Halloween Costume Fun

Happy Halloween

from the Davis kids!

Our kids love holidays!  Any holiday really.  They just love to do something fun and this year they were so excited for Halloween.  Our oldest daughter Sydney loves to do arts and crafts with her mother so this year they decided to make their own costume.  They spent hours working on their idea and had a great time together.  We are not big on the scary side of Halloween, but we sure do enjoy an opportunity to do fun things with our kids.

Of course my contribution had to be something with Photography, so we decided to set up a quick photo shoot with the kids.  When I say quick - I mean quick.  The don't have a very long tolerance for these photo shoots.  Here are some fun photos to show off our kids costumes.

Batman and Batwomen

Scary Batman

Serious Batwomen

Homemade Mask

Mad Soccer Man

I love my kids!

Dave

Creative Kitchen Designs, Inc Showroom - Anchorage Commercial Photographer

The Showroom

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Main Showroom Floor

Over the past several years I have had the opportunity to work with Hollie and Danielle at Creative Kitchen Designs, Inc. many times.  I thoroughly enjoy photographing some of their kitchen designs, as well as bathrooms, mud rooms, laundry rooms, and pretty much any room you can install cabinets and countertops.  Recently they commissioned me to photograph their showroom for a NKBA - National Kitchen and Bath Association contest.

Danielle's Desk

I had visited their showroom before so I knew what to expect on the day of the shoot.  I hadn't really payed attention to the details until I actually picked up the camera and started to make pictures.  This place has an incredible amount of material and ideas for such a small space!  I was really impressed!  From Kitchens to Bathrooms they had a great display of many different options.

Bathroom display

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Kitchen display

Back of Showroom

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I hope you would agree that this is a pretty incredible showroom!  If you are looking for some design work done - I recommend you give these ladies a call!

To see more of their work - Check out their profile on Houzz.com

Family News

ANNOUNCING...

We've been debating and praying about having another baby for several years and finally felt confirmed that now was the time.  With such fun news to share, it seemed natural to want to find a unique way to spread our joy.

The subject matter

Yes, I usually am posting images of commercial architecture or real estate photography, but today was a day for something out-of-the-box and creative.  My wife says I am like the mechanic that doesn't keep a car running at home and while this still doesn't give us a true family photo, it does have every family member represented. 

Given the time of year and having three kids who just carved pumpkins, we grabbed a smaller fourth and started to put a few ideas together.  After looking at myriads of images on the internet of baby clip art and pumpkin images, we finally agreed on a theme.  

Set Up

Daemon, age 4, and mom lighting pumpkins.  The wind was not helping.  Neither was the four year old.  :)

Dayton, age 8, ensures that his rather large pumpkin is in good view of the camera.  

Staging

Every photo starts somewhere.

The pumpkins were cute, but the image was a little lack luster.   

Nothing that a few fall items from the front porch couldn't resolve. 

Photo Bombers

There's one in every family, several in ours.  :)

Introducing the CamRanger

Favorite tool in my bag!!!  Not only can I get a sharper image from using the iPad to trigger the camera, but anyone helping stage the image enjoys knowing what I'm capturing, especially interior designers and in this case, my wife, who happens to be looking over my shoulder.  

CamRanger App for iPad

Final Image (with photo bomber)

Final Image (no photo bomber) 

Manipulated in Pages and saved as a jpeg. No actual photo editing needed. Shot with my new favorite camera - Cannon 5DmarkIII.