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During Cameron’s Senior Session I had in my mind a shot I really wanted to accomplish and I decided to go to a location that I have had in my mind for a long time!

So I convinced Cam to go out to New Paris and stand still while I shot about 130 shots of this whole scene. Brought it back to photoshop and stitch together this image above which can be blown up to the size of a small country and still not be pixalated! I had to be patient with photoshop for sure… It was really chugging along.

This method is called the Brenzier Method after one of the greatest Wedding Photographers, Ryan Brenzier. Google him! Really Really amazing stuff. But anyways I will be making sure of doing at least on image like this in every session I have from now on! Probably with less photos though…

After going up to the Tire Rack in South Bend to get some new tires on my car with my friends Travis and Eddie, we got lost taking a creative way through town. After getting lost and but before really realizing we were heading the wrong way we found the best place to shoot in a long time! First Eddie just pointed out how run down and cool looking this building was and I decided to park the car out in front of it just to play around and see what I could get. The Car was filthy so I didn’t expect to get much. Below You can see what I got.

I only got a couple frames I was happy with of my car. MAKE SURE YOU Click on the Photo to view it Bigger! You really cant see much unless you view them large and on black.. Specially the portrait one.

After taking those photos of my car, me and Eddie decided to take a look inside the building. We were very surprised at what we found! This abandoned building had all kinds of cars mostly European from Audi to MG and there was even a Pontiac GTO. This was a great find and I got some pretty good photos.

This Pan of the Building took about 45 mins to stitch and save out. Working with the 7D Files has put extra stress on my computer and I really need to upgrade my ram to manage these new Higher Resolution Photos. With my 40D I never had any type of problem with the system being sluggish.. I am definitely not complaining though because the 7D’s 18 megapixels create some very crisp images even out of the small sensor!

Audi 5000 and Old 4 door BMW, not sure exactly what kind.

Porsche Diptych

Pontiac Diptych. Click on this one to view on black!

I am not sure what these two last cars are… Leave a comment if you know!

I Hope to make it back to this building before someone tear it down! I am going to go up and do some filming next time. I want to do a bunch of dolly shots and what not then bring it in to the computer add a little score and some motion graphic elements! So HOPEFULLY I can make that happen this summer soon!

Ashley had some ideas of what she wanted to see in her photos such as the Hay Bail, her dog, and Her Dads bike. You can see the Hay Bail here below. Other then that she was up for anything which made for a real laid back session. We drove around and found a swing under a weeping willow tree that turned out to be amazing, as well as a field across the street from the swing that just was perfect in the afternoon sun and that produced the best photo of the whole set. After that we went into town and set up a studio like setup next to a building where the paint was chipping and made for some really nice portraits and head shots!

Luke and Carlena got Married on the 5th of December this year. I was able to shoot it with with my good friend and Carlena’s Brother, Blake. So all these photos are from either him or me. The Best of the days photos you can see posted on here, but all photos will be on the password protected page. If you need the password you will need to contact the bride or groom to gain access to all the photos.

Not All the Photos are Posted yet but they will be soon.

Go to Luke and Carlena’s Wedding Galleries >>

Long time friend Brandon Klinefelter and his wife Kassy asked me to get some family photos this last fall. I was able to get quite a few good frames out at my good friend Jessica’s house. I love her red wall in her living room and it worked very well as a background. I need to get a place where I can paint a few walls different colors for backgrounds..

Enjoy the photos below and check out a few more on my Flickr

My Sister is really good in front of the camera, I really dont direct her at all, and sometimes when I do it just ruins things anyway. She is so good in front of the camera I think that we are going to pursue more avenues with Fashion and Modeling. Good for both me and her, I get to the photography that I always want to do and she gets to stand in front of the camera, win! Anyway I am going to just post a few photos below. Hopefully I can find some time to update my portfolio with all the good work that I have been doing recently. I also want to revamp this site this winter, like move that sidebar to the right down to the footer and just display all my work the whole width of the site, sounds like a good idea. The whole site should look tons better and be way more functional to people visiting and need work done.

Would love to shoot For Fashion!

Slide show of my Flickr Photo stream… Allows for ease of viewing. Check it out!

Summer… Yea I didn’t post a single time until now… Summer started slow but quickly sped up at the end of June. First There was New York, by far one of the best trips of my life. Check out some of the photos of the city below…

Soho

This trip landed when Michael Jackson Funeral Happened. Everybody and Their Brother were outside the apollo selling anything and everything Michael!

Click here to Check out all the photos on photoby.teddypieper.com

My Favorite Pan Ever! From the 62nd Floor of a building up on 60th overlooking the Hudson before Fireworks on the 4th!!
(Click on the Picture to see the Original Size!! Only on My blog will you be able to see this!)

I also had a photo shoot with my Friends, Jessica Condit.  You can see just 2 of those photos on my flickr as of now, but soon I will have more of those up and I will post about it.

Other Things that have happened in late Summer was a trip to Findlay, OH, Warp Tour, and a Couple Good Weddings and so far one Senior. Wedding Photos Will be Next Week. And Seniors… Book With Me NOW! Call me for Pricing, 574.518.2085. Packages Coming Soon!!

A few weeks ago I went up to the Sno Drift Rally in Atlanta, MI. You can see the Post below from the day I went with some Mobile uploads.

I Ended up taking around 500 photos that day and I weeded it down to around 200 and posted them on my Event Photo Blog. photoby.teddypieper.com

Here are some of my Favorite ones.

It was a lot of fun going out there and watching. If anyone wants to sponsor me and my dad so that we can participate next year?!

Yea so I lost my NAIAS Photos. UGH!!! I hate when I reformat and dont back up something that important!!!! I could of swore I didnt but I guess not…

Hopefully this week goes better and I can knock some more stuff off my to do list… cause so far it hasnt been that productive beginning of a year that is set to bring greatness! ah…

On Another Note my friend Matt (link in the sidebar below) worked together to retrieve the Dead Drop that Lee Brimelow (link in sidebar) dropped in the greater Boston area late Sunday Night! It was Awesome! Story will be posted later!

Well since I lost photos of the NAIAS… So here are some photos of Senior Samantha! WHS Seniors that Might be here Looking at this make sure to book with me this spring! I will book quickly!! here is some inspiration to get you going on that:

Note: On a few of them they were formatted for print so the text looks like its way away from the edge…