Remember this face? Almost exactly one year ago, I spent the day with Jordan and his parents at Volunteer Park in Sunrise (seen HERE), shortly after his first birthday... which would make him two now. Yep, I can also do math. This time, we met at Fort Lauderdale beach - by the South Beach Park and the Sheraton Hotel, aka Yankee Clipper. You might notice that Jordan had a wardrobe change halfway through the session... well, actually it was probably more like 15 minutes into the session. Two year olds are always drawn to the ocean. Pretty instantly. I usually save the 'let the kids get wet and messy' photos for the end, but in this case, it was a nice start to a BEAUTIFUL morning in South Florida. I smiled the entire time I was editing this set - Jordan's smile is still very much contagious. Love catching up with this family every year... by next session, this family of three will be a family of four!
9 month baby boy | Fort Lauderdale Baby Photographer
Sticking with the tie theme... check out the even smaller one on this little guy! I couldn't believe we were trying to plan for 9-month portraits of Noah. Doesn't THIS seems like it was yesterday? Even though we weren't going to have time for a full session before his momma went back to Jacksonville, we had to at least squeeze in a few quick shots in the backyard. He's changing so fast - and those curls! Oh my. I still had an entire team of family and friends as my cheerleaders for this shoot like usual. In fact, if you look closely in the last photo, you can see their reflection. Thanks, Team! And of course to Noah just for being an adorable model, as always.(This post is sponsored by the NBA)
Brandi Carlile, Photos and Interview | South Florida Music Photographer
One June 7th, singer-songwriter, Brandi Carlile's voice carried through all of Millennium Park. She's definitely one of those artists who is best appreciated live - which obviously was the force behind her latest album, Live at Benaroya Hall with The Seattle Symphony. I think it’s a combination of her great energy on stage and the sometimes-heartbreaking themes behind her songs that really closes the gap between the performer and the audience. Even in this case, when some of the audience was stretched out on a picnic blanket more than an entire city block from the stage.
15 days new baby boy | South Florida Newborn Photographer
Something a little different: Not only did I take a break from my concert shooting, but I took a break from Chicago last week and traveled to Florida... where I fell in love. Meet Noah. Not only is he clearly ADORABLE, but he was the perfect little model at 15 days old. He better get used to seeing my camera lens pointed toward him, because there will be a ton more photo sessions in his future. Around the time of his next 3 month session, his mom and I will be celebrating our 20 year best friend anniversary. You jealous? You should be. I'm so happy that my second family just grew by one - one little 7lb bundle of cuteness. Get ready to AWWWH...
SXSW 2011 | South Florida Music Photographer
If you've been holding your breath waiting for my SXSW coverage, you can breathe now. Or call an ambulance if you've already turned blue. I've decided to give you a few options of coverage, based on the level of interest you have in SXSW... my photography... my opinions... and me. Don't say I never gave you anything. You can either skim through this blog entry and view some quick shots I got from around the city during the festival, you can view a few of my favorite concert shots in my featured 'Best of SXSW' gallery, you can relive all 4 of my days in the full recaps/concert reviews on QRO (that also links you to the full QRO photo gallery of each artist), you can go the "what's in it for me" route and take notes on a few of my suggested SX artists or you can do a combination of any or all of the above. OR I suppose you can just stop reading right now, close this page and go back to whatever you were doing before that you feel is more interesting. Jerkface. Some of my favorite concert photos... Best of SXSW | LOUD CAPTURES Full recaps/reviews on QROMag.com...Day 1 (The Richards, True Mad North)Day 2 (Jessica Lea Mayfield, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Royal Bangs, The Joy Formidable, Blah Blah Blah and more)Day 3 (Stephen Kellogg, Daphne Willis, The Gourds, Asobi Seksu, Cord Carpenter and more)Day 4 (Suite 709, Sundress, Zlam Dunk, PS I Love You)Artists to check out...Asobi Seksu (QRO photos), Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears (QRO photos), Black Lips, Cults (QRO photos from The Empty Bottle 4/7), Daphne Willis (QRO photos, photos from Lincoln Hall 2/11), Ellie Goulding, J Mascis, James Blake, Jessica Lea Mayfield (QRO photos), Kurt Vile, Raphael Saadiq, Sarah Jaffe, Sharon Van Etten, Suite 709 (QRO photos), The Civil Wars, The Dodos, The Head & the Heart, The Joy Formidable (photos from Lincoln Hall on 4/5), Tune-Yards, Typhoon, Wild Flag, Wye Oak Between four QRO correspondents at this year's SXSW, we covered more than 130 bands with a collaborative photo gallery of more than 2300 photos... Check out the full collection here: QRO Magazine - SXSW 201111 months until SXSW 2012. Get ready.Tammi of TEAM AWESOME, signing out...
SXSW: 2010 | South Florida Music Photographer
One month from today, I will be in Austin completely engulfed in music and enjoying everything SXSW has to offer. Okay, okay... reality is I'll be enjoying about 5% of what SXSW has to offer which will still fill up my days. I can scroll through the thousands of acts scheduled to play that weekend and make notes on which I'd like to check out - but there is no way to plan for a festival this huge. What I look forward to the most is accidentally stumbling into the shows of my future favorite bands. I'm so ready for this!! To get me even more pumped I revisited some of my SXSW 2010 photos... I thought I'd share just a few, starting off with a shot of Or, The Whale, who was easily one of my favorite shows of the weekend.