Month: May 2006
Thoughts From Keystone
A talking blog??? How can it be??!! Press play to see what I mean…
[audio:Black Hills 2.mp3]Cameron & Ashley…Rock Stars of the Highest Order!
Most people don’t know that there is an order to rock stars. For example, there are your Bonos & Springsteens, and on the other end there are your Sebastian Bachs & Vanilla Ices. Those in the first category command attention whenever they walk in the room, and those of the second command attention in the same way that a car crash does.
Not that I have anything against Sebastian or ‘nilla (I think he goes by a different name now, but I’ve got not the time for getting all Wikipedia on him) – in fact, I used to really like a couple of songs from the Skid Row days (18 & Life/I’ll Remember You.) It’s just that their road has taken some different turns, and even though they have the celebrity, it only goes so far.
How do I know all of this about rock stars? Simple. I’ve had a subscription to RollingStone for a long time, hence – I am an authority about Rock Stars, and how their rank and order works. Now, you’re probably looking at these words and wondering, ‘How does this relate in any way to Cameron & Ashley?’ Again, simple.
For even though they did not come to the studio with guitars, or drums, or even a keytar, we knew from the second they came in that they were indeed, in the highest order of rock stars. They owned the shoot, they turned the amps to 11, they blew our minds with their photographical insanity. Quite simply, they rocked, and they rolled. Both. Not just one. Sometimes, it’s one or the other. This time, both.
But really, now is not the time for words, now is the time for photographic proof of these statements. So – Enjoy!
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In The Wednesday AM With Valerie & Tyler!
Again, we had another lovely start to our day with an early AM visit (and by this I mean before Noon) by Friends of Otis & James, Valerie & Tyler!
They thought that they would come down here and take some tough rockin’-gut bustin’-shoe-shinin’ (uh…yeah, that last one is a reach) fanatascrackticular (which is a word – look it up beezos) Engagement Photographs!
Listen, my children…if you put your ears right next to your computers, you can hear the sweet hum of perfection…coming from these photographs. But it is not us that causes this humming, nor is it the electronics that are inside of your computers. Oh no, this perfection comes from none other than Valerie & Tyler – as they made the session awesome!
And even though I was doing my best (is it alright to start a sentence with and?) to blind them with my reflectors of pain, they kept the awesomeosity flowing from their heads…does that sound good?? Kind of sounds like they may have been injured. Perhaps flowing isn’t the best word, and perhaps from their head isn’t the best spot to be flowing from. But I digress. What I meant to say was that they kept their awesomeaciousness level at full blast, or something like that. Look, they rocked – there – simple as that!!
I will leave you now with some sample snaps, and with a thank you to Valerie & Tyler for stopping by to see us – Enjoy!
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Jon & Brenda!
Tuesday evening, Otis & James had the good fortune of spending some good ol’ fashioned quality time with new friends of O&J – Jon & Brenda! Before they stopped down here, they made one quick stop at the Courthouse.
No, it was not to pay off parking fines, or to be a witness in some crazy trial. No, it was to get…wait for it…MARRIED! As soon as they finished up with the legalities, they stopped on down to the studio, where the new Mr. & Mrs (and the Best Man/Maid of Honor) joined us for some super sweet Wedding Day Snaps!
They came ready with a ton of ideas, and they couldn’t have been any easier to work with! They showed us city kids (especially Otis) all sorts of cool stuff with roping a wooden cow (which I’m sure is not what it is called, but I’ll call it the wooden cow) and other various cowboy type things.
We also managed to sneak outside, just in time to catch the best sun of the day – it was absolutely picturesque, and it’s a good thing that we are photographers so we could put the picturesque stuff into a camera. A big thank you to one and all for coming down to the studio and for making the end of our day so great! To the newlyweds, a hearty congratulations, and – Enjoy!
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Golf Tips…With Peyton!
Tuesday afternoon a young man by the name of Peyton came down to the Otis & James Center for the Golfing Challenged (O&JCFTGC) to school up ol’ Otis & James on just what it is that this whole game of golf is all about…oh…and also to take some sweetly sweet super snaps while we were at it!
