Emily '11 "BOYD COUNTY SENIOR"

Okay now I have gotten worse instead of better with my LLLLLLonnngggg blog posts, let me see if I can do this. I really need to make a more serious effort because people probably get tired of reading my ramblings that don't usually make much sense at all. Well Emily was simply a wonderful subject to photograph!!! She had the prettiest smile and a GORGEOUS tan!!! Her long beautiful blonde hair was so pretty wheather she wore it straight or curled. We really had fun working with her and getting to meet her Grandma again who came with her during the session. We learned from her that we had also done Emily's Mom and her other brothers & sister senior portraits years ago. So that tells you how long we've been doing this, but so help me it never gets old "WE JUST LOVE SENIOR SESSIONS"!!!! Well I think you can tell by Emily's sneak-peeks that she has some amazing poses. I hope that everyone enjoys!! :)

2011 BCDL "Brittani"

Brittani's session went so smooth and she was a blast to work with. Just look at how beautiful she looked in every single outfit she put on!!!! Since Brittani is a lifeguard she had the most beautiful tan, it wasn't too much or too overdone at all, just a very pretty golden bronze tone. Sometimes people wanna spend too much time out in the sun or tanning bed right before their session and that's not always the best thing to do. And how bout that one in the dress with the flower in her hair....isn't that simply GORGEOUS?!?!? We were almost done with the session and at the last minute I asked if their was anything else she would like to do and Brenda came up with this idea. I absolutely LOVED it!!! We appreciated Brenda helping so much thru out the session, she was making sure that everything was just perfect for Brittani as well as helping us move things in and out....Thanks Brenda you were so sweet!!! Plus I loved the perfume she was wearing, I definitely have to get me some of that!Also I loved the close-up one of her with the silver jewelry on, her smile is just stunning! Bill thinks Brittani looks like an actress from back in the sixties named Natalie Wood for any of you people out there who might remember her. And look at "Little Man" just posing for the camera tilting his little head and everything, how adorable! I used to have a Pomeranium (sp)when I was growning up and I her name was Cricket. Well I hope that everyone likes Brittani's "SNEAK-PEEKS" with more to come later, ENJOY!!! :)

"Torri" BCHS Sr. 2011

This girl has the best facial expressions I've ever seen!!! Torri was able to go from giving us a beautiful smile to one of those serious looks in a split second with no problem at all. Most people really have a hard time doing the ones without smiles but I guess she is used to doing that all the time in cheerleading routines. We really had a good time working with Torri during her session and she is so "GORGEOUS" that it made our job really easy!!! She looked GREAT in the very first outfit which was the little coral dress, and the image that I put in the background with her hair blowing was sooOOOOo good!!! I loved the serious pose in her cheerleading uniform as well as the one in the white off the shoulder top...plus her earrings were so neat in that outfit too (they were feathers with a touch of leopard on them)! It's always fun to get to go shopping for new things to wear for your senior session too. I think Tina, Torri's Mom was getting a little teary eyed during toward the end of her session. I can remember those same feelings when my daughter was a senior just like it was yesterday. I was so emotional her whole senior year and somehow the senior portrait session is something that sort'a makes it start to really sink in and pull at the heartstrings a little. Well I'm gonna try not to ramble so long tonite so that I can get these posted before it gets any later!! I have a real problem with staying up all nite working and then sleeping most of the day....I gotta do better at that!!! But right now I am so behind I really need to in order to get caught up. OH Well, I hope that you guys enjoy Torri's "SNEAK-PEEKS"! :)

Kelly '11 "BOYD CO SR."

