Ashleys blog!

So my wife Ashley happens to be the coolest girl ever.. and she bought me an iTouch, which I totally had NO idea I was getting.. Im pretty addicted to it, and Im excited to be able to get pictures of things that I normally wouldnt because of the size of my Canon Rebel!
Anyways she just did a shoot of some of our friends the other day (Steph and Craig) before they leave for Australia and thought I would share the link to her blog in case you wanted to see!
Ashleys Blog
She is seriously so talented, can you believe that she has only been shooting a little over a year! Amazing..

Anyways headed out to shoot for a few different photo projects today {Project 50 and the Stranger Project}  Hope everyone enjoys their FRIDAY!!

Oh Happiness!

Today just happens to be an awesome day. Just got done work, which was long, but rewarding..
If you don't already know, I am an Avionics Specialist on the F16 Fighter Jets here in Korea. It is a pretty awesome job considering all the crazy things I see everyday and learn, but very stressful. As an Avionics Specialist we deal with a variety of systems that the pilot uses, anywhere from Flight controls, to Radar and everything in between. Basically the pilots break the jet, and we slave away to keep them flying! It is very rewarding and even though a lot of times I am miserable because of the long hours and weekends, I still don't think there are a whole lot of jobs that could top it. Other than photography of course!
Today I was able to fix one of our Jets in time for "first go" of the day, even though it had been broke for various reasons that we thought would ground it for days! Its always rewarding when you know you worked hard to be able to get that jet to fly that day when it was broke..
Now its off to a to a LONG OVERDUE 4 day weekend! I cant even remember the last time I had a three day weekend, or even a "full" two day weekend! Im loving it, AND I have a portrait photo shoot tomorrow which is going to be amazing! So yea.. if you cant tell Im pretty stoked right now..

The ONLY thing that could make this weekend better right now would be if ashley was here.. I miss you so much ash.. and weekends just are never the same..
Hope everyone else has a great Memorial weekend as well!!

Old shot of an F-16 takeoff that I took back in Arizona before "Under the Stars Photography" existed

Mt Daedun

Finally got the chance to work on the pictures from last weekends trip! We took an ITT trip from base to Mt. Daedun about 2 hours away. Our "tour guide" was a 70 year old Korean man who insisted that we all stayed together on the hike. I'm not a huge fan of that idea because, being a photographer, I like to explore and take my time finding sweet spots, but it wasn't too bad. Oh, and this "tour guide" of ours was up the mountain with much less struggle and MUCH faster then most of the people that went with us! It once again backs up my "Koreans make us look lazy" belief!

The mountains there were rugged and beautiful, kind of reminding me of Sedona, Arizona. When Ashley and I were stationed there we hated it so much because of the lack of seasons and the desert and all that, but honestly I am really starting to miss it. Maybe its just because I am here alone and it is no fun, or just the fact that my dorm room is making me go crazy. Just THREE more months and I will be back where I belong holding two people that mean the world to me.. I am starting to get anxious!

Anyways a little more about the hike..
At one spot there was a bridge that crossed peaks and you could feel it swaying in the wind! Most people were practically running across it in fear, but of course not me! I was standing in the middle of it taking pictures of course..

There was also this AWESOME staircase that you are only allowed to climb up, as it was too steep and narrow to have people climbing down as well! It was quite the experience and I'm not going to lie, stopping, turning around, and taking a picture back down while on this staircase was kinda creepy! But, of course I did it..

I posted some more of the pictures from the trip on our Facebook if you would like to see!

Going to do some marketing this weekend if all goes well and hopefully be able to land some portrait sessions to use for our portfolio and upcoming website! Hope you all have a great weekend!