Scotlann's 2 week session

Pinup Commercial

Family Session

Pinup Calendar Shoot
Thanks to everyone who helped out with our calendar shoot. Our pinup girls: Kippin, Holly, Julia, and Audry. Thanks to Marilee and Kaitlyn for doing the hair and makeup and Laurie for helping us keep everything together! I have lots of photos to go through. We went to the TV station today to help edit the footage and photos together. The commercial should be running soon on KMAC and KLBK. Here are a few behind-the-scenes shots. I will have finished photos to show off soon. Be sure to let us know if you are interested in purchasing a calendar. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Holiday Happening
We will be at Holiday Happening next week. We are going to have lots of gift items with original artwork, so be sure to come see us From Wednesday, November 18, through Sunday, November 22. Here is a Santa portrait that I have been working on just for Holiday Happening. The big painted masterpiece version is something you will have to see in person.

Maternity Portraits

Hadley & Harrison

Antique Photographs

I was inspired by a few old photographs I saw hanging in a friend's house recently. The shallow depth of field and faded, warm sepia-toned look of the photos was terrific. I thought that maybe I could reproduce the look with a photo I took. So I got a great model, Alisyn, who is the daughter of some good friends of ours. Kaetlyn, her mother, did her hair in a vintage style and I had a classic dress in our costume closet. With a bunch of tweaking and adjusting in Photoshop and Lightroom, I came up with a look that I think is very close to the feel of a real antique photo. It was lots of fun and if i can find a way to to reproduce the effect without taking hours on each photo, I think it would be neat to offer a Limited Edition special with this look.

We just had our first TV commercial produced to air this Friday on KCBD channel 11. We were very pleased with the whole process. Be sure to check it out here or on our facebook fan page.

Dear Edwina


Juliet Porformed in her first musical with Hub Performing Arts School. The musical was at the beautiful Vintage Township in Lubbock. We were very impressed that she had a solo, being so young. Pictured here, she wore a poodle skirt and sang about manners! Thanks to everyone who attended. I have included a few of the highlights here. You can see many more on our website at www.sinklierstudios.com and click on your photos.

Tic Tac Toe

We call this 9-image panel a Tic Tac Toe for obvious reasons and it is a fun way to display several images to tell a story. I made this one for Jacob's 5th birthday session in our Children's Club. He has been coming to us every year, and every year his uncle carves another number for his age. Last year he picked out everyhting he was going to wear and we took them at the studio. He wore a dress shirt, slacks and a tie! He has been spending a lot more time with his dad on the tractor this past year so he was very excited about all of the farm equipment. he gave me quite a lesson on the entire process of farming cotton and sand fighting!

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We spent Saturday painting at the church with a bunch of other volunteers. The kids were dying to paint and Juliet got a special "Juliet-sized brush" to paint with. Jill and I love to paint, so it was a lot of fun to us.

Jill's 20th Class Reunion

Over Memorial Day weekend, Jill's class got together in her hometown of Memphis, Texas for their 20th reunion.  The group was a little less rowdy this time compared to the 10th reunion. I think it was because the Andys weren't there (you know who you are).

Lighting the Way

Every now and then we catch a shot (or two) with one of us in it. I think it is fun to see a little bit of what goes on behind the scenes of the photos we take. Here Jill was following Stormy with a strobe lighting her as she pranced along. Of course we were all laughing as this went on, but I always tell people the sillier you feel, the better.

Tea Party

Juliet's kindergarten class had a tea party and asked all the kids to dress up. No problem for us, we have a whole chest full kids dress clothes! Instead of sending her to school in her outfit, we decided come and bring them when it was time for the party. Big surprise, we were a little late getting to school and apparently Juliet was getting a little worried. When when came into the classroom, several of the other kids started yelling her name and telling her that her parents were there. We got her dressed and they had they tea party. Afterwards we took some photos outside of her and her friend, sometimes boyfriend, Gavin.

Easter 2009
Jill wanted us to have an old looking photo of the family this Easter (can you tell we are always looking for different ideas for our portraits?) so we set up the camera on a tripod in the front yard after church Sunday. I tried to make the color look faded like some old slides we have of Jill's family when she was little (about the size of Juliet in this photo). I even added some scratches and stains to increase the authenticity. I wanted to be sure to fully explain this photo, just to ensure no one thought we didn't mean for it to look so bad. I wonder what we will think of next?

2009 Seniors
This was the week of seniors...high school seniors. I had a lot of fun this week photographing seniors all over the South Plains. We are getting close to the end of this senior season with the number of days dwindling down. Some of the seniors can tell you exactly how many days are left. A little advice to next year's seniors: Remember, we take senior portraits all year round. Don't wait too late to get yours taken for the upcoming year.
Here are a few of my favorites from Cheyenne's session. Her light blue eyes just pop in all her photos! We had to fight the wind with the outdoor shots, but we got lots of great shots with her hair blowing.

Here are a few photos of our sweet little girl who is getting bigger every day. These shots are from our Easter Special March 26 and 27. We had over 20 families come. I am sure our bunnies are much more worn out than we are. The set was much more simple this year than in previous ones, but I think everyone liked it. I would love some input for next year's set. What do you think?

Dancing in the Depot
I took some fun photos of Ashton down in the Lubbock Depot District right at sunset. The colors in her dress matched the colors of the neon lights. This was one of my favorites from the session. She goes to our church and has been a friend of ours for years. She is about to Graduate from Lubbock Christian University.

Zig Ziglar

We attended the motivational seminar Get Motivated featuring several
speakers during the day including Rudy Giuliani, Dr. Robert Schuller,
and here the legendary Zig Ziglar. It was a refreshing surprise to
find that all the speakers were motivated by God first and foremost.
We are ready to leave here with a positive attitude in every part of
our life.

Reese has come a long way since she first came to us. When she was born she was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder and she required heart surgery when she was only a few days old. Now over 6 months old in these photos, she is doing well and obviously a very happy little girl. She will go back to her doctor soon for a check up, but everything appears to be going well. Please keep Reese in your prayers.

Swingers

It's not very often that I hang out with the guys. I work in an office
with women and 90 percent of our clients are women, so I am pretty in
touch with my feminine side. This morning after dropping Christian off
at gymnastics, I met up with Michelle's family (Logan, Brock, and
Jackson) to hit some golf balls on the driving range. The weather was
great and no one was hurt so I would say it was a good day!

Jackson
and
Tyler

These are the two boys of Michelle (our employee of the month!). We were at MacKenzie Park in Lubbock after a session when we came across a few huge dandelions. None of us could resist blowing the little seeds off and watching them fly. The boys had a little trouble blowing without gobs of spit flying at the same time! I spared you those shots because they were a little more gross than they were cute.

Bright Colors

Tawnya & Ross May recently brought their three girls in for a session. I've been photographing them since they were little. The bright stripes they wore would have been a no-no a couple years ago, but now it seems that bright colors are everywhere. The stripes definitely add a whimsical look that is great for children. I photographed them on the white background and saturated the colors to really put the attention on them. The light used is a ring light (a really funstrobe that is often used in fashion photography for the even illumination and halo it adds to subjects). I really liked the way it turned out. It almost looks like they are floating.

The Rat Pack

Tonight after seeing The Rat Pack is Back with our family and our
friend Janis and her boys, we got to see the cast up close. Leave it
to Juliet to fearlessly push her way to the front of the line to pose
with Joey, Dean, Frank and Sammy (so to speak). Juliet loved the
singing and I'm sure Christian got a kick out of the off-color jokes.
But seriously, the singing was very good. Thanks to Janis for
inviting us.