The Black Dog’s PhotoBlog

What a blast these 2 girls were! So awake and alive with energy. Oh to be young again.

Before these 2 girls came for their portrait session I spoke with their mother and she indicated to me that she always preferred more spontaneous or candid portraits over the formal sit down indoor studio portraits. So I came up with many ideas of poses and settings I thought would work for them. I always like to have a plan.

We started with our first scene that I had picked out and I asked the girls, “what would you like to do in these pictures?” This session just took off from there. There was jumping, running, flower picking, posing, hugging and playing peek-a-boo. It was so much fun for me to see and photograph these girls just being themselves. It wasn’t really what I had planned, it was better. These 2 girls were just adorable.

I also have to say thanks for a friend and fellow photographer for her suggestions on this shoot, what lens she’d use and letting kids be kids when you photograph them.

I’m just going to take a little bragging time here.

Any of you ever heard of the MTEA SuperMileage Challenge? This year it took place on May 19th & 20th, 2008 at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, MN. (Yes, I realize I haven’t posted in my blog since the 18th of May. We’ve been very busy around here, but more on that in the coming days.)

This was my son’s second and final year taking part in this challenge. The goal of this challenge is not to be the fastest vehicle but instead to get the best mileage using E85 fuel. My son’s vehicle won the prize for the top performing E85 vehicle and his school was awarded $300! The vehicle he designed and built got 493 miles per gallon on it’s best run. That’s pretty amazing if you ask me. Especially in a day when gas prices are outrageous and many of us are beginning to realize that we need to very soon find an alternative fuel source.

Here’s a little write up from the MN Corn Growers Association’s Website about SuperMileage Cars and this year’s challenge.
High school students build super high mileage cars
Written by Jonathan Eisenthal
That’s my son and his girlfriend accepting the check for his school pictured at the bottom of the article.