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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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