OMGoodness, Kelly is such a "SUPERMODEL" I think we could've photographed her all day long!!! She is absolutley GORGEOUS and I think her Mom was super sweet too and really helped out so much during the session. Kelly brought in really beautiful clothes to wear for her session and did a wonderful job putting it all together to get lots of different looks! I think she has great taste in clothes and her style is fabulous!! I think most everything she wore was from the "ROSE TREE". She came in for a consultation before her session and I think that gave her some ideas of what she wanted to wear. It's always good to bring outfits from all the different seasons, since your senior portraits will represent your entire senior year not just what the weather is like at the time of your session. I loved the close-up pose of her in the hat, but the only bad part about it is you can't see the outfit that she was wearing in this pose. OMGoodness......she had on a "KILLER" pair of black studded stilletto strappy shoes & jean shorts that definitely proved the old ZZtop song "SHE'S GOT LEGS"!!!! LOL!! Also the white skirt outfit was just the perfect outfit for an idea I had been tossing around in my mind. I was going for sort of like a shabby chic cottage look with a touch of victorian elegance (plus I got to use my new little chandelier). Ha-ha!! I know that Bill wasn't too happy with me wanting to bring the old doors in from outside, but after saying one of his famous lines he carried them in anyways....yeessSSS DEAR!!! He is simply the B E S T, even though he had to bring out the wasp & hornet spray due to one of the doors had a wasp nest on it!!! YIKES!!! Sometimes I do feel really bad for all the things that I have him do during a session, climbing ladders and then getting down in the floor and all kinds of stuff like that!! I come up with most of the ideas for poses and backgrounds & such then he figures out a way to make it all happen! So together I guess we make a pretty good team, or at least he hasn't put me out of the camera room yet! LOL!!! I think Kelly has sooOOOOOo many good poses that it will definitely be hard to narrow down their choices. Please accept our apologies for being a little behind schedule, but as some of you may already know Bill was in the hospital this past week. He is doing better now that he is home and will have to take it kind of easy for a few days. Thank you to everyone for being patient with us and for being so understanding thru all of this. Well I hope that everyone enjoys this "SNEAK-PEEK" of Kelly's senior session! I think that she is still with her family at the beach maybe, I hope that they are all having lots of fun! Enjoy :)

"Holly 2011" Boyd Co. Sr.

Holly is a very talented artist as you can tell by the pose with some of her award winning art pieces!!! Thanks Mom for going back home to get those, I think they really turned out nice. She is also extremely creative and is really into video games and even wants to get a degree in designing or creating new video games (I can't remember exactly what its called). Her session was a lot of fun and it was so nice of her best friend Jaime to come along and be her support or "STYLIST" for the day!!! LOL!!! I ended up having a customer come in during her session and had to leave Jaime in charge of setting up the ones with the video games and I thought she did a fabulous job, Thanks Jaime! I especially loved the close-up pose in the purple dress & pearls and also the one with the hair blowing with the American flag!!! We photographed Holly's older brother Brad when he was a senior at Boyd County, I think he was a Distinguished Leader too!!! I'm sure their parents are extremely proud of both of them. It was good to see your Mom again and I think she knew every single word to the songs we were playing during your session. I think we must have the same taste when it comes to music & buying CD's. Well I hope that everyone enjoys Holly's "Sneak-Peeks" and more to come later. ; )

2011 BCDL "Jaime"

Jaime has the most bubbly personality and so much fun to photograph, not to mention she is very photogenic as well. Lots of times Jaime was ready for the next pose almost faster than we were, but hey we are about as slow as turtles these days! LOL!!! I absolutely L O V E, L O V E, LOVED the pose in the orange skirt with the hair blowing!!!! She was willing not only to work in front of the camera, but was helping with all of the behind the scenes work too!! We appreciated all of her help moving props and backgrounds in and out....you really didn't have to do that Jaime but you were sooOOOoo sweet & so much help to us and we "THANK YOU"!! :)) Also Aunt Janet was very helpful setting up the sports equip. for her volleyball pose, that was so nice of her too. Then Ms.Jacy was Jaime's "STYLIST" if you will (ha,ha,he-he),she also created a couple of poses for Jaime to do without even meaning to!!! I think we all had a good time during her session. Then the very next day Jaime came back in with her friend Holly and was her "Ms. Jacy" for the day, so she got to experience the whole senior session thing from all sides! We photographed Jaime's older brother Jacob when he was a senior and it was nice to visit with the family and have the opportunity to photograph Jaime for her senior portraits! I hope that everyone enjoys this little "Sneak-Peek" of her images with lots more good ones to come!

