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ROCK THE DRESS!

JD — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:55:33 +0000

I remember back to the days of picking out the perfect dress for a big school dance. Deciding on how to wear the hair, do the nails, find the jewelry and the shoes. It was like the red carpet event of High school. I also remember waking up the next day and thinking “THAT’S IT???” Sadly putting the plastic bag, over the beautiful gown, only to never be worn again. Fast forward “a few years”… So, I got to thinking…why not have a photo shoot and let some girls pull that plastic bag off those prized gowns!? I know, I would have LOVED to do something like this. I know today’s girls WANT to do this! So, we are gonna DO IT! With Chris’s mad photography skills and my twist on makeup and hair , I’m sure this could be an adventure! That’s right…makeup, hair and lots of unique pictures. Something I’m sure a girl from “1997″ would never have…

We put a shout out to our local High school dance team members and we had quite a few girls interested. We just couldn’t pick, so we did the random drawing out of the hat. We are looking forward to this photo session. It will be a lot of fun.

So let’s get ready to rock the dress LIZZY and JANAE!

The “We like you back” contest winners!

Chris — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:54:45 +0000

The Gregory family were the big winners of our “We Like You Back” contest we held a while back and we finally had their shoot a few days ago. Their prize was a photo session and a 20×30 fine art print. It took a while for our schedules to sync up, but they finally did, and we had a blast!

What a fun family! When I first met them I asked a few questions about their family and one of them was “Are you goofy”? It took Alexis about one second to answer “YES!” and it quickly became apparent that she was correct they had a lot of fun together. We strolled around Hoover Park to start things off and found a few areas of good light to grab a few shots. Along the way we chatted a bit and I really enjoyed getting to know them. They are really great people that obviously enjoy life and enjoy each other and are really easy to just hang out with. Awesome!

Jenni, Brian, Alexis, and Zach – thanks so much for hanging out with me this day and allowing me into your lives for a couple of hours. It was great getting to know you guys! I know you have a bit of a bumpy road ahead but with the bond you guys have I know you’ll pull though everything just fine. JD and I will be praying for a speedy recovery for you Jenni!

Here are a couple of my favorite images:

This is probably my favorite. It makes me smile every time I see it. I told them to make their best funny faces. Awesome!

Ok, ok – here is a “normal” one from the same place.

Love this one!

Newberg Senior Portraits | Emily

Chris — Sat, 22 May 2010 00:25:11 +0000

We had a great time shooting with Emily a couple of weeks back and got some great images of her! JD met Emily while doing makeup for the Newberg Dance Team this past season and really connected with her as well as many of the other girls. Needless to say we were pretty excited when Emily booked a Senior Portrait Session with us! Emily loves nature and the outdoors so we started her session in Hoover Park near downtown Newberg. There is some really cool stuff down there to shoot around – a creek, a few bridges, a clump of trees that are fused together, flowers, rock walls, etc. This was the important part to Emily so we spent a bunch of time there and got a good variety of shots.

After the park we decided to head a few blocks over into downtown Newberg to an area JD and I had scouted out for some urban shots. I have to say, the more I shoot around Newberg, the more I love it. So many colors, textures, and cool buildings to shoot around! We had a bunch of fun walking around getting some great shots.

Emily, it was a pleasure getting to know you. JD and I think you are super cool and had a ton of fun hanging out with you. You were such a trooper shooting in the less than ideal conditions too (it was actually cold and extremely windy that day. We had to wrap Emily in a blanket between sets because she was freezing!).

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