Ruth 2019 ~ Urban and Nature Session

For her HS senior portraits, Ruth wanted an urban session and also portraits with nature during the golden hour.  We headed to big town Junction City for her urban session and finished up on top of J-Hill during the "golden hour."  For a fun shot, we stopped at the mural on the building at 6th and Washington while Ruth placed herself into the railroad scene in the mural.  Her mom met us on J-Hill bringing Ruth's pet dog, Cosmo.  Cosmo took the show with his cute little self and we were fortunate to capture Cosmo kissing Ruth during one of her poses.  We so enjoyed this session with Ruth and Cosmo and am happy to share her favorites included below.

Autumn Elegance!

Word of mouth is the best advertising for a photographer.  This client was referred by a couple we photographed last Autumn in the woods on our property.  This was a quick session that we photographed at our local church then headed over to Homer's Pond where the colors of Autumn were at their peak.  I have included my favorites from this session from this lovely couple from Louisiana.
Enjoy!

Heron nabs frog - Weak stomachs BEWARE!

 I have been waiting for the day to photograph a heron that often visits our property.  They are so skittish and practically impossible to photograph!  It was windy, rainy and cloudy but it made for some rich Autumn background colors of the scene of the heron as it took its time to catch a frog for lunch! I took these images from inside the studio using a 100-400mm lens.  I was having a hay day photographing this heron that was stalking its prey!  You can imagine my excitement when I looked up from the camera and the heron had caught a frog and was washing it before finally swallowing it.  In the last image below, you can see the lump in the heron's neck as the frog goes down the heron's throat!

Janelle, Autumn in the woods, and a pumpkin

This session was probably one of my easiest sessions to date.  Janelle was a natural poser.  She looks so elegant and lady-like in her portraits.  The weather was perfect for water reflections in our pond; however, the sun was still bright, so I had her looking away so she wouldn't squint from the sun.  The willow trees at the pond made for a good prop during a back-lit portrait which we converted to black and white.  The sun was still bright before the session ended which gave Janelle the chance to wear her sunglasses and pose with a pumpkin against the beautiful Autumn scenery.  I have included my favorites from her session for your viewing pleasure....

Anna, her horse, and hedge apples

While photographing an all-day event, we "killed two birds with one stone" and photographed Anna's high school senior Autumn portraits.  Anna loves animals and they love her as you can see by her favorites images shown below.  Anna mentioned that she would like a photo with her horse and include their pond but said it was too ugly for a setting.  Yes, the pond looked ugly but it doesn't take much to make a ugly setting into a beautiful one as you will see on her pond image. Anna also wanted a portrait with hedge apples so the last image she is posing in her hedge tree.

I will always remember this session and the love that I got to "capture" during this special day in the lives of Anna's family!

Kim's Autumn Portrait Session

You just don't know how glad I was when I decided to take an umbrella down into the gully for this session with Kim.  I didn't expect to get caught in a downpour. I was determined to get her session done that day no matter the weather as I brought my Quantum flash in case it was too dark due to the overcast sky.  (The second and third photo below was taken with flash.)  Can you notice in the first image how the umbrella is wet on top?  Not wanting to get the flash unit wet, we covered it with my large reflector during the downpour.  Kim will probably always remember this "fun" session she had to get her Autumn portraits!  I have included her favorites for you to enjoy....