Mahahahaha, Pantene Amber, Pantene

Ok these pictures speak volumes. Amber is a beautiful young woman full of personality. Of course, after an hour with us she will never want to hear Sponge Bob laugh or watch another shampoo ad on t.v. Our time with Amber was quick and fun. She is our first Senior Rep. of the year and is a great one at that. This confidant young lady produced looks for photographs easily, but with a lame impersonation of Sponge Bob she gave us her great smile. With the quick prompt of "Pantene", she knew to fix her hair. Thank you for repping for us, and by the way we forgot VO5.

Happy Family...you know like chinese food

This week we had a great shoot with a beautiful family. The Kittles and Waggoners met us for a family session in the small town of Cottage Grove. They are long time residents (the born and raised kind) of "The Grove", and knew all the gorgeous places to use for backgrounds. We followed them up the Row River to historic covered bridges, family swimming holes, and fields of wild grasses. This family is such a down-to-earth, hard working, tight knit group, it was definitely our pleasure to spend time with them. We had a great time; lost track of time actually, while photographing them. If it wasn't for the sun going down we could have kept going and going. when trying to get them to smile I prompted them with "Chinese Food, happy family everybody!" then I was asked why I say that. Apparently I was the only one there that has seen "Happy Family" dish on a Chinese food menu.

J-Train and his momz

A beautiful day for a beautiful session. Today we photographed Sara and her 15 year old son J.R., whom proudly refers to himself as "J-Train". J.R. started out like most 15 year old young men viewing a photo shoot with his mother as drudgery. "I don't take good pictures", he said, but all he had to do was be his hansome self. However, his mom pried his bright red, black, and white 1985 Jordon 1's off his feet. Like Samson with out his locks, J.R. was suddenly timid and slightly embarrassed. Then Sara's charming and loving personality began to spred. As she showed her obvious pride and love for her handsome son, J.R. began to reflect them. As we started to narrow down the photos that we best liked, it was obvious how in love this mother and her son really are.
Tiffany and I really enjoyed this session. Tiff commented that when the subjects really care for each other it shows in the shots. We got so many good photos of them looking natural and happy. Today they made our job totally enjoyable.

In between the rain drops

We had scheduled to shoot the Collins and DeWitt family yesterday since the forecast said it would be sunny! So you can see our dilemma when it began pouring down rain. Luckily, none of us gave up hope and saw there was some blue sky ahead. We all met earlier than we had originally planned, and honestly got the only 30-45 minutes of no rain for that late afternoon. Since they were so flexible with the time, we knew it was going to be an easy photo shoot for us.

There are so many reasons why I love my friend Rosalie, and last night just added to the list. Her family was so awesome! David and I loved how fun and willing they were. We got in, got what we needed, and got out moments before the rain started again. Then Rosie's amazing chef of a brother, Ian, cooked us all dinner...along with the help of Martha of course! MMMmmmm, Martha, I am still tasting that yummy dessert. Thanks you guys, it was a blast!

Play that piano!!

Yesterday we did another promotional shoot for one of our senior reps, Eric. He loves to play the piano, so he kinda wanted that to be the focus of the shoot...lucky us! We had him play while we were taking some shots, and WOW! He is amazing. Not just is he awesome on the piano, but he is just a super nice guy! Totally laid back and down for whatever. There were a couple times when he wasn't quite sure of what we were doing, but he went with it and like the results. Thanks Eric, we had a great time.

Day Shift...yes day shift again

well, it's been 2 weeks on day shift now. holy cow! i had forgot how good the real life was. after 6 years on night shift i had become accustomed to not sleeping well, being tired, addicted to sugar and caffeine (still am!), and not having a life, or feeling like a had a day off. all apologies for spewing about day shift again, but wow what a blessing. when we were working nights, i was always upset about the day lifers mowing lawns, building things, playing in the pool,and yelling while i was trying to sleep. i didn't go out at 3:30am and mow my lawn when i was wide awake. now that i'm on days, i still feel that way , but i'm care less. day lifers surely take the people that work nights for granted. here's a shout out to all night lifers!

Happy birthday Vicki

Our beautiful friend, Vicki, invited us to join her and her husband, Bob, for her birthday! As you can tell by the photo, we had a great time. Bob did too, he was just a little distracted at this point. I know I can speak for both me and David, when I say that we feel so blessed to have met them! We love all the fun we have when we're hanging out. We can't wait to spend more time with you guys!...oh wait, we are coming over tonight...YAY!
Happy birthday Vicki, we love you!