Really really cool couple here. This is actually the first part of their E-session. The second part of the session is going to take place inside and in front of The Guthrie Theatre. It is a perfectly cool movie theatre in town. It has the look and feel of an older theater because it is an older, nostalgic movie theatre. The family has done a great job of updating the building with out taking away from the feel of your hometown movie theatre. I cannot wait for part two next week! But, part one was great!
I just love it when clients call me year after year to record their children! It does two things for me. First of all I get to reconnect with past clients/subjects but more importantly it allows me to become apart of their family! The kids start to remember me from the past year or past sessions and they become a small part of my history as well! What a fantastic job I have!
This shoot was a long time coming!
I had first talked/thought about doing a "Trash The Dress" (TTD) session last year in 2008. Most of the time the sessions are done with brides a year or so after the wedding and after they have time to realize that the dress is just going to be stowed away until, well, whenever. I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to do a TTD session with Stacey back in April. She loved it! I loved it and had received nothing but great feedback from the session. Again I say... it is all about the fun!
(I digress) Back to the prom dress TTD.
I had wanted to do this shoot for months and months with Alexa. With her busy busy schedule and mine it never seemed to work out. Luckily, time had passed and I had a little more time to plan the session. In doing so I figured that it woud be a whole lot more interesting if Alexa had a few of her good friends join in the event! So, she got two outgoing pals and the planets aligned and we went out this past Friday and did the shoot! Not only did we get the shoot in, it came out exactly how I had imagined it.
I wanted the printed advertising look. I wanted shots that jumped off the page. I wanted to get away from normal color and contrast that is done in most of the images you see. (Even my own!)
I also wanted some bold black and white images. I could not have asked for a better group of girls than I had Friday. Anything I asked they did.
And I mean anything I asked.....
This was not a typical shoot in your typical setting with a typical outcome. I wanted to push the images a bit. I was allowed to do that becasue these girls wanted to have fun and because of the fun they will forever have images that reflect the day. This was not just an hour in the day, this was an event!
The biggest issue is the remark, "that will ruin the dress!" First off, how many prom dressed are worn after the date? Secondly, they can get laundered if you feel the need. Lastly, really now. How can you pass up a session like this with great friends!
The finished product is not just a 5x7 or an 8x20 print. It is so much more than that. It is the experience of the shoot and the FUN that they had while doing the shoot. THAT is what the TTD sessions are all about and that is what I am all about. I am about the experience and how that experience is played out. Great images while having the time of your life doing it!
That beig said...
Becasue this went over so well with the girls and their families and friends and other family members (you get the point) I will be offering this TTD session as a promotion this year and for years to come.
Gotta love being a fun junkie!
From time to time I photograph my niece Maddison and my nephew Riley. This day was Maddison's turn as my sister wanted to have a few "dance" pictures of her 2009 season. Sooooooo, we went to the local park and took some shots. I am not exactly sure these are "dance" photos or anything remotely close to "dance" photos. Seems the session went in a totally different direction. Maddison is 6 and I am not totally sold on the fact that these look like a 6 year old that is a week away from graduating from kindergarten. My apologies go out to my sister but the images are rockin'!
This first shot if of her green dance outfit. (hard to actually see it) But the expression is perfect I think!
My mother was a dancer when she was young. When I looked at this image I was certain it was one of my mother's pictures when she was young. Very strange feeling to "see" your mother when you are working on images for your niece/sister. The outfit was a cute red one. Again, not a shot that "shows" the outfit but certainly exhibits strong family traits.
Not sure Maddison looks 7 here.
This shot was one that showed her age the best. I like this one!
I have decided to do a little catch-up today and show a little of what I have been doing these past many days. A few seniors, a few sporting events and a little of this and that.
First I have Sara. Nice girl that wanted a little something different with her pictures. Meaning, no flat indoor lighting and a sit and grin session. I think she will like the results.
After Sara I photographed Brady. Now Brady is as cool as they come. I may be a bit partial because he is part of the GC wrestling family. But he photographs well!
The next few images are of a senior as well. The mom really wanted to do the shots a bit earlier in the Summer but due to Johnny's gravitation to objects sticking out of the ground, we had to wait until he could bend his knee again.
I heard that he may be sent to school in bubble wrap senior year.
The final images are of my son playing in a Junior high football game. I took a ton of all the kids, but I figured I would work on a little something new.
Not all shoots are easy. I proved that the other day. Riley is a cool, neat, fun kid to be with. BUT, he is that one type of subject that is extremely difficult to get a natural looking expression at times like this. So, I had to actually tell him not to smile, then stick my tongue out the side of my mouth so he would forget I was taking pictures. We took a lot of shots, and we got some good expressions. It was a good time, but a test for me.
The title is a bit strange. For those of you that are music buffs, or 90's music buffs, you may remember Blind Melon. An odd hippie group that sang the song, "No Rain". This song was running through my mind as I was photographing Maddison today. It was the tutu that got me going on the song. Check this out after viewing the images for the day. I really miss Shannon Hoon. He was a talent that went the way of Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Curt Cobain. (as I digress)
This was a really fun shoot! Walking around town and shooting a little girl in a dance outfit. And then to end it all at a coffee shop. A really nice day! While at the coffee shop Maddison met up with a friend she met at dance class. She thought it would be nice to have her friend in a few of the shots. Thanks to her mother we had a few nice pics of the two of them together. And if "mom" happens to log on to this blog, please email me as I would like to do an actual shoot later this summer. Enjoy a sampling of the days event...
Well, my part is finished! I have photographed the final few people that wanted to be in the directory. I hope to let anyone that is a part of East Main Church know that the group of people that have worked on this directory are extremely hard workers. The hundreds of man/woman hours to pull this off is staggering. The group of people that have worked on this project deserve a major pat on the back and have gained my respect. My part in this was very minor and minimal. I do not have to edit/gather/cut/paste/arrange/call for, call about/make arrangements for portraits and photographs. I do not have to spend hours sifting through 1000's of images to pick a handful. Nor do I have to spend hours making up times for meetings to discuss this directory.
My hat goes off to all of you that have worked so hard on this project. May God bless you all!
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