Senior Vogue, sneak peek!

Wow...

What do you get when you put together:
2 Heathers
1 gorgeous blustery day
1 cool hat
2.5 hours
a handful of "happy dances" (!!! inside joke...he he)
and off the charts enthusiasm?

= an Unforgettable Shoot! :o)

Heather and I had such a blast yesterday and when I went to pick a teaser photo to post....I couldn't pick just one!!! So here they are Heather! ;o)

I was shooting ALL day yesterday.
The latter half of the day I was doing the type of "shooting" shown above
And the other half was spent doing this type of "shooting"!



Yep, I went and joined this PA hunting craze this year: it's so big around here that the entire Excavating company I work for shuts down, giving there employees paid time off for the two first days of rifle season! And I figured it had to be great just because I got to spend some "bonding" time with my dear husband. ;o)

So besides the bonding, I came away with even something more - a deer! :o) I was pretty tickled to actually get a doe as this is my first time hunting and really handling a gun much! I had swallow some serious fear after a I had a nasty case of scope-eye from shooting Jacob's 270 on Thanksgiving day, but it's all better now and even have something to show for it!

I'm soooooo tired and sore though from the type and length of activity yesterday - my body will definitely won't let me forget how much fun I had! ;o)

Giving Thanks....

Such a gorgeous day...a few images of the splendor today

This jaunty little leaf blew across my frame as I snapped the shutter




We have so much to be thankful for.
One of those things would be our incredible friends. Recently we were able to gather a bunch of our old volleyball crowd for a night of some good games. We aren't able to get together as often, so much has changed....lots of us have gotten married, some are leaving...but it was so great to be together again. Not everybody was present, but we thought it a good opportunity for a photo


Nobody said we were normal ;o)




But I must say the thing that I'm the most thankful for is the person I'm able to spend every day with. The one that shares all my joys, who's there strong and steady through everything. My perfect balance. The Lord has been so good to me in giving me you. My Jacob.




Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Senior in Downtown C-burg, CASHS

Got to hit alot of our favorite locations with this shoot, and even some new ones as we stopped by CASHS for highschool reminiscence shots ;o) Be sure and watch the slideshow for more!

This one is my absolute fav - it's different, totally pulling off the whole "i'm ready to take on the world" look ;o)






This one brings back a hilarious memory. Right before we took this photo, an old man tried to inform us that it was a very bad place to take a picture because the light was so harsh. He wasn't just giving it as a suggestion - he meant it (!) and stood there trying to convince us it was going to be a terrible picture. I guess I'll let you be the judge! ;o)


















love the color in this one








Here's the slideshow!

Little Girls...

Today turned out to be a gorgeous and WARM day for a shoot. It's a good thing, as I've photographed these girls for their Christmas card for years now, and it seems we always end up freezing to death! Here's a few quick peeks for mom!

Okay, I know this shot is not your perfect portrait, but it just cracks me up! ;o) Luisa was quite the ham, well schooled in goofiness and sarcasm for her short 3 years [don't know where she got that from! love ya Maria! ;o)] So these rockin tights make this impromptu snap a keeper for me! [Funny, I don't know how I even got this shot, cuz we even tried to 'recreate' it for a better shot, but to no avail - another "one-of-a-kind" ;o)]


I think I'll dub this wide angle+cool tights the "Alison in Wonderland effect" ;o)



and the older and wiser Sophia ;o)




such dear sisters




trying to capture the gorgeous sunlight on the trees

A Dash of Testosterone ;o)

Well, this week has been extremely busy but I had the wonderful "stretching" experience of photographing a couple of guys. :o) Normally, my shoots seem to revolve around young ladies, so it was quite the treat to get to switch gears a little!
Here's a sneak peek from their shoots!

It's definitely getting colder.....my poor fingers tend to be quite frozen at the end of a shoot! :o)

Sneak Peek Senior...

Thought I'd post a teaser photo from the latest senior!

More coming soon! Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to photoshop I go.... ;o)

Sneak Peek Senior...

Thought I'd post a teaser photo from the latest senior

Megan Class of 08

Wow, this young lady was such a blast to work with. Both her and her mom were just super cool ;o) willing to try anything, stop anywhere! That ease and creativity I think definitely shows in the images we captured, in between all the giggles and the genuinly good time we had! Our "near death experience" from this shoot only was as bad as startling a huge grumpy groundhog, who dutifully scooted back into his hole (different from a previous experience I had with a groundhog once, when I was actually chased!). Thankfully, nobody was to freaked out by that...we just posted mom at the hole to keep an eye out!

This is my favorite image from the entire shoot, although there were quite a few in the runnings for that title. :o) Love the pureness and light in it! Between the two of us, laughing was a staple in the conversation.




This post-groundhog shot shows that Megan is still carefree!






I love the funky angle of this shot - showing off her too cool shoes ;o)






Gotta love expressions!






Watch the slideshow for more photos!!!


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