Fast girl and a pretty bike!

For the past few months, I have been posting all of my pinup and boudoir sessions to my Boudoir Louisville blog and not to my Sniper Photo blog. Figured I would keep the two separate. The pinups I snapped last night are just too cool to post to ONE blog, so here ya go...

Last night I snapped a bunch of great pinups with Catherine Jones. She had the perfect wardrobe to shoot pinup! Not to mention, her facial expressions were pretty rockin' as well. I needed a special prop for this shoot, so I turned to a buddy of mine. Sonny had this great old Honda motorcycle, called a MINI DREAM, that I just had to shoot with. The bike arrived to my building, and after a short ride in my cargo elevator it was sitting in my studio.

Be sure to look for the Boudoir session pics of Catherine in a few days.

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Phil Lempert - Supermarket Guru makes a trip to Louisville

Last week I was hired by a Montana marketing firm to cover an event at a local grocery store.
Local school kids were led around the store by Phil Lempert. He explained what foods were good, and which were not so good.

Known as The Supermarket Guru ® , Lempert is a distinguished author and speaker who alerts customers and business leaders to impending corporate and consumer trends, and empowers them to make educated purchasing and marketing decisions.

As one of America’s leading consumer trend-watchers and analysts, Phil Lempert is recognized on television, radio and in print. He is the food trends editor and correspondent for NBC News’ Today show, where he reports on consumer trends, food safety and money-saving tips, as well as showcases new products. He makes monthly appearances on ABC’s The View , and has appeared numerous times on The Oprah Winfrey Show, 20/20, CNN, CNBC, Discovery Health and MSNBC, as well as on local television morning and news programs throughout the country.

Apple's new iPad!

Today, Steve Jobs and the Apple gang unveiled the new iPad.
I can not wait for this thing to shit. I will be ordering a pair of the damn things, one for me and another for the wife. She is a Kindle user, well, not for long!
People have mixed reviews about this new gadget. I think a lot of folks were thinking this would be a replacement for their laptops. This is NOT the case. There are a lot of nifty things the iPad can do. As a photographer, I am excited to run photo slideshows for clients on this thing.
And the price! Starting at $499! Awesome!

iPad Video
iPad Keynote

Rachel Alexandra named "Horse of the Year"

When Rachel Alexandra was named Horse of the Year Monday night at the 39th Annual Eclipse Awards in Beverly Hills, it was hard to argue against it, but it would have been the same had Zenyatta taken the crown.
The two females turned the thoroughbred racing world on its head as they defied convention and soundly beat males. They both turned in dominant years in 2009.

Zenyatta, a 6-year-old mare, finished undefeated in 14 career starts and is the only filly or mare to have won the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic. She won four straight Grade 1 races in California in 2009.

Rachel Alexandra won the Preakness, the first 3-year-old filly to claim that title in 84 years. She also won the Haskell against males, and the Woodward Stakes against older males. It was the first time a filly had ever won the Woodward.

The final tally was 130 votes for Rachel Alexandra and 99 for Zenyatta.

Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta also won their respective classes with ease.

Rachel Alexandra was unanimously voted top 3-year-old filly with 232 votes. She was the only winner selected unanimously. Meanwhile, Zenyatta received 231 votes for best older mare of the year. Icon Project got one vote.

Summer Bird received 225 of the 232 votes. Fellow Birdstone son and winner of the Kentucky Derby, Mine That Bird, was second in the voting with four votes.

Gio Ponti, who won two Eclipse awards - top male turf horse and older male - was broken by Ocala's Gabriel Dixon.

The 4-year-old won four Grade 1 races in 2009, including the Arlington Million, Man O'War Stakes, Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap and Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap.


The Eclipse Awards are voted on and presented by the NTRA, Daily Racing Form and National Turf Writers Association.
Text by Fred Hiers and Carlos E. Medina, Staff writer and correspondent
Photos by Ryan Armbrust - Sniper Photo
Published: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 6:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 1:24 p.m.

PPA - Imaging USA Photo Conference

Just got back into Louisville from the PPA - Imaging USA Photo Conference in Nashville.

Imaging USA’s mission is to be the first major photographic event of the year that brings together the forward-thinking photographers and business leaders whose ideas spark innovation and change in the industry.

It is the longest running national photographic convention, expo, and image exhibition in the United States, drawing thousands of professionals from around the world. Dating back to 1880, when it began as the annual convention and tradeshow for Professional Photographers of America, the event is always growing and evolving.

Went to quite a few training classes, met lots of other photographers. The Boudoir Divas from San Diego spoke, had to go see them. They run a high end Boudoir business, average shoot price is $2000! Also went to a great lighting seminar taught by Tony Corbell and lots of marketing workshops. The marketing stuff put me to sleep, I'm pretty sure I could have taught THOSE classes!
There was also a huge trade show. Pretty much all the heavy hitters were in attendance. It was hard keeping my wallet in my jeans! I did beat a few vendors up on pricing and made a few purchases though.

Pinups with Laura Kirkpatrick

Laura Kirkpatrick, runner up from Cycle 13 of America's Next Top Model, dropped by the Boudoir Louisville studio to snap a few pinups! She was fantastic to work with.
Tyra, I made you proud.

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Photo shoot with Scooter

Tonight I snapped a few shots of Scooter. As many of you know, he is my hair and makeup artist for all of my Boudoir and Pinup shoots.
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Merry Christmas from Boudoir Louisville!

Now that our Christmas season has come to a close, we just wanted to take a second to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
In the month of November, we booked and shot 34 boudoir and pinup session! We still have a few last minute sessions to shoot which will take us to over 40 shoots for this Christmas season! Big thanks to everyone.

Oh no, I shot a kid!

Calm down, I didn't REALLY shoot a kid!
I did snap some pics of a super cute little girl though.

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Boudoir detail shots

Here are a few detail shots from a Boudoir Louisville shoot from last week. The client was great, but wants to keep this a secret, SHHHHHHHHH!

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