From another Potato Patch Shootout, back in November.  The theme was, as the title references, “The Puppet Master”. I think there were 15 or so photographers?  We split into smaller groups of 3, and took turns shooting each different scene.

We shot in this gorgeous old theater in downtown Idaho Falls.  Our models were amazing – tireless, upbeat, willing to go that extra mile for us to get the shots we were seeing in our minds’ eyes.

It was quite a lot of fun.

As shoots have a tendency to do, it evolved a bit as we kept finding different stories to tell.

The makeup and costumes were pretty phenomenal, as well.

A few more can be seen here.

A tiny purple carnation bloom from a mini carnation plant my mother has.

My daughter is almost 2 1/2 years old. She loves to grab any kind of book she can get her little hands on and “read”. I was actually shooting for a school assignment, but I loved this one too much to not share.

I am getting behind – I know.  Class is keeping me pretty busy, not to mention the daily antics of my energetic 2 year old 🙂

This image is not one that I created in one day.  It represents the culmination of around 5 weeks worth of learning and work.  The assignment was to create an image that represents, to me, what our world would look like without natural resources.

Here is the result.