Beautiful Sleeping Baby

I recently saw a news story on Good Morning America about beautiful sleeping baby images used in advertising. The story referred to the proper sleep position for babies to reduce the risks of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). A new article was released discussing the importance of having your baby sleep on their back and not on their stomach and/or on soft comforters, etc. Read the full story to find out about the recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on sleep positions for your baby.

Watching Sarah sleep when she was a baby is one of my fondest memories. I still love sleeping babies and capturing the sweet innocence of that quiet time. I always know we are going to have a special treasure for mommy when her little one falls asleep at the studio. Every parent should have a portrait like that. Take it from me, it becomes priceless. You will need that reminder of how sweet they can be, when you are trying to get them up for school in a few years.

Jailhouse FACES Exhibit

Earlier in the spring, I was asked to participate in a special exhibit for the Burke County United Way showcases the “FACES” of those involved in the United Way projects. It was an incredible honor to be one of a few photographers asked to do the photography for this project and during the month of June I went to some of the projects to do the photographs needed for the exhibit. I can say it was a lot of fun doing this and I met some incredible people. Our county really does have some wonderful people.

The projects United Way funds really do some incredible things for our community and the staff and volunteers of the United Way are hard working and caring people. We are fortunate to have them working to make our county a better place.

The exhibit is now on display at the Burke Arts Council’s Jailhouse Gallery on the square in downtown Morganton and will be there through the rest of August. Last night, they held a special exhibit reception and I got to see for the first time which images of mine they selected to use for the exhibit. The exhibit looks great. You really need to run by there and see it. It truly does put a face to the United Way.

While at the reception, I was able to meet the other two photographers that were selected to participate in this project; Kimberly Lajzar and Jeff Starks. It was a real pleasure getting to meet them and their work is great. I hope they had as much fun with this project as I did. I also got to see many old friends that I have not seen in years. Yes I know “me bad”, but it is always great to see them and hopefully it won’t be as long before we see each other again.

Of course everyone knows how much I love spending time in jail – the Jailhouse Gallery that is. It has been several years since my last exhibit there and I must say I love the changes to the gallery room the recent remodeling project did. Ann DiSanto, the staff and volunteers at the Burke Arts Council always do a great job in displaying exhibits and I always feel at home when I am in the jailhouse. Okay no smart comments on that…

Here are a few of my images you will see on display, but you really should check out the exhibit and let me know what you think. Visiting hours are 9-5 Tuesday through Friday. Hope to see you there!