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2011 Miss Allegan County and Miss Allegan County Outstanding Teen

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Since I was given the opportunity to do head shots for 2010′s Miss Allegan County I was asked to shoot the 2011 Miss Allegan County and Miss Allegan County Outstanding Teen Pagaent  this past weekend.  Fortunately I went to Friday’s rehearsal to scope out the venue some more cause on Friday they used the spot light for rehearsal and I was able to grab more pictures than at the actual pageant..  Unfortunately the lighting on stage was some of the worse lighting I’ve ever seen.  Plus the decision was made to not use the spotlight for the actual pageant so my fighting chance at decent pictures without a flash were drastically reduced.  Despite the lighting situation the show went off without any major hitches and two great young ladies were crowed Miss Allegan and Miss Allegan County Outstanding Teen for 2011.

Keisha Johnson was crowned Miss Allegan County 2011

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Jessica Glessner was crowned Miss Allegan County Outstanding Teen 2011

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Below are some of the other shots from the evening festivities.

Plainwell Middle School Track – Bulldog Invite

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

Another one of those harsh sunlight days.   Long jump on this field was tough shooting right into the sun.

PHD does Cathy Roe’s Ultimate Dance

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

March 27th and 28th saw Patti Herm’s School of Dance participate in Cathy Roe’s Ultimate Dance Competition.  This competition is one of the few that allow parents to take photographs.  Here are a few of my favorites from the weekend.

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The Christmas Experiment…..

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Saw a similar shot on a photography forum and thought I’d give it a whirl.  This first image wasn’t my original intention, but when I first set my camera up on the tripod everything was outta focus.  I thought this might be interesting, so click!

Now for the in focus shot.  ENJOY!

What a difference winter makes…

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

I took this photo back on October 20th of Vandercook Hall on Western Michigan University’s campus.  The array of colors is just awesome as well is the architecture of the building.  It looks even better in print.

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So now every time I drive by Vandercook Hall, I look over to see what is currently going on there, image wise that is.  This last time I noticed that they don’t shovel the sidewalks giving it that freshly fallen snow look.  I thought with the hibernating vines and snow it would make a nice black and white photo and a contrast in seasons photo.

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Here is a color version of the winter image.  ENJOY!

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