Better out than in!

I'm glad the bubbles were coming out of this end if you know what I mean :)

The Giggles

I had posted earlier about the Wasco's getting the giggles during their ceremony. Here is a shot :)

I thought I had bad breath

We dropped Savannah off at school this afternoon and Lea, Sophie and I hit the Zoo for an hour or so. The girls love the Hippo's so we stopped by and I got lucky with this shot.

What's Happening?

It's feast or famine on the Hayward Photo Blog. I'll go a while without any posts and then BAM! I'll do multiple blogs at once...you just never know. Be sure to scroll down to see some more photo's from Greg and Lauren's engagement session....

So what's happening? I've been calling the Zoo once a week to see if they'll let me in to take some photo's of the new Tiger Cub but alas...they are being very cautious with her to avoid too much contact with humans to reduce the risk of her losing track of her Tiger identity and associating with humans more than tigers. My friend Ryan has been the only one they've allowed in there to video and photograph her and if you check out the web page www.zoo.org you'll see he's done a great job. She is a cutie to say the least.

Last week during my regular call to bug him about her I got great news! Jeff Corwin from the Animal Planet show http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/jeffcorwin/jeffcorwin.html
is going to be giving a presentation to the children of donors to the zoo and I've been asked to photograph the event! I absolutely can't wait. It should be a lot of fun.

In addition to that I have been planning and coordinating an event to take place in a couple of weeks. Some of the top photographers in Portland, Washington and Canada will be travelling to the Pike Place Market for some friendly competition. We will be allowed only one camera body with a 50mm fixed lens only (85mm for those with a full frame sensor in their camera). We'll have 90 minutes to wander around the area and shoot what we see. Afterwards everyone will edit their favorite 5 photos and send them to me where I will post them on my web page to be judged by members of a photography forum we belong to. Everyone will pay a small entry fee to go towards a prize. So far it appears there will be a decent sized turnout of photographers. I've had big plans for this and even gone so far as to invite famous photographers like David Beckstead and Annie Liebowitz! Sadly, David can't make it but was polite enough to thank me for the invite. I haven't heard back from Annie, but hey...you never know if you don't ask right? :) I was also feeling spunky and motivated about the whole event so I wrote to Popular Photography Magazine and told them about it. They almost immediately wrote back with a lot of enthusiasm about the idea and given the caliber of the photographers entering the competition I am more than confident that the magazine will be interested in publishing some photos from the day! I'll be sure to keep you posted.

Don't forget to check out Greg and Lauren's pics below. If you are interested in viewing a slideshow you can see it here... http://www.mathaywardphoto.com/alki.htm

Take care,

Mat

More from Greg and Lauren

Greg and Lauren were so fun and romantic I felt compelled to post some more pics from their E-Session.

Greg and Lauren

Hi everyone,

I had a great time with Greg and Lauren's engagement shoot yesterday at Alki Beach in West Seattle. They are getting married in August and after spending the morning with them yesterday I can't wait! Talk about a fun couple. They laughed, played, cuddled and smooched the whole time. Clearly a couple madly in love, I am very much looking forward to showing their love through my cameras! I'll post a few more pics as they get done.

Have a great day!

Mat

It's official

Well,

It is official! The new version of www.mathaywardphoto.com is up and running. It's the same as what I posted earlier, just using the old domain now.

Using a toy Santa brought from Christmas I can use some of my existing lenses for Macro photography (close up). Mainly I'll be using it for ring shots at wedding so I thought it would be fun to practice with our wedding rings.

See you in the funny pages,

Mat

My new Web Page

Hi everyone,

I've been working on a new web site. It will wind up at the my same old address...mathaywarphoto.com but for now you can view it here...

http://www.bludomain6.com/mathayward/

Check it out and please be sure to let me know what you think!

Mat