happy new year! 2009 deserves its own update of sorts. I owe many thanks to my family, friends, second shooters, and clients.

2009 in review

• My first shoot of 2009 was for a model moving to Dubai, followed by a shoot for Cobra Bluetooth Wireless.
• Days later, i helped a friend pack to move to Kansas City, Missouri.
• Harvard University built a modern, new boathouse, CRI Rowing on the Charles River in Boston and I shot the second wedding held there.
• I shot in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• I shot in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• I went to Niagara.
• i was hired for a commercial photoshoot for Miele USA.
• i went to the rural outskirts of pittsburgh for the PVSC scooter rally and watched fireworks launched from the back of a scooter.
• My grandmother celebrated her 90th birthday surrounded by family at a brunch at the famous Mission Inn in Riverside, California.
• i was hired as the architectural photographer to photograph a beautiful resort in Jamaica.

By the numbers, just a few…

• I had 1 lens shatter at a shoot
• I bought 2 more cameras
• and 3 new lenses
• Clients spanned 5 different countries
• I was published 6 times
• I went through 6 rolls of seamless backdrops in my studio
• took 24 flights
• and bought 24 more rechargable batteries
• I photographed 35 weddings
• and a total of over 75 shoots