Sinklier Studios

2010-09-07T16:09:00.002-05:00

Family Portraits

2010-07-19T23:48:00.003-05:00

New Website
Our new website is up. We have been adding info and tons of photos all day. Check it out at www.sinklierstudios.com let us know what you think and if you see anything that could be improved. Note: You may need to refresh your screen if you have been to our old site lately. It is always a work in progress. I hope to start adding a separate Pinup page and Fine Art Page next.

2010-06-29T21:07:00.002-05:00

Juliet's First Softball Team
This was Juliet's first year playing softball. Her team was the Slug Bugs (Red and Black!). She had some frustration trying to figure out how to hit the ball, but with some help from her coaches, her last game went very well. The Slug Bugs won their Tournament. Watch the video of that below.

2010-06-11T09:01:00.005-05:00

50th Wedding Anniversary
Yondell and Larry came to us for a 50th wedding anniversary portrait and wanted to take some photos in their original wedding clothes. To be able to fit into a wedding dress 50 years later is quite a feat in itself, but Yondell still looks beautiful in her wedding gown. I snapped a photo of the original photo they had brought for reference, seen here. What a great idea! I better start working on getting into shape before my 50 anniversary. This year is our fifteenth anniversary and 50 will probably be here before i know it!

2010-06-10T16:52:00.000-05:00

Family Portraits outdoors

2010-05-27T11:39:00.000-05:00

Morgan at 4 years

2010-05-26T16:26:00.001-05:00

Another Prom
Here we are at another prom. I didn't attend my own prom back in high school. But I think of the emotional mess that at least I was and I realize that maybe I have it better now. Not only do I not have to worry about what all my friends think and the drama that went along with that, but now I get paid to be there and I know I am going home with the hottest girl there!

2010-05-26T15:42:00.004-05:00

2011 Seniors
Now is the time to start thinking about Senior Portraits. Don't get caught with too little time because of school activities or try to take your portraits in the Winter or Spring when everything isn't green outside.

During the month of June, it's two for one! That means you and a friend can book senior portrait time for the price of one or get twice as much time for yourself at the same price. That means if you book one hour, you get two hours of photography.

Contact us now to start planning your senior portraits now, so you can enjoy them all year long and have them before everyone does. Call 806-298-2845 or email us today.

2010-04-21T15:49:00.001-05:00

Levelland High School Senior

2010-04-08T20:19:00.000-05:00

Monterey High School Senior

2010-04-08T19:52:00.004-05:00

Family Portraits in Time for Mothers Day

Sinklier Studios and Hub School of Performing Arts have teamed up to offer fun family portraits as a fundraiser for Hub. We will be set up at their school for three days to take family portraits. Session fees are just $20 (all of which goes to Hub).

You will have 2 choices of backgrounds, black or white. You can coordinate your outfits to go with either set. Contact us or Hub to book your session. Portrait orders will be back in time for Mother's Day, so they make a great gift. Family portraits can be any group or individual, so whatever your group, we can photograph you for this special.

The deadline to schedule your session is Monday, April 12, so contact right away to schedule your session. Call 806-298-2845 or email us at Cory@sinklierstudios.com.

2010-04-02T16:00:00.001-05:00

Scotlynn's 4 month Session

2010-04-01T20:46:00.005-05:00

Roping in the Wind
Today was the windiest day I've seen this Spring and I had the pleasure of photographing a senior in Edmonson roping in his outdoor arena. I can still taste the dirt, but it was really a great session. I will never cease to be impressed by the cooperation of horse and man in a sport like this. Between the two participants, it is hard to tell who enjoys it more...I can't speak for the target, but the calves seem to get over it quickly. Drew took several runs with me standing a few yards away, down wind. Freezing the action in the photos here looks completely different from the blur that flew by me while clicking the shutter, not to mention the dirt in my eyes. Thanks for the opportunity to have this adventure today.

2010-03-31T22:09:00.000-05:00

Kassi's Senior Portraits

2010-03-16T14:10:00.001-05:00

Kristin's Senior Portraits

2010-03-11T16:02:00.001-06:00

2010-02-08T14:23:00.003-06:00

High School Senior Commercial

Thanks to the seniors who volunteered to help with our commercial on this freezing day. We did about ten takes of them walking outside without their coats on, and it had to be in the mid to high 30s that morning. The TV crew was very complimentary of how well-mannered the kids were.

2010-02-06T23:17:00.007-06:00

South Plains Boy Scouts of America Banquet
I was fortunate enough to be asked by a friend of mine to photograph the Boy Scout banquet this year as the BSA celebrates its 100th anniversary. The Keynote speaker was Jim Lovell, the famous Apollo 13 astronaut you may have heard of before from the movie Apollo 13. In attendance for the event were also several local and state politicians. It was exciting to be apart of the event and Mr Lovell was an amazingly sharp speaker.

2010-01-26T23:37:00.001-06:00

2010-01-14T11:34:00.001-06:00

Andrea's Maternity Session

2009-12-10T15:54:00.001-06:00

Scotlann's 2 week session

2009-12-01T17:44:00.001-06:00

Pinup Commercial

2009-11-30T20:25:00.002-06:00

Family Session

2009-11-30T20:11:00.004-06:00

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.

2009-11-11T19:26:00.002-06:00

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.

2009-11-11T19:19:00.002-06:00

Maternity Portraits

2009-08-06T17:43:00.002-05:00

Hadley & Harrison

2009-08-04T17:49:00.006-05:00

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.

2009-07-28T18:38:00.003-05:00

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.

