riki and dianne sneak peek!!

today we met up with rock star photographer abigail smith for an afternoon session of awesomeness and i don't think we could have had any more fun!! the fabulous rachel hart did hair and makeup as always (and even stayed around to shoot a little!) and we had two incredible models in riki and dianne that produced one amazing photo after another!! it seriously couldn't have been any better!! here's a little sneakeroo for you. much much more to come!!



riki



dianne

a ghost what??

about a month ago amanda and i had been told about a small town north east of oklahoma city that had been settled back when oklahoma first became a state. a few people we talked to about it called it a "ghost town!" this we gotta see!! i did some research and found it on a map. literally in the middle of no where and supposedly a 20 person population...i began to get more and more excited. i even decided we'd incorporate it into our shoot next week and went ahead and made the coolest "treasure map" you've ever laid eyes on.



fallis, ok. FAIL.



we drove down windy one lane dirt roads with no names, crossed the sketchiest bridge known to man...seriously. this thing crossed a river about 50ft up and was hardly foot traffic safe. i'm honestly shocked we made it across safely once let alone twice. nails pushed out of every board, it had huge gaps, made loud noises, and swayed from just me walking on it.



a ghost town? if you consider one building, two trailers, and three houses a ghost town...

a cool place for a portrait session? probably. worth the hour drive? nope. shooting there next week? nope.

amanda and i laughed all the way there and back. it was a great day for an adventure and no matter what situation you put us in we always have a great time! we pulled over a couple times so i could grab a couple pictures. you've probably noticed i love trees!





and we stopped at "pops" for dinner where i was very very bad.

first pop in over 4 months. and of the 1000+ bottled selection, we strangely ended up with the same brand. p90x went out the window once i got a hold of a double decker burger, fries, and a double fudge shake. i know.



amanda grabbed this of me while we were waiting for our food. no photoshop trickery here folks. those are my real pearly whites :D



i know some of you were as excited about the town as we were prior to seeing it. that said, don't waste your gas. as for the shoot next wednesday...it's going to be AMAZING!!

adrienne and brant!!

lots of new pics coming SOON!!

life is still keeping us entirely too busy! but that's always better than the alternative!

i'm currently working on making some pretty awesome changes to the website, i'm almost done editing a blog post, we have the coolest shoot ever next wednesday, and in an upcoming week, we'll be shooting six sessions in 7 days :) lots to share!

thanks to benita cloward for catching me in action...you never know what i might do!

p90x...for real!!

i'm totally throwing myself under the bus here. up until about a year and a half ago i always stayed in tip top shape. i played every sport imaginable, ran, lifted weights, and used a little help along the way. i started taking a product called 'no-xplode' to be able to maintain the lifestyle i'd been living. 50+ hour work weeks, 8-10 mile runs and an hour on the weights daily, all while only getting about 4 hours of sleep a night. it just couldn't be done. i began waking up in the middle of the night with heart rates in the 180's. yeah. not good. multiple trips to the ER only to be told i'm healthy as a horse and there's definitely nothing wrong with me, so i got scared. i'll admit it. i took a break and started to focus on other areas of my life. exercising and eating right were replaced by other things (not complaining) and has led me to this.

p90x. you've all heard about it. you've seen the infomercials. you've probably even searched the internet for results wondering for yourself if it really works. maybe you know somebody who's done it? maybe you don't? and if you did, did they stick to it? did you see the results?

i told my wife i'd be throwing myself under the bus because i knew once i did you'd all be stopping back for updates, so this was going to make me commit. and by commit i mean 100% commitment. i'll be updating this EVERY TWO WEEKS so you guys can see the results and so i can hold myself accountable. none of the photos will include any kind of tom foolery photoshop magic other than sizing and sharpening for the web.

day one: p90x 5'8" 165 lbs.

our dog....

is cuter than yours ;)



you don't have to feel bad about it.

aubrey and camryn!!

aubrey and camryn are the cutest of the cutest! a couple weeks ago amanda and i met angie and the girls up at will rogers park in okc for an afternoon of laughter, great conversation, and goose chasing :)































this would be amazing blown up on a canvas :)









love the light!!