Alex

Whoo!!  First of all, let me say I'm back from my 1/2 summer of world traveling, and though I LOVED it, it's awesome to be home.

Secondly, I've got some catching up to do on here.  Let me introduce you to Alex.  Alex was one of those kids that grew up around me when I managed the Ground Level Cafe in Naperville, IL.  He has NO business being a senior - cuz that somehow means I'm even that much older.  ;-)

Alex is an AWESOME guy.  I really enjoyed the time that I got to spend with him.  He has matured into such a nice young man, it was really incredible to see.  I'm really excited to see what the future has in store for him!!

Ryan Argast

One of my favorite photo shoots to do are senior portraits!!!

Ryan is a perfect subject.  He is a musician, an actor, a joker, skinny jean and vest lovin', up for just about anything, and oh-so-photogenic!!

He made my job so very easy.  There is something about those actor types...my only problem was that I took WAY too many shots of this guy.  And WAY too many of those shots turned out awesome!!

The Weece's

The Weece's are such a fun family!!  Jud works with my dad, and they live in one of the most beautiful places in this country - South Park, Colorado.  I got to shoot the family as well as Janey's senior portraits.  The leaves were so absolutely gorgeous this year we shot the pics at their house.

Chicago Preview

Had a GREAT weekend shooting in Chicago.  Took me a little while to get this post up because I had to take a detour on the way home.  I'm back and at 'em though!!!

Enjoy the preview...more to come!!!

The Bates

Chrisman's

AJ & Sammy

Frederick's

Hafner's

Lancaster's

Lebron's

Gabriella

The Kennedy's

The Prunty's

The Rohlf's

Ryan

Zack, Amy & Blaker

Wilson's

Piper's

I'm going to start this blog post on a totally personal note. Happy Birthday to my brother, Guy!!! I don't know if he wants me to share with my small blogging world how old he is, but suffice it to say, he's a little bit younger than me. ;-) And it's most appropriate that I add that to the beginning of the Piper's blog post because I think the triplets and Guy still share a bond built from those good ol' Connections days!!

Now, onto the subjects at hand. You know those people or those kids that make you feel old, just by looking at them?!?!?!!? Well, the Pipers are in that boat for me. Jack, Cullen, Shea, and Drake. The triplets were in the toddler nursery when I started working at CCC and Drake was in the baby nursery. No WAY should they be in jr. high now!!! ;-)

They are a GREAT group of kids. SO fun, so polite, and always honestly interested in what I've been up to since I last saw them. How often do you get that??? One of my favorite parts about shooting all four of them is that they truly love and LIKE each other. I'm sure there are times where they fight like cats and dogs, but over, in, and through it all, they truly enjoy each other.

So enjoy the Pipers...I sure did!!! ;-)