Friday Feet - June 3rd, 2011

the feet may be small in numbers this week. amy has been on vacation, and kasey has been working at subbing classes. so as of right now, these feet are a party of two, and will either be updated once feet are sent, or we will just see our friends next week :) ETA 6/5: amy's feet have arrived! ETA 6/6: kasey's feet have arrived!
amy - "Out at the ocean having so much fun!"
emily - "busy getting blogging stuff done while i'm out and about tomorrow being photo savvy second shooting a wedding!"
jenny - "Feet! look ma, no hands! The feet enjoy a rousing game of harry potter scene it as they wait for sheets in the dryer. Fleas were found on kyo this mornin...eesh"
kasey - "Not a good week for the Long family. Papa hurt his arm, my ankle sprained itself (I swear I had nothing to do with it!) and Donnie had to have some incision on his arm. But we're in good spirits and enjoying the thunderstorms that are rolling over us!"

Toe Shoe Tuesday - Lexi

Let me just start off by saying that Lexi started this shoot out telling me she wasn't very good on pointe... This was one of her FIRST images that I took. Needless to say, she was amazing on pointe. She brought some different and innovative poses that I hadn't seen any other girl throughout the workings of my project try out. She was willing to take risks, and test out her limitations. What photographer DOESN'T like a subject like that :)

Friday Feet - May 27th, 2011

amy -"I got new shoes this week! The blue one is new. :) i'm also going to get a new bathing suit for abalone diving next week! Super excited about that too! Next week is all vacation and it's going to rock."
emily - "i hit the jackpot at our graduation party! Spun the 200 per letter on the wheel of fortune game at john's incredible pizza, winning 2400 tickets! Alas, I didn't get the 5 ticket bonus for getting the phrase correct at the end. but hey. 2400 tickets is good enough for me!"
jenny - "The feet finally remembering to show up in a picture, on their way home from jake's grad at ssu. Ive always loved the eukalyptus trees on lakeville highway..."
kasey -"Laura and my gangsta self at her super awesome casa watching red vs blue while drinking some bahama breeze. All after a tiring day of swimming. Good Saturday"

Emily & Joe - Lovebirds

Tuesday night I got home, checked the weather figuring everything would be fine and dandy, just like the rest of the week had been. I pulled up the site, and that's when I saw it. Rain at noon. Our shoot was planned for 10, so we would just have to be epic storm chasers and race against time. Yesterday, as I was heading out the door to go to the shoot, I got a text from Emily saying it was already starting to rain. With a quick location switch, we managed to stay mostly dry, as well as still get photos done!
I've known Emily for years - and by years I mean nearly 15! We were in the same dance class most of our lives, and now our siblings are both graduating this year (you saw her sister Abby a few weeks ago). She's been with her boyfriend Joe for nearly five years now, so it was about time that I was able to photograph them.
We were originally going to shoot at the Sculpture Park in Roseville, but when the rain started coming down, we switched to Vernon Street. Starting off with Tower Theater helped shield these two from the rain. Me? I didn't mind getting wet at all :)Love this one! Super fun colors of the building plus a super fabulous couple. What more can a photographer ask for?
Headed around the corner to my favorite teal parking garage.
Lookin' good as always!
Another super favorite! I think this was about the point where we weren't sure if the stranger was talking to me as I was standing out in the rain or to someone on his bluetooth... either way, these two rocked it out!
Although it was a fairly short session due to the rain, I had a blast working with these two! Hopefully one of these days CA will catch on that it is almost summer and give me some nice weather to work with!

Josh & Holly - Senior Ball 2011

You've seen Josh quite often on here (I'm sure more often than HE would like to be true), but the last time you saw Josh & Holly was nearly two months ago when they went to Junior Prom with each other. This time, I convinced them to meet me down at Capitol Park for their shoot after they had dinner, and we spent some time walking around taking photos wherever we could find fit. Unfortunately, it got dark SUPER early due to some storm clouds rolling in, but we made due with what we could!oh, those band kids... ;)
this next one is quite possibly a favorite. if not THE favorite from all of them :)
Holly looks fabulous as always... and Josh manages to clean up well for a night on the town.
I left out the action shot, due to dark plus action blur... but there was definitely some "Singing in the Rain" action going on involving heel clicking and spinning around lamp posts.
Hope you two had an excellent time at Senior Ball, and congratulations on graduating high school next week!

Toe Shoe Tuesday - Becca, Lexi & Aria

I had another opportunity to work with multiple ballerinas, and so I jumped at the chance to incorporate them together as much as possible! Becca found me two of her friends and we spent an evening in Roseville shooting around some different locations and trying a whole bunch of different options. I had a blast creating images such as this one, and finding new ways to combine the dancers in with their surroundings.

"let's do 52" - wk20

well, five years of school, and it is finally over! The past two years shot by, and I feel like my end at Sac State came RIGHT after I started there! I'm so glad I was able to take the classes I was (and NEVER had to fight with trying to sit in and add a class) and they helped me have a better understanding of photography. When I started at Sac State, I didn't plan on making close friends, but I'm super glad I did. With the major I chose, I had so many classes with the same people, It wasn't hard at all to get to know each other both inside the labs, as well as spending time outside of the studio. Now I can say I have friends from northern California, as well as southern California, all the way across the country to New Jersey. I thank you all for making my time at Sac State what it was, and cannot wait to begin the journey I will embark on now building myself stronger as a wedding photographer :) And a BIG thanks to those who have supported me throughout all five years of college. Too many to list, but I think you know who you are :)