Maddie and Allison Visit

Maddie and Allison came in for senior portraits - wait, they are not seniors yet, but they did come in to have their portraits made. I guess they acted like such great young ladies, I forgot they are still a ways from being seniors. It was fun working with them and the best part was when their parents commented 'Oh that is Maddie for sure' or 'I recognize that expression on Allison' at the viewing session. This means I am doing my job, capturing a natural moment in their lives, which will now be a memory for years to come. A few of Maddie and Allison are shown below.

Special Promotion - Ultimate Model Treatment

On Friday, August 29th, I will be having a special promotion to introduce you to Toby Roberson, the newest member to my team. Toby is an awesome make up artist with a list of credentials as well as experience working runway, TV, stage, movie, etc. too long to list. Toby specializes in matching make up colors to my studio lights so red lipstick is, well red (and not an off shade). Toby also does dazzling work with hair and offers spray on tanning which is perfect this time of year to hide the tan lines. If you call my studio and book your senior session this Friday you will receive, absolutely free, a make up and hair session with Toby before your senior portrait session begins. You will also include a gift from Toby when you arrive for your make up session. Seniors who have utilized Toby's services this summer as part of t heir senior portraits have described it as the ultimate model session!

Have you credit card ready along with your calendar so we can pick a date and call 214.577.2974 tomorrow between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. I am enclosing a portrait I recently made of Toby.

Kasi's Senior Portraits

Kasi is a member of the Senior Style 09 Spokesmodel team and we recently did her personal outdoor session. Kasi has to be one of my favorite seniors to photograph if for no other reason, she brings hats to her sessions. I'm always telling seniors to bring accessories and hats are my favorite because you can really change someone's look with a hat. Kasi was featured on a recent senior mailing so odds are you may have seen her already. A few from Kasi's session are below.

Creating Light with Cori

When I photograph outside I use the biggest light available, the sun. However, when we did Cori's personal senior portraits we had to create light at the end because a huge cloud cover came over about 30 minutes before sunset. No problem. Dad held a portable strobe and we kept on creating great images. Were any of these created in the dark?







If any of you are still waiting to have your senior portraits made, check your mail as a very special offer was mailed out today. If you have not received an offer by Thursday, then check back here to take advantage of this ONE DAY ONLY special.

Stevie's Senior Session

Stevie is a member of the Senior Style 09 Spokesmodel team. She recently had her personal senior portraits taken and chose a Road Trip Session to Dallas. It was over 100 degrees in Big D but we had fun and found some great locations for backdrops. I am excited about creating Stevie's senior album with all the great images we captured. Here are a few from Stevie's
portrait session.

Senior Style with Kaja

Senior Style is the theme of the 09 senior class and no one exempliflied this more than Kaja. Her session was closer to a style show with runway lighting and settings to match the clothes she brought. We also included fun senior stuff including poses with her dog and her drill team uniform. Here are just a few of my favorites of Kaja.

Melissa's Senior Portraits

Melissa brought great clothes, a sense of style, and personality to match. Melissa, like most seniors, chose the combination session to make sure she got a lot of different looks / locations. Her portraits turned out so good, the only logical outcome was to create a senior album which I will be working on this week. Here are a few of Melissa's images - I had a hard time narrowing it down to only showing three!






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Madison's Senior Portraits

Madison will be a senior at North this year. Along with his regular clothes he brought in baseball and football uniforms to show the sports that identify him. Some of my favs are included below.

I have returned from a week of vacation after setting a personal record for hot senior sessions. Hot as in temperature. Last friday the temperature was 103 while we were outside. Last Saturday it was 104 and Sunday it was changing between 107 and 108 on my temperature gauge in my Jeep.
Surprisingly, the seniors didn't let the extreme temperatures bother them and the results were awesome. I will be posting them in the near future.

Lauryn's Sr Portraits

Lauryn came down from Clarendon, TX to have my create her senior portraits. She was loads of fun and since I grew up and went to college in the Texas Panhandle, I could relate to her small town stories.

I am behind on posting the last 8-10 seniors but promise to get caught up soon. I am on vacation this coming week, so Im sure while enjoying the Texas Hill country I will be able to work on some senior sessions to catch up.

Yesterday I set a record for photographing in the heat. 104. I thought 103 was hot on Friday, but topped it. I have a session today and am hoping not to set a new record.

Mitchell: 2 Thumbs Up

I first beacme aware of Mitchell when he was diagnosed with brain cancer while a student in my wife's 1st grade class. You can read Mitchell's Story here. Mitchell and I spent a few minutes recently capturing his bald is beautiful look while he is in chemo. When he is 20 or 30, he will have something to document the time in his life when he beat the deadliest disease I know of. Mitchell told me his grandpa always told him "Thumbs up" and I couldn't describe a better way to describe his outlook on life despite the curve ball he has been tossed.