I shot Michelle, Griffin and Carlee a few weeks ago at the Botanical Gardens. This time we met up at the Grove Park Inn to do some more family shots for Christmas cards. Everyone was much more relaxed this time around since they knew what they were in for with Sgt. Thomas (Carlee's nickname for me :) Good stuff. What can I say? Beautiful families make my job easy!
I'm posting this on vacation in Phoenix from my laptop. I don't have access to all my usual assortment of photo tools so, I'm missing my cool zac|thomas overlay and border on the pics. If you can look past that then stay tuned for some traveling blog posts over the next few weeks.
We shoot - rain or shine! And it was raining today and this was officially my quickest shoot ever. About 15 soggy minutes. Let me introduce the Youngs - A lively bunch who don't mind some unorthodox photo shooting in the name of fun and Christmas picture desperation! Nothing like waiting till the last minute! This was actually a planned rush as their daughter Courtney lives in Boston and is just back for Christmas. We didn't plan on the rain or shooting at Lake Julian but we rolled with it and had a fun time and came away with some great pictures. You can always warm-up and dry off but, make sure you get the shots! Cassie has been super patient with me as I shot her senior pictures about three weeks ago and she still hasn't seen them! I've been trying to get everyone's Christmas pictures out and after she spent the whole afternoon with me shooting, I want to make sure her pictures get their proper attention. Hopefully those will be making an appearance on the blog in the not-too-distant future. Oh, she's in the black boots.
More Grove Park action! You remember little Jeff from the Sky Top Apple Orchard. Well, he's quickly becoming a big man! And his son Adam too! Good thing these boys have Julie to look after them. It didn't feel too much like Christmas time when we shot - it must have been in the high 60's. The weather was unexpected (unless you're an Al Gore enthusiast) but it made for a great day outside and some great pictures. Adam was much more alert this time around, I don't think he nodded off once. My dad's a pastor - he's used to people falling asleep on him. For me it makes it much more challenging to get engaging pictures!
Thanks Jeff, Julie and Adam for a fun time! Enjoy the pictures
Dana has officially milked the Extreme Hookup for all it's worth. This is the third shoot we've done and we went high class with this one. We shot at the Grove Park Inn this last Saturday and I actually had to put on my nice jeans! It was rough. Actually the jeans weren't bad but the crowd wasn't expected - you'd think they were having a sale on NASCAR memorabilia. Added to that - the last thing Avian wanted was to have her picture taken! She made me earn my shots this time. She wouldn't break, even for the iPhone - she's a rock. Kealey and Yasmine were great - very patient. I think Kealey's warming up to me; I'm usually shooting the back of his head as he's running away. I had a fun time though. I'm actually glad Avian was in a mood, she's cute when she's pouty and I couldn't have got those shots otherwise!
Here's a quick post with our friends Robert and Sabrina and Jarrett - who may as well be Gryphyn's brother. We first met at church and now Jolene and Sabrina work together teaching the three year old's class at MMO. We got together the other day to get some shots for a Christmas card and then it was off to Mikado's and then the mall to let the boys run off some energy on the toys while we sat by lazily partaking of Dairy Queen's wares.
World, I'd like you to meet Troy and Michelle. Troy and Michelle - this is the world. I've got people checking out the blog from Alaska to Florida to Germany to California to Kyrgyzstan. I'll make you famous!
I know Troy and Michelle from church. We've been meaning to get together and get some shots for a while now but, it seems like every Sunday we say, "oh yeah, we need to do that." Well, we finally did. They only live a few minutes from me at Biltmore Lake so we had a nice area to shoot. We started off with Joshua and Troy's meal time and ended down at the lake with Joshua's first time in a swing!
