pre-Halloween Costume fun!

Wow!! Halloween costumes have really come a long way. I remember when I was young the costumes came in square boxes with a clear plastic window so you could see what the mask looked like. They had the face part of the mask that secured to your head by a rubber band 9and they still have those today, but the rest of the costume was basically a full body "suit" that had a picture of whatever you were supposed to on the chest. Can you say "cheesy??"
Well, not only are the costumes much better now, the Ditmores are prepared. Unlike years past, my entire family has their Halloween costumes!!!!
I think it helped that the wife and I were invited to a Halloween Party this coming Saturday (Thanks Brian and Rose!!!!). We usually plan to get the boys' costumes early and end up having to order on-line and pay for expedited shipping. The boys picked out their costumes early and we got them. We did, however, have to order one piece for Alex's costume but it was so worth it. For those who follow the blog, here are a couple of quick snaps of the boys tonight in our drive-way.

Halloween is always a fun holiday for me and especially so since we've had our boys. It is so much fun watching their faces light up with excitement at the mere mention of what they plan to be. We have had some great costumes over the years and this year is no exception.
The lone exception this year is that i won't be able to "help" the kids enjoy their candy. I will stay away from the extra candy the boys bring home this year and hopefully limit their intake a little as well.
The boys enjoy giving out candy and seeing all the trick or treaters who come to our house each year so we'll trick or a treat a little and then head home to answer the door for all those ghosties and super heroes who will come to see us.

We will doing more Halloween photos in the coming days and I will post the final product of that shoot.

Growing a business.......

Wow! What an awesome and humbling experience it is to grow a business.

Another shoot this evening......and more prints coming today!!

Looking forward to another shoot this evening.

Also looking forward to the UPS man delivering more prints today.


I'll also be sharing another football team shot a week from Friday. This was a commissioned work and the client asked me not to show it until he unveiled it.

No rest for the weary.............and we wouldn't have it any other way!

Wow!! August has been such a busy month for us, and we are lovin' it!!! For all you guys who have booked or are considering us, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! We love what we do and we hope it shows. We love meeting new people and we love making beautiful images.

It just keeps getting hotter!

I cannot remember a hotter summer. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to August! School is just around the corner and

So....

Ok, so now that the family has seen the final group of images from Michael's set, I can share a few of them here. On the second day we shot a few in studio and after some slight tweaking in photoshop, we were all very pleased with the final product. I honestly think the poster came out even better than I expected. Michael's dad got me a UC logo from the school and a few hours later we had a poster that I am really proud of. And the coolest and most rewarding part is that Michael and his dad were diggin it too!

This one is gonna be really brief because I have a lot of work to do getting orders together. I hope everyone is having a great day and I'll be posting again very soon.
thanks for stopping by,
~greg

Myrtle Beach Work-cation

So I was fortunate enough to get an invitation to shoot at great band at a great venue in a great vacation spot. What could be better, right? Well, when the band is Frontiers - Journey Tribute Band, the venue is the House of Blues, and the vacation spot is Myrtle Beach, it doesn't get much better.
We found out Frontiers would be playing the House of Blues, Myrtle Beach at the end of May and singer Jeremey Hunsicker invited me to shoot them there. First, if you've never heard Frontiers, you owe it to yourself to check them out. They are THE Journey Tribute Band. You can check them out at www.journeytributeband.com or find them on facebook.

So the wife and I talked about the proposition and decided we could make it a mini working vacation, a work-cation if you will. So we arrived a day before the show and stayed a day afterward. We had a great trip and had a blast with the guys. I'll post more details about the vacation par of the trip on another post but suffice it to say the Frontiers gig at the House of Blues was the highlight of the weekend.

I hadn't been to Myrtle Beach in 10 years. And believe it or not, I had actually seen JGB at the House of Blues then. It is a truly great venue.

Before the show we met a friend from my hometown that I hadn't seen in probably 25 years and his wife. Our friends, Mitch Borden and his wife Lisa, made reservations for us for dinner at the House of Blues and in spite of my wife and I getting lost and arriving late, we had a wonderful dinner. It was great catching up with Mitch after all these years and the wives became fast friends. They are just really nice people and we are looking forward to hanging out with them again very soon.


As for the concert itself....WOW!! The guys really brought their "A" game. The best show we have seen by far. It was so much fun seeing them at this venue. So the moral of the story is.......great music at a great venue with great friends makes for one incredible night of fun!
Just back and I'll offer some more update on the guys from Frontiers and more on our Myrtle beach trip.
have a great day!
~greg