We are the Champions...

After a great workshop in Asheville with Corey and crew, I hurried back to Atlanta to try and make our final Upper AA AHL hockey game. I was able to get on the ice after the first shift and we won! It was a great season with a great group of guys are here are a couple pics.

Hi Daddy!

So while Adam is up in NC Hayden and I are enjoying a few days with Nana! Nana is my mom - she lives in DC. As usual when she visits we get started on more projects than we could ever finish! This visit we are getting started on prepping the house to sell! Know anyone that needs a great lake house? We have decided that moving a little closer to the city would make life, work and social activities a little easier! We love this house and hopefully will do a 360 later in life and find another one like it - when we work a little less and have time to really enjoy it. So mom, Hayden and I have been replacing light fixtures, sprucing up and remodeling a bathroom.....ok well mom and I are. Hayden just hangs out being adorable... but hey...do what you do best right!
Here is dad's newest pic of Hayden James! Back to work!

Jenn

Rockstar's spotted in Asheville

One of the great things working for Pictage is that I get an opportunity to meet with tons of photographers like myself. This is a great perk. This week I am in Asheville, NC visiting my friend Corey McNabb while he conducts a 4 (plus) day workshop. Besides, getting to see some friends I haven't seen for a while, hi Amber, I had a chance to meet some new faces as well. Tom Flint is out of upstate New York. That's right Sam and David, if you guys have any friends that need an excellent wedding photographer in your area, he is worth checking out! I also got a chance to hang out with Ty Miller who is from my neck of the woods. He is another wonderful photographer and you can click on any of their names to check out their sites. I don't want to give anything away from the day except to say it was fun to go and capture some fun images in the afternoon thanks to our super willing and able models, Jon (of Jon Leidel photography) and Anna. Here are a couple of pics along with some fun ones at dinner...

Last but not least, I wanted to say thank you to Larry Crandall of White Glove First Edition Books for the great dinner.

I think that about covers it for today.

Blue

My favorite color is blue. Every once in a while I photograph an image that has a blue that I really like. Here are two of them. I have been talking to my dad a bunch about how to get the perfect blue sky shot for his vacation to Europe. Time of day, f stop, ISO setting etc. These are some of the better ones that I have captured.

The last day of the Impala SS

It's true. I sold my 1996 Impala SS with under 100k miles on Saturday. It was a sad day. My father had an Impala when he was younger and I proudly carried on that Linke tradition by owning one in college up until now. I had that car for over 11 years. That is a long relationship any way you look at it. I will always have tons of fun memories about that car and it's occupants. I would love to bring up a couple of those fond memories with some of my pals like Anders, Heller, and Hoblit, but I am not sure what the statue of limitations is in Minnesota so I will refrain. This is a picture as I am waiting in the parking lot for the new owner to arrive and take new ownership.

I've been a bad blogger

A few months ago, Jenn and I were getting pretty good at keeping up with our blog. After August 22nd, things have gotten more tricky as far as finding time to blog. I know that is no excuse so I am trying to make a come back starting today. For now on, I will make an effort to post at least once a week if not more. This post is a bit scattered. The first image I want to share with everyone is what our bay looks like when the water level is down 14 feet.

The black line I have drawn in is the normal water level in a non drought year. This image was taken a couple of weeks ago when the water was down 12 feet. Doesn't matter now, as you can see, the dock is on the mud.

I wish I could say that having a newborn around the house is the only reason we have been bad about blogging, but the fact is, work has picked up as well. I have photographed a wedding for the past 6 weekends in a row, and Jenn has been juggling Hayden and getting back to work.

Finally, to prove I really have been photographing a lot of weddings lately, here is one of my favorites from this summer. Click Here.

Talk to you soon,