Click for the Cause

Last night was a lot of fun and all for a good cause. The Alzheimer Junior Women's Association hosted Bright Lights Big City, a charity auction event at the Star Light Room in downtown Dallas to raise money and awareness for the Alzheimer's Association, and I was fortunate enough to be asked by my friend Amy (pictured) to do some photography. Thanks Amy!! And to top it off there were a lot of friends there I hadn't seen in awhile, so that made it that much better.

There was a ton of cool stuff up for grabs (including a couple photography packages - grin), casino tables, good food and a live band that was a lot of fun. Check out the image of the guitar player; he was walking around during a song and came over to the photography area and stepped in for a quick photo while he was playing.

Most of the photography I do is in a non-studio environment, so it was fun to break out the lighting equipment again and just play a bit. I think sometime soon I want to take a day and set it all up and invite a bunch of friends and the kids and anyone else that wants to come and just order up some pizza and have a little party where we just have fun, experiment and create some really cool images. Now, if I could just find time to make that happen...

Legacy Series Prints

I love creating these Legacy Series images. These prints allow me to be a little more creative in developing a finished image that is layered with rich textural elements that really create an elegant art piece, (Click on the images of my friends Paige & Colin and the Kacines family to see a larger, more detailed view) and it's a ton of fun to create a vision and see it come to life. You can click here to see a few more samples on the opening slideshow on the website home page.

One of the cool things about this is that it allows me to offer my clients something more than typical photographic images. It's critical to differentiate yourself in such a competitive market for photography - or in any business - and hopefully this is one of many ways to do that.

BTW, these two images will be on display at Bright Lights Big City charity auction benefiting the Alzheimer's Junior Women's Association of Dallas. Alzheimer's Disease affects 5 million Americans, so I encourage you to visit the Alzheimer's website to see how you can help.