Damn Yankees!

I was up in the lovely town of Houlton, Maine last month for the opening of Houlton High School's musical, Damn Yankees. To students and parents of HHS: keep an eye out at school for a collage poster with lots more images from opening weekend.

There was lots of excitement in the final moments before the curtain went up!




Director extraordinaire, Ms. DeWan!


A little pre-show back rub time


And now, the show!


Dancing baseball players make me happy


















One of my favorite lighting setups in the show

Ceres

Little Ceres at 3 months!



















Not to worry, she's in no danger!


It's fun to play with family pets

Badger Camp

Every year a large group of my friends head out to Badger Camp in Wisconsin for a weekend getaway.

The night I arrived was pizza night. I loved watching Tony demonstrate tossing the dough.


Much time was spent around the campfire






Nice walks through the woods...




I grabbed a couple friends for some portraits. I greatly appreciate them putting up with me in the cold!




goat!




This year's fun activity was fireworks! I positioned myself about twenty feet from the set off point.


I think I confused many folks running around them with my video light.

Edinburgh

The final installment of my Europe trip from this past summer! I traveled with Angela to Edinburgh to visit a college friend, Michelle.

Portraits in the city center were necessary




This demonstration at the castle was quite amusing






Greyfriars Bobby, the faithful dog who would come to his owner's grave for 14 years after his death




Hamish the Highland Cow!


We took a tour up to Loch Ness and stopped a few times along the way for some sight seeing








We took a ghost tour through downtown Edinburgh. This is our tour guide leading us to our next haunted destination


After the ghost tour we took a very leisurely walk back, stopping many times along the way for some night photography










No trip to Scotland is complete without a shot of a bagpiper

Frankfurt

Continuing the collection of my Europe trip over the summer, here's Frankfurt!

I loved their new mall, My Zeil






The wall surrounding an old Jewish cemetery




Angela posing for me


We went out one evening for some night photography




Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt


cute!


I spent quite a while in a very touristy spot watching the statue performers and the reactions they'd get from folks






There was a lively festival going on one evening with a great Brazilian singer

Karen + Bryan = 3

My good friends Karen and Bryan are expecting their first little munchkin, and I'm so happy for them! Can't wait to meet the little one, you two!

There was lots of laughter


lots...




Bryan the model, show us how it's done






So Karen and I share a love of fun socks (I don't ever wear plain colored socks), and I was quite impressed with her selection for the day.

Emily and Jeff's wedding reception

I had a great time with Emily and Jeff for their engagement session over the summer and I knew their wedding reception would also be awesome!

I walked into their house to see this adorable pair of bears


We then roamed around the city for some fun portraits








I love Jeff's laugh here!


Gorgeous flowers by Scarlet Petal!




After portraits we headed over to Cafe Brauer for the party to start!