Trojan Triple Play!!!

Wow, went to a great ballgame tonight! And in the top of the 5th, my bro Jacob Picard playin shortstop made this insane catch from a hard hit.




The catch would've been good enough by itself, but it was also the start of an amazing triple play - he threw to second, out, then a throw to first, out! 3 outs in a matter of a few seconds! That doesn't happen very often! Great playing guys!!! :o)




tryin to snag him stealin...but he was safe ;o)




roundin the bases




A great slide by Justin




Everybody's happy at the end of a great game :o)

Baseball Season is here again...

I love this time of year and hanging out at my siblings ball games. And with four of them playing ball this year, there should be plenty of games to see! First to enjoy this year was my brother Jacob, a sophmore playing for the Chambersburg Trojans.







He's gonna hate me for posting this, but I love good sequence shots ;o)










I think if baseball doesn't work out for these guys they might have a future with Riverdance ;o) I'm a terrible sister for poking fun, so in acutuality this was a great scoop and throw to first by Jacob that got the runner out.







Gotta love the great Picard facial expressions ;o) This next one is double great because both feet are also hovering above the ground :o)







Team huddle




Some of Jacob's teammates...

The sweeter things in life.....

This was such a crazy fun shoot....I think this is my favorite, but I refuse to commit ;o)



Jacob tagged along for this shoot, and it's a good thing he did as he came up with the idea for this great shot :o)



















he he...couldn't resist posting this.....this is what Jacob does when he isn't setting up awesome shots ;o)



See the rest of the images in the slideshow!!!
{ps - warning for the sappy: kinda teared up listenin to the words of the song...;o)}

Motorcycle Grunge

Man, I have so many photos to blog and so little time! Check back in the next several days to see the last amazing senior to close out the year (ps - can't wait to post those!!!! stylin new perspective!)

But for right now I'll post some of my chummy coworker Aaron from way back that I never got to :o) We have way to much fun working in the Estimating dept at D.H. Martins, and had equally great time taking some shots after work, even despite the less than balmy weather conditions.

Don't worry he's not quite as scary as it may appear. ;o) Although such a facade really does come in handy when it comes to feeling safe shooting outside abandoned warehouses! ;o)

















And, drumroll please.....the slideshow :o)



To end this post, I leave you with a taste of Aaron's true personality. When I ask my subjects to lean up against the wall, I usually see something like this:




or this



or this




But when Aaron is asked to lean up against the wall......



I feel pretty safe posting these, as Aaron can't do much to me considering my blackmail bag is full with a plethora of interesting outtakes ;o)

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)

The long-awaited senior shoot!

This was for me, hands down, the most fun I've ever had a senior shoot - and I plan on having lots more just like it! Jesse was such a dear and a kindred spirit when it comes to the artsy part of our brains. :o) She was into trying everything - and so we did! We had a blast driving around downtown Chambersburg, and as soon as we saw something that looked like a good picture op, we veared off the road for a few shots ( how many times will two people yell out "oooohh cool dumpster!".....it happened, believe me ;o) I never knew Chambersburg had so many cool places! We were also able to spend a little time out in Jesse's neck of the woods with a magnificent white barn and accompanying fields of golden rod (thankfully for me I took plenty of allergy medication). No crazy shoot would be complete without a near-death experience, and for us it was jumping in and out of the way of traffic to get those great road shots (don't worry moms, it really wasn't that terrible ;o)

Enjoy the photos and let me know what you think of them!

Play the slideshow to see more of the photos and all the fun we had taking them!

I had such a terrible time whittling down the choices for the final photos; I took quite a bundle. We took photos til there was absolutely no light left to work with - and that's really dark. I've gotta start working on more of minimalist approach if I'm going to keep my sanity. ***mental note*** "don't go crazy with shooting just because you have a gorgeous girl, perfect lighting, and amazing locations"