Lucy & Lilia

Lilia, who is a graduate of our baby plan, is soothing Lucy, her little sister. Lucy, who is three weeks old is embarking on her year long baby plan.

Logan and Emily--Sensible Siblings

Emily is a junior at Tech and Logan is a senior at Abilene High. Emily just returned from Italy where she took art classes this summer. Logan, who is an ace golfer, is a summer entrepreneur.

These young people are some of the most genuine, down to earth and friendly students I have worked with in a long time.

Recent Favs

Clint is a sports lover, that in spite of his affection for the Pittsburg Steelers, was a pleasure to photograph.

Hannah and Hudson are now 8 months old. Babies can sometimes be really tough to capture, but these two are as fun and lovable as their images portray. This is our third time to shoot them and their personalities get warmer and more fun each time.

Melanie is the all-American girl next door. We had a lot of fun with this shoot.

Caitlin is another child we have photographed since she was an infant. She actually calls us by name now.

The rains this summer have produced luscious, vividly colorful backgrounds at Elm Valley. It is hard to believe that the first week in August is giving us deep green foliage. There are some evening sessions left this month.

Here are some memorable, recent sessions.

Here It Comes

We can hear the hooves thundering in the distance. The 2010 seniors are approaching with a vengeance. Our 2009 season actually ran into June and was our busiest on record. We met some outstanding folks and made some outstanding images. Between babies and families, we have been able to catch our breath a little this last month and regroup for the onslaught.

Today, we started booking July and August slots. Now is the time to call. Elm Valley sessions will sell out quick as we only book them for sunset sessions.

We have recharged with some very cool, new backgrounds and some new locations at Elm Valley. The recent rains have kept everything very green in spite of this heat.

We have been on the road working with some topnotch senior photographers across the country for some innovative, ahead of the curve ideas. We will incorporate some of our new techniques with every session this season.

We are happy to introduce a new addition to our team. Meet Cory Jones. Cory is a graphic arts major at TSTC. Cory hails from the fine metropolis of Clyde, Texas. He brings with him some outstanding photoshop skills and is aspiring to be a professional photographer. We look forward to you meeting him.

I cannot encourage you enough to pick up the phone and call now. The phone has started ringing this morning and we are starting to fill up times. Last summer, we had a number of seniors who waited too long and had to book times after school started.

Two Times in One Month

Two posts in the same month. Could this be a trend? Probably not. However, I had to share some of these images.

We spend a huge amount of time interfacing and working with 17 and 18 yr. old students. Over time you learn how to pick up on a lot about personalities. There are many kids that are like poker players that show very little about what kind of person they are. As with the rest of the world we see many insecurities and many strong personalities.

Every once in awhile we get to meet champions that simply ooze self confidence. This young lady had the poise and grace that obviously came from lots of hard work and disciplined effort. The icing on this beautiful cake was the outgoing, friendly and courteous attitude.

Nicole is a champion gymnast who is headed to Norman to be Sooner.

I Got Some Cheese

to go with this whine. I am always apologizing for getting so behind on this blog. However, the last two months have been almost booked solid. We are so far so behind on proofing that we violated our cardinal rule of working weekends. This Sat and Sun we proofed all day long. We are still way behind, but not quite as far as we were Fri. After a 10-12 hr. day, it is really hard to get motivated to blog for me.

We are doing some really outstanding senior sessions. We have had a multitude of really quality, outstanding seniors this year. Here are just a few of some of the most recent shoots.

If you have not booked your session, you might want to really hurry. We have some openings left in May, but not a lot. These will book up this week.

Basically Babies

Sorry for the long leave, but I think we are back and over our case of blogophobia. February and March have been so busy. Seniors and babies have filled our appointment book. Here are a few of the beautiful babies.