April 2007 – Page 2 – Otis & James Photography

GABO v.8 :: Manly Men Edition (Chain Gang).

Old Man Otis & his protege Benjamin D. fulfilled their community service hours yesterday. All of you in land of blog will be happy to know they are off of house arrest!

Yay!
&
MuchLove!

GABO v.7 :: The Caitlyn Edition!

Gather ’round, my good People of Blog (POB’s), for I’m about to spin a yarn or two about a young lady that stopped by the FunCenter at some point during our not-so-distant past to have some sweetlysweetsnaps taken!

Her name, in case you were wondering, was (and I’m assuming still is…unless she has joined the witness protection program, or has joined a band and they have demanded that she change her name to ‘Flash McGee’) and still is…Caitlyn! Now, my peeps, I know what you’re thinking. Your sitting out there in the land of blog thinking to yourself, ‘Peep…where is he going to go with this one?’, so let me help you out and I’ll tell you where I’m going with this one.

I’m going to the part of the story, or ‘yarn’ if you would like to continue calling it that, where I break it down for you and give you the straight story. I like to call this the Straight Story…With Otis…well, I would call it this if I were some sort of a commentator in MSNBC, but I’m not. So, back to the Straight Story. Caitlyn…well, she rocked. She tore it up. She put the awesome in awesomeosity. She was all of that, and a bag of chips.

And that’s…the Straight Story.

MuchLove & ManyThanks to one and all for coming down to the FunCenter and making this shoot possible! To Caitlyn…You Rocked! And to all of me good peeps of blog – Enjoy!

GABO v.6 :: The Jocelyn & Jordan Edition!

There is a problem with Jocelyn & Jordan. I don’t want to have to tell you this, but I feel that I have to. I know that you people out there – you goodly people of the land of blog – will be able to understand what it is that I am about to say. It is truthful, and I hope that you will know why it is I have elected to say anything about it. So, here goes.

Jocelyn & Jordan…they are too good. They are too perfect. They raise the bar too high for every other couple out there. Why…why do they have to be so good? Is it something that they have been in training for? Is there some sort of a ‘photographic coach’ they visit? Is it something that they are born with? Ahh shoot, man…I wish I had the answers to these questions. I wish there was a way I could let you in on their little secret, but I guess we shall have to just take comfort in the fact that they are awesome + awesome, which – according to my calculations, means they are double awesome, and that – my peeps – is a crazy amount of awesome.

Now that we have that out in the open, I hope we can all find a way to move on. If not, then I suggest that you just linger on this post and take in the sweetlysweets that is all things Jocelyn & Jordan! ManyThanks to this wonderful couple for stopping by FunCenter and giving us a little bit of their good times, and to all of my friends out there in land of blog – Enjoy!

GABO v.5 :: The Kayla Edition!

Hello there!

My name is otis, but you can call me otis. I’m writing to you today on behalf of the Otis & James FunCenter For Fun & The Study of Porcupine Preoccupation and Procrastination (O&JFCFF&TSOPPAP). Dear friend…right off the bat, I will let you know that I come to you today not seeking any sort of a donation! Alright, now that you’ve relaxed and I’ve stopped you from throwing your computer in the garbage with the rest of your junk mail, let me now tell you the real reason why I am writing you today. It is because of a Senior we had the greatlygood fortune of working with this past week, that goes by the name of Kayla!

Again, I’m sure your sitting there wondering why it is that I am taking up your sweet time with this story, but I assure you it is good. You see, we had the good pleasure of working with Kayla in a previous FunCenter experience, but nothing could fully prepare us for the totaly awesomeness that she was…well..that she is!

Seriously. She came to FunCenter, and showed us what it’s really all about. What I’m trying to get to here, my dear friends, is that y’all need to prepare yourself for some totally righteous samplesnaps, and they were all made possible by the one and only Kayla! MuchLove & ManyThanks to her for being so great to work with, and to you – my reader – the same goes as well.

I thank you for your time, and we hope that you enjoy the photographic goodness you are about to see.

Sincerely,
Brotha O

P.S.
Enjoy!

GABO v.4 :: The Joanna Edition!

And this epic trek that I like to think of as being an epic trek of all things Otis & James, FunCenter, and sweetlysweet continues with a tale of a young lady that just happened to call herself Joanna, and her crazyadventures in the land of Otis & James. Alright. Is that really going to be the start of this post? Like, did I really use the term ‘epic trek’ in describing something that occured in FunCenter? And, since when is the term ‘tale of a young lady’ anything that anybody really wants to read? OK. Well, with those questions in your mind, let us now move to the second paragraph to see just where this ‘epic trek’ is going to take us.

Now, even though I did say that there were ‘crazyadventures’, which was actually supposed to be the title of a TLC album (or CD for all you kidz out there), but it was never released, due to the fact that the songs were so good, they feared that people would actually explode if they were to hear them, but enough about TLC), I assure you – my faithful of the blog – that at no time was anybody in any form of danger, other than Otis, but that’s because the day that Joanna stopped by was also the day that he practiced is flaming-knife-throwing while blindfolded routine, while on a ladder, on the roof, but Joanna was nowhere near this spectalce spectacles.

