A Week of Inspiration

Last week, I attended a filmmakers conference in San Antonio. The event is called In-Focus.
The majority of the attendees are wedding and commercial filmmakers. I went last year, when the event was in Charleston.

I feel like InFocus brings the most talented people in event filming together. The conference was a three day event. Two days were seminar style and there was one full day of hands-on sessions at a ranch. I arrived one day early to San Antonio to get settled into the hotel and explore the area. The hotel was directly across the street from The Alamo. Here are some of the pictures from my time at InFocus. If you are curious to know more about the conference, let me know. I'd love to go again, next year!

The Ranch


This wagon ride that shuttled us to and from classes

The majority of us had gear

So impressed with longhorns….

Hands on sessions


One of the keynote speakers lives in an airstream. He parked it on the ranch.

This is the interior. Kind of cool. 

After our sessions on the ranch, there was a mixer party.
Concert on the ranch

Roasting marshmallows and editing by the fire


Photo Booth

This was the hotel we stayed at…

My Assistant

Both girls have shown an interest in taking pictures. I think the best equipment decision I've made lately, has been to keep my Canon T2i camera. At one point, I was going to sale it. Instead of selling it, I kept it and now I let the girls use it. I don't have to worry about them being rough with it, since it's not a camera I need for work.

Today, I shot some stills and video for a department event. Dakota joined me and she got the VIP media treatment. Even the students were loving on her. Dakota is my outgoing child and she loved all the attention.

Two Things I'm Loving

#1 Ona Brixton Leather Camera Bag
Isn't it lovely? It has 3 slots for a camera and lenses. It even fits my 70-200mm lens. Dakota is impressed!

I like to call it my sexy bag.


For the past two years I've been using the Kelly Moore Posey2, (that particular bag has been discontinued). I still use it for everyday use, but I wanted a bigger bag and better quality. I'm so pleased with the ONA Brixton.

#2 Braids
Rosa, the girls childcare provider, loves braiding the girls hair. Several times a week, they come home with the cutest braids.

Pretty New Lens 85mm 1.2

Here are some of the first few shots I took with the 85mm. I use the 50mm, but already, I'm liking this  85 more. At the bottom is a video recording. I love the how the frame rate looks. I can't wait to pair this with the gh4. Okay, that's enough nerdy talk, here are some adorable pics of my girls. This week we have meet the teacher and next week, Cheyenne returns to school.

Fourth of July Weekend

Friday, I worked a wedding in Azle. Everything ran smoothly! The ceremony was outside and the lighting was gorgeous. The entire time I was at the venue, so I didn't have to run around from one location to another, which is normally the case. It was pretty laid back. I can't wait to edit it, I got some pretty footage.

Saturday morning, we went to movies and watched Inside Out. I'm such a baby. I cried the entire time!!!! What Inside Out emotion are you? There is not an emo character, but if there was one, that would be me. Actually, I'd be a mix of Joy and Emo. The movie was insanely entertaining, even if you don't have kids - you should watch it.

Later that afternoon, we went over to a friends house. Brian from our Sunday school class threw a pool party and he had a pretty good turn out.

Sunday, we went out for lunch.


Sunday afternoon, we hiked. It was about a mile hike. We stopped along the trail, took pictures and played. It was a great holiday weekend!