Alex the Photo Blog

Our good friend Greg turned 28 last weekend and his wife was clever enough to come up with the gift that involves snorkeling or scuba diving at the Georgia Aquarium with sharks, stingrays, and the like.  It’s a pretty awesome idea and I know he’s excited.   To celebrate this surprise gift, we threw him an ocean themed birthday party.

I just happened to have purchased a new Westcott Apollo Softbox and black muslin backdrop recently, so I figured we’d try a photo booth out.  People at the party were weary at first, but with a few blue punch drinks and some water-themed props, they loosened up quickly.  Here are the best of’s starting with our good friend, Curt:

Erin:

Greta:

Chris and Greta:

And Keri and I (not ocean-themed).

It’s been a while since I’ve posted, which means I’ve been a lazy photographer.  I brought my camera to all of the holiday festivities but it never left the bag.  I’m so ashamed…  but it’s a new year and there are new goals for 2010!  One of which is to shoot more photos just for fun.  In fact, tonight my plan is to meet a wedding client, head home, bundle up, and grab my camera and tripod for some evening/night and snow photos.   It’s going to be really cold, but I bet I can get a few good shots before I freeze to death.  If you’re in the Decatur area and see a guy with icicles forming from his tripod, please come bring me a hot chocolate.

I did have time for a few holiday-ish photos for some friends.  The first few are from Piedmont park a few weekends ago with the Rosetti’s.  The next few are of the Browns and their new “kids.”

And as a bonus here’s a holiday card one of my clients designed on my proof website from a shoot we did in the summer.  I think it turned out pretty cool.