September 2005 – Page 4 – Otis & James Photography

Bailley!

It’s real late now, and have to wake up early for pics – will make a more elaborate post later, but for now enjoy these samples of our work with Bailley tonight. She rocked.

That was a long sentence, followed up by a short sentence.

Good Night, and – Enjoy!

We rounded out the day today with our friend, Kristi! She was rip-roarin’ and a ready to go, and we got some great stuff! We spent most of our time tonight in the studio, with a special trip to Dad’s for a visit with some kittens and a horse named Nacho. We have a duck (actually a goose that thinks he’s a duck) called Nacho, but this is besides the point.

As I was saying, we got some great stuff – and come back soon to find out the shocking conclusion to her session (shocking may not be the best word, but it’s all that I got right now.) So, off with the rambling and on with the pics – Enjoy!

Missin’ School with Sara

Sometimes you just gotta miss school.* You can ask my parents about it, they will vouch that I indeed followed this philosophy well during my high school years. Of course, it didn’t really pan out that well – seeing as how I still have dreams that I’ve missed ten years of classes and I am walking the halls of my school headed for a test in a class that I haven’t attended, or for that matter can ever remember the name of. But really, enough of my dream life. Let’s get back to missing class.

This morning, we finally had the great pleasure of working with the ever-pleasant Sara, and her lovely assistant Amber. They stuck with us through thick and thin as we traversed the hills and valleys of Minot and other areas in search of the ever-elusive perfect picture; or picture perfect – whichever.

We thank them for all of their hard work, and now would like to reward one and all with some samples from our time shared – Enjoy!

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*We really don’t endorse missing school. Remember kids, stay off the crack and stay in school!

Tuesdays with Natalie (and one’s & zero’s)

All this time I’ve been using the ‘Sundays With…’, and instead it should have been ‘Tuesdays With…’. I’m glad that I have this all straightened out, as it now gives me twice the number of options available as there were before. I’m not quite sure what I just typed meant, but it has increased the number of words used in this post substantially.

As the title of this post suggests, we spent the evening with the ever-so-friendly Natalie! She brought her super-duper-fun-high-octane self to the studio, as we grabbed up some of the reflected light, threw it at a sensor chip, which then converted it all to a big ol’ mess of one’s and zero’s, which we then transfered to our computer, and Jamie made ever so slight changes to the photographs, I networked myself to her computer, grabbed the images, and then moved those same (albeit slightly altered) one’s and zero’s to a web server somewhere in Pennsylvania (which means ‘Penn’s woods’ – shout out to Dr. J over at MSU for that), which led right to your eyes converting this new digital light being created on your screen into an upside down image in the back of your eye, which your brain turned right side up, and you are now able to associate what you have seen with previous things you have seen, which hopefully make you feel all warm inside.

So, on with the pics – Enjoy!

Blogathon v.6 – Lance & Melissa

We will conclude this posting frenzy with our new friends, Lance & Melissa! They took time to stop by the new studio to be our first clients to experience the new environment.

When they arrived, I pulled a complete classic and totally had no idea what was going on – remnants from my wild youth. I could not remember names, dates, or anything else other than the fact that I was pretty sure that they were familiar to me in a way. Finally, Jamie came along to save the day – as she can remember stuff (I’m mostly good at making the radio work.)

We thank them for making it down today, and look forward to working together soon! So – Enjoy!

Blogathon v.5 – Shana v.2

Got that – this is the fifth post of the blogathon, and the second post in the ongoing Senior Portraits of our friend, Shana. You can find her previous post here.

If you were a good blogger and looked at the previous post, you would have seen that previously, we were only able to complete her studio shots. Today, we were to have completed the outdoor section of her Senior Portraits. Again, however, we were stymied by the weather. But before we lost our beloved sun, we manages to get some shots with her totally awesome VW Bug. So, again, stay tuned as we will eventually manage to complete her session. So stay tuned, and here’s a shot from the morning – Enjoy

Blogathon v.4 – Steve & Brittany

As if that wasn’t enough, we managed to scoot back to The Magic City just in time to partake in the wedding of our old friends Steve & Brittany (also known as the greatest living supporter of ‘the blog’ we have ever encountered.)

You may also remember this beautiful couple from a previous post in which there was some confusion as to the name of this man Brittany took to be her husband on this fine day. Well, I was determined not to make the same mistake again, and I am almost 98% positive that I did not call Steve by any other name other than Steve, although I may have, in a moment of stress or confusion, or under great duress call him another name, or I may not have, but I’m pretty much sure that it was all Steve, all the time.

Again, regardless of all this, they made the day and evening great – we are thankful that we were able to share this with them! To the Bride & Groom – congratulations, and to everyone – Enjoy!

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Blogathon v.3 – Phil & Courtney

And then on Saturday, the fun continued all the way up in Mohall, where we joined Phil & Courtney on their wedding day too!!

They were super-fun, as was their family – it was evident that they were all excited as the sheer volume of cameras and individuals taking photographs was on the same par as frenzied paparazzi! They were fun, beautiful, and we wish them a hearty congratulations from O&J. As usual, I will shut-up now and get on with the photographs – Enjoy!

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Blogathon v.2 – Dan & Kami

Then this past Friday we spent the day with Dan & Kami – and it was their wedding – how crazy??!! This was a great group to work with – totally fun, as James (Jamie) also has the pleasure of attending high school with the vast majority of all involved with the event.

As Otis is really old, and not from here, he did not know many of the people (other than the Bride & Groom), but they even made him (me) feel special (got that?) Regardless, we had a great time, and thank Dan & Kami for including us in their day. Enough of my non-stop blathering, and let’s get on with the pics – Enjoy!

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Blogathon v.1 – Patty

First up in our day of entries is the lovely and so friendly Patty. We had the pleasure of working with her this past Tuesday (we are soooooooooo behind with this). She came down to our studio (now our old studio), and we then voyaged around the downtown area, and in the process got a ton of great stuff!

We were then going to continue our voyage to far away places (actually not all that far away), but good ol’ Mother Nature kind of covered up the sun. So we had to suspend play for the evening, but come back soon to see the thrilling conclusion to our shoot. For now, here’s some samples of our time together – Enjoy!