Instead, she was in the FunCenter for Fun, working hard on getting some crazycoool (what is up with me and TLC?) seniorsnaps! The times were wonderful, and the outcome was…well…let’s just say that she was totally and completely awesome to work with, and the outcome was totally and completely awesome as well!

MuchLove & ManyThanks to Joanna for stopping by for a visit, and to all of my goodly peeps in the land of blog on this pleasant evening, I wish you all well, and offer you all up a big ol’ plate of – Enjoy!

GABO v.3 :: The Julia Edition!

I have expounded upon my like of the name Julia before (expounded upon my like? Is that even in the vicinity of proper grammar? Or have I already careened off the rails and we haven’t even made it through the opening sentence?), so I shall save you my tales of all things Beatles (please, though, do yourself a favor and try to find the song and give it a good listen…it’s just about the closest thing to pure bliss that one can find…in fact, just do yourself a favor and buy the whole Bealtes White Album, not because they need your money, but because it is what it is, and that is – in my humble otis opinion, sweetness on a stick ((well, actually it’s not on a stick but I’m speaking in flowerly language, so bear with me))), I shall just stick to the matter at hand, and that is the wonderous pictosnaps that we had the good fortune of taking of the one and only Julia at some point in our not so distant past!

Ahh, Julia came to FunCenter, and the rest is…how do you Americans say…sweet sweet photographic history! We had a marvelous time going here and there, to and fro (I know that I overuse that one, but sometimes I just can’t help myself!) in search of pictographic sweetness, and we were able to not just get the sweetness, we were able to get total awesomeosity! Now that’s what I call doing it right.

OK. I’ve started to not make sense to even myself, so it is time for us to put these words where they belong (to bed, not in the trash) and get to the samplesnaps. MuchLove to Julia (so I sing a song of love), and to the rest of my peeps of blog – Enjoy!

GABO v.2 :: The Molly (& Mom Too) Edition!

Giddyup partners, ’cause we’re about to head out on the great trail ride to a place called the FunCenter Cirlce K Ranch (the brand looks like a clown with a K driven through its head…not the best logo, but we only had $38 to spend on it…oh well) for some good ol’ fashioned cowgirl pics!

Whoa. I’m not sure what I just typed there made sense. You see, I’m from a land called the ‘Twin Cities’, and even though I’ve been trying to assimilate myself to the culture I have been surrounded by for the past few years, I just can’t get around the fact that when I put a cowboy hat on, I just look…well…not natural would be the kindest way of putting it (there is a Ma’am by the name of Emily, or Lou Lou – if you like – that can testify to the truth of this statement.)

Now Molly, well…when she puts the ol’ cowgirl hat on, it’s a natural fit! Molly & her lovely assistants came down to FunCenter Circle K Ranch the other day for some sweetlysweet cowgirlsnaps, and I’m here to report back to all of you good peeps out there that she was an absolute dream to work with!

Our time together was filled to the brim with smiles, laughs, Benjamin D’s, and even a couple of Jenny C’s (actually only one, but who’s counting?) I think that we should take this sentence and let Molly & Assistants know what a pleasure it was working with one and all, and how lovley the snaps are! But, do I really need to tell you that they were lovely when the samplesnaps are only a word or two away? Heck No! So, sit back, get a cup of joe, warm your feet beside the campfire, and – Enjoy!

GABO v.1 :: Ladies & Gents…It’s Tuscan, Clancy, April & Gage!

Bliggity-Blog! Always a good way to start a post, especially if there happens to be a baby that is involved with said post. I come not, here today, or…I come not here today, or…possibly, come here not today to speak of such things as how to start a blog post (because most of you know that you can find the answer to this and any number of other blog questions in my new book, She Blogs, He Blogs, We All Blogs! (available at most small convenience stores across the state), pick up a copy today if you would like to find other amazing factoids out as well!)

Again, I am not here to sell you my book about blogs (did I mention that it’s been reduced in price to only $2.99+Tax??!! With prices like that, I gotta be out of my mind!), I come to you, my faithful and loving People of Blog (POB’s) tonight to tell you the story of a lovely group of peeps that I like to call Tuscan, Clancy, April & Gage!

They are not members of a superawesome 70’s supergroup dedicated to rocking your socks off. No no no no. They are good looking, friendly people that came to FunCenter for sweetlysnaps! And sweetlysnap they did do, and get, and so on and so forth. We had a wonderous time working with this gorgeous group, and we offer a big ol’ ManyThanks & MuchLove to them for stopping down and letting us get a few clickitysnaps!

Well, enough words. More snaps. Without any further delay – Enjoy!

Great American Blog Off (GABO)

We really must stop meeting like this. It seems that there is silence, and then there is an utter explosion of activity on bliggity-blog. Well, in keeping with that tradition, I present to you The Great American Blog Off, or GABO (you all know how I love my acronymns) for short.

Another thing; who’s running this joint anyway? There seems to have been a person named Milo & occasionally a Roo that have been authoring these posts? What is all of this about? Well, seeing as how I am the only person currently occupying the space that we call ‘FunCenter’, and not creatures that go by that name are currently residing in its confines, I declare the blog to be back in my hands again.

Without any further delay, let the GABO begin!

MuchLove!
Brotha O

Month: April 2007