Vacation at the beach

Posted on our opening page and in the children section are several images of the family. It shouldn't be hard to id the grandson. There is something about his hair that gives it away. I had hoped to be at the beach a little later in the day, but we ended up there a litte early. Other than the light being 3 stops too bright we had the problem of late afternoon light coming from one direction and a 15 mph breeze blowing in from the ocean. I had everything planned out before arrival and had the equipment with me to take the photographs that I wanted. For most of the time we had heavy cloud cover as some of the images shows. Actually the heavy clouds added a unexpected quality to some of the images. Natalie and Damon will be moving before long, at this time no plans are final. The image of the 3 of them walking away from the camera toward the dark cloud set the tone of this image. All of their plans are exciting and will no doult be good for their future and also add memories to be shared for the rest of their lives, but some of their plans could mean that we wouldn't be able to see them very often. To me that is the dark cloud in this image. To go through life and never be willing to reach for the horizon means that life fulfilling goals that should be realized are never achieved. Where they are in the image is bright and safe, but they are headed toward the horizon. I think that they have carefully considered all their goals and are bravely acting on them, but sometimes it's hard on Dad to bravely be the one that provides encouragement. Someday we'll have great stories to share.
Dad

BRAD 2010 "FHS Senior"

Brad was in the studio last week for his senior session, and we had so much fun photographing him. We really love it when senior guys like Brad come in for their senior portraits! You can tell the ones that are excited to have them done from the ones who's Moms are forcing them to have senior portraits made. The end results always tells it all............and Brad's images speak loud & clear that he didn't mind being here and that he was actually having a good time!! I think he ended up with a strong session with lots of really GREAT images and look at what a fantastic smile he has! Even though his smile was great we took a few serious ones as well, isn't the baseball one "FIERCE"?!?!?!! I hope I'm not embarrasing him by braggin' on him a little bit. Even though this was the first time we had actually met Brad, I kind'a feel like we go back a little bit. I went to FHS back in the day & graduated with his Momma (Carla), and then we did his older sister (Jessica's) senior portraits years ago. And seems like we photographed him some during baseball little league days back several years ago...............but at my age I can hardly remember anything anymore! LOL!!! Well I hope that everybody enjoys this little sneak peak of Brad's session! :)

Summer's over

I think that our travel for vacations is over for the year. We went to the Smokies and as usual have a great time. We went to Cades Cove and saw 3 bears. They were kinda small and back in the trees, but we saw them. We went to the Smith Brothers show and had good meals at the Alamo and Old Mill. My brother and his wife was there for part of the time. The ladies went shopping and we went up in the mountains. I was able to actually do some of the things that I have been talking about in older bloggs. I got some good images and some that probably won't be posted. The only problem I had was not being able to spend the time to be at the right location at the right time. I always love being outdoors and breathing clean mountain air.

This past weekend we were in Wilmington, Nc. As usual when Theresa is with Isaak there is a big battle. She tries here hardest to spoil him and the tries to remain the sweet and unspoiled child that he is! He is into everthing and just dares anyone to get in his way. Sunday evening we when to the beach for a photo session. The wind was blowing the wrong direction for the light, but again I tried some of the things I have talked about in my blog. Some of the images turned out good, some for the delete key.

Like I mentioned earlier we love photography and are always looking for a new idea or location for that perfect image

"Rockin' Video of Trey"

"The Smokie Mountains"

Last week we were on vacation in the Smokie Mountains and I just wanted to share this story with everyone. Bill always loves to photograph all of the old settlements, and cabins as well as the beautiful mountain streams so that is what we were doing. Along our drive that day I had noticed a particular van parked here & there with writing in the windows like you would normally see at a wedding reception, but this one caught my eye. It read something like "JUST MARRIED AGAIN, 50 YEARS"!!! At the next place we stopped Bill got out of the van to set up his tripod to begin photographing this log cabin & mountain stream. Lo and behold there was a couple stopped at the same location just walking around. I said, Oh Bill I would just love it if you could get some photographs with that couple in some of them. So he approached them and asked if we could photograph them, and explained to them that he was a professional photographer. Also he reassured them that he wasn't trying to sell them anything by no means. We were just on vacation our selves and wanted to do this merely for our pleasure. Well, they were the sweetest couple and we found out that they were the ones driving the van we had seen with the writing in the windows. They were so kind to pose for us and let us "PLAY" and photograph them for at least 30 minutes or longer. Bill didn't have all of his standard equipment with us that we normally use when photographing people outside, we thought he'd mainly be doing landscape photography. While talking with them we learned that they were from around Chattanooga TN & that they were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. I hope that both of them & all of their family enjoy the images that we were able to capture. In some small way I hope we've added some memories of this truly special time in their lives. We want to wish Mr. & Mrs. Bice a HAPPY 50th ANNIVERSARY!!! Most people go on vacation to get away from their work, but not when you are in a profession like ours.............this is what makes our work so enjoyable and rewarding. We absolutely love what we do!

HOMECOMING DANCE PACKAGES

We will be open on Sat. the 12th for the "HOMECOMING DANCES". I absolutely love this time of year, when you can feel the crispness in the air and leaves begin to change!! Also we just love to see all the couples when they come into the studio all dressed up. Please check out the packages above that will be available for you to order. All portraits are to be paid for at the time you are photographed, and we do accept most major credit cards. We do not accept American Express. Please allow 10-14 days for your Homecoming Portraits to arrive. Feel free to give us a call if you have any questions or need directions to our studio. We will be open from 3:30 to 7:00, you may call to schedule an appointment or just walk-in. Ask to see if "WHITLOCK PHOTOGRAPHY" will be open for your schools Homecoming Dance.......... :)