Sunset on Tampa Bay.....

Nana

My lovely bride of 35+ years......

Wife, Mom and Nana!

Jennifer

Ty's 1st haircut

Ty is 1 today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My little buddy Ty is 1 today! He has melted hearts everywhere he has been!
The very mention of his name sends Linda (aka Nana) into a frenzy :-)) She
can sleep through a hurricane, but if Ty makes the slightest sound she springs
into SuperNana!!

Happy Birthday Ty!!!!

Bayshore Love

HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Charlie arrived safely back from Iraq this morning at 6:33AM!
Brook and Ava were waiting for their soldier!

Tom & Joan

Just a shout-out to my brother Tom and his bride Joan!!! This was
from the rehearsal dinner before Charlie and Brook's wedding in
August 2007. Joan made ALL the flower arrangements and they
brought them down from Tennessee - they were GORGEOUS!
Good people :-))

Happy New Year 2010!

Happy New Year! I hope everyone's 2010 is full of health, happiness
and prosperity! Dare to dream this year! And go after your dream!

Whitney

From an eSession with Whitney and Ryan - they are AWESOME
people! They will be married on April 18, 2010!

Bucs Pull Supderdome Stunner!

It's been a rough year for the Bucs, but they pulled out an awesome
victory against the previously once beaten New Orleans Saints! They
came from 17 - 0 to tie the game and go into OT! Then they finished
strong and garnered their 3rd win of the year - 2 in a row! OMG!!!

It's cold here today (for us Floridians) - 52 right now.....

Check this out for a smile: http://video.tiscali.it/canali/truveo/611_1234581161.html

I woke this morning and the cold made me think of the mountains and
all the incredible memories we have made there. The picture below is The
Back Porch Restaurant - LOVE IT!

Hello World!

Well... Hello world - I started this blog over 5 years ago now and I have

been lax lately on posting - I will do better :-)) It's a couple days after

Christmas and all is quiet. Charlie was in Iraq and Brook took Ava to her

parents - we did get to see them all Christmas afternoon on the webcam!

I had Brook on 1 screen and Charlie on another - too cool! We are excited

for Charlie's safe return - next month! We did get to share in Ty's 1st

Christmas and that was really AWESOME! He is almost 11 months now

and is excited about the world! We love our little man! Doug and Courtney

took off yesterday to Columbus, GA to visit Doug's brother so we are just

kicked back enjoying the quiet... I have an eSession on Tuesday and will

take about 8 or 9 naps between now and then :-) Linda is in the kitchen

making a quiche and a pumpkin pie - YUM..........

Yesterday the Gator Nation took a real bomb when Urban Meyer announced

that he will step down as head coach after the Sugar Bowl - WOW!!! He is

leaving to take care of his health and his family - I wish him well! I will miss

his intensity and persistence - he has been great for our football program.

He is the supreme competitor and his very nature enabled his health problems.

You can not explain to someone the level of competitiveness some reach - He,

like all truly intense warriors, are devastated far more by losses than they are

elevated by their wins.... Coach, I hope you get your health back to 110% and

come back and help others like you have helped all that been in your program!

ONCE A GATOR, ALWAYS A GATOR!!!!

these images are from the Orlando Sentinel

Where have you been???

Oops! It's been over a month since I posted..... I have been busy and life
has been crusin' on! I just got back from Louisville, Kentucky where we
photographed the wedding of Traci Hibberd and Chad Clifton - It was
SPECTACULAR! Chad is Brook's brother and we stayed at Lewis and
Connie's (Brook and Chad's parents) and ALL of the these people are
absolutely the finest people you could hope to meet!!! I love them all!
Oh yeah - AVA WAS THERE!!!!! Ava melts my heart just thinking about
her :-)) She is 19 months now and she is TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL!

Ava driving.....

In 1996 we bought Charlie a new Ford Ranger and he drove it through
high school, college and 4 years in the Army. I ended up with the truck
a few weeks ago and it still looks and runs great! Here is Ava, Charlie's
18 month old daughter driving Dad's truck!

Cephas, Ybor City

Used to be a really neat place.....



from Cephas himself....
Cephas tells it like he see's it! If you are over weight, he'll tell you by how much, just by sizing you at first glance! And he has no remorse for telling you, "You're Fat!, Come on Man, you're killing yourself!" He is a big believer of health through the consumption of Aloe Vera gel from the leaf of live aloe plants. Made into a smoothie by blending the gel from one elephant aloe leaf till it liquefies into a foamy liquid and then adding about four to six ounces of water and a small amount of ice. He does this on a daily basis as his grandfather did. Cephas is currently 57 years old, and has the health and vitality of a young man. Not a grey hair on his head, nor an ounce of fat to his weight. He is truly one of the most energetic grandfathers I have ever met. And the most generous people you will ever met, passing the word of his health success on to others, and helping them achieve a better well being for themselves.

Recently, Cephas had a bit of misfortune when a brand new coffee pot he had purchased from WalMart, made by General Electric, burnt his eating establishment, gutting the inside, and destroying all within. Years of memorabilia and all his equipment and amenities to run his Jamaican style restaurant were destroyed on the 9th of January 2006. But being the resilient soul that Cephas is, he has constructed a juice stand outside of his Hot Shop, where he sells his aloe smoothies, and Jamaican jerk chicken until he can resolve his dilemma with the battles he is facing from the Giant G.E. lawyers. In the mean time, Cephas is losing money daily, at the same time trying to fix his place on a shoe string budget so he can operate his business once again in a normal profitable manner.

If anyone who reads this, has the power within their means to help this man resolve the battles he is facing with the powerful lawyers G.E. is able to afford, it would be appreciated by many who want to see Cephas continue to thrive in our town so he can continue to help many find a healthier way of living.

Flo, Tampa

I have her for over 7 years now - WHAT A RIDE!!!!!! Flo is my 2002
Harley Davidson Road King and we have been through a LOT of curves
and hills together! She's still rock steady!

Heather & Keith

I had the honor of working last saturday at the beautiful Don CeSar
to photograph a gorgeous couple - Heather and Keith!!! They had
spectacular weather, all their friends and family at a wonderful
resort and that made for memorable wedding!

I was working with my buddy and new daddy - Jerry McGaghey the
creator of RockStar Sexy Wedding Photography!

Fortunate Guy!

I guess birthdays cause us to take a view of our lives and are
always a grand time to count our blessings... Well, I would
need a birthday MONTH as my life has been filled with such
truly incredible people and experiences!!! I had the most loving
parents a person could ever dream of - the perfect examples
of how to do it right!!! My childhood and schooling times were
over the top! Linda and I just had our 35th anniversary and
I have - without doubt - the 2 most phenomenal children ever!
And now - Ava and Ty, my precious grand babies, what else
could a man ask for??? There so many people and times that
have left wonderful impressions on my life that it would take
forever to list them all....

I turn 60 today and it's been an AWESOME ride - I remain VERY
thankful for all you really neat people in my life :-))

Cheers!

JDM

Matt and Nina

Incredible couple! We recently shot an eSession with Matt and Nina
at the University of Tampa and thoroughly enjoyed it! Matt and Nina
are both wonderful folks and they will married November 14 in
Bradenton! We can't wait!

Ava and Ty

Last week Courtney and little Ty flew up to Tennessee to spend time
with Brook and Ava! It was the 1st time the 2 children have been
together and I am not sure who had a better time - the kids or the
Moms!!! Well obviously, I say that they are the 2 most beautiful
children in the world! Brook has more pictures to come of these
special memories!