Heather

Just playing in the studio
Man I need to get better at working in the studio. I feel like Im much better out on location. Any thoughts?

HM is better than nothing

New Business Card

Here is the new business card. I think I've got the coolest printed in the world.
Ben Ubben
Impress Printing and Promotional Products
An Integrated Solutions Group, Ltd. Company
www.impressprinting.com

The New Wedding Album Sample

Here are some sample pages of the album. Let me know what you think.

It's been a long long time

Sorry everyone for not posting for so long. Life has had me swamped lately. More to come shortly

Girls Basketball Player of The Year

Ok so let me start this off from the beginning. My newspaper, The Beacon News is moving into a new building today, so for the past few days all of our gear has been boxed up and the movers have taken it all away. Needless to say that our wonderful sports department decided to have us shoot the athletes of the year in the middle of all of this. I was given the first one, Kyra Watson of West Aurora. It was a lot of fun but I had the most ghetto setup ever. I pieced together a light kit, got to the school and the pocket wizards (used to trip the lights), both had dead batteries. The lights stands didn't have the brass part on top, so I could mount the lights on the stands. I ended up tipping some garbage cans over and using them as the stands. But, anyhow we had a lot of fun and I made a photo that I like.

Burns Wedding

I photographed a wonderful wedding over the weekend with another photographer, Steve Rosenberg. www.stevenrosenbergphoto.com. We make a great team. Here is a photo of the groom and groomsmen I shot before heading to the church.

Newest Projects

Here are links to two recent projects I was hired for. The first was a local church that celebrated their move to their new location. I was hired to document the day. www.craigwatsonphotography.com/ProgressiveBaptist
The second is pretty interesting. Here is a ground of ex-cons who have in the been caught up in gangs and drugs, and two businessmen who have reached their arms out to help them. This group of guys have transformed from their old rough lifestyles to their new lifestyles where they are now motivational speakers who try to get kids to see life in a new light. I was hired to shoot portraits of their past and present looks. It was a pretty exciting 4 hours and a wonderful group of guys. www.craigwatsonphotography.com/storytellers

Moment of Fame

Shooting at NIU

Today a gunman shot and killed 5 Northern Illinois University students inside a classroom before killing himself.

The IMSA Project 2

A few more favorites from last weeks shoot at the Illinois Math and Science Academy

The IMSA Project

I had the opportunity to work with some wonderful people on a recent job for the Illinois Math and Science Academy. This was a pretty large job and had me running all over the place. Here are some of my favorite so far. Let me know what you think.