When Janelle came in with her family she let me know that it had been 19 years since their last family portrait. They had worn the photographer out. So even with a large group, it wasn’t hard to get them organized and looking good together.
Parents will dress up their kids for holiday parties and then because they look so cute, bring them in for pictures. We took both full length and close ups. The color of her eyes just pops with the other colors in the portrait.
Calvin and Tanisha have come back 3 years in a row for their Christmas cards. This time we both got to talk about the surprises in our life. We all agreed we are done having kids.
Angie and Robb had both come in for their business portrait. This time they wanted something for themselves. They brought in their 2 dogs that even by their own admission get treated like kids. with a little fineness we found a way to get them to sit still together.
There are times when parents send their kids off to college and they then become empty nesters. After a while they can start to miss them. So when Kristen and Stephanie came home for Christmas break they scheduled a portrait.
Kelly talked about wanting to be a journalist when she grows up and had been on the high school newspaper staff. Knowing this in advance, I got 100 outdated newspapers from the library to wallpaper a section of the studio for her. As a final touch, I wrote a story of her transferring to the […]
I first met Chantelle 4 years ago when I did her familys portrait and brothers senior pictures. I saw this done with a movie cover and told her to bring her music to go along with the violin. The result is a multi-layered image to tell the story of her music.
Ever since we got married, we have tried every year to get our own portraits made. This was taken in front of the school down the street. Katherine kept watching me and didn’t want to watch the camera when I would use the radio controlled shutter. There was definitely photoshop added to this photo. We […]
Martha came in for senior pictures Monday. She didn’t want to jump into my pile of leaves, but did end up sitting next to them. Later she climbed down into the creek. This is how my daughter Megan will be when she grows up. She likes to go hiking on the trails.
Chantalle came for her senior pictures today. I saw her brother for senior pictures a couple years ago. We started in the studio and then went to find locations at Keith School.