just shooting // my family

it's been a very busy summer around these parts. people have come, people have gone, but our family is still here. unfortunately because of the amount of weddings this summer my family photo's, especially those of max, have been pretty much non existent. i decided to spend a few minutes going through the numerous images that sit on my hard drive and put a few up for you too see. hope everyone had a great summer, and remember christmas is only ...... ahh! never mind it's still too early.

a few shots of max, amy took that first one




lucas posing like a model


playing with the hose at nany's


lucas and max get haircuts




max's first trip to the water park


lucas hitting the water slides


lucas has his first donut


amy and lucas

cheers {} rick

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Florida ~ Magic Kindom & beyond

OK, so as promised, here are a few of my shots from our time to, at, & from Florida & Disney.

Taking off from Buffalo looking out at Niagara Falls, thank god for Lorazepan.


Me wondering how I talked myself into flying again.


Shingle Creek, amazing hotel 10 mins from Disney, Thanks to Leslie for the room.


Lucas enjoying some time by the pool on our first day.


Early morning sunrise over the head of the everglades as we leave for Disney.


Main St. USA at 7:45 am, have you ever seen it this quiet.


The Man and the Mouse, what it's all about.


Kevin, our amazing guide for the day.


Lucas in awe at Cinderella's Castle as he sees what's in store.


Amy & Grams on "Dumbo the Flying Elephant".


Kevin and Lucas checking out Crystal Palace as we wait for our table.


Lucas' gift from Mickey.


We let him open it when he got up from his nap.


So it was back to Magic Kingdom for the "SpectroMagic" parade & "Wishes" fireworks.


The mouse himself leading the parade.


Lucas watching the parade, he loved every minute of it.


Then came the fireworks, what an amazing display.


Amy & Lucas as we get ready to leave the park.


Sunday was Hollywood Studios, so we went to the "Honey I Shrunk the Kids"


Next it was off to "Lights, Motors, Action" and a little self portrait of the family.


And finally a little chocolate on the way out, doesn't Lucas make it look so good.

Many thanks again to Dan & Kevin from Disney, Leslie from Shingle Creek, my parents, and of course Amy and Lucas for making these 4 days absolutely amazing.

Cheers
Rick

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Portraits ~ Lucas Walker Denham

Ahhhhh! Finally some Lucas time. We went the other day to do a photo shoot with the little guy. It's been a while and seeing as I am trying to go in a different direction with my style these days, I figured he would make a great test subject. A lot of photographers these days are using "off camera flash" and it's becoming the style d'jour very quickly. As much as I like it, and believe me I really like it when it is done right, I wanted to start developing a style with the use of the light that is available to me. I will never lose off camera flash because there is so much you can do with it, especially when you know what you are doing, but available light to me captures the moment as it's meant to be. Very "late 70's Polaroid picture-ish on a beach in Florida that is being used as an Abercrombie ad" if that makes any sense. Anyways, here are a few of the shots we ended up with over two days of shooting, hope you enjoy.

Cheers
RD!

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