Sunday, April 25, 2010

Chloe

Grabbed some shots of my niece Chloe. Kids with this much personality are fun to photograph. :) Her parents will really dig these.


Friday, April 23, 2010

JAlbum

Just discovered a really simple but elegant online album service called Jalbum. It's completely free and there are no ads. Very simple to create and post albums - just chose your skin and drag and drop your desired photos. It takes just a few minutes and the albums look very nice. Here's my first one: http://mikeharris7.jalbum.net/Automotive/

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Riding on a Ghost Train

A while back a gallery asked me to display this image in their gallery. When I delivered the print they asked me to sign it...and to title it. I don't usually title my pictures and was kind of stuck for a second. The owner suggested 'Train of Fools' due to the clown. I thought about it but I didn't like how it suggested everyone on the train was a 'fool'. Even the clown didn't seem 'foolish' - he was more of a 'guide' leading the train on a surreal journey. Today I was listening to a song by Marc Cohen called 'Riding on a Ghost Train'. I like that better. If anyone has any ideas I'm all ears. :)

Monday, April 12, 2010

The Lonestar Round Up Car Show


Alright, as promised I'm posting some pics from the car show. It was a lot of fun - there were too many cars to shoot. I didn't have enough daylight to shoot them all - or even come close. Afterwards my friend Paul invited me to the party at the Austin Speed Shop. Grabbed a lot of really awesome pics there too. I'm still working on editing them all, but here's a few I really liked. You can see all of them at http://harrisphotography.zenfolio.com/p1058355619





Loved this 39 Ford






This is from The Paladin's set. Great music at the Speed Shop party!

Friday, April 9, 2010

Switching gears

I'm going to spend this weekend 'switching gears' from my usual wedding routine. One of the biggest car shows in the country is going on at the Travis Country Expo. The Lonestar Roundup draws thousands of the hottest of the hot rods around the country. The paint jobs on some of these cars cost more than my house (I kid you not). It's eye candy galore and they are a complete blast to photograph. I'll post some here when I get done. Stay tuned!

Monday, April 5, 2010

What the customers want...

I came home to a pleasant surprise today. One of my wedding customers placed a rather large print order. What I love about print orders is looking at them and seeing what images the customer liked. Here are some of the images they ordered from Randy and Carolyn's wedding.





Friday, April 2, 2010

Wildflower Portrait Special

Around this time every year in central Texas the wildflowers just explode. You also see dozens of folks squatting in the middle of them getting their pictures taken, so I am offering a professional option to take advantage of this photo op at a discounted price. From now until 4-9-2010 I'm offering $99 (+ tax) wildflower portrait sessions. This includes a 1 hour photo session with up to 5 people and a CD with edited high resolution images on them. The shoot doesn't have to happen before 4-9-2010 (although you want to do it soon to take advantage of the wildflowers), it just has to be ordered and a 50% deposit paid. Contact Michael Harris at 512-767-9929 to set up your appointment.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Paul and Cammie's Wedding

Paul and Cammie are two friends of mine. Paul used to run a bike shop near my house and since I'm constantly breaking stuff on it we got to know each other pretty quick. :) They actually had me shoot everything from their 'Save the Date' photographs to the bridal and engagement portraits and, of course, the wedding. Paul is into hot rods too and has been killing himself building a Model A street rod up in time for the wedding. One of the coolest weddings I've shot by far - loved the hot rod convoy leaving the church! (btw - note the bullet holes in one of the cars leaving the church. I need to ask about that - these aren't the sort of folks to put fake bullet holes into a car. Wonder if the car belonged to some 1920's gangster - wouldn't that be cool!).