ict photographers unite.

i received an e-mail a couple of weeks

ago from jackie cooper letting me

know about a photographer get-together

she was putting together.

beginner and professional photographers

from the area came out,

as well as some families/models for us

all to take photos of.

i didn't get every photographers name(seeing as how i 15 minutes late--ugh), but i will edit in more name as i find them all out!

photographers were:

*jackie cooper

*jenna unruh--i've followed her blog for a while,

so i was kinda taken back when she introduced herself

to me!

*leah jung--we ran into her when jackie was

taking our family photos last month.

*jaclyn cage

another photographer was casey cooper,

husband to jackie.

i mention him because the man came home

early from a hunting trip to join us.

way cool.

i've been asking jackie when he was going to

jump on the bandwagon and make her change

her photo name to

"jackie AND casey cooper photo".

glad to see he's making his way there.

oh, AND i found out that we were both

PK's (preacher's kids)!

can't wait to see your work, casey!

since i follow/stalk ashley campbell's blog,

i've seen what a 'snap shops' weekend

looks like(kinda what jackie put on,

but for beginners).

however, most people don't so here ya go--

this is what we all looked like to

an innocent bystander walking by...

(the next 2 were shot by jackie...figured i'd add them since i'm never in photos. :))

one thing that i found extremely helpful from the time out
in delano was how quickly i was COLD.   don't get me wrong, i'm not a wimp in the cold.  i'd much rather have cold weather than hot.  but when i'm cold, i shake.  bad.

shaking and photos don't mix.

when i loaded my photos, 70% had visible camera shake in them.
man, i was mad.
lesson learned.

i think i'll be taking a break from shooting outside til it's a tad warmer!!!


here are a few of the shots i did get, minus camera shake. :)

check out jackie's blog post covering the event and view all of my shots, plus the other photographers shots as they post them on flickr.

ashley: senior 2011

meet ashley.

i've known ashley since she was about 6. 
when her mom asked if i would do her SENIOR photos i said, "sure!  it's a little early, though.  she has 4 more years til she's a senior."  apparently not. :)

for as long as i've known her, she has been quiet and shy.  i use to wave at her when she was in grade school or say "hi" after church and she was either already hiding behind her mom or heading towards her after my 'hello'. :)

so for me, seeing shy ashley open up during our shoot was so much fun.

did i mention it was windy??

that's 'cause it wasn't.

it was suuuper windy.

thanks to ashley(and her mom and niece) for coming out on the windiest day of the year. :)

hootin' good time.

ken lockwood from eagle valley raptor center in

 cheney, ks came out to visit the pre-k'ers yesterday.

the EVRC brings in birds in need of rehabilitating. 

some have been injured, while others were raised by humans and aren't able to live in the wild.

ken brought out a video to show the kids,

as well as some owl friends.

 avatar, the spectacled owl(originates from south america,  but last lived at the tulsa zoo) and templeton, the hoot owl.

templeton brought his own lunch...

a white mouse.  :)

 i think this one above is named hannah montana, the screech owl and then miley cyrus is the barn owl. the barn owl was my favorite.  

a big rule for the owl show-n-tell was for the kids to remain quiet, even if the owls tried to fly off. 

  they all wanted to pet the owl.

 some parents had some photo ops for their kids...

they all were able to pet feathers afterwards. 

andre.

 

3 week old andre.

vintage baby shower.

after my friend dina helped me out with a location

for the alice in wonderland shoot,

i knew that i needed to help her out with

something, too.

when she mentioned that her best friend

was having her first baby and she'd be

hosting a shower for her,

i happily volunteered my services.

i am so glad i had an excuse to be there.

dina did such a great job with the decor!!

dina and i share the same vintage taste,

so the shower decor was right up my alley!

lyndsay, good luck to you and your hubby

on the soon-to-be baby girl!!