Author Archives: Jim Baker

06.09.10 – Alex [Maryland Seniors 2011]

I actually taught Alex guitar lessons when she was in middle school. She’s been a fan of my photography for a while. She even interviewed me for her photography class! Way before she was a senior, she told me she wanted me to shoot her senior portraits. Well the time has come and I was […]

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06.07.10 – sneak peak photos

Alex – Seniors 2011 // Maryland Chris and Sharon Hidey // Baltimore MD Emily – Seniors 2011 // Jamestown NY Walrod Family Photos // Jamestown NY Here’s a sneak peak of the photography I’ve been doing over the past two weeks. I’ll do full posts of them all soon. JIM baker

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06.03.10 – back from MD

Check out the video of Jess eating her first maryland crab Sharon was an awesome instructor. Sorry for the crappy quality, when I uploaded it to blogger, blogger compressed the heck out of it. Here’s a highlight recap of our time in Maryland. (Kinda a long post) Click on the links if you want and […]

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05.25.10 – random thoughts all about photography

out and about last week doing some photography with Sam Whittaker and some faux hdr editing I’m super impressed with WHCC’s customer service. The float wraps I was getting printed didn’t look like they were going to make it here in time before I left, so I’m having them shipped to Maryland. I sent a […]

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05.21.10 – april showers bring may showers here in WNY/WPA

flowers from our wedding in the trunk of my car (photo by Sheena Stropas)When Jess and I got married last August the very generous Robinson family donated all of the wildflowers that we had as table settings. Bruce told me to come out again in the spring to take some pictures of the daffodils. Nate […]

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05.14.10 – African Safari!

I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. But if you EVER get the chance to go on Safari DO IT! It’s CRAZY how close you get to the animals. I rented a 100-400mm lens from lensprotogo for this trip. Masai Mara was a nice treat at the end of this trip. Here’s a video I […]

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05.11.10 – photo shoot Jackie Dates

my fav of the set vertical high key b/w purposely edited to give an intimate/doll like feel green/gold lr preset Jackie is a friend of ours and I asked her if I could take some pics of her. She did an excellent job. When the weather clears up we plan to do more outdoors. To […]

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05.03.10 – more photos of Okinda Kids

Meet Daniel Samson. He is 14 and in grade 7. He enjoys playing keyboard and playing football and wants to be a submariner. This is Samuel Moseti. He is 12 and in grade 7. He enjoys drama and singing and wants to be a pilot. This is George Ouma. He’s 14 and in grade 7. […]

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05.02.10 – orphans

Maureen Akinyi is 6 and in the nursery. She enjoys singing and her future dream is to pray for people. Eliavona Aoko is 4. She is in the baby class and enjoys playing and hopes to help people in the future. Both of these girls were brought to the compound that we were staying in […]

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04.29.10 – unwillingness to receive

an accident I came upon in Maryland in 2008. So Thursdays has become our day to hit the streets and pray for people. It’s honestly really such a refreshing time for me, because by Thursday I’m fried from meetings and it’s a nice change of atmosphere. I was AMAZED last week when I went out […]

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