BCHS Basketball Homecoming Dance

Saturday nite is BCHS Basketball Homecoming Dance and we will be open from 3:30 till 7:30. We just got our new background in on Monday for the dance and it looks GREAT!! I think it will look so good with all of the different colors of dresses!!! And if anybody is still trying to decide where to go eat, Callihan's is open now at the mall. Bill and I ate there on Monday and it was really good. I can highly recommend the stuffed mushrooms as an appetizer!!! Hopefully the snow storm that they are talking about just passes us by and doesn't cause any problems for Saturday plans!! Bill and I always look so forward to all of the dances because we just love seeing everyone all dressed up and having so much fun. I have posted the packages that we will have for you to choose from and the prices & packages are exactly the same as they have been for several years. Just give us a call if you wanna make an appointment, but as always walk-ins are welcome too. We never turn anyone away!!! Feel free to call the studio at 928-5854 if you have any further questions, we look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday nite!!! :)

Theresa and I would like to Thank everyone that made 2009 a great year at Whitlock Photography. We love photography. It is exciting to meet new faces throughout the year, plus it's great to see the old friends that return for additional photography.

I am debating making a few changes in the business side of WP. We made a trial run at the end of the year and the changes were well received. I will make my mind up in a few days and will post them here. The objective is to provide better service and increase the value of our portraits. Unfortunately there will probably be a small price increase. We haven't changed our prices in at least three years. We are looking at a new line of framing and think that it will be a great addition to the mouldings that we currently offer.

A change that we want to make is, we want to do more on location sessions outside of the studio. Since I find photography as exciting after 30+ plus years as the first year in business. I am going to be easy to talk into doing location work. If you can catch my interest in where and how you want to be photographed the session fee may be waivered completely!

Thanks Everyone,
Bill and Theresa

Mickie 2010 "BOYD CO."

Oops......I totally missed posting Mickie's images from his senior session a couple of weeks ago!! I am so scatter brained these days with Christmas stuff and having to cope with the idea of my Daughter & her family getting ready to move to Australia. Knowing that we won't get to see them for almost a year is really hard, but hopefully the time will go by quickly. Thank goodness for webcams & "SKYPE"!!! Okay, well I said in an earlier blog that I was gonna try my best to make shorter blogs & make a sincere effort to limit my ramblings. So I'm not off to a very good start,am I?!? LOL!!!! Now back to Mickie's images, he was just a SUPER nice guy and had such a pleasant personality & so easy to be around. Also he was extremely helpful during his session, everytime we changed backgrounds or were moving props in & out.....we just might have to keep him around!!! LOL!!! The ones of him with his hunting stuff turned out GREAT, it's just kinda' weird thinking how that really was a couple of deer head skeletons. Also I thought the ones of him in the black shirt turned out really good, especially loved the one with the smile! He better get ready because I have a feeling that all of the girls will be in line to get one of his wallets with "NO SHIRT" on! Well if I don't stop before long this blog will end up being like my typical posts that go on forever. So once again, I sincerely apologize for not posting this sooner but my poor little pea brain kinda' got lost in baby "Isaak" mode for the last couple of weeks!! LOL!! I hope that everyone enjoys this little sneak peek of Mickie. :)

My Best Christmas Present " E V E R " ! ! ! !

