Xander Swanson | Portrait Artist

May 9, 2010

Arkansas Engagement Photographer | Alexis and Jon Sneak-Peek

DISCLAIMER: We’re gonna have a little fun with this one. But, right off the bat, my apologies to Gnomes, The Beatles, people with inner-ear disorders, farmers everywhere, Grant Wood, and Stan Lee. Leave us a comment if you want to see more stuff like this. Or if you don’t. Either way, why don’t you leave us a comment?

Now, on to the show…
————————————————————————————————–

I’m a bit behind on editing, to say the least, but I wanted to Jon and Alexis a quick sneak-peek of their engagement sessions from a couple weeks ago.

First, meet Alexis…j-a_engagement-facesofalexis
Then, Jon…j-a_engagement-facesofjon

They’re pretty funny. And they can shrink on command…j-a_engagement_im-shrinking

…and multiply…j-a_engagement_0189-91-93-pano-web

But they don’t have very good balance…j-a_engagement-fallen

…which made them give up their dreams of becoming farmers (I hear balance is very important when working around heavy machinery)…j-a_engagement_0173bw

As I understand it, they were very sad to give up their pitchfork and farmhousej-a_engagement_0072

But while Alexis still mourns the loss of her fledgling agricultural career, Jon now believes he has been bitten by a radioactive arachnid which gave him super powers…j-a_engagement_spiderjon

So whaddaya think? Like it, Love it, Hate it? Leave us a comment below and let us know.
A serious post will probably follow this one soon, so check back often!
Thanks!

January 1, 2010

Fort Smith Military Photographer | Thunderbolts to Lightning

Back in November I was privileged enough to be asked to photograph Major Jay Spohn’s last flight in the A-10 Thunderbolt (Warthog) here at the 188th. He was the only pilot chosen from the Air National Guard to fly the new F35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. He will be one of the 12 pilots to fly in the program’s initial cadre. He will *only* get to fly F-15C Eagles’s until the F35’s are delivered later this year. There are more articles on the web here if you’d like to read further. If you check this article, there’s even a picture of me ‘in action’.

spohn_0045spohn_0047bspohn_0057spohn_0144cspohn_0150bspohn_0198spohn_0204bspohn_0207spohn_0215spohn_0229spohn_0239spohn_0257spohn_0334trypspohn_0353spohn_0377spohn_0382spohn_0423spohn_0429spohn_0432

And a great big Thank You to Joel of Joel Culberson Photography for letting me rent his 5D Mk ii while mine was in the shop. I shot with our backup original 5D also, but man, if it would’ve been the only camera I had, I wouldn’t have gotten half the shots I did.

And an even bigger THANK YOU to all our service men and women who help keep our nation strong and safe. Thank you for what you do!!

November 9, 2008

Baby Cameron and Big Brother

Filed under: Uncategorized — AJ @ 4:54 pm















November 2, 2008

Fall Family Fun

Filed under: Uncategorized — AJ @ 7:07 pm













October 20, 2008

Awaiting little brother….

Filed under: Uncategorized — AJ @ 8:15 pm







October 19, 2008

Baby G 15 months (with the fam)

Filed under: Uncategorized — AJ @ 3:38 pm










Older Posts »

Powered by WordPress