Cathy and her son Luke came in before christmas to get a few shots together and then a few of Luke by himself. This was actually her sister’s christmas gift to her!! (thanks lisa!) So everything started off great…luke and his mom were smiling and it was all good. Then Luke changes clothes and we were going to get some of him by himself. Except Luke had other plans….like leaving. He put his jacket on and was pulling his mom out the door. So I’m thinking…great…what am i going to come up with to make him want to stay?!  Thankfully i have lots of practice in the art of distraction, having 4 little ones of my own. I asked Luke if he wanted to see something really cool outside (not knowing myself what it was going to be). So of course he says yes!

Now….what do i have that is cool outside? um some dead trees and flowers, a bunch of gravel and weeds and chain fence…nice. oh right i have a crushed up tire play area! So I grab a few army men and take them out with me. We get out there and it’s about 20 degrees and I know he’s thinking this is so not cool. So i again i distract him and bury the army men. Next i tell him that my little boy was out here playing and i think he lost some army men and could he help me find them….and i hold my breath. Luke grins and starts looking! wooohooo i have him back! OK, so we mess around out there and then gradually come back inside with the army men and between lisa, cathy and i get luke back into the studio.  I don’t remember how it went down but either lisa or cathy acted like they were putting this fake snake on my head and he thought that was THE funniest thing ever! And that is how we got the rest of these images! Once we got him started we shot forever…i don’t think i’ve ever gotten as many cute pictures of a little guy as i did of Luke. He was awesome and we were friends by the end!

Casey and I went under the overpass in Ironton for a lot of her senior pics and walked around the boat dock by the river. I went to high school in Ironton  and I hadn’t been to a lot of those places in a long time so it was cool for me too. I love the  way the edgy graffiti shots turned out…it was very casey!

It was really cloudy that day which turned out to work great for these moody shots by the river. And is it me or does this last shot look like Kelly Clarkson?

Chase is my very first senior from Boyd County High School! We went to the baseball field there (from what i understand he’s a pretty rockin baseball player) as well as the stands of the football stadium (chase is a football player too!). We finished up back at the studio while listening to a little Nickelback and called it a day.

This is Zach and Hannah. How adorable are they? Oh my gosh, they were such cute and sweet kids…for real!

And their cousins, Maddy and Spencer joined them for a grandkids picture! What a precious crew!

Christian is a senior at Blazer and is into drama and shoes! We started out at his house then went to the park for several different shots. I didn’t even have to do much arm twisting to get Christian in the fountain at the park. We ended up at the train depot on the river which was fantastic. It was my first time shooting there and I definitely want to go back…there are so many possibilities! Thanks christian…you made my job easy!

Emma and her baby sister, Olivia came in last month for pictures…emma for her 2 yr pics and olivia for some little squishy baby pics. i loved these two above.

Emma also was in the Sunburst International Star Search at the Ashland Town Center this past weekend and did really well. she won Miss Photogenic with this photo below! how cute! She also won Super Star and 2nd Place over all. Her mom, Vicki says that emma is now eligible to go to the state compitition in May.

Whitney let me shoot her senior pictures this week and it was another beautiful day. don’t know why this weather has been so good but it sure makes it nice when i schedule shoots outside nearly every day! so whitney had some amazing blue eyes and a ton of different looks. the blue shirt on the bottom right is my fav. very nice!

Andrew is the mascot for Blazer (hence the catsuit). What fun…a cat reading the paper (all andrew’s idea btw) on Judd Plaza and jumping off of walls. fun stuff! my favorite is either the red door shot or the brick walls with the suit. it’s amazing what you can find in downtown ashland!

I had a great time at the park yesterday with jessica who is a senior at Blazer. it was an absolutely beautiful day and jess was up for just about anything. the red formal in the dugout was the best…loved it! you were awesome jessica.

Tara and her son and husband came in last month for family pictures as well as some belly pictures. She looked so calm and peaceful…i just loved this shot. Their son, Dylan was a blast too and had amazing big blue eyes!