where Life becomes Art

we interrupt our regular family programming to amuse you with an amused dog.

squished toad cont.... :-)

Here's a few more from Miss "M's" shoot. Can't wait for you to get the rest M!!!

pretty girl...

I'm posting more images than usual because this is family. :-)
I don't have a lot to say. Just that she is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside and we love her lots!!!

one of my favorites....

music is her game....

This '08 senior from C'ville loves her music....

We did her whole shoot in the studio, which doesn't happen very often. She had so many great ideas and brought the props to go with them. I love it when our seniors really want to capture who they are right now!
Such as B.'s spirituality.....

See how her prettiness just shines thru

I have another C'ville senior I will post later tonight. She's extra special..... she's my niece. :-)

fun seniors

Miss K. was a blast. We climbed under a bridge, explored downtown and hung out with her nieces and nephews. What fun!!
This girl knows how to work the camera!!

Mr. C. is a nut and those who know him will agree. We spent the last 15 minutes of his session jumping. (I should say HE spent the last 15 minutes jumping.... that would be crazy if we both were jumping... hey I should try that!! :) )
His mom bought a wall portrait of this one. Love it!!!

This was one of his favorites....

I'm so looking forward to all of our '09 seniors. We have lots of new ideas and great plans for you all!!!!

glamour girl continued

We did a sneak peek for D. in an earlier post. Here are some of the gorgeous images that she chose..

amazing young woman....

This girl is amazing and she does everything (well)! We tried to include it all in her shoot but I don't have the blog space to show you all of it. :-) Here's some....
She power lifts for her school

Obviously she works out a lot so she is in great shape

She has a black belt

She feels strongly about her faith

And to top all that off she cracks us up. This girl had us laughing for an hour before her shoot. Oh, and did I mention she's my cousin? (I 'd still think she was incredible even if she wasn't family!!) :-)

runaway dog, broken down car, squished toad...

I got your attention with that heading huh?!! I exaggerated a little. The toad wasn't actually squished. We did have a broken down car on M's shoot tho. She brought her dog for her shoot and we were leaving for the park and her car broke down. The dog ran away later (he wasn't with us then) Then at the end of her session she was standing barefoot next to a building and stepped on a BIG toad. She was really cool about it. No screaming just an "eewww".
Look how beautiful and calm she looks in this image...

we've been busy!!

And I get to laugh a lot at my job! Miss M made me laugh so stinkin' hard about the silliest things. And she was such a good sport (it was in the 30's and she was outside in a prom dress).

Miss E. came to see us the morning before a basketball tournament. She was not interested in the cold at all. We stayed in the studio and her mom and I picked on her and had a great time.

And Mr. T. was a blast. We went to his grandpa's farm and played in the woods, a stream, a really cool barn and a cemetery down the street. (don't ask....) :-)

check out her eyes....

Yesterday afternoon I got to play outside. Well, actually I was taking pictures of this fun girl but it seemed like playing. :-) We had lots of adventures trespassing and riding tricked out scooters. (okay, she just 'sat' on the scooter and I'm not tellin' about the trespassing... it was her idea.) (okay.... it was my idea) Anyway we had lots of fun and I got some awesome images. Thanks D!!!!!