Rachel 2011 "BCHS SENIOR"

Rachel was such a cutie pie...I just love her smile and personality!!! We had such a good time photographing her during her senior session a couple of weeks ago. Well, maybe it was a little longer than that...we have gotten behind again due to Bill being in the hospital recently. Thank you to everyone for all your prayers and support, he is doing much better now & is gearing up for BC Homecoming on Sat. He loves photographing seniors and talking to people, when he is looking thru the lens of his camera thats when he is happiest!! Speaking of talking to people we really enjoyed talking & visiting with Bobbie again, Rachel's Mom. We did Rachel's older sisters senior portraits a couple of years of years ago. It really means a lot to us when people are pleased with what we do and continue to patronize "WHITLOCK PHOTOGRAPHY", we really do value each and everyone of our customers. Rachel & Sarah both brought their little dog Max along to be in some of the poses, he is a dacshound (SP?) or some people refer to them as weiner dogs. This was his last senior session though, so I guess he will offically graduate this year. LOL!!!
I absolutely loved the serious pose of Rachel in her dress! I can't quite put my finger on what it is....if it's the shape of her face, jaw line, bone structure, her flawless complexion or her eyes - anyways it was just so BEAUTIFUL!!!! She also brought an electric guitar and even though she ended up sliding by and not having to play it for us, we still had lots of fun during that part of her session & got some great images!!! Most of you may know Bill's studio policy...he says "if you bring in some kind of a musical instrument you gotta play something for us"! LOL!!! But the ones with the electric guitars don't always bring an amp with them so they have a good excuse to get out of it! But maybe not, I did hear him say the other day something about maybe picking up one to have here in the studio. LOL!!! I hope that everyone enjoys Rachel's sneek-peeks...and remember when you see your images posted on our blog & Facebook that means we have your DVD ready. So just give the studio a call to set up an appointment to come by and pick up your DVD. :-)

2011 BOYD CO. HOMECOMING DANCE

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Looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday for HOMECOMING!!! The packages & prices are the exact same as the last few years. We will be open from 4:00 to 7:00 here at the studio, WALK-IN's are welcome. For all seniors who have ordered their senior portraits from WHITLOCK's you will get an extra bonus added to your package...ask us for details! *****QUICK DELIVERY*****

2011 BCHS Sr. "Marshall"

Marshall's session was so smooth, he was extremely nice to talk to and work with!! So many times, especially if they don't really know us, Seniors don't always open up and really talk a whole lot during their session. Which that is perfectly normal and considering that sometimes they are a little nervous, but hopefully that goes away within the first few minutes they are here. Because we hope that everyone feels very comfortable here and realizes that we aren't gonna be grouchy or demanding. But when they do talk to us and share things about their likes & interests we just love it!! After all, this is YOUR senior portraits & we want this to be all about "YOU", or as our little tag line says "WHERE THE FOCUS IS ON YOU"!!!! Marshall has the nicest smile, and after finding out his girlfriends name that brought out the biggest smile everytime!! We are kind'a nosey like that ya know, not really! LOL!!! Also doesn't he look so handsome in the suit pose?!?! Well I think Bill is going to have to break down and buy us some kind of an amp or something. Because as some of you may know Bill's studio policy, he says when someone brings in any kind of an instrument they have to play something for us. Well with acoustic guitars that is no problem but for the electric ones we don't get the full effect. It is amazing just how musically talented so many of the seniors that come to us are!! And Marshall was no exception, I could tell that he could really play very well even though the volume wasn't there. Well, we are trying something new with our posting of senior images and Marshall is the first one doing it this way. When we have your DVD all ready for you I will post 2 or 3 images here on our blog & on Facebook. In the past we did several more images and posted it about a week after the session, and a week before we actually had the DVD ready....so we'll see how people like it this way. Please let us know your feedback. We really enjoyed visiting with Marshall's Mom during the session too. I apologize for this taking a little longer than normal but as many of you already know that Bill has been in the hospital. But he is feeling better each day and is so ready to get back in the camera room doing what he loves...photographing seniors!!! I hope that everyone enjoys Marshall's "SNEAK-PEEKS"!!!! :)

Joe "SENIOR 2011"

Okay, so if any of you read our blog lately and saw some sneak-peeks for Shelbey you may remember me talking about her having a twin brother. Well this is Joe and he was so easy going and was relatively quite...but at the same time very polite and pleasant to be around. I know with the guys it's not usually their idea of having to come into the studio to have professional portraits taken, but they do it anyways to make "MOMMA" happy!! LOL!!! I didn't realize it but during the course of Shelbey's session her Mom mentioned to me that we had photographed the twins together when they were 11 months old. WOW, time sure does fly doesn't it? But I thought it was so very nice that they agreed to do one together, it's just one of those things that us Momma's appreciate & it means a lot. Something just dawned on me while working on some of Joe's images for his Sneak-Peeks, does anybody out there remember Ricky Nelson from back in the day??? Well....look how much Joe resembles him!! While we were photographing him I didn't really make that connection, but just now it came to me who he looks like! They say everyone out there has a twin, and for any of you that aren't aware of the fact that Bill really does indeed have a twin. So if you are ever out and about somewhere and think you see Bill with someone else other than me and he doesn't act like he knows you - then it must be his brother!! LOL!! OMGoodness, wasn't Joe's dog Eva simply BEAUTIFUL?!?! The color of her eyes was so stunning and they matched Joe's shirt perfectly!! Also I really enjoyed the album collection that Joe brought in with his guitar poses, some really good music from back in my day during the 70's!! LOL!! And we got lots of good images during that part of his session too! Well I better wrap it up now, I have a tendacy to ramble way too long most of the time. I hope that everybody enjoys Joe's Sneak-Peeks and I'm sorry that I'm a little late in getting these posted. It's just that time of year now...."SENIOR SEASON" & we love it!!! :-)

