There’s a lot more information that can be used to create your image with a raw file.

So, what does that all mean?  Even with the settings “baked in” and “only” 256 levels of brightness, JPEG images can look amazing.  The difference is in the development process.  Here is an example:

You’re shooting a wedding.  It’s a bright sunny day and you’re shooting the bride and groom, along with the wedding party, outside.  These are your “bread-and-butter” shots from the wedding.  Later, when you pull the images from the camera you notice all the outside photos have a yellow cast to them.  It’s then you realize you never changed the white balance after shooting indoors with a flash.  Now, if you’re using JPEG files, you have a long day in front of you as changing the color cast is not a trivial task.  If you have raw files, you simply change the setting for white balance to the correct setting and the image is reprocessed on your computer and the color cast is removed.

There are downsides to shooting raw files.  For the most part, you’re going to need special software to develop a raw file.  So instead of popping out your memory card and sending the files  to Facebook or Flickr like you can with a JPEG, you need to develop the images.  This will take time and computing power.  Some folks simply don’t want to be bothered or don’t have the time.  Imagine shooting the NCF Championship game this weekend between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Arizona Cardinals.  You’re taking picture after picture of Donovan McNabb scrambling and completing pass after pass to Westbrook, Jackson and Smith (sorry, I couldn’t help myself!).  Your publisher needs images fast.  There’s no time to sit down and process images.  You need to send them off ASAP so they can be ready for publication.

To wrap this up, I shoot raw.  Why?  It fits my work flow.  I know I’m going to spend time and energy making my photos look the best they can be.  I know I’m not going to get everything right in the camera, so I like having the flexibility of shooting raw.  The choice is really up to you.  There is no right or wrong.  I’d suggest, though, that unless you have a specific reason to shoot JPEG (don’t have the software to develop raws, don’t want to spend the time, etc.), shoot raw.  You’ll get a lot more flexibility after you download the images.

Let me know your thoughts!

Goodbye 2008, Hello 2009…

Ahhh, the invigorating feeling of the beginning of a new year.  In the last week I’ve thrown out bags and bags of great stuff junk I’ve held on to for way too long.  My scanner has been furiously scanning the mounds of paperwork my inner-pack rat deemed too important to throw away and the shredder is making confetti from the hard copy.  Yes, it’s the beginning of a new year.

To many, 2008 was tough.  The terrible economy, housing-market issues and unemployment have contributed to an economic year without parallel since the time of the Great Depression.  The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to take young lives and seem to have no end.  On a personal note, 2008 was a year that brought too much sorrow, fear and anger and is one I want to quickly put behind me.  This is one New Year I looked forward to watching the crystal ball fall in Times Square ushering in the promise of better times to come.

But 2008 wasn’t all doom and gloom.  Because of the exponential rise in the price of oil, the country was forced to look at alternative methods of energy and the reduction of our reliance on foreign oil.  (Hopefully, the recent collapse of oil prices won’t change this!)  Although certainly controversal to many, our government leaders passed bills to shore-up the banking and auto industries (hey, at least they acted!).  Most of all we saw the historic election of our first African-American president.  Regardless of politic affiliation or view of party policy and objectives, we all must recognize the significance of this historic event.

For me, it was a year of significant changes in my photography.  After winning a spot in the first Aperture Nature Photography Workshop, I journeyed back to lovely Jackson Hole, WY to shoot with the pros and learn about Aperture.  The experience was the photographic-highlight of the year (darn near the overall highlight of the year) as I met some extraordinary people and made some fantastic friendships.  Since, Aperture is the go-to program for cataloging, key-wording, importing, exporting and development (plus a host of other features).  Quite simply, it’s changed my entire work flow and I’m loving it.

I have a lot of high-hopes for 2009.  In January, I’m shooting a wedding at the amazing Doral Country Club in Miami for a good buddy and his beautiful wife.  After, we’re on a cruise to the Western Caribbean.  I’m hoping to post many new images from that trip.  In early Feb, I’m heading back to Miami to help shoot a 500+ person martial arts competition.  I’m hoping to get back out West later in the year and potentially a trip to Bosque del Apache National Park.  I’m also now shooting for America’s first zoo, the Philadelphia Zoo, for special events and stock photos.  It should give me an excellent opportunity to develop my wildlife techniques while staying local.

