Bono interview about ONE.ORG and the RED Campaign

Watch this video!
Bono talks about ONE.ORG and the real progress that has been made in the fight against poverty and hunger. After being to Haiti a number of times myself, it becomes so real that we are brothers and sisters with the human race and their disadvantage should absolutely be our concern.
a couple of highlights to this interview:
+ G8 nations have committed to the money and plan to eridicate malaria (I know people in Haiti that struggle daily against malaria like it was local gang violence.)
+ 29 million African kids are in school due to a debt cancellation campaign
+ 2.5 million Africans are on AIDS medication due to the RED CAMPAIGN (keep buying RED)

Yes this is still a photo blog...

thousands of my blog fans are complaining I am not posting enough images and too many random comedic diversions. (ok maybe just a couple of fans are)

I am super full these days making sure fall weddings are on time and working to get my album schedule back on time. (I am making progress :) I will share some of those soon.

Today I got this image out to a friend in the business. I will post a link to where it will be used as soon as it is up...

Aaron, you better be the first to comment!

The Government's loan interview

Elaina's 1 year old!!!

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NFL Kickoff Almost Here

The NFL officially kicks off at 7:15 tonight when the Bears take on
the Colts. Lets hope it goes better than the last time they met.

"Bearssss"

Photo: Sports Illustrated

"Hooollllly...."

Woah! Check this out:



and this:
Hurricane Ike animation

that does not look too friendly!! :(

The [b] School

I know you all know [b]ecker. For my clients who don't, he is a rock star wedding photographer out of Southern California. He is one of the first photographers I saw published years ago and he has always really inspired me in shooting, style and business (and the first avid blogger I knew). The [b] school is a new venture that is an amazing online community to facilitate one of the best parts about this industry, being connected in the best application of networking. More than just having contacts, it is mutually sharing to better the whole industry and make our business the best they can be. And you, wonderful clients, get to reap the benefits of it all.

For photogs, check it out and sign up. I will be on there a bunch I am sure.

My sweet Elaina

These pictures make me so happy.

I had been planning for a while to get a "real shoot" done with Elaina so Sunday morning it finally happened.
I ended up going with a "few of my favorite things" theme to capture her real personality and playthings.

I have a lot more I will post soon.

Ok, I admit, she didn't stack these. She actually loves to knock over my little buildings that I make.

And yes, she actually does love the MacBook Pro. So easy, an 11 month old can use it. Well, ok, she is one smart 11 month old.

In a world with too many trailers...

One man stood alone...
Well, get used to a whole new sound to movie trailers. The most famous voice-over guy passed away today.
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A tribute...