You may have read my post a few weeks back where I decided to definitely go from the ranks of doing just freelance jobs to going for being a professional photographer! I have been continuing to make steps towards developing a brand for myself, and a “store front,” as you will.  I am not all that interested in being a studio photographer, and so my store front right now is the web! To that end, I have just designed a brand new logo and launched a new commercial site for myself!

I am still not quite done developing all the sections of the new site, and am nowhere near finishing the galleries, but I decided to go live with it already because it is already much better than what I had up! If you’d like, Check it out!

This past weekend, I finally had a chance to get away from the routine of every day life and go camping! It was a very relaxing trip. It rained on Saturday, but a couple of in-house geniuses set up a tarp over the fire just before it started raining, which made it so we could all sit around the fire all day in complete dryness! Aside from a mild complication of my cotton sleeping bag touching the side of the tent in the rain, and therefore soaking the bottom foot, it was otherwise a very nice camping trip! I came back relaxed and ready to attack my week! Here are a few shots I took.  Of course, the pictures are a little heavy on the adorable Rowdy, but he’s just so adorable I couldn’t help myself!

When we pulled up to the campsite!

The Jore Fam, getting ready to relax.

Rowdy had such a blast on this trip, even though at times he got himself stuck!

Another dog on the trip with us, Mini!

Noemi and Kobe

I found these little colored dots in many places growing all over the leaves. They certainly were beautiful, although I don’t know if it was healthy for the tree or not.

We found time to play some volleyball, and after the game Brad and Pablo tried to play a little “soccer volleyball!”

Pablo enjoying the fire!

I am very excited! I have decided to go for being a professional photographer! I will be launching a new website within the next month!

Also, I have upgraded my camera to a Pentax K20D! It has a 14.6 megapixel rating, great color, and a lot of great features! I am very excited to begin doing jobs with it! Here is a picture of it with its battery grip!

And here are a couple of pictures I have taken with it so far! I am really enjoying playing with this new camera. The colors are amazing, and the resolution is incredible. I hope you like them!