On the teaching front, I’ll continue to present at the Lansdale Camera Club from time to time.  Stay tuned for my upcoming class schedule.  I’ve got the location secured and I’m developing the coursework.  Feel free to email or comment about the subjects you’d be interested in learning about.  Of course I’ll continue to post here.  In fact, I’m shooting for at least a post per week.

To everyone, I thank you for your support and wish you a very Happy, Healthly and Prosperous New Year!

Now accepting orders…

Ahhhh.  It wasn’t as simple as I initially thought and still needs some shine, but I’m happy to say the Online Ordering portion of my website is complete.  Here, you’ll be able to view and purchase fine art prints and other photography merchandise and review and order prints from client-proofs.  Credit cards are being accepted through a PayPal account as they offer very good service charges to the merchant.  This is the piece that needs some polish as there’s a separate link to pay for the order after the order is accepted through the store.  I receive an email with the order details and fulfill the order.

This last piece is very important to me.  I’ve sold online prints before.  In these instances, a third-party accepted the order, created the print(s), accepted payment and handled all customer support.  Basically, a one-stop shop for the merchant.  My problem with this is I never get to see the final print.  To me, printing is an art form of its own.  From correctly calibrating your work flow through the final printing process, this isn’t easy stuff and I’ve spent MANY hours learning how to get great results.  To me, if I can’t see the final print, I can’t guarantee the product.  I want all my images to look amazing.  While I’m sure these online processors do a great job, I want to see it before it goes out.

Take a look at the store and let me know what you think.  I’d love any and all feedback!

Keeping busy…

Wow… What an incredibly busy few days.  First, I hope everyone had a very happy and healthy Thanksgiving.  I spent the day with family and had a great dinner prepared by my mother.  There’s nothing better than Mom’s Thanksgiving spread.

Black Friday started of early with some daybreak photography shopping.  Yeah, I was one of the nutcases that got up at an un-Godly hour to go shopping.  There’s a first time for everything and that was my first Black Friday morning.  We’ll see about next year.  I did get a lot of my shopping done.

Later Friday, I had a big photo shoot at a good friend’s house.  She was having family in for Thanksgiving and they stayed until Friday.  There were 20+ people to photograph in large and small groups, individuals, etc.  This was an amazing family, full of life, laughter and music.  Throughout the day someone would start playing keyboard while another person sang.  What an amazing background to the photography.  It was a fantastic opportunity and the photos came out great.  I’ll post an example once I get them to my friend.

In industry news, Nikon has introduced the D3x.  Initially leaked in Nikon’s own pro magazine a few days previous, Nikon made it official this evening.  The D3x sports the same design as the D3, but with a 24.5 megapixel sensor, CMOS, FX frame (full-frame) sensor and an ISO range of 100 – 1600 with push to 6400.  Unlike the D3’s focus on low-light performance, this appears to be strictly a megapixel-buster and the first time that Nikon bests Canon’s top megapixel numbers.  The D3X will sell in December with an estimated price of $8,000. More info here.

While I like the fact that Nikon finally has a high-end camera with serious megapixels (until now they’ve never had anything close to Canon’s megapixel monsters), this isn’t a camera on my radar.  At 12.5 megapixels my D300 has plenty enough for the enlargements and type of work I’m doing.  The serious megapixels are for more commerical photographers – specifically stock and serious nature/landscape folks.  I’m looking at the D700 for it’s amazing low-light performance and compatibility with accessories for my D300.  That’s the next camera for me.

On another note, the website is coming along really well.  I have the fine-art sales portion ready to go live sometime this week.  I’m excited about being able to sell directly through my site instead of needing other sites (ie stock sites).  It’s a great opportunity to get my work out there.

This week I have a few photo shoots scheduled – a child shoot and mother and daughters.  I’m really looking forward to the opportunity and getting some great shots.  Photos from some of these shoots will be posted soon.  I want to make sure my clients get to see them first.

Stay tuned!

It’s up…

After multiple issues this week, the new website is launched.  I still need to build out the ordering page and continue to add images to the galleries, but, for now, I’m happy.  Let me know what you think.  I know I have many more pictures I can post.

Goodnight, for now!

Oh!  It’s always good to provide a link!   www.RobertTruemanPhotography.com