Rockin' it Urban Style...

I love finding new and different places to shoot. Places you wouldn't necessarily look at and say "hey that would be a cool place to shoot some pictures." Places that may be a little little hard to get to and a little dirty. Someplace with an urban edge.

Websters Dictionary defines Urban as: of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city. I just call it cool.

Check out Luke E. rockin' it urban style!

We found this great mural driving through the backstreets of KC trying to find an abandon railroad line. We just had to stop and take a few shoots.

He has the perfect combination of good looks and typical teenage disinterest.

Next we found this old abandon warehouse with a great loading dock and some graffiti.

We couldn't quite figure out what this building use to be used for, but whatever it was, they left behind these cool gears.

We were surrounded by these exposed rock walls that made for a great background.

Again with the perfect combination of good looks and disinterest.

This graffiti wall was awesome!

Luke was a natural model, totally comfortable in front of the camera.

We finally made it to the railroad line we were looking for and our timing was perfect. As we were shooting on an abandon line or spur a train passed right behind us on the active line.

Here is the perfect shot to end our day. Thanks for going Urban with me Luke.

Prop Sale AKA Christmas in May

This is one of my favorite times of the year... the annual prop sale at Macy's. It is like Christmas all over again. Except the presents are neked mannequins and you have to fight a hundred other crazed mannequin lovers for them.

They hold the sale in a parking lot/field and crazy people, i.e. me, camp out over night to get a good spot in line. Then when they open the gate, everybody runs around like crazy trying to grab all of the cool stuff that you see in the stores.

I hope the sight of neked mannequin butts doesn't offend you.

I mean, how gosh darned cute are these dogs???? We have their big brother at home. Our mannequin family would be complete if only we could bring home one of these little guys.

I see you.

I see you again.

Look, its a Britney Spears mannequin!!

It appears the Britney Spears manaquin made this baby mannequin cry. There, there baby mannequin. Don't cry. 

Goodbye from all of the mannequins!