Shelbey 2011 SENIOR

We enjoyed photographing Shelbey so much, in fact probably a little tooooo much!!! LOL!!! She knows what I mean by that, we did get carried away and went over with her session and almost ran her late to get to another photo shoot for Lara's Fashion Board. So I do apologize for taking so long, but when somebody like her comes along we do have a tendacy to take longer sometimes. I don't know if it's where the camera loves her so much (really photogenic) or if we are just reeEEEEally slow & I'm so very picky and try to watch all the little details or probably a combination of all of the above! Shelbey brought in such a nice variety of things with her that ranged from dressy to casual & outfits from all of the different seasons. I know that most seniors think of only bringing clothes that are in season right at the time of their session....but we highly suggest that you do like Shelbey and mix it up a little bit!!! It really makes for more variety in your poses and overall you want your senior portraits to represent your whole entire senior year, not just summertime. OKAY, I'll quit harping on that I know I mention that to everybody all of the time & you all probably get tired of hearing me say it. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVED Shelbey's little number she wore with the hat & UGG boots!!! Well really I loved her black & white outfit too with all of the pretty jewelry & heels, and also the leather jacket with the leopard or cheetah trim on it with cute shoes. AND, how bout the "HELLO KITTY" one, is that not adorable?!?!?! This made me think back on when my Natalie was a little girl and she had lots of HELLO KITTY things....it's funny how stuff makes a comeback again! We will be photographing Shelbey's twin brother this week, and I can't believe I never realized she & Joe were even related to each other, let alone twins!!! I hope that everyone enjoys Shelbey's "SNEAK-PEEKS" with more great images to follow later. :-)

Marina 2011

Marina's session was so much fun, especially the science one in her lab coat!! Since she brought in the goggles & little beaker or test tube thingy, we even broke out the smoke machine and everything! Also I absolutely loved the one of her laying down in the turquoise sweater, she has the most gorgeous silky hair!!! And her smile was so pretty in the one in the summer dress where she is holding the flowers, I just love the tilt of her head and the way her eyes looked in this one too. We have photographed Marina over the years with the Dance team, but the senior session is when we really get to spend more time and pay attention to all of the little details. That has always been our motto....WHERE THE FOCUS IS ON YOU!!!! Well I think we are done now with photographing all of the Distinguished Leaders. Now comes all the fun part where I get to design them all! Gonna make this a little shorter than my norm so that I can get these posted and get to bed a little earlier tonite!! I've gotta get on a little better schedule than staying up working all nite long! I hope that you all enjoy Marina's "SNEAK-PEEKS". ;)

Mikki '11 "BCHS Distinguished Leader"

We had a blast photographing Mikki!!! She not only is super smart and has the most infectious smile but her personality is soooOOoo fun to top it all off!!! When she first got here she mentioned that she had seen a building outside that she wanted to be photographed by. Bill thought she meant an old abandoned little building out back of the studio that is overtaken by weeds. When we went outside to do some poses later on in her session, we found out she meant our little storage building right outside the studio. Never in a million years would we have even thought of using that as a background but leave it to Mikki to see potential there, huh?!?!?! I thought the black & white one taken there by the doors of our building turned out "PHENOMINAL"!!! And who would have ever thunk it??? Ha,ha,ha,!!! The outfit where she was wearing the little rust colored number with the leggins & boots was so cute...and her silver jewelry added just the right touch. Also how fun is the one with her wearing the beret and peeking over her glasses??? I think I can see a little bit of mischief sneaking from those eyes, how bout you? LOL!! Naaawwwh....not Mikki!! LOL! She brought in a nice variety of looks and things plus we luv it when people like to wear hats. Sorry Mikki that I didn't show any of your soccer poses but I just couldn't bear to leave off the black & white one taken outside by the building. Which ends up sort'a lookin like barndoors, don'tcha think?? It was so good to visit with Shelly again....super sweet lady & we hadn't seen her for quite awhile. Several years ago we met them when they came here for Kira's senior session. Shelly even has me wanting to do Zumba now, but I don't know if I could even begin to attempt that one or not.....but who knows down the road a bit I might give it a try! Well I hope that everyone enjoys Mikki's "SNEAK-PEEKS"!!! ;)