Family Walking on New Smyrna Beach, PHOTO

On Sunday I met up with Gina and her family to make some family portraits for them in New Smyrna Beach, FL.  It took a little bit of work on my part to overcome the lighting on the beach at the time of the photo session.  Then I had to shoot around all the other people on the beach, so that I could make them disappear.  Finally I had to figure out how to get portraits of two Maggie and Katie who both seemed to want to be doing anything other then having their photos taken.  In the end, I was able to get some good images.

I’m sorry, but I’m now all booked up for every weekend in May 2012, and the entire first week of June. So If you are planning a weekend wedding, or want some family portraits on a Saturday or Sunday, I can refer you to a couple other great local photographers.

I felt so bad when I had to turn a Bride-to-Be away today, after she told me she loved my style, and what I offered.

If you want to book a wedding or schedule a portrait session for a weekday in May, I will be offering some cool stuff… How’s a complementary gallery wrapped print sound? Video-Slide Show?
Guess you will just have to book me for a weekday shoot in May to find out what you will get.

2010 Valedictorian

As far as what will be taking all my Photo attention on the weekends, I also work as a photographer for GradImages®, and I will be photographing college and high school graduations… lot’s and lot’s of graduations. My schedule will send me through parts of 3 states though most will be in Central Florida. So good luck to all the students of the Class of 2012, I’ll be there to make it memorable.

-Pete

When I was in college, I majored in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations. In part my major was a personal decision based on world events in 2001 that affected me. In all my studies, there is one clear and pervasive line of thought and understanding that centers where I stand on almost all political issues. That is, We cannot isolate ourselves from the world, we are all citizens on this Earth, and what happens in other countries can and will have an effect on us here. So with that said, there are horrible things that happen every day to people all over the world, you can ignore them as long as you want, but eventually it will come around and you will see that what happens on the other side of the world can affect you at home. For 26 years, Kony has been allowed to make war… It is time to end it. It’s time to see those lost in the world around us and speak up for those who cannot speak loud enough for the world to hear their story!

Tell people about this, share this, write to your representatives and senators.

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Family Portraits on the Beach

A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet with a family that was visiting New Smyrna Beach, FL, so that I could make some family portraits on the beach.  Along with all my usual photo tricks, the session went great.  It also happened to be on a night when there was a scheduled rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, FL which is just down the beach a few miles from where the photo session was.  I had told the family about the launch and they were excited to see it, I was hoping to be able to photograph the family with the rocket launch in the background, but unfortunately the launch was scrubbed due to weather, but I was still able to shoot some great family portraits, here are a few of my favorites.

On Sunday I met with Laila and her son for a family portrait photo session in New Smyrna Beach.  It was sunny with clear skies, and almost perfect aside from a strong cold wind blowing down from the North.  I took time to set up a couple special lighting effects to et some really cool looks to some of the photos.  Here are some of my favorite ones.