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We beat the rain!

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:55:06 +0000

On May 27th, Taylor arrives for his High School Senior Portrait. The weather is overcast and threatening rain! He wanted some photos taken with his Jeep and I had him drive to the street behind my studio and I was waiting for him. I took the first outdoor photo at 19:00:56 (I love the file info on digital files!!!!!) and the last outdoor photo at 19:14:48. Towards the end of the 14 minutes we had some large drops of rain – and Taylor had the Jeep’s roof panels off! But he was a great sport and I got some wonderful photos. We then headed inside to finish up. There were so many excellent images to choose from and these are just a few of our favorites! Thanks Taylor!

First Communion Portraits

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:54:56 +0000

I so enjoy seeing young girls dress up in a pretty dress! In 2006, Monique brought in her daughter, Katryn, for her first communion portraits. She also brought Katryn’s younger sister and some new kittens! Hmmmmm – if you’ve ever dealt with kittens – you know that they’re active, funny, silly, playful – and generally don’t want to be where you need them to be! :-)

Then just about a week ago, it was Rayanne’s turn for her first communion portrait session! My how she had grown! This time, Mom brought in 6 week old very cute Bichon puppies. They’re just as playful as kittens are – but a wee bit easier to photograph!

Here are some of my favorite images from those sessions…

personalities – you gotta love ‘em!

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:18:50 +0000

Recently Heather and Scott were back in the studio. Check out their last visit here.

The children have grown and it was time for an update. Heather told me that the twins were really shy and the chances were very good that one or the other would be clinging and the other crying. But she would be happy with any results I could get! What a challenge!

Of course, as many of you know, children’s attention spans are about as long as what their age is – and I was surprised to see them co-operate for 27 minutes! And we got some fabulous images!

This first image you can see how hesitant the girls were – very laid back and not sure about me as yet!

They’re starting to get more comfortable here – but what makes this image so wonderful is the moment between Dad and Jack!

Love, love – LOVE this image. Look at the way that Macy is clinging to Dad! And Jack – look what he did with his sweater – kids do that all the time!

Macy had to come closer to check me out – the first two times she put her hand over my face – I guess she wanted to see if I was a threat – and after that she really relaxed.

At one point when Daddy and Jack left the room – Mom gathered her girls into her for a hug…

But – the result was that she banged their heads together! The girls didn’t seem to mind – but the expression on Mom’s face is just priceless!

We tried another family group – but at this point I knew it was not going to result in the look we were after. But there is something about this image that is absolutely precious! Can you imagine the story this will tell years from now? I keep looking at it and it makes me smile and laugh. Look at Macy reaching out for the feather Dad is holding and Mom’s expression! Mallory is checking out Jack’s feather. This depicts real life to me!

After that we tried to get some of the children together – at this point the kids had had enough – but I really like this image. Shows their little personalities – in fact I see them shine through in all of these images! One day Heather and Scott are going to look back on these and laugh.