Welcome!
Monday June 23rd 2008, 4:30 pm
Filed under: News

Welcome to the blog for Turn Loose the Art! This is the place where I post previews of all weddings and a lot of portrait sessions, and this is the place to find out what’s going on with the studio. Every great once and a while, I’ll even post some personal work. I usually update my travel plans on here as well. I hope you enjoy your viewing!



A Few From Cancun…
Monday August 25th 2008, 12:29 pm
Filed under: News

Well, there’s been both a lot happening, and nothing at all. I got home from Cancun and New York, and found my main computer to be not working at all. So, this is actually the first chance I’ve had to even look at my images! Good news is, within the next couple hours I’ll be finished setting up my new smoking Mac Pro!
Here are a few scenic shots in the meantime, from the Riviera Maya area:

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AGWPJA wins!
Saturday August 16th 2008, 5:59 am
Filed under: Wedding

Imagine my surprise when on day 3, hour 1 at JFK I logged in to my email to find I had four placing images in the spring quarter AGWPJA contest! These four placing images have put me in 3rd place overall for the quarter!
Engagement Portrait - Cabo San Lucas 1st Place

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Getting Ready - Union Station 17th Place

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Reception - Turnip Rose 8th Place

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Sense of Place - Guasti Villa - 5th Place
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A Dos Bastardos Vineyard Album
Friday August 15th 2008, 8:09 pm
Filed under: Albums

I just finished designing the album from Sean and Brenda’s wedding on her father’s estate:

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A Marvimon Album
Thursday August 14th 2008, 3:06 pm
Filed under: Albums

I still just can’t get enough of Marvimon - so here are some of the pages from Chris and Hillary’s album design.

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Michigan: the beach session
Wednesday August 13th 2008, 11:54 am
Filed under: Portrait

Everytime I visit with the family, my goal is to give Aunt Lynn the perfect Christmas card photo. Of course, best laid plans don’t always work out, but this year, I had a few ideas up my sleeve. These were all from Friday evening after dinner.
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Blog Wordle
Wednesday August 13th 2008, 10:28 am
Filed under: News

In browsing my friend’s blog over at Heavenly Portraits, I found this cool little applet called . This is what’s big on my blog right now:wordleturn1.jpg



A Guasti Villa Album
Tuesday August 12th 2008, 8:04 pm
Filed under: Albums

Just a few favorite spreads from Joel and Karley’s fabulous wedding at Guasti Villa!

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Blueberry Picking
Monday August 11th 2008, 11:45 am
Filed under: Personal

Friday we went blueberry picking!

My grandma let me know while we were driving out that most of the blueberry fields were flooded earlier this summer, so the season would be later. Luckily, there were enough ripe blueberries for us to pick!
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Aunt Lynn brought some of our full buckets to the car while we kept picking
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That’s all… oh and we picked a total of 28.5 lbs of blueberries. Then we made blueberry pie. yum!



A Verandas Album
Sunday August 10th 2008, 10:01 am
Filed under: Albums

Just a reminder: I am out of town covering a wedding until the 14th!

It’s been a while since I posted some album page designs, so I’ll start posting them again over the next few days. (Plus, it makes great filler while I’m out of town!)

Here are a few spreads from Caryn and Warren’s wedding at Verandas.

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More from Michigan
Saturday August 09th 2008, 11:41 am
Filed under: Wedding

These images are mostly from the Thursday I was in Michigan…
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Aunt Lynn took this of the kids and I
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the family dog, Arlo
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Uncle Brian
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Roasting marshmallows outside by the firepit that evening
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Where?
Friday August 08th 2008, 11:51 am
Filed under: Personal

Just a reminder: I am out of town covering a wedding until the 14th!

Any guesses as to where this image was taken?

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