Bicycle safety

It is with great saddness that I am writing this blog. Last Tuesday evening Theresa's cousin grandson was killed in a bicycle accident. Apparently the chain came off the bike and he couldn't stop. There wasn't any great speed and he wasn't showing off. He started down the driveway and couldn't stop, went across the road and hit a tree. He was not wearing a helmut, if he had been this story would probably have ended with, Brian got bruised up when he hit that tree across the road. This was a kid that played football, baseball and basketball so he was use to safety equipment. He had a new dirt bike but his grandmother hadn't let him ride it because she was afraid that he would get hurt. So few people seem to realize the danger of riding a bicycle. I know that the helmut looks funny, but it can save lives, so please make sure that this important safety device is used.

TREY 2011 "BC SENIOR"

Trey came in for his senior session last week as part of the Boyd County Distinguished Leader Program. He chose to be more serious for most of his poses and we don't have a problem with that. We got a few smiles thru out his session, but all and all most of my favorites of him were the more serious looks he was giving. He just had that the "LOOK" and has so many really good poses!!!! I think that really reflected his personality much better too, he is really into History, Religion, Archeology and that sort of thing. I especially loved the one of him with the old world map!!! Trey was a bit nervous as we started out, but as the session went on he began to relax. Considering this was the first time he had been here, so that is perfectly normal. We did his Mom's senior portraits (so that tells you we have been doing this for awhile) as well as senior portraits for lots of other members of his family!! It was good to see Amber again, I had no idea when Trey scheduled his session who he was, I just never made the connection. OMGoodness, Amber looks exactly like her Mom and we just love their whole family....such good people!!!! Well I hope that Amber, Trey, Connie and everyone else enjoys this little sneak-peek of his session!!! :)

BCDL 2011 .... AUSTIN

This session with Austin ended up being so much fun! He has such a good personality and was so easy to work with, and has a great sense of humor too!!! I thought his baseball pose was one with lots of attitude...I think he had his game face on! LOL!!! It's always tuff doing those serious poses when inside your wanting to bust out laughing, and that's usually what happens right after the shot too. But Austin did great no matter weather he was smilin', chillin', being serious or just being himself!!! Baseball is such a big part of his life and I think that is when we had the most fun during his session too. Especially the bat poses....Oh & by the way Austin those turned out GREAT too! We have photographed him many times for different sports. Until recently when he came to the studio for Proms & Homecoming Dances it had been years since we had seen him. Now he's all grown up!!! It was back in his younger days of Little League Baseball, Boyd Co.JFL & Summit Elementary Basketball that I remember him the most. We always enjoyed working with his Dad as "COACH" on all those projects, but needless to say that has been awhile back. OMGoodness, time sure does fly!!! I hope that Tim, Kim, Austin and everyone else enjoys his little "Sneak-Peeks"!

Mark "BCHS SENIOR 2011"

OH HAPPY DAY, and Happy 4th of July!!!! We have been having technical difficulties like you wouldn't believe this week!! I wanna start out by apologizing to Mark for taking so long on getting his images posted! We have fought with our computer all week long. You would think since its only been 1 yr. ago that we bought the most "Super-Duper" model out there that this wouldn't be happening.... Bill has worked endless hours this week, installing and un-installing several times about every single component & software that we have on this thing!!!! But anyways I am just thankful that we have it sort'a, halfway almost there, or at least enough that I can get Mark's sneak-peeks posted. Well let me just start off by saying Mark was the most delightful, likeable, fun, pleasant, polite person to be around!!! He is also a very talented musician as well, we were treated to him playing & singing a song or 2 for us during the session. And we loved the Alan Jackson song "Don't Rock the Jukebox" and then "Amazing Grace" was absolutely beautiful and really touched our hearts more than you can imagine! Sessions such as this one is why we love doing what we do, when you get the chance to meet such a fine person like Mark. Plus he seemed to enjoy the session just about as much as we did photographing him! Bill & I just know that he will do great things with his life, for he is certainly on the right track!! Well I better wrap it up or else I'm gonna be right back into my long drawn out ramblings. It was such a pleasure to meet Mark and his Momma & I hope that everyone enjoys these! :)