Trinity is a Budgerigar a.k.a Budgie/Parakeet. I went to Petco with my cousin two years ago on Easter day to look around. As we walked by the birds I could not help but noticed that one of them was sitting alone. He was sitting towards the bottom and it seemed like no one wanted anything to do with him. Once I got back home I talked to my family about purchasing a Parakeet. Initially I was told no. My family and I went to the Petco the following day to pick up some supplies for my dog and I couldn’t resist not showing them this Parakeet that looked so sad. They quickly changed their mind and I bought him. After a few months this once sad little bird became happier than life. He loves to chatter, talk and hitch a ride. He also falls into a small percentage of parakeets who can mock humans and his favorites words are "Pretty Boy, Pretty Bird, Trinity" and he loves to wolf whistle. He is one amazing bird.

A few weeks back Zack Arias was Scott Kelby’s guest blogger. Unlike most of his other guest bloggers Zack Arias decided to produce a video instead. This is what Zack had to say:

I was recently asked to do a guest blog post on Scott Kelby’s site. I had free reign to talk about anything I wanted to talk about. I took it as an opportunity to get off my arse and make something that was new and fresh for me. I decided I would do a video. I decided to do this for my wife, Meg, because she is always inspiring me to go beyond the normal stuff I create. She’s always pushing me. Sometimes it sucks because she knows just what buttons to push in me to make me think about things a bit deeper. So I took all of her button pushing and went out and made something of it.

This video is over a year old and I still continue to come back to it every once in a while to watch it. Transform is a very powerful video that can relate to all photographers and then some. Transform reminds me why I have chosen to become a photographer, the struggles that I have faced and the struggles that I will face. When Transform came out, I to was dealing with the fact that a loved one was in the hospital so this video was very emotional, uprising, and inspirational to me personally and as a photographer. Just weeks before Zack Arias released Transform I was in an emotional wreck debating whether or not photography was for me and looking at all my options. After this video I had to make some hard decisions and I decided to stick with photography because it made me happy. Today I am still perusing my dream and following Zack Arias advice of not giving up. Zack Arias Transform:

I got the opportunity to take Kristy’s picture again the past Wednesday. What makes this a "Take II" is that her first shots were not planned. I asked her to take some shots while I was taking shots of her kid. This time around I had planned out some poses so that we were more prepared and the results again came out very nice. Kristy’s session was followed by her mock makeup and hair trial for her wedding, therefore she was all glamored up for some awesome shots and it gave her the opportunity to see how her pictures would come out during her wedding. We also stepped it up a bit and did some sexy/serious poses and solved the issue of "I want to look tanner," by incorporating the use of a gold reflector. The final results were outstanding and another job well done. Check out more pictures at Facebook or Flickr.