2009-07-15T14:53:00.000-05:00

2009-07-08T15:01:00.002-05:00

2009-06-29T10:14:00.006-05:00

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.

2009-06-26T10:28:00.002-05:00

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!

2009-06-25T12:39:00.002-05:00

Get your Abernathy 100th Anniversary T-shirt now! Benefits the Abernathy Chamber of Commerce.

make custom gifts at Zazzle

2009-06-07T00:38:00.002-05:00

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.

2009-06-06T22:00:00.002-05:00

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).

2009-05-28T11:58:00.003-05:00

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.

2009-04-16T22:01:00.001-05:00

2009-04-15T10:42:00.005-05:00

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.

2009-04-13T21:24:00.002-05:00

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?

2009-04-10T21:15:00.006-05:00

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.

2009-03-28T18:43:00.002-05:00

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?

2009-03-21T21:47:00.004-05:00

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

2009-03-12T14:13:00.000-05:00

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.

2009-03-09T17:29:00.003-05:00

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

2009-03-07T11:04:00.000-06:00

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!

2009-02-26T12:04:00.007-06:00

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.

2009-02-26T11:54:00.004-06:00

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

2009-02-20T21:41:00.000-06:00

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.

2009-02-20T18:04:00.002-06:00

Miley was our test subject for our recent per portrait special. She took a little coaxing to get out in the middle of the background, and she jumped the first few times the strobes went off. As we started ignoring her she became a little more comfortable as long as Jill was nearby. She follows Jill around like she has bacon in her pockets!

2009-02-05T19:17:00.005-06:00

Little Angels We had our annual Little Angels special this past weekend. there was a good turnout and we got to meet several new kids and their parents. Here are a few shots of Juliet. She and I tried to get a good shot that looked like she was flying by having her jump off a stool onto a big air mattress. Then I caught this next one with an all too common expression of her leering over her shoulder. I had to add the halo on that one. She wanted to do a smiling shot too. I don't know where she gets it, but I will keep working on her training with the cheesy fake smiling shots, but it makes for a cute anyway. Of course I am not biased or anything. Christian thinks he is way too big to dress up as an angel...he may be right.

2009-02-01T13:33:00.002-06:00

Congratulations to Christian for doing a great job in Dallas for his first meet of the season. Out of 21 boys in his division he placed in four of six events. He did very well against some big time gymnastics academies from the DFW area, This past weekend, here in Lubbock, he improved in most events, with a 14.7 out of 16 on rings. We will be in Dallas again this weekend for the next meet.

2009-01-20T13:58:00.002-06:00

The Grand Canyon

Jill and I attended a national photography convention this past week with several other fellow photographers. Jill had to fly back early (with a short layover in Las Vegas!), but on our way back, they rest of us made a detour by the Grand Canyon. We got there before sunrise and were able to all take some great photos. This is one of my favorites with severals mules being lead back up out of the canyon by a guide. There was quite a bit of snow on the ground, but the temperature was very comfortable.

2008-10-22T11:09:00.004-05:00

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.

2008-10-22T11:00:00.003-05:00

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.

2008-10-22T10:44:00.005-05:00

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.

2008-08-28T09:48:00.004-05:00

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!

2008-08-25T12:56:00.001-05:00

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.

2008-08-20T18:59:00.000-05:00

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!

2008-08-09T23:21:00.000-05:00

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.

2008-02-22T13:09:00.000-06:00

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.

2007-11-30T16:11:00.001-06:00

I used Juliet and Christian for this mock boxing poster, since they are usually at each others throats all the time...even though they really love each other and spend a lot of time together!

2007-11-17T15:57:00.001-06:00

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
during the moth of October, we pledged to donate $50 from every paid session we booked to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer research. We are proud to have raised $450 to donate to this cause that is very personal to me and my family. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer this year and has completed her chemotherapy and is doing well. I pray that our little part will result in no one ever having to suffer from breast cancer. Don't forget to be screened for breast cancer every year after age 40.

2007-11-13T18:58:00.000-06:00

Our kids frequently have the pleasure of being the guinea pigs for my new ideas. I shot these hi-key close ups to use on a sample necklace we are now offering. They will be printed on a two-sided tile. I added a colored gel to accent the kicker light for a different look.

2007-11-01T19:28:00.001-05:00

Halloween 2007

Happy Halloween!

from the "Super" staff at Sinklier Studios!

We just wanted to say "thanks" to everyone who came to our Halloween Open House. We collected 16 pairs of glasses and $235 in donations for the Lions Club! We photographed 28 children, making this the biggest Halloween we've ever had!

2006-07-06T22:11:00.000-05:00

The 4th of July

We had a great 4th of July in Abernathy this year, with a small-town parade, food and game booths, and even a wiener dog race to raise money for our local police dog. Then we headed out to our good friend Regina's house to shoot fireworks with about a hundred other friends.

2006-06-02T14:59:00.000-05:00

The Dance Recital

2006-05-31T18:48:00.000-05:00

We had so much fun with

our Tea Party! After a

shopping spree in Lubbock,

with the staff, we had plenty

of hats, gloves, boas, and all

the essentials to have a real

tea party. Of course, Juliet had to get in on the action,

and these shots are of her and her bear Treeky.

2006-05-11T21:14:00.000-05:00

Archeological Dig

Christian had an archeological dig today with the rest of his GT classmates. Parents went out ahead of time and buried the "artifacts" for them to find. Among Christian's findings were a pair of Harry Potter glasses, a Spongebob game, the box top to his favorite cereal, and his favorite pistachio nuts.