I wanted to post this before I lose track of it again.

I get questions about lens sharpness from time to time and my first question is always “Have you run your lens through a focus test?” Invariably the answer is no. To which I always reply “do some focus tests under controlled conditions and then evaluate the results.” So HERE is where you can read up on how to do the test with links to a downloadable focus test chart that you can print and glue to a box or board or something flat. So if you think your lens is not focusing properly TAKE THE TEST :)

I love this couple! I had so much fun getting to know them this week… between their engagement session and dinner on Wednesday night and then their wedding on Saturday. I love when couples are so in love they cant hide it and that was these two! Constantly smiling and genuinely enjoying each other’s company.

Anyway my day started with Maggie and the girls at Hair A Go Go, which is my new favorite salon. It was a hopping place with people busselling all around the entire time we were there. Then we headed back to Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church for the ladies to get ready. Glad I had Rich along to cover the guys for me… thanks Rich. Ceremony was incredible with a full bagpipe and drum corp band. I got goose bumps every time they started playing. Very good choice guys. I wanted them to hang around and keep playing all day :)

The reception was at the Cleveland Country Club. Dancing, toasts, and lots of fun! Great center pieces by Rhon’s Floral Designs. This was a great way to start the wedding season! Thanks for having me along Maggie and Brian!

Click HERE for the slideshow. And make sure to click on the thumbs below to make them bigger.

I got tagged a while back and since I don’t normally take part in the blog games that go around I ignored it. I decided to twist it a little and make a few lists for you read if you like pass if you don’t.

Things I Like:
Music – Hem, Cake, The Be Good Tanyas, Brooks Williams, Louis Armstrong
Books – Coffee Table Books, The Lord of the Rings series,
Gadgets – Ipod Touch, MacBook Pro, any camera gear
Software – Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Photoshop, WordPress

Things I cant live without:
My camera, my Treo, a laptop, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Instant Messenger, my wife :)

Things I could do without:
Yard work, traffic

Jobs I have held: [edited]
Paperboy, corn detassler, dishwasher, furniture deliverer, pizza deliverer, Carpetland measure man (measured and drew floorplans for Carpetland to do estimates), tree farm (trimmed, cut, sold, planted christmas trees), grounds keeper, building maintenance (college job), taxi driver (through my college taking people to jobs and internships), feed mill worker, AV lab assistant, professor’s assistant, conveyer belt assembler, dairy employee (most of the time I stacked milk crates on a conveyor), web design intern, freelance web designer, graphic designer, web designer and photographer. Dang that sounds like a lot of jobs for my 30 years of living but there were times in there where I held up to three of these at a time. And I keep thinking of more so I may have missed one or two.

Things I would like to do:
Sky dive, ride in a fighter jet, go to a taping of Late Night with David Letterman, live in Europe, be a father.

I have been sitting on this post for a long time trying to find time to finish it so I am just going to post it as is.

Maggie and Brian are here all the way from Chicago for their wedding which is this Saturday! We had to delay their engagement session due to some illness the last time they were down. It all worked out just as well. I will say I think they thought they were back in the Windy City at least once or twice last night as the wind whipped up and down the riverfront :) At least it was not snowing!

Click HERE for the slideshow. Here are a few of my favorites :)

This was my first engagement session of the new year and it was a good one. Kelli and Reggie drove in from Alabama yesterday afternoon and met me downtown at the Bluff View Art District where we did some fun pictures with Kelli’s son and the two of them. Then Kelli and Reggie and I went down on Main street to find some more industrial settings. Here is what we ended up with.

Click HERE for the slideshow.