Sage: Senior

The Franks

Seriously, you can't get this sky just anywhere.

Catherine, welcome.

Aaaaannnndd... she's done.  Not really.  Catherine hardly made a sound while I messed with her for an hour or so.  She was SO happy with whatever I did to her.  And in this shot (below), she really didn't make much sound, just made a horribly uncomfortable face.  ;)  Christie, you said you like the "real life" shots.  HA!

Sorry folks...

I have a bit of a mess on the blog right now and am in the process of fixing it...  So there is a large gap in the middle somewhere where there are no photos.  They'll be back up in the next couple of days.  Yuck.

I've moved north!...sort of.

Any of you remember this image of Elisabeth?  It was one of my absolute favorites from the session because not only was it a striking image of her, it was an interesting and different composition... Not to mention a tad bit intriguing.  ;)

She's one of those brides that seriously could be on America's Next Top Model...and win.  She's got it.  She's a photographer's dream, really.  I hardly had to tell her anything while on our 5 hour bridal shoot.  It was amazing.  She amused me by doing whatever quirky idea I had and I am SO thankful for that.  Sometimes, brides are not so fearless, and that's fine too.  ;)

A designer contacted me asking to use this image of Elisabeth for a billboard.  WHA?  She was designing a billboard for an estate in Chicago that hosts large, extravagant parties, weddings, and wedding receptions.  Where in Chicago?  Near the prestigious Glen Eagles Golf Course....there are a few celebrities that live there and there have been many championship golf tournaments there as well.  WHA?  I'm still in disbelief.  Of course, when I told Elisabeth, she was ecstatic.  So excited that she and her husband planned a trip to see it.  So the "billboard" was not exactly a Texas sized billboard.  But nonetheless, it's a billboard with one of my photographs plastered all over it, in a completely different part of the country than where I live.  And that's pretty dang cool.  It is a double sided billboard.  :)

Michael, Amber, & Zeke

This family adores each other.  They were so much fun to work with.  Photographing kids is awesome because it always challenges me to work on things that I'm not so good at.  Some things that I have been wanting to work on were my differences in angles and perspective.  I'm not at all a master with these and have a long way to go...  Thanks Zeke for pulling me out of my comfort zone.  Thanks for forcing me to do things that I don't normally do.  Zeke, you made me a better photographer on Friday, I sure needed it!!  ;)

...Only sidewalk chalk, don't get scared.  But we didn't wash it off when we left.  So someone got a nice surprise...  ;)

 

Loved the next two.

Sorry Amber.  You'll still be my friend, right?  :)

Shades...

This is our Grey.  I sometimes post shots of my kids on this blog, but not all that often.  I snapped these while we were at the park playing with Anna's new soccer stuff she got for her birthday.  Grey is usually running away from me since life is just a big ol' game to him.  :)  And he knows that 75% if the time that I call his name, he's in trouble for something.  So he rarely looks at me, I had better be quick because within an instant, he's out of the viewfinder.  Gone.