Sarah E.M. Becking

A BELOVED PHOTOGRAPHER
My heart goes out

PHOTO COPYRIGHT BILL CARTER

From Jason Becking's blog (http://becking.com/WordPress/?cat=6):

"Sarah died yesterday afternoon, July 7, 2008, in Kenner, Louisiana. She was 36 years and 1 month old, and left us way too damned soon. She encountered more complications early that morning, which caused both lung and blood pressure difficulties. They were able to stabilize her a couple of times, but only briefly. Despite the fight she put up and the hard work of the nurses and doctors, we simply lost her too soon.

She was a loving wife, a great friend, had a happy spirit, saw the best in people, and was an outstanding mother. The kids and I are in Malden now, will be returning to Columbia tomorrow. Sarah’s mom and dad are en route to Columbia now to be with her brother and his family.

There’s simply nothing about it that seems fair or right, but I guess that’s why they call it fate. Perhaps the incident two years ago was simply a wake up call so we could fully appreciate these past two years, which we certainly did.

Arrangement planning has not begun, really, but I would expect services on Friday or Saturday in Columbia. I appreciate all the notes and phone calls of support and offers to help. I will clearly need help, as will the kids. They need their mom and I can’t do that.

I close this e-mail the way I’ve ended most phone conversations, go hug your friends and family.

Sarah loved you all, and I appreciate that love flowing back toward us now."

Project Photoshop

For my photography class, I had to learn about an artist, and take inspiration from him/her. I chose an artist who worked in Photoshop to create various effects through toning, saturation, contrast, etc. He began by lighting his subject with a mental image of how the final product would turn out. Above are some of my favorites from the shoot.

Quick End to Spring (Season)

Today was, sadly, the last match of Mizzou soccer for their spring season. They topped Loyola of Chicago, IL, 5-4. I tried shooting video and stills today, and froze my hands off. Poor me.

Back to Portraits

Well the last few days have been interesting. I went out to shoot portraits for the Maneater, only to have to re-do them a few times. But the whole process was fun. The girls were very nice, shooting was kind of entertaining and post process was a blast, even if I did take some shortcuts...