"Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot!

What a great weekend of photography.  I was put in touch with Daniel Watson via a family friend.  We met last week to plan his senior photo shoot.  He was very cool and open to lots of ideas.  Daniel is a senior at Covenant Christian School.  He is a very good student, accomplished pianist, active in theatre and very into his family's vintage car collection.  Daniel knew he wanted to get some photos with his piano, so I set out on a mission to find us a beautiful setting with a grand piano.  The wonderful people at the University of Indianapolis allowed us to use the Lilly Performance Hall in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center.  They had a great grand piano.  Special thanks to Jessica who helped us move everything around and ran the lights for us.  Daniel had to take his SATs Saturday before pictures.  Then Sunday Daniel invited me to his house to take more photographs.  I hope you all like these sneak peek shots.

Mr. Max

Alright, today is a milestone.  Today marks the day that I have officially gotten all of my closest friends to allow me to photograph their children.  Lori and I bonded in high school over NSYNC and Leonardo DiCaprio movies.  Today we spent this brisk Fall day with Lori and her son Max.  Max is so adorable and definitely has tons of energy.  He is at the age where he finds it hilarious to run in the opposite direction of all adults or directed activity.  According to mom, his new favorite word is, "Ewww".  He was really excited to see the giant water fountain at the Carmel Civic Square.  Max is quite the model and we had a really successful shoot.  Below are some of the highlights.  

Rock Out

Today was another great day for a photo shoot.  I spent the early afternoon with Lara and her son Tyler.  Tyler is getting started with his new band and needed some promotional photos.  Thanks to this photo shoot I also got to see all the cool new locations in the new expanded Avon Park, aka Washington Township Park.  I really had to work at finding my edgy rocker side - and Tyler's.  I hope we pulled it off!

Can I have more of that Hennessey... er, Harrison?

OK, so you're probably sick of my constant blogging, but well, it's addicting.  Soooo... Will and I went over to our long time friend's house - Chris and his wife Erica.  Chris wanted to show us some time capsule high school video footage that was probably better left in the time capsule.  However, by the end of the night we were left rolling with laughter, gasping for breath and/or nearly peeing our pants from the hilarity that ensued.  While, I didn't get any laughter shots - because I was too busy participating - I did get some nice shots of Chris and Erica's new bar.  Enjoy.

Avon Class of 2011

I finally booked a group of seniors who trusted me with their photographs.  Rachel, Lindsay, Courtney, and MacKenzie were super fun to work with.  They thought they weren't very creative, but they were open to all my suggestions and had some good ideas of their own.  Once again, thank you to Beasley's Orchard for the setting.  These ladies have been friends for a long time, and this is their final year of high school and they wanted to commemorate it with a special photo session.  Good Luck with the rest of your senior year.  You were a blast to work with and I hope you had fun!  Don't worry, I'll leave the port-o-potty picture for your eyes only :). 

Apples to Apples

Ahh, we are finally enjoying some more temperate weather here in central Indiana. Today I don't think the temperature even got to 70 degrees.  This is my favorite time of year, it's great getting outside, and great for shooting photographs.  Today I had the opportunity to shoot some family photos for Erin and her kids.  We enjoyed the great weather at Beasley's Apple Orchard in Danville.  Erin and I work together and I am very happy to give her some updated family portraits.  Here's a few photos to tide you over.

Pretty in Pink ~ Ryelle: 3 months.

Today I had the opportunity to photograph 3 month old baby Ryelle.  She was so adorable and as you can tell below, she is very much the girly girl.  I love all the pink and green accents in her room.  It was a beautiful day and we had great light!  I wanted to get a few sneak peeks up online... I'm still editing, but wanted to give mom and dad a few highlights.  Luckily for me I get to see this little one at family gatherings, Ryelle is the daughter of my husbands cousin, Leslie - see if you can follow that one - Will's second cousin?  :)

Enjoy!

Baby Mason

When long time friends Melissa and Jamie announced that they were pregnant, I couldn't have been happier.  I followed Melissa through her pregnancy and you can see her maternity pictures in my earlier posts.  Parenthood has taken these two on a roller coaster, but things have settled down and they were very sweet to let me photograph baby Mason.  Melissa and Jamie are going to be great parents!!

Need a good laugh?

There comes a point in some people's lives where they lose their inhibitions and say exactly what is on their mind.  Some people don't develop that filter between what they think and what they say.  Or, if they do, they learn to ignore it.  I married just such a person.  Luckily for him he has found a group of several other like-minded individuals who have been brought together by improv and sketch comedy.  They all have an outlet for the social commentary and silliness - and even better people pay to watch it!  

Last night Three Dollar Bill Comedy teamed up with Paul Poteet and Tom Davis (of former WRTV6 fame) @ ComedySportz Theatre for an evening of comedy to support the Pat Tillman Foundation.  I lucked into a front row seat - well my mother-in-law reserved them and had an extra for me - and these are some of the shots I got.  

Shameless plug:  www.threedollarbillcomedy.com   facebook.com/ThreeDollarBillComedy.  

Blind Line: Will, Chad, Paul, Tim

Paul Poteet

4 Corners: Chad and Tom Davis

Chess: John and Matt

Cheers: Jeff, Claire, Will, Chad, John

Virtual Hanky Panky: Claire and Will

Mongo: Claire and Jeff

Tom Davis

Teaspoon of Wills: Will, Jeff, Claire