Monday morning greetings from Las Cruces, N.M.

One of the things that I have always tried to do when I’ve been on a road trip for work in the past (when time allows) is to try and get out and shoot some pictures in a city that I’m working in. This doesn’t always happen because of a busy schedule or the weather isn’t great for taking photos. I have learned that if you don’t get out and enjoy some off time, your road trip won’t ever be a lot of fun!

Jan and I were down shooting photos for a client in Oklahoma which we featured in last week’s promo. We had great weather and it sure made a difference in how our photos turned out! We ended up making a side trip on the way home and spent a day in Oklahoma City. Jan had never been to the OKC Memorial and I wanted her to see it and to also be able to take some photos there as well. For those that haven’t been there, it’s very powerful and moving at the same time. I don’t know how you could go there and not think about what happened all those many years ago. We ended up taking photos for a couple of hours and each of us went our own way and photographed what we wanted. All and all, a number of great images for our time at the OKC Memorial.

Here’s a couple of images from each of us and what we saw that day.

We hope that you’ll have a great week to come and thanks as always for checking out our work!

Kev and Jan

Monday morning Dallas, Tx. greetings to one and all!

Jan and I are down in the Big D area for a couple of days for a shoot. We arrived on Friday to be able to get out and shoot some images for ourselves. As I’ve mentioned numerous times before, when we are really busy, we don’t have much time to work on personal photography projects. When we have the chance to get out and shoot like this, it helps recharge the creative batteries and that’s really needed for the day to day photography and video that we are doing. I think that it helps bring a fresh perspective to everything that we do and that’s why it’s important to get out and shoot like this!

We spent this past Saturday afternoon at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens; everything couldn’t have been better! Lots and lots of sunshine and the temperature in the low 80’s with no humidity! That’s a pretty perfect day in the world that I live in! One of the things that was pretty neat about this visit is that they are having their Autumn at the Arboretum festival. Over 75,000 pumpkins were brought in for garden and landscape decorations! Needless to say, for us in Central Illinois with Morton, Illinois being the pumpkin capital of the world, seeing lots of pumpkins like this is the norm, but for the people of Dallas it’s a pretty big deal! They really did an outstanding job with all the decorations and displays. It made for some great photography!

Here’s a few of our shots from a great Saturday spent at the Dallas Arboretum!

We hope that you have a great week and thanks as always for checking out our photography!!!!

Kev and Jan

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Monday morning Peoria greetings to one and all!

There was all this talk the last few days about the Super Blood Moon that we were going to be experiencing and how spectacular it would be. Needless to say in Central Illinois last night the clouds were completely socked in, so no moon for us! Oh well! I hear the next one will be in 2033, so I’ve marked it in the calendar and we’ll try for it next time!

Jan and I were out this past Saturday shooting for our friends at San Juan Pools and we did have great weather. All day there were wonderful blue skies and lots of sun so it made for a great day of photography! It’s always fun to go do a shoot like this because it’s great to see what people are doing and how they are fixing up their homes with pools in their backyards. We started the day in Canton, Il. and finished there for a night shot. There were lots of great places that we shot at and this night image was one of them!

It’s time for us to get to work, so we hope that you have a great week as always!!!

Kev and Jan

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Monday morning Peoria greetings to one and all!

Well most of us had a short work week this past week, so we’re all getting back into the swing of things! Sometimes a week like this can drag on a bit, so we’ll see what goes and hopefully it won’t be too bad!!

Jan and I are sharing a couple of snaps from the Labor Day weekend spent in Door County, Wisconsin shooting photos. It’s really so much fun to be checking out new places like DC and to explore the area was wonderful. We spent a fair amount of time driving on some of the backroads and it’s always amazing what things and places that you’ll see. It’s really what I’ve always talked about on any road trip is to be able to have the time to get off the interstate highway system and travel the two lane roads in the USA.

Here’s a couple of snaps that we snagged on our trip to Door County, Wisconsin!

Let’s all have a great week to come and thanks as always for checking out our work!

Kev and Jan

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Tuesday morning Green Bay Wisconsin greetings to one and all!!

I hope that your Labor Day weekend was a good one! Safe and sound is always a very good thing!

Jan and I spent the weekend in Door County Wisconsin and it was a really great time. For the most part, the weather was good and it also was very conducive for some great photography. We ended up spending a couple of days driving around the entire DC peninsula and it was a lot of fun! It was the first time that both of us have been there, so it’s always fun to be exploring new places! Sometimes it’s not what you were thinking it might be, but for the most part it’s a very good thing to find new places and to be surprised by what you can find!

One of our little discoveries on this trip were a few lighthouses in Door County and two of them were located in Sturgeon Bay. The first was the Sherwood Point Lighthouse and the second was the Ship Canal Lighthouse. It was interesting to photograph both of these lighthouses because both are under the control of the US Government and the US Coast Guard, so that means your access is limited!!!! That can make it tough to get the shots that you need, but we managed and I think that we’re both happy with what we got!

Here’s a couple of our snaps from the two Sturgeon Bay Lighthouses!

Thanks as always for checking out our work and we hope that you have a great week to come!!!

Kev

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onday morning Peoria greetings to one and all!!!

Well last week was one heck of a week! We were putting out fires right and left for clients and it was one of those weeks that you just try to survive. Thank God, we did! There were a number of great photo shoots and then a bunch of video editing as well. There’s always a great amount of satisfaction in being able to help clients out that are in a jam and get their last minute projects done!

One of our many jewels in the Peoria area is the downtown complex that houses the Caterpillar Visitors Center and the Peoria Riverfront Museum. For those that haven’t been to Peoria, the whole complex takes over a whole city block. The thing that I really like about both buildings is that the skin’s a silver metallic, so it’s got a very modern feel and look. The other thing that I like as well is that there are a lot of angles to the shapes of both buildings, so they just aren’t square boxes. This is a photographer’s dream with all of the lines and shapes going on.

Here’s a few snaps of the Peoria Riverfront Museum.

It’s time for us to get rocking and we’ve got another busy week on tap! Have a great week as always and thanks again for checking out our work!

Kev and Jan

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Monday morning greetings to one and all!!!

There’s lots of stuff going on and this summer is rolling along! I always talk about time flying when you’re busy and we have just motored along at a frenetic pace these past few months. There isn’t any moss going under our feet! We had a number of still shoots last week and a ton of video editing as well! We are getting more and more requests for video projects, so it’s amazing to see that part of the business take off as it has this year!

I have a few photos from my trip out to New Mexico a week ago. For me to be driving on the two lane roads across this country is the best and it’s amazing the things that you will see. When time is on your side you can do stuff like this and get out in the country. Sure most of us don’t have a ton of time for adventures like this with all that’s going on in life, but it sure is great when time permits!!!

Here’s a few of my New Mexico snaps and they are uniquely Southwestern America!

Let’s all have a great week to come and thanks for checking out these photos!

Kev and Jan

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