Hiking with the 6 year old.

I need to get more exercise like everyone else in America. We live in the beautiful desert Southwest and there is so much to explore and I regret ignoring so much of it over the years. This past weekend, I decided to get out and about and brought my six year old grand daughter along.

We packed up the Yashica 124 and headed for a small hump in the desert called Lone Mountain. It's only about 600ft to the top and the climb is fairly uneventful. I guess that is if you are in great shape! Most of our hike was spent with Sophia running 200ft ahead of me yelling back for me to catch up! Wow! I'd love to be 6 again! Or at least have that energy.

We stopped and shot 12 frames of B&W landscape shots along the way. We just developed them yesterday and will be posting those in a future blog post. It was a good time and a good primer for future trips to the desert. Next weekend, we're headed to Calico Basin near Red Rock Canyon.

The view of the valley from up there is beautiful! I love my home in Las Vegas and I love getting to see it from different angles.

Get out there and enjoy your summer!

Had time to read a book this week!

I've started getting more serious about the boudoir aspect of my work and along with that realized that I am truly inspired by shooting with women over 30. All that being said, I started searching Amazon for some helpful books and came across Jerry D's "Extreme Makeover Technicques" book.

Since I started shooting digital, all I have heard has been arguments about the amount of post processing, especially in beauty and glamour work. Jerry D lays it right out there and shows plenty of examples of just exactly what paying clients are looking for. When shooting boudoir it IS all about the fantasy and illusion. It IS about the client being able to be someone else for that photo session. Jerry's step by step and case by case explanations on his process as we well as the pscychology of his subjects makes this one of the top books on the subject in my opinion.

I'd like to say a very big "thanks" to Jerry for authoring a very helpful book! His methodology and his business principles are solid, and if emulated, can add to your recipe for success.

See more of Jerry D at his website here.

Until next time!
Nick