what do you mean? For this young lady, different was REALLY different. Not a typical senior photography session. And, these can be the results when you let your photographer tease your hair.... ;)
We also spent some time outside, and she stole the show in a silver and gold sequined gown - there was a LOT of attention, passers-by wondering - who IS that girl?
I can't blame them.
Penny is a beautiful Belgian Malinois who visited recently to capture some images for her web site.
If I do say so, Penny has a gorgeous look, and a great personality!
Here are a few favorites from her session!
To find out more about Penny, her brother, Copper, or Belgian Malinois, you can visit her site at http://www.talaveramalinois.com
I know, I know. It's been a LONG time. (Isn't that what we all are supposed to say when we haven't blogged in a while?)
The busy summer is here, and to start it off, I took a bit of time off for education. First, I had the honor of teaching a 3 day class at Kansas Professional Photography School in the Wichita area. I took off driving on a Sunday, arrived after 12 hours to the welcoming abode of my friend Linda, spent the day with her on Monday and got to see her studio, home, hear all about her daughters time in the Peace Corps, have the best lunch ever, dinner, and a visit to Morts. It was a fun time, and all too short, and I drove over to the school location Monday evening. Class started Tuesday afternoon, and I had a GREAT class! Eager to learn as much as I was eager to teach. I love it when that happens! Tuesday night I also led a senior photo safari, and the atmosphere was very interesting. The air was hazy, but the sun was shining through the haze as a little golden ball, and leaving a kiss of golden light on everything. Nothing like I have ever seen before. It turns out that it was hazy from the smoke of the Arizona wildfires, and it was smoke in the air blowing across the states. It wasn't a thick smoke, just enough to think it was partly cloudy, except it wasn't. It did, however, make for a beautiful evening for portraits.
We photographed real-people models during the class, talked about products, pricing, client tracking, and marketing. FUN, FUN, FUN! Here are a few images captured during the class......
Thank you KPPS for a GREAT time, wonderful models, and welcome arms. I really enjoyed being there with you!
Over a year ago, I met a great family and was honored to photograph their family portrait and 1 year old images of their baby girl - we had a great time playing in the fall leaves by the lake, walking on the dock, and watching her tedious steps as she maneuvered her way through the fall foilage.
At the time, we did this really fun video holiday card where we actually created a DVD video and attached it to their Christmas card. The parents, I learned later, hand delivered most of them and sat with the recipient to watch the video greeting. I thought it was great touch - and what a personal way to express your Christmas wishes! Here's a link to the video we created, if you missed it before or would like a refresher....
Holiday Greetings 2009 from Studio J on Vimeo.
Recently, I was honored to meet the newest member of their family! After just a year, that little one year old has gotten so much bigger, and looks even bigger than that next to her baby brother!
Here's a few images from their newborn session! Welcome to the world, Baby O!
We have the most adorable, and TINY baby that we have the opportunity to see regularly (which is WONDERFUL, because we love babies!) for her first year. This little one was in for her 4 month session recently and weighed in at just shy of 9 pounds. It's so fun to hold her - she's the size of a big newborn, but the personality and body control of a 4 month old. The neatest part is that she's just a petite little gal! She's also got the biggest eyes, big even for any other 4 monther. She also likes to be snuggly, which is great because I do like to get my snuggle time in with babies since my own babies are school aged now!
Here's a little peek of her, in all her adorableness!
This family has been a wonderful one! Here's your sneak peek! :)