This was something that my kids did for me & Bill today on Christmas that made us happier than anything else possible!!! I just now heard from my daughter & they have made it over half way back to Wilmington N.C. tonite & the baby slept all the way. It is the preferrable way to travel for them these days, when Isaak is sleeping and understandably so. He is so full of energy and doesn't like to be confined to a carseat for long periods of time. I am missing that little guy already and can't hardly wait for him to come back in a few days. We want to share every moment possible with them before they move to Australia again in a couple of weeks. I want to say Thank You to all of my family for making this happen for me & Bill today. It was sort of a group effort to accomplish this.....first off I want to say thank you to my "HUBBY" for being such a great photographer & having all the knowledge to set the camera & lights. Then thank you to both Jason & Natalie, our beautiful children for their loving smiles & helpful caring ways. They were so good at co-ordinating clothes on the spur of the moment. Also I want to say thank you to my son-in-law who was suffering with a migraine headache for being so gracious to allow us to do this while he wasn't feeling so well. Also thank you to Isaak for being just so "STINKIN' CUTE" and doing so good when he was really tired from his nap being cut short today!! Then thank you to my Mom for actually being the one to push the button on the camera & being the photographer for the day. And doesn't she look great?!?! I look like I could be her Mother. LOL!!! And then last of all thank you to my Mother-in-law who was such a good sport for going along with all of this when she had "NO IDEA" that we were even gonna do this. Actually we didn't either. LOL!!!! But that's how our family tends to do things.........we just go with the flow and we're very last minute, spontaneous kind of people. We have tried for nearly the last 5 to 7 years to do our family portrait so I am just thrilled that we could finally make it become reality. That is why this is the best christmas present "EVER"!!! I just want to take this time to wish everyone a MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS from our family and hope that your family is equally blessed as ours was this beautiful holiday season.

T.K. "BOYD CO." 2010

We had such a good time photographing T.K. for his senior portraits last week!!! He brought in some neat things with him, but most of all he brought that FABULOUS smile! With it being Christmas and all, we had some Christmas CD's playing in the camera room. I enjoyed so much hearing T.K. singing along & harmonizing with the Harry Connick Jr. stuff. He is sooOOoo very talented in the music dept. and I think he probably gets that from his MOMMA!!! Cindy actually taught our daughter in choir at BCHS quite a few years ago, and it was good to see her again. Plus it was actually too funny because we were wearing the exact same shirt, we sorta looked like twins!! LOL!!! T.K. had lots of really nice poses, I especially loved the close-up serious one. I hope that everyone is having a WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS today and is spending it with family & friends while enjoying this little sneak peak of T.K...... Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!

"BCHS SR" Emily'10

Here goes with my attempt at a shorter blog...since everyone is so busy right now with all of the last minute Christmas stuff. Meet Emily, I thought her session turned out GREAT!!!! She has one fantastic smile and it just lights up any room she walks in. I especially loved the close-up pose in the orange top, that is such a good color on her! And don'tcha just love the one in the santa hat?!?! I hope Santa brings her everything on her wishlist, but idk seems like she told me she might have been a little naughty this year, so we'll have to see. LOL!!!! Emily was worried about not bringing real dressy type outfits for her session. I assured her that wasn't a problem & told her that basic simple things like you wear everyday always photographs the best. In other words simplicity never goes out of style. Well I better quit rambling or before you know it this will be my typical, long, on & on sort'a blog! Enjoy this little sneak peak of Emily's senior session. :^)

Suzanne "BCHS Sr.2010"

Suzanne came in for her senior session last week. She had never been here before but she brought along her BF Hannah, who has been here numerous times. It helps to have someone with you who makes you feel comfortable, not to mention, if you bring lots of stuff with you they can help you carry things in. LOL!!! But Suzanne just went for a smaller session so Hannah didn't have to do that, but she was great at helping with her hair & offering ideas for poses & backgrounds. Suzanne said something about not being very photogenic, and I don't really know what she was talking about. I mean look at how cute & adorable, she has such a beautiful smile! Often times people base their opinions on not being photogenic from years of typical school pictures. But senior portraits are "COMPLETELY" different than the ones taken at school. They are usually under such a rigid time frame & aren't really able to make all of the necessary adjustments. Whereas we try to devote 100% of our attention to you & create poses & background choices that make you look your very best!!! Plus I am a very detailed person & I try really hard to notice all kinds of stuff & most girls really appreciate that. Well I'm gonna make this one a little shorter than normal, I know here lately I have been rambling waAAAAy to long. My blogs keep getting longer all of the time and probably make no sense whatsoever, but hopefully some of you can figure out what I'm trying to say. Shorter blogs & posts, that may just be my NEW YEARS Resolution!!! Ha-ha! I hope that everyone enjoys this sneak peak of Suzanne's senior session. HEY, if anyone is wanting snow pictures I think we should be able to work that out with what I just saw outside!!! :^)