Melissa and Ryan's wedding

It was such a pleasure for me to spend this very special day with Melissa and Ryan. Melissa decided to return to her home near Knoxville to be with her Tennessee friends and Family. These photos are a small representation of the many joyous moments of there wedding.

Alone at last.

Lets be a little bit silly.

These folks reallylike to P A R T Y !!!!!

Many thanks to Melissa and Ryan on allowing me to share this very special day with you and your family. Joe

New 85mm portrait lens

Let there be light!

It happened this weekend just in time for Mothers Day. I think that it was more like an early Fathers Day as I got studio lights. The following is an example of a few of my first shots taken with them.

Erin with hair light.

Barbara with our Chinese crested powerderpuff "Fufu"

Barbara with Fufu and Maggie.

Erin. This was taken with one white umbrella reflector and a silver reflector on the left.

Friday in the Park

Friday, May the 4th was our 28th aniversary. The day was spent at Dollywood with Joey, Sara and Lora. Below are a few images from that day.

Sara absolutely hates to have her picture taken.

Joey, with his doo-rag and sunshades prepares for a day of NOT preparing for exams.

Lora looking out the window at Backstage restaurant.

Joey, Lora and Sara in line to ride Mystery Mine

The blacksmith warmed up the crowd with a very hot performance.

The potter's skill was only matched by his charm with the women in the crowd.

Spring is here!

I could not resist this look of determination as Cody takes control of the ball.

Spring is finally in the air up on the Tennessee cumberland plateau. These little guys always seem to hearald in the season.

A Time To Discover

This is my first bolg. What is on my mind is my discovery of Photoshop. This amazing program allows me to organise my photos, make alterations, sharpen or color correct. Since getting my first digital camera in Feb of 2006, I have been able to revive an old hobby since childhood. Hopefully these photo posts will speek for themselves since I am generally a person of few words.