Window light - without the window

Playing with continuous light sources in search of a natural look. My young daughter is always happy to model... at least for a brief moment!

New Site Is LIVE!!

At last I am pleased to announce that the completely revamped davenewtonphoto.com is up and live. I am really pleased with BluDomain for the fabulous template and hosting and I can't wait to hear what people think. Though it still needs some polish and revisions it far better represents the brand that is Dave Newton Photography. Check it out and let me know!

Dave

Sunday Model Shoot!

I had the pleasure of shooting some new faces back on February 24th. It is always an interesting experience to attend a multi-model, multi photographer event like this and I did come away with some cool images. Here is one that I especially like.

Craig's List - WOW are you KIDDING ME?!

OK, I'm going to show my age here. I'm 41, nearly 42 actually and I am constantly finding more things useful that the "young people" have been using for quite some time. Perfect example was Tuesday afternoon (yesterday). I was having my lunch at my desk and was wondering if I should eBay a few odd items or try out www.craigslist.com to see if that avenue was worthwhile. I figured what-the-heck so I grabbed some laptop memory that has been lying around and listed it in "computers and tech" on Madison Craigslist and was not too surprised to find it quite simple to do. I grabbed the second item, a camera lens that I no longer use, and placed the advertisement adding a quick (and I do mean REALLY quick) photo. The ads take a couple of minutes to actually appear so I headed upstairs for another Diet Coke and headed back downstairs can in hand. I refreshed my browser and confirmed that the ad appeared. OK, now I am not exaggerating when I tell you this; my phone rang when my finger clicked on the refresh button. I answered it and discovered that I had an interested party on the line for the lens. He was at my doorstep within 20 minutes and was driving away with his purchase a few minutes later. I went back down to my Mac and cancelled the ad still chuckling at how amazing it was! I have since listed another item but no callers on that or the laptop memory. Oh well!

Mud Angels - A Bolt From The Blue

Remember the Mud Angels shoot from last fall? Well, my copy of the band's debut CD arrived this Friday and I could not be more pleased to have been part of the project. Sorry for the lousy scan here but I wanted to show the full front cover artwork. This album is really terrific and it is in constant rotation on my iPod. If you like blues-rock you owe it to yourself to check these guys out. The CD release party is Friday February 29th. Take a sec and check out the band's MySpace here.

Winterfest!

The Yahara District's Winterfest enjoyed a huge turnout on Saturday with roughly 160 Cub Scouts in attendance! I didn't have time to take many photos but I did take a few minutes to shoot during the broomball game. The game actually went on all morning with Cubs rotating in and out while participating in other activities including cooking demonstrations and snow painting. Cubs also had the opportunity for supervised BB gun target shooting.

Full gallery is here

Pinewood Derby!!!

My sons are very active in Scouting and the Cub Scout Pack 145 had their Pinewood Derby this past Saturday the 26th of January. Here is a slideshow of the event that I quickly put together.