Sneak Peak – Ms. Jessica!

Sneak Peak – Ms. Jessica!  Loved working with Jessica – what an amazing girl to work with!:)

Mac Olson – Spokesmodel Rep for UHS and a rising star – LISTEN to her sing!

So, Mac approached me on Facebook about being a spokesmodel rep and asked what was involved.  And being that I did not have one for UHS yet, I was excited to work with her when I read about her on Facebook and saw her pixs.  But meeting her in person was amazing.  I had no clue this young girl was so completely and amazingly talented.  Bloomington/Normal had better be on the lookout for this rising star – she has some potential to make our town shine and I cannot wait to see what happens with her endeavors!  Plus, we got some amazing photos of her as well.  And in addition – she is a soccer star at her school! What an accomplished individual at such a young age!

And then if you want to hear her sing – wow – you HAVE got to check out her Myspace Page Here: http://www.myspace.com/macolson10

Well – if you would like to see a video I created of her, you just need to go to my Facebook Fan Page and check it out there – like I said, amazing pixs with an amazing voice!

Sneak Peak – Ms. Lauren – or Jessica Alba Look Alike:)

What a fun, fun girl to work with!  And so completely comfortable in front of the camera.  She really, really knows how to work it.  We had such an absolute fun time working on her shoot!  Here is her sneak peak!

A fun and fabulous pregnancy photo shoot of one of my photographer friends in Chicago this past weekend!

I have this beautiful photographer friend in Chicago that I just adore.  I went up to the city this weekend to hang out with a friend from Washington visiting and on the way, I stayed with my friend Kelly and we went out and shot some fun pregnancy photos last week.  She is just adorable and looks awesome pregnant. Enjoy!

Loving the colors in this!

Mom and daughter!

The Most Amazing Adrenaline Rush You Can Ever Experience – Sky Diving!

I had the most amazing, amazing time this past weekend going sky diving in Ottawa, IL.  What a complete and fascinating rush it was!:)  It was a spontaneous thing to do and I would for sure do it all over again.  What an amazing experience and feeling!  Sharing a few images from the day and if I can add some video, I will try and do that as well.  I’m still on such a high from doing this.  If you think you want to go, I would highly recommend Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, IL.  Amazing, amazing, amazing place to go sky diving!  To see my videos and more pixs, you need to go to my Facebook page and add me as a friend.  I have a ton more on there!  Would love to meet you!

Bill, my instructor, me and my daughter who came along to take pixs!

Me and Bill tandem sky diving - AMAZING!

Me landing - my daughter shot this for me - weird settings but loved the effect we got!

Bill, Me and Kenny - my photographer and videographer - loved them!

Sneak Peak – Another Beautiful Family at BCC – Loved the Pastel Clothing!

Had another fabulous photo shoot at Bloomington Country Club with this gorgeous family.  Such nice, nice people too.  And the kids were very nice to work with.  You never know with kids these ages, but they cooperated pretty well.  Loved what they wore – the pastels and whites.  What a nice color combination!

A cute 10x20 storyboard idea - loved her laughter!

Mackinaw Vineyard – Winery and Festival this Past Weekend

This past weekend we took the family out to Mackinaw Winery and attended the Wine and Art Festival.  What a cute little winery!  Had some great “sweet” red wine and took some fun pixs.  My daughter did great posing for me!

A 10x30 storyboard I am thinking of having printed!

Mr. Peyton and so completely adorable – 1 year!

Love photographing kids and you never know how active they will be at 1.  Peyton was so easy to work with and so much fun.  We did both studio and outside.  We actually went outside in my yard near the golf course and then used a stone patio for some of the images.  I really liked how some of these turned out.  And he was loving the teddy bear and car.  So cute!  Enjoy:)

10x30 storyboard concept

20x20 Storyboard Concept

A boy and his truck

Another gorgeous session at Bloomington Country Club!

So, I got the chance to photograph another gorgeous family at Bloomington Country Club.  What an amazing location with all the flowers and the greenery.  Just absolutely love it!  And these boys were soooo cute:)  And active and running all about – just the age!

Dr. Jain and Family – Sneak Peak!

Just had to share a few sneak peak images from my shoot with Dr. Jain and his family – these few images were so striking in colors that I just had to share them with you!  Some were taken at Bloomington Country Club and some around their home.  I usually don’t suggest stripes, but for some reason this worked with their clothes and the colors.  I may be changing my guidelines on clothing since I’m all about color, color, color these days!  Enjoy!  And super, super nice family too:)