Brittany - Kellam - Class of 2009

beautiful sunset made the perfect lighting for this fantastic senior shoot -- to see them all visit my website

you really should watch this video

Meet Chelsea - Class of 2009

Chelsea is a senior at Ocean Lakes and she since she loves Broadway I know she has great taste. Here are a few from her shoot. Visit my website to see them all.

so see more of Chelsea watch her video set to my favorite Legally Blonde song.

Jason & Kelli. Married. August 30th 2008

Kelli was so much fun throughout her big day, she never got stressed or short, she also didn't take a bad picture all day-- seriously

We'd lost all the sunlight before we got to the formals portion of the day - we worked it out
 



first kiss
Sunset vows---wow






a very emotional send off in this 1952 Fleetwood Cadillac Limousine from Unique Car Service
here is their quick video or visit my website for a lot more photos

Raelyn Kay

Raelyn Kay was born on August 17th 2008. 6 lbs 3 oz, 18 1/2 inches long. Misty had one of the easiest deliveries I've ever hear of. Just over 2 hours long, 15 minutes of pushing. So lucky.








check out her amazing maternity session

Linda - anytime portrait

when Linda called to make an appointment to have a nice portrait done, she mentioned only needing one. That's just not what I do. I understand she only needed one nice portrait as a gift, but when you take the time to have a session with me, while we are there we are going to take a lot more than 1 or 2 portraits. This shoot took maybe 20 minutes, she ended up with about about 80 nice poses to choose from - that's what I do!





I used MCP's Magic Blog it board actions to create these collages for tonight's post. I am impressed with how easy they were to use. I can see them coming in very handy as I try to blog everyday.

[b] school blog

I've been following Becker's B School blog and watching his short video lessons for a while now. If you are a photographer you would want to bookmark his page because it's so much fun and he is an amazing photographer who believes that information is to be shared, not hoarded.  I have always tried to have that same spirit with all my photog friends, and cyber photog friends.  He's got this new networking thing launching in October and I can't wait. You should really check it out

Meet Cameron

This was an incredibly cloudy day, but I don't think it was a problem at all - Cameron chose  Town Center which is one of my favorite locations.



i love the cross processed color treatment - this was achieved with Nik color efex pro



Cameron's mom came with us on this shoot, it was great meeting her and  hearing about her time overseas - they lived in London just like we did! I'd never had mom come on a senior's shoot with me so  I thought I'd use this as a chance to talk about parents on shoots. I have no rules about parents coming out with us on the shoot, but from my experience the kids are more carefree and ham it up more with mom not watching. (i think I'm more relaxed also) ---The drive to our location for the session is a good chance for me to get to know your son or daughter. I try to figure out their personality and style - this is especially useful since most of the time this is my first time meeting them. As you can see from my senior sessions, I spend a lot of time with them - and this is part of the service that separates me from other studios. If you are a parent reading this know that you are welcome to come along, but you might want to consider waiting for the finished product. You wont be disappointed! Check out Cameron's video