What a busy week but everything was great – the last event, the Eagles concert at the United Center sort of did us in. We rolled into bed at 2:00 am as the band amazingly played until 11:30 for a total of three hours with one short break. I had never been to the United Center before so, I was unbelievably excited to go. People that Jim works with in Chicago invited us to join them in a Club Box and our parking spot was sweet. Don Henley and Glen Frey sounded the same as ever and Joe Walsh was SO entertaining. The light show and videos that they project were inspirational.

On Monday, I attended the ProLight Seminar put on by Hansan Fong and John Woodward after staying on Sunday night to see Paige (and family). I got to go to her school and help her with her homework – yes, she’s four!

Dinna and Andrew entered these photos in the Gap Casting Call Contest

Beautiful bride, beautiful day, beautiful kids, and beautiful family – that’s why I love being part of these special days. The church had a vaulted lobby with an additional layer of windows which made for some sweet light. Please see more images from the date in their preview slideshow.

On Tuesday I had the opportunity to travel with the first Wind Techician program at Highland. The sixteen guys were SO thrilled to be going to the top. It was such a beautiful day to be outside taking photos in the middle of the great blue sky and a corn field.

I have been a huge fan of Nicole Van’s photography for a long time. I noticed one of her images today in my Flickr Contacts and jumped over to her blog for a look. Wow, does she have some great tips for new photographers. I’m always impressed when experienced photographers really take the time to explain the technical AND creative side of photography in their blogs. The first photo on her portrait site won a huge award by the Professional Photographer’s Association.

I’m taking a graduate-level Podcasting course so I can help my faculty create audio lectures. One of the links in the course, Podcasting News, just pointed out that I can embed Flickr slideshows into a web page – very cool! I check and upload photos to Flickr almost every day. I just found and added Barack Obama as a contact.

This slideshow is from Kelby’s birthday party two years ago, before I got my current camera.