Ki Ki's HS Senior Portraits, Part II

Ki Ki told me she was so excited about this session because she liked how her portraits turned out from her outdoor session.  It's fun getting to know my customers and trying to bring out their personality in their portraits.  Ki Ki loves to read so I made sure we got a pose with her showing her favorite hobby.  She took lots of great portraits but I have included some of our favorites for your viewing pleasure. We put together a slideshow of her favorites for you to enjoy. The slideshow can be viewed here.

Two Mother's Day Portrait Specials

One of my clients took advantage of our Mother's Day Portrait Special and scheduled two sessions two weeks apart.  I liked the colors they chose for their portraits for this time of year.  I've included my favorites from both of their sessions for your viewing pleasure.  Enjoy! :)

Ki Ki's High School Senior Portraits

Ki Ki wanted to do her outdoor session at the water fountain at Mercy Hospital in Manhattan so the first five portraits are from there.  Our next stop was a small bridge on the K-State campus which I converted to black and white.  We were scheduled to do portraits at the K-State President's Residence but we didn't quite make it there so stopped at Ackert Hall and finished up her session. Her studio portraits are scheduled for next Monday so be looking for them soon. :)

Deylon Graduates from 8th Grade

This was a fun session!  Deylon brought some sharp outfits for his photo session which is a special that I give every year for 8th grade graduates. Since his graduation cap and gown isn't in yet, we are doing a split session so he will have some portraits with his cap and gown when they arrive.  In addition to the special, this client is getting custom designed graduation invite cards that includes favorite portraits from the session.  The card is available for your viewing on my website.  I have included my favorites from his session.  Enjoy!

Myra comes for a visit...

The sky was such a pretty blue and made for a nice background for my darling granddaughter Myra.  Myra enjoyed posing on top of her daddy's truck in the pasture.  The last photo is Myra peeking over the swing slide in our yard.  I took as many shots as I could before it got dark and have included my favorites for your viewing pleasure.

Friday Night at The Smith Ranch

It was nice to enjoy sunny blue skies after several rainy days (that were very much needed)!  I couldn't let it pass without going out and capturing some moments on the ranch.  I have included some comments with each photo taken below....

Here are our cattle taking a stroll down our driveway! :)  Seriously, I am on the bed of a pickup truck with a bucket of range cubes bribing them to get back into the pasture.

 Ol' Red is the shyest of the bunch.  He's the only one we aren't able to feed from our hands.

 I don't know why I enjoy taking photos of backsides but I think this one is kinda cute!

 Mr. Steer is having a "hay day" munching on some brohm hay.

 You wonder what is going on in these two steers' heads.... :)

In the morning and late evening are the best times to get reflections from the water.  It was pretty dark when this was taken and the colors weren't so great so I converted to sepia.

I saved this shot for last for those that might get creeped out!  This spider was my first shot of the day.  I was trying to get a backlist shot of this spider on my living room window while my husband was keeping it still.  

Doesn't get much crazier than this....

We had some friends over Saturday and as usual had to do some crazy portraits.  I really like how the brown mottled background blends well with their outfit colors. In this first portrait, some friends recently gave us the rubber Afro wig and our friend grabbed that one first!  (In case you were wondering what was on his head.)  They changed into four different outfits and I have included a portrait from each for your enjoyment! ;)