The Mayan Riviera
At the end of this summer we took a trip to Mexico with the family at the same time our salesperson, Michelle, went on her honeymoon at the same resort. Despite being incredibly hot and Christian having a slight case of viral menengitis, we had a great time. Juliet made a friend from England at the pool and Christian got to see a few topless sunbathers on the beach! We spent a little time photographing Michelle and Logan in their wedding clothes and some casual outfits. This is our third time since we have been married to go to Mexico and it always seems to be in July or August. After the first time we swore we would never go back in the summer, because it was just so hot and humid. So if you are planning a wedding or honeymoon in the tropics, especially if you want us to photograph it, please consider a slightly cooler time of year. I hear September or March is nice there.

Shoot Ourselves
Our local photography guild, the SPPPA, recently paired up photographers to shoot each other. Leslie Kitten and I were partners, so we photographed each other's families. This is their favorite from our shoot at Buddy Holly Park at sunset. You can see our photo session in the previous blog below.

We had our portraits taken recently (for a change) by a photographer friend of ours, Leslie Kitten. Our idea was to be a rock band, so we got some instruments together and went shopping for some cool clothes. I think we all had a great time. These are some of our favorite shots.

Of course, I am holding drumsticks and Jill a French horn. Those are the instruments we played in the Tech marching band, where we met.

We've had two new babies in our studio this week. These are the birth announcements we printed for them that are going out as we speak. Congratulations to the parents!

Cool Shades!

We took an afternoon off before school started back and saw Journey to
the Center of the Earth in 3-D! It was really impressive, and the 3-D
effect added a lot to the movie. We wore the 3-D glasses around for a
while until we couldn't stand them any more.

Congratulations to Emmy Powell for winning Most Photogenic with our photos in the international finals of Our Little Miss in Florida. She was the best out of over 130 other girls! That's fantastic!

I am so bad at updating our blog. I really love the idea of regularly posting what we are up to at the studio and personally, but it is just so rare that I am sitting in front of the computer with nothing more important to do. I am really going to try to get in to the habit of keeping a little more current.

Here is a recent portrait we took that was a lot of fun. I have photographed this grou pof cousins since the girl on the right was 4 years old. Every five years they update the portrait that their grandparents have of them. They are just about grown, and in another five years they will all be adults. It is scary how fast children grow. It scares me just to think of mine being grown. I can remember when Christian was just a baby and I could sing to him without him knowing if my singing was any good or not. Now he wants to know when he can have a cell phone.

We must be Bored!

The girls (Michelle, Amber, and Jill) are always trying to catch me while I am demonstrating poses for clients. They finally got their chance the other day when they got to turn the tables and dress me up and take a few pictures. Maybe a clothing consultation would have been helpful! The whole session was actually part of a promotion we are doing for the next few weeks for clients to come in and have me take whatever kind of photos they want with no session fee. Hopefully we won't have anyone follow my example too closely.