Senior Of the Week: Allyson

Allyson a senior from Central High actually came a couple of weeks ago but I have not been able to blog since then. I enjoyed working with Allyson and her mom who works as a teacher at Hampshire School. As you can see we had a full day starting at our studio and then going to the rail road tracks and the waterfall. Allyson was a good subject who brought some beautiful clothes to where. She even made it to the bottom of the waterfall without messing up her outfit. Sadly her mom was not so lucky blowing out her flip flop half way down. Bummer. But we improvised rigging her flip flop with a lens cleaning cloth and a rubber band seen below worn by Allsyson. Photographer and Cobbler my business card should read. Thanks alot guys for the fun day.

Allyson is my first Central High Senior of the year. When she turned 18 she got a tatoo on the back of her neck which we worked into one of the pictures. She was a natural infront of the camera and was fun to shoot. One thing I always find challenging is comming up with new ways to shoot my same outdoor props. I get so bored shooting the same thing, the same way. I've been trying to see my old props from different angles and use different techniques. Also we've added our 1966 Mustang shown in another post and brought back the Iron Fountain after some much needed repairs. Inside we have a new rock wall as a seen and we've added some antique furniture for more formal pics. And of course in the studio I'm always experimenting. Hopefully, with these things I can keep my work fresh and avoid redundancy. Enjoy Allyson's pics.

Morning shoot 7/10/2009

My morning shoot today were two cousins, Addison and Carter. They were 15mos and 18mos which could turned into disastorious cry fest. Fortunately, they were both in a good mood and we had a wonderful morning shoot.

People think that camera's that shoot 5 frames a second were made for sports shooters. Rubbish!! Super fast cameras were made for shooting two kids under 2 at the same time. Hold the trigger down and shoot shoot shoot. Take 300 pics and use 100. You'll look like a genius. Sports shooters subjects are relatively predictable compared to toddlers. Guess where Koby is going...that's right to the hoop. Guess what the two year old will do? God only knows.

Hannah and her mom came out for her ten year pictures today. She was a good girl who was very easy to work with. She said she loved having her picture made. The only thing she liked more was playing in our creek after her session. She proudly found a crab claw to carry home. She was smart too, she asked,

"Did you buy this house because it had alot of good places for pictures." I answered no, but that was the first child to make that observation.

Kirstin's father was formerly stationed at Ft Campbell but the family was recenlty transfered to MO. She had kept in touch with her friend Samantha and she wanted her senior pics made in TN so Samantha could be in them. So while visiting Samantha they came down from Clarksville for some pics. We did some at the studio then went down to Still House Hollow Falls. It was a fun day. Her mother and Grandmother hiked with us. Hope I'm still able to make that hike when I have a 17 yr old grand daughter. Its about a 25 minute strenoues Hike. Good kids too. This summer their going to Nicaragua to build a church. Good luck girls and God Bless. And I was flattered that they came all the way from MO and respectively Clarksville to have their pics made here. Thanks guys. ( I'm also pleased I spelled Nicaragua right wihout looking it up.)