Seniors – Page 105 – Otis & James Photography

Emily!

Emily and her band of gypsies (Mom, Hope, Luke, Friend #1 and Friend #2 – I’m pretty sure that’s what she was calling them – and special guest appearance by interesting camoflage lawyer to the stars) stopped the Otis & James Command Post this afternoon – and the reason was her super sweet Senior Pics Session!

How could we not have fun with Emily??!! There are nothing but smiles and good times coming from her! She lit up the studio, and in turn we lit her up (but didn’t get her lit up), turned the camera on and put that relfected light right inside that camera. Well…instead of talking about it, let’s just take a look (and be sure to tune in later to see the conclusion) – Enjoy!

Steven!

This past Friday we were joined by a special guest star in the Otis & James Studio – Steven! Making the trip from far far away was not only Steven, but also his super-friendly family! They got started with us, but then left us to our own devices here at the studio. Now some people get scared when they are left alone with both Jamie and myself (more so with Jamie, and those of you that have worked with her know what I’m talkin’ ’bout) – but this was not the case here. Oh no, Steven showed us what it was all about, and I would say that not only did we do alright, but Steven totally tore it up at O&J Central!

We thank both Steven and his family for coming down to visit us, and I will now stop flapping my gums, and will get to some highlights from the evening – Enjoy!

And Casey Too!!!!!!!!

If you read your previous post, you will see I made mention of Keith traveling down from Watford with his friend Casey this past Tuesday. Well Casey, this is your post (there should be confetti and balloons at this point)!! Again, there was an abundance of realllly lame weather, so we were only able to do the indoor section of the shoot, but she cranked the intensity up to Full, and we made the most of our time together (which was roughly about 14 hours.)

We laughed, Jamie thought we were crying, we broke crab rangoon together, and for the life of us, we couldn’t get a Diet Coke for anything. Seriously, what does a man have to do to get a Diet Coke? We thank Casey for being so great to work with, and for being so patient with us! She too will have more photo-graphs later when we finish up the shoot, but for now take comfort in the great images she created – Enjoy!!

And to bridge the gap from the last post to this post:

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Keeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiith!!!!!!!!!!

After 42 previous attempts, we finally managed to get in some studio photographs of our old friend Keith this past Tuesday. He (along with friend Casey – but more about her later) made the trek from Watford City, to be able to spend the day with us!

By now, we feel like Keith is family – we’ve even been to his house and met extended family! He was great to work with – his smile lit up the room. Maybe it had to do with the fact that this was also his birthday (I’m sure he anticipated spending his big 18th with Otis & James – because most people do), but he coudn’t have been any friendlier (is that a word?) Due to the extremely super lame weather, we invite you to stop by soon to see the exciting conclusion to the shoot, as we never want to let go of Keith and will do anything to draw it out even longer than it has already been.

I’m going to quit all my talking, and am just going to show you some pics. To Keith, we say Thank You for all of your patience and hard work, and to you the reader – Enjoy!

BTMFB v.5 . Lacy!

Our day yesterday ended with a visit from Lacy! She was totally awesome – she has a smile that could light the world on fire (I think I stole that line from Lenny Kravitz, but it’s true ((even if I’m unsure of what it means.)))

All I know is this – she came to the studio and totally rocked it up good, she had completely insane light up shoes, and we look forward to spending more time with her in the future as we complete her shoot. For now, I will conclude this final post of BTMFB, as I must be readying the O&J Fortress against a coming Blee-zard!!! So, bundle up, and Enjoy!

BTMFB v.4 . Andrea!

Yesterday was another early morning in OJ World (not Simpson). Bright and earlly we were visited by our friend Andrea, and her lovely assistant (Mom.) We turned back those golden slumbers from our eyes, and had a great time together!

Andrea had a buch of great ideas and even brought some furniture with for the shoot (a first for us!) We rocked it up in the studio, and then later that night she came back again for some super-top-secret-undercover-of-the-night type photo’s. She was great, and I want all ouf you out there to check back soon for the dramatic conclusion to her shoot! So for now we offer thanks to Andrea for her hard work, and to the rest of you – Enjoy!

BTMFB v.3 . Alison!

There are a couple of great songs about Sunday morning – these are more secular than the traditional Sunday fare – they are Sunday Morning by the Velvet Underground, and the other is Sunday Morning Coming Down by the Man in Black himself, Mr. Johnny Cash. Check them out today.

On this Sunday Morning, we walked through the deserted streets of Minot with our friend, Alison. She gave us a ton of great ideas, and was even brave enough to venture to the lake (which looks very Atlantic Ocean-like in this pic) with us (very windy/very cold)! We thank her for all of her hard work, and be sure to tune back in to see a couple of more samples as soon as we finish the shoot – Enjoy!

BTMFB v.2 . Tara!

By now, we should all come to understand that there will somehow be an exclamation point in the title of all the posts. I’m old school. Some may like to use things such as 🙂 or 😉 or maybe even 🙁

But seriously, it takes me about five minutes of looking at the keyboard to figure this sort of stuff out. Stupid emoticons. So I’ll just stick with the good ol’ exclamation point. Again, what does this ranting have to do with Tara – absolutely nothing, other than if I had to use one of those other punctuation devices to describe our time with Tara, it would be nothing but 🙂 because such fun was had with her this past Saturday!

Tara, along with her faithful stylist Miranda stopped by the ‘excitement zone’ (aka our studio – but I think calling it this will really drum up the business) for some super-duper-senior-rockem-sockem-pics! They were awesome – Miranda had enough energy for everybody and then some, and Tara was totally great to work with. You know what, I’m just going to shut my word flapper and get on with the pics – Enjoy!

Racia…The Conclusion!

This morning we reunited with our old friend Racia, for the thrilling conculsion to her Senior Portraits. We motored around on the newly fixed Otis & James-mobile, didn’t once break down, and managed to get a bunch of super-deluxe/super-fantastic pho-to-graphs!

We thank her again for being such a great person to work with, and as a reward to you the reader, we offer these snappy-snaps – Enjoy!

Broke Down…With Zach

Would you believe me if I told you that while out this evening with the musically gifted Zach, we almost had a tire fall off the car and had to walk home? You see, this is the Otis & James difference. Other photographers would not find themselves in this type of situation, but we’re not like all the rest.

No…we’re something different. We’re not afraid to make our clients ride in our mid-90’s Honda Accord (click here for a representation – even though this is not the Otis & James-mobile, you can understand the level of crapitude that we offer our clients), for this is what we like to call our ‘bonding’ time with our clients.

Nothing will bring people closer together than having to walk back to the studio after you realize you can no longer safely drive the car – and you have to perform what I like to call ‘abandon ship.’ We’re willing to go that extra mile, and do it at no extra charge. Zach was lucky to experience this, as we were lucky to work with him tonight.

He made it through the shoot – and for that we offer a big thank you to both him and his lovely assistant (Mom) for coming to the studio tonight and for being so great to work with! Well, enough bragging about what makes us so good (it’s the car), and let’s get to the pics – Enjoy!