Rach & Trav

My good friend Rachel and her husband Travis were married 7 years ago. I had been asking them to let me take some pictures of them and I finally had the opportunity to do so this past weekend. I showed up to their house and we walked over to a nearby park. I was nervous at first because I hadn't used my camera in over a month, but they were just so easy to work with and let me do whatever. We had fun!

Noah!

My nephew, Noah, was in town not too long ago for a karate tournament. I'd never seen him do any karate because everytime I ask him to show me some moves, he gets super shy. My sister wanted me to get some action photos of him, but I didn't have any good place to sit, so all the action shots I have of him are of the back of his head, so its not like you could really tell it was him. This was the only picture I got that day of him and it was just a snapshot of him after he got his trophy for 2nd place in sparring.




Isn't he cute?! I can't believe he's about to be 9 yrs old already!!

Kidz!!

I had a whirlwind weekend with a bunch of fellow photographers and their kids. I don't have any experience taking pictures of little kids, so this was definitely a huge learning experience for me. Here are some of the best ones I captured.

Tara & Jeff

Tara and Jeff recently got engaged and will be getting married soon. The date hasn't been set yet, and when I asked Tara about it, her answer was "whenever my grandfather can get a flight". They'll be going to the Justice of the Peace whenever her grandfather can get to Dallas. Last month Tara asked if I could take some pictures of her and Jeff, since their parents don't have any pictures of them together. Always willing to add photos to my portfolio, I happily agreed. The only time we would all be in the same city was during a pool tournament, and its hard to set aside time to take pictures since we're always busy playing. I was able to get a handful of shots of Tara & Jeff in about 15 minutes. They are so cute and funny together.

The Heather

My good friend Heather had asked me a couple of months ago to help her put a website together. She's been playing on the WPBA for a couple of years now, so she thought it was time for a website and hopefully a blog.  I needed to get one decent picture of her for the main page of her website, but we ended up taking more than just one picture.  I think I got a few good ones and we had a good time towards the end goofing around.  There will be a heather-lloyd.com coming soon, so stay tuned!

Melinda

My friend Melinda asked me to take a few pictures of her shooting pool. I wanted to use my 85mm, but I didn't have enough room. Even the 50mm wasn't enough room! :( So, I used my 28-135mm zoom, which I wasn't too happy about. This lens doesn't open wide enough for the extreme low light situation. I only took a few pictures and ended up with only 2 decent pictures. They still aren't what I would have liked, but I made lemonade.

Amanda

Amanda is the perfect guinea pig, she doesn't mind being goofy and serious all at the same time! I took Amanda outside for some shots, and I was pleasantly surprised with how many good pictures I had to work with! YAY! These were all taken with my new 85mm, which I'm really diggin'! Here are my favs:

Michelle

Wanting to do something a little out of the ordinary, Michelle was easily convinced to be another one of my guinea pigs. This session was the most difficult one yet because the lighting was a beast. I also wanted to use my 85mm so bad, but I didn't have enough room, so ended up using my 50mm instead. I took a ton of photos of Michelle, but only 3 of them came out anywhere decent to work with. These were my favorites:

Robyn

Lately, Robyn has been travelling with her mom, Terry to pool tournaments and has followed in her mom's footsteps and also playing pool. Robyn might only be a teenager, but she can play and has a ton of potential. Watch out world!

Robyn agreed to be another one of my guinea pigs and even though I didn't get as many good pictures as I had liked, I do like the ones that did come out well.

I decided to edit this picture this way because it seems to fit Robyn's personality best:



I couldn't decide on color or black&white for this photo, so I decided to just show them both.

Tiffany "The Rock" Nelson

This past weekend, I headed up to Tulsa, OK to play in the first ever Oklahoma State Women's 9-ball Championship. Some of the WPBA pros showed up to play which was cool to watch. I got to take some photos of Tiffany Nelson who is currently ranked #19. Tiffany is an incredible pool player. Tiffany has been playing pool most of her life and turned pro back in 1994 at the age of 14!! People have watched Tiffany grow up since she's been in the limelight for most of her life, and I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to photograph the beautiful woman she has become.

I took many pictures and as I'm still learning my new equipment and focusing, I got a handful of decent photos. Here are my favorites from the bunch: