As I write this, I'm looking out the window at blue skies. After 3 days of smoke and ash filled skies, it is good to see that brilliant azure color above us. Adam Charles George, our associate photographer (and the vision behind our high school senior portraits), spent some this weekend capturing portraits of the firefighters as they fought the blazes that seemed to be enveloping California. These powerful portraits were picked up by MSNBC, KNBC, ABC and the Los Angeles Times. To see more of Adam's photographs and video from the Today Show, visit adam's personal blog post about it. Interestingly, Adam's images reflect the evolution of our studio. More and more families commission us to create their family portraits, using both Adam and Mark to capture a range images that reflect their lives. Like these portraits of the firefighters, Adam's images tend to be more photojournalistic, while Mark's work continues to create the portraits and paintings for which he is so well known. I hope you are all safe out there, out of harm's way. April Brandes