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Slidin’ With Jenna

Sometimes, if you’re a true professional photographer, you may find yourself getting a dirty look from a train conductor, and then falling, slipping and sliding down a hill on your gluteus maximus while your client and partner look on with an overwhelming sense of shock at what is happening.

You may also find yourself with the same client in the drive through at McDonald’s trying to conserve gas by shutting off your car – and not because of rising gas prices, but because you may run out and you don’t want to stall and then ask your client to help push the car through the drive through lane.

And yet sometimes, not only will all of this be true, but you may also find yourself working with a client that rocks so tough that taking their photographs is about as easy as it could ever be – and that’s just what happened tonight with the lovely Jenna!

We had a great time working with our old friend, and the photo-graphs are righteous. But enough of all of these things and what not, and on with the pics – Enjoy!

LJ

Little Jessie (LJ to his friends) swung on down by the studio this afternoon (with a little assistance on stroller from long-time blog reader/poster Reba), and gave us a good show! I don’t know what it is about Otis & James and the children, but they were all rockin’ this fine day.

Special thanks to Mom for all of her assistance and for crossing the windy bridge for us, but enough of all this crazy talk, and let’s see the pics – Enjoy!

My Main Man Blake!

This handsome young gentleman strolled into our studio this morning on the occasion of getting some sweet one-year snaps! He is a natural at this – a total pro. All we did was turn the cameras on, and he pretty much was the artistic director for the shoot.

He even brought along a talented and lovely assistant (Mom), that helped make this shoot super-sweet. Not only did he bring out all of his best studio moves, but he also gave us a show on the jungle gym, and showed off his sweet moves on the slide!

Congrats to Blake on the big 1 – and here’s some pics from the morn – Enjoy!

Wade, A Different Wade

Two Wade’s in two days is wild – totally wild. I’ll tell you what else is totally wild (that’s a really really bad segue), what’s wild is working with Wade tonight!

He came to the studio, and brought with him thundering drumming, total thundersticks. I think that that may be his nickname – thundersticks. If not, I apologize, but it really should be. He rattled the rafters, and showed that our studio has some sweet acoustics goin’ on. We had a great time working – lots of laughs and a totally great attitude made the shoot sweet!

So, enought of my jibber and or jabber, and on with the phot-oh-zzzzz – Enjoy!

Kristi…Completely!

All right there, for those of you waiting for more from our friend Kristi – here you go!

We rose this morning (albeit a little late) to complete the shoot of this lovely senior. We had a great time – good weather, we didn’t put Kritsti in too much danger (although we tried), and the late addition of a mutal dating partner, aka Kyle (at least I’m pretty sure it’s Kyle) made the day complete.

Here’s the exciting conclusion – Enjoy!

After Hours…With a Trio

We finished the day of many shoots with a special ‘members only’ performance by this trio, which now I will just call ‘The Un-named.’ I’m not really sure that it was members only, or if anyone besides myself was wearing any Members Only clothing (love their fall coats), but all of this is beside the point.

What matters is that I heard a version of Puff The Magic Dragon that borderlined on free-form jazz experimentation. I didn’t know whether to weep in its subtle beauty from chaos, or to noodle dance in a Grateful Dead sort of way, but this too is beside the point.

The point is, here’s some pics – Enjoy!

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Shawna In The PM

Our day of working with super-fantastic clients continues, as Shawna and her roving gang of assistants graced the studio this evening with their prescence! She totally tore it up in what was a rollicking good time of photo-graphy.

We just stuck around in the studio this evening, but soon we will have the thrilling conclusion to our time together, so keep peeling your eyes in a methodical manner being careful not to scratch your retina in order to see for yourself. For now, we thank Shawna for all of her hard work, and look forward to working with her again soon. So, off with all of these words, and on with the snaps – Enjoy!

Wade In The AM

Wade ventured into the studio this morning, where he encountered a not quite so bright eyed and bushy tailed Otis & James. But we pushed all of the zzzzzzzz’s from the night aside and jumped right into some super-snaps.

Super-snaps turned out well, very well indeed! James did a great job, while Otis basically made coffee and got soda-pop, and moved ladders as directed to by James. A big thanks to Wade, as he rocked it up! In fact, see for yourself – Enjoy!

Pat & Christi

This past Saturday, the Otis & James caravan rolled over and up to beautiful Upham, a part of the never ending summer of weddings!

Pat & Christi were a late addition to the summer tour, and we are so happy that we were able to be a part of their super-big day. We had a great time working with this awesome group, and we thank one and all for their work to make these photographs really sweeeeeeet. Also a special thanks to the Northern Lights for making a special guest appearance.

So, to summarize: Upham is good, glad to have Pat & Christi on board, good group to work with, Northern Lights creepy/cool. Congratulations to the Bride & Groom, and on with the snappy-snaps – Enjoy!

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Breaking Down the Fourth Dimension

At Otis & James, it is our goal to slowly find our way into our clients photographs.
One client at a time, until our goal is achieved.
That’s the Otis & James difference.