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When we think about all the ways we can take a photo, and take video, I never seem to remember that my Iphone has those capabilities! Jerry and I have been talking about this quite a bit. Not that my Iphone will ever replace my T2i Rebel or Sony Nex5…but for capturing ‘that moment’ right now-it should be the first thing I think about. So the challenge begins! Remember I have a camera with me at all times-it’s on my phone.

Jerry decided I need to learn how to use an external flash. So-next thing I know there is a Canon 430EXII in my life. Besides a slight problem knowing why and when the red pilot light will come back on, I do think I understand why he wanted me to try it out. This bouquet of tulips seemed to want to be in a picture. The flash turned their deep yellow color almost golden. I played with the contrast and made a few other slight adjustments in Aperture and this is the result. I love the faint lines in the petals.

The Scholarship Program is a sliding fee scale that is designed to provide services for any family, adult or senior who desires to participate and understands the benefits of the YMCA, regardless of their ability to pay the prescribed fee. Those not able to pay the full fee may be awarded Scholarship based on their demonstrated ability to pay and the YMCA’s ability to fund the subsidy.

It’s hard to pick a favorite bride out of the 70+ brides we have worked with over the last 9 years. But this beautiful young lady certainly made the top 5. She was as lovely inside as out. We have done 3 weddings that involved her family. There is nothing more flattering than being asked to be part of a family for a second, let alone a third, time! At Anne’s wedding we had 4 brides in one location! What a wonderful treat for us. It was almost magical to see them all dancing at the same time.

Camp Nan A Bo Sho is located in Lakewood, Wisconsin in the Nicolet National Forest on 40 acres bordering the shores of Waubee Lake. The YMCA’s character values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility are at the forefront of all of our activities. Camp, filled with fun and excitement, offers a wide range of outdoor activities including: target sports, arts and crafts, environmental education, swimming, sailing, canoeing, kayaking, adventure course, mountain biking, horseback riding and more. Campers have a chance to learn new skills in a safe, fun environment. (Taken from the Camp Nan a Bo Sho Website.)

Our little grand-daughter came over Saturday for a photo shoot. The living room was transformed into a photo gallery. She was a great model-willing to follow most of the instructions and seemed to have a ood time. Jerry spent the rest of the day playing with filters and experimenting with effects. It was good to see the equipment all set up and ready for use. The pictures were shot with a Canon 5D using a 50 mm lens. Effects and filters from Lightroom were played with-interesting to see the differences in the final photos.

The afternoon ended with a Tea Party! Not sure if that is usual for big-time magazine models, but it worked for Julia and Grandma!

This lovely Christmas angel was posed at the church for Ann and Justin’s wedding ceremony. The wings were so detailed that we kept walking over to look at it as we set up our equipment. Hand carved and donated to the church.

We had a good time talking with prospective bridal couples January 7-8 at the Green Bay Shopko Hall Bridal Show. Being available for questions with our partners, MVP Video Productions, gave couples who stopped a good look at how their bridal video would come together. Recent weddings were high-lighted with HD demos giving a great feel for the quality of our work. And we had fun sampling wedding cake!

Just a short video of a lady’s horse that I put together.  Skippy is 21 years old and does not look a year over 10.

We had a really great time filming Ashley and Mike’s wedding last Saturday.  What a great couple and wonderful families.  It was great to work with CDJ, Keith and Emily again too.  Can’t wait to edit this one.  It is going to be a great video.

Working on the final phases of the Prince of Peach church promo video that we have began shooting over the early summer.  Gonna be really cool.  Janell has been very useful…ok she has been writing the script for the voiceover.  Will post the clip when it is complete.  Hopefully by the end of this week.

Our son Ben recently completed a 50K run, which equates to almost 32 miles.  Most of it was on hilly cross country trails, with rain.  Lots of mud and many people were falling down.  It was actually thundering and lightning all the way down to the race and up to 20 minutes before start time.  But Ben did very well and did not allow the forces of nature to break his focus.

We always wondered how bad the traffic was in Door County during the Labor Day weekend, so we thought we would drive up and see.

Really had fun at Elkart Lake this past weekend.  Put a short video clip together shot with the new Sony NEX-5 camera.  This is such an awesome piece of equipment.

We are proud of Molly, who most recently received her Masters Degree.  The first one in the entire family to do so.

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