Otis & James Photography

Jenna & The Raccoons!

That is the worst title for a band ever. A band with that name would have a huge following on the whole ‘free-concert-in-a-park-nobody-is-listening’ circuit. The best part would be that all the members of the band would wear masks over their eyes and would have bushy tails pinned onto their pants in order to look like raccoons. We, and I mean the collective we that are the citizens of earth, are lucky that there is not a band such as this. Perhaps someday.

Today, what we had instead, was the opportunity to spend some quality time with Jenna – just in time for her Senior Portraits. What a grand coincidence! Jenna was all braggin’ on the statement that she wasn’t photogenic, but we found this to be quite the opposite. She was great to work with, and we wound up with some sweet treats.

So, before I let you go, I’ll explain the raccoons. You see, during our shoot, one of the locations that we went to was her grandmothers house where we found two baby raccoons that they are raising (their raccoon mother abandoned them) until they are ready to join up with their fellow raccoons. They were hands down the friendliest/cutest little dudes I have ever had the pleasure of meeting.

Enough of the jibba-jabba – on with the pics. Enjoy!

And finally…the raccoons (click image for larger)

All Images Â©2005 Otis & James Photography

Super Summer Senior Fun with Lyndsey

Our Senior Portrait season got off to a rockem/sockem start with the lovely Lyndsey (guest starring the equally lovely Pam behind the scenes.) We had a great time with this dynamic duo, and thank them for choosing us! Well, I’ll stop flappin’ my yapper and get to the pics – Enjoy!

Jason & Mahli

We had the pleasure today of speding some time with Jason & Mahli, and their families. It was such a joy to be a part of this incredibly relaxed and beautiful wedding. We want to thank and extend a heart-felt congratulations to the new Bride & Groom! Below are some images from the day – Enjoy!

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The Divine Ya Ya’s of Something Or Another

There are all sorts of pseudo-witty titles that could have been assigned to this post, but I’ll save you all from them. Titles such as, “Double your fun with Anne & Elise”, or “Seeing Double in the Park”, or maybe even “Psycopharmicology: Truth or Urban Legend.” Any of these could have worked. Instead it’s something about divine ya ya’s, which in retrospect could be taken in the wrong way, but I’m really just goofin’ on a book.

Either way, we had the opportunity of spending a little time today working with these splendid young ladies (one of which is long-time blog-reader/sometimes poster – but you’ll have to guess which one)! Here’s some of the stuff – Enjoy!!

Joshua & Tami

It seems that we booked this wedding forever ago – they had faith in us from the get-go! After many changes in Otis & James World, we finally found ourselves in New Rockford for their special day. I have never been to the town, but I only imagined that it contained many private investigators that lived in trailers by the ocean and drove Camaro’s.

This was not the case. What we found instead was a town and families as lovely as the Bride & Groom – even though I swear I saw a Camaro. We had a great time with the wedding party, and wish the new couple all the best in their new life together! Here are some images from the day – Enjoy!

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Throwin’ Stones

We photographed the family Edwards last night, we all survived (only Mom was slightly wounded by an errant rock) and got some great pics! Here’s a sample of the night – Enjoy!

otis out

Jared & Lindsay

Harvey is a great name for a town. It’s such an uncommon name these days for a person, let alone for an entire town. It always makes me think of of a big ol’ imaginary rabbit. Harvey – good town, and this weekend, a great place to be married.

The families and friends of Jared & Lindsay traveled far and wide to be in this town to celebrate the union of this couple. We thank them for allowing us to be a part of their day – even though we say that often, it is always true. We had a great time, and were touched by their incredibly moving ceremony. Here’s some pics from the day – Enjoy!

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All Images Â©2005 Otis & James Photography

The Swelter Continues…

If you happen to be a regular reader of the blog (I’m talking to you Elise G.) – you will know that our office has transformed itself into the largest walk-in oven I have ever encountered. Today I actually baked a loaf of marble rye bread on my desk. Tasty. This is the only advantage – fresh baked bread.

To spare our clients the heat, we’ve been meeting at a series of undisclosed locations in the Maryland countryside – wait, that’s Dick Cheney. We’ve mostly been meeting at Bellissimo. Thank you for your patience, loyal clients.

We ended the day with Pat & Christi (we had them meet us on the street – and yes that does sound shady.) We are happy that we will be able to be a part of their not-so-distant future wedding! We got some great shots, and they are proof that getting a good shot is indeed more important than your vision.

Enjoy!

Kendo & Nikki & The Heat

The heat was such that it deserved billing with the main attraction. Bravo heat – well played indeed! But that nasty ol’ heat didn’t get in the way of us having a great time with the Kendo & Nikki show. We even managed to get some shots outside (they were quick – very quick).

This was another wedding in which we knew many of the participants and guests – which always makes for double the fun (which since we are always at the setting of ‘maximum fun’, it seems crazy to be able to double that – but we did.) Thank you to Kendo & Nikki – and a big congratulations from Otis & James!

Sweltering

We have a sweet office – you could search previous posts and find some pics of it if you like. But today, this thing is an oven. As much as I love the ‘character’ and ‘old-fashioned charm’ of it, the lack of climate control makes our authentic 1930’s office just a little too realistic. It’s one thing to wonder what people did before air conditioning, it’s another to gain first-hand knowledge.

If you happened to be one of the clients that visited us today, you were all good souls for joining us in our pseudo-sauna. As a reward, we present to you two photographs of ourselves. Feel free to print these out and put them on your fridges.

It’s the least we can do, and really, shouldn’t most businesses strive to always do the least they can?? Yes…yes they should is the answer I came up with.

Seacrest Out.