Learn us up, he did – he was in complete command of his game and of the photo shoot! He even invited his caddies (Mom & Dad) to join him for a couple of shots. We would like to thank Peyton and his caddies for making time for us this afternoon, and me thinks it’d be appropriate if we dispensed with all this chatter and moved right on with the sample snaps – Enjoy!
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Rockin’ Out With Gannon!
Our Tuesday got off to a great start as the FunCenter opened up the doors to a visit from new our new friend Gannon (and his personal roadie…Mom!)
Our mission was to get some super great rockin’ snaps of Gannon, and let me tell you what, get some super great rockin’ snaps is what we did! What really made this shoot rockin’ was Gannon and his Guit-Fiddle (that’s country talk for Guitar) playing! He shredded the frets like a young Eric Clapton (Gannon probably doesn’t know who Clapton is, but just click here to find out more…Knowledge…isn’t it great!)
We’d like to thank Gannon & his roadie for coming down to the Super Center, and we would now like to offer up some snaps from the day – Enjoy!
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The Family Hoffman
On a lovely Monday evening, our very own James had the great pleasure of speding a little quality time with the family Hoffman, as it was again time for the yearly Otis & James/Hoffman Family Adventure!
As usual, the family didn’t disappoint. They had spent the past year in a near monk-like existence, focusing their collective energies toward this moment. Their emotions have been fine tuned, their posing calibrated to be no be no more than 3mm off from their intended goals.
With their minds sharp, their bodies fit, they came to the shoot ready not to rock…no…this would be too easy. Instead, they came to compose glorious photographic music. Rest assured, my fellow blogerites, this they did. The snaps may look spontaneous, but they are the hard earned results from untold hours of laborious practice.
In fact, one of the children actually took the photographs, while being photographed. All James could do was stand and watch in awe as this unfolded before her. Now that’s, crazy.
With this in mind – Enjoy!
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Robbie & Carisa!
Yesterday evening the FunCenter opened up the doors to a lovely couple that just happens to go by the name of Robbie & Carisa! Perhaps you know this wonderful couple, perhaps you don’t. If you do, than I’m sure that you will enjoy the photographs that will follow my words. If not, I’m sure that you will still enjoy the photographs that will follow, and perhaps the photographs that will follow might prompt you to want to become friends with Robbie & Carisa.
Either way, there’s no way that you can deny that this fantactico couple tore it up crazy style! So, if you would, strap yourselves down, and prepare ye to witness this totally and completely sweet couple, as they create photographic majik – Enjoy!
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Rockin’ The Monday Blues Away With Jeremy & Chelsie!
There have been songs written, references made to, and all sorts of other things that relate to the lack of love there is for Mondays. Nobody seems to like them. The weekend comes to an end, and instead of a fresh start, it seems that people view these days with a dread.
Now me, I’m not all a hater of the Monday. I’ve never really had..actually…I’ve never had a job that’s Monday-Friday, with two days of rest in which you can do all that weekend sort of stuff (go to the cabin/mow the lawn/catch a ball game/whatever.) I’ve never had that sort of thing, so I can’t really relate to the whole lack of love that there is for this day. Me, personally, I have it in for Tuesday. Dang you, Tuesday. I know what you’re up to, and someday I’ll show the world the truth about you.
But for those of you that don’t have the love for the Mons (again, this is the hip new abbreviation), I present to you a lovely couple that just happens to be called Jeremy & Chelsie! Now, you see, they came to the studio this fine morning (closer to noon, but still considered early A.M. ((and I’m not talking Amplitude Modulation)) by our standards) for some sweetly sweety sweets Engagement Photo-Graphs!
Bear witness, y’all – they were working it like a Friday. Like a Friday Happy Hour, no worries in sight – nothin’ but love for one and all! What does all of this stuff that comes in the form of somewhat but not quite linear form mean?? It means this: they rocked, and we could think of no better way to start the week! Lot’s of thanks to this lovely couple for coming on down to the FunCenter, and we would now like to offer up some proof from the festivities – Enjoy!
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