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Senior 2010: Brooke

Friday, April 9th, 2010

I mentioned the wonderful senior that’s a ballerina in my post on Tuesday.  And here she is!  : )  Don’t you just love her curls?

brooke senior 2010 portraits abilene texas downtown country hamby grass pointe shoes ballet peacock

I don’t think I told her this during the session, but it must be said: Brooke, I love that necklace… oh, and that you were so wonderful to work with… yeah, that was awesome!

: )

brooke senior 2010 portraits abilene texas downtown country hamby grass pointe shoes ballet peacock

brooke senior 2010 portraits abilene texas downtown country hamby grass pointe shoes ballet peacock

Um, lovely peacock hairpiece… Yes!  : )

brooke senior 2010 portraits abilene texas downtown country hamby grass pointe shoes ballet peacock

brooke senior 2010 portraits abilene texas downtown country hamby grass pointe shoes ballet peacock

Pointe shoes!

brooke senior 2010 portraits abilene texas downtown country hamby grass pointe shoes ballet peacock

I absolutely adore how expressive she was during our session. : )

brooke senior 2010 portraits abilene texas downtown country hamby grass pointe shoes ballet peacock

brooke senior 2010 portraits abilene texas downtown country hamby grass pointe shoes ballet peacock

brooke senior 2010 portraits abilene texas downtown country hamby grass pointe shoes ballet peacock

Beautiful… just beautiful.

brooke senior 2010 portraits abilene texas downtown country hamby grass pointe shoes ballet peacock

The sunset was gorgeous!  : )

brooke senior 2010 portraits abilene texas downtown country hamby grass pointe shoes ballet peacock

So, tall grass, ballet shoes, back-lighting, beautiful senior… can it get any better?  : D

PS The answer is “no”… “no, it can’t get any better”… ; D

Lauren’s Senior Session 2010

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Lauren has a beautiful smile… and when she was playing the piano, it was wonderful!  I wanted to keep taking pictures so she’d keep playing. : )  So think of beautiful piano music as you look at these images:

lauren senior photography 2010 abilene downtown jacob's ladder piano
lauren senior photography 2010 abilene downtown jacob's ladder piano

See? I just love her smile… and her necklace is cute, too. ; )

lauren senior photography 2010 abilene downtown jacob's ladder piano

Beautiful stained glass at HSU.

lauren senior photography 2010 abilene downtown jacob's ladder piano

lauren senior photography 2010 abilene downtown jacob's ladder piano

Check out her pink shoes.  Aren’t they cute?

lauren senior photography 2010 abilene downtown jacob's ladder piano

And, as promised, the awesome Jacob’s Ladder makes another appearance. : )  Isn’t it perfect for full-body shots?

lauren senior photography 2010 abilene downtown jacob's ladder piano

lauren senior photography 2010 abilene downtown jacob's ladder piano

lauren senior photography 2010 abilene downtown jacob's ladder piano

Well, she’s not smiling, but she looks thoughtful in this image to me.  And maybe a little determined, which I love!  If you check this post, though, it’s the picture that happened in the next 3 seconds, hehe.

lauren senior photography 2010 abilene downtown jacob's ladder piano

Jacob’s Ladder again. And look at the clouds in the sky!  We had great lighting that day.

lauren senior photography 2010 abilene downtown jacob's ladder piano

Haven’t I had the most gorgeous seniors this year? : )  And I’ve still got another post coming from the sessions I did during Spring Break & they’re just as lovely!  : D

Happy Good Friday & Easter, everyone. Have a wonderful holiday!

Black & White vs. Color: Take 2

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Okay, so last week’s opinions were split right down the middle… so I thought I’d try again. ; )

Well, actually I just thought it was fun to see what people voted on & why.  So if you’ll indulge me for another week, here’s another lovely image to give some opinions on:
brooke senior abilene 2010 downtown stairs black and white and color

In completely unrelated news, I thought I’d share just for funsies that my excessive tweeting about book contests has paid off.  : )  I’ve won 3 contests so far, hooray!  If you’re interested in such things, click on over to my Twitter page & poke around to find some chances to win free books (mostly YA/urban fantasy/paranormal) from nice bloggers that review books & host contests.  Although, I did use the word excessive for a reason to describe the number of tweets & maybe I should create a new Twitter account just for such things… In fact, I think that sounds like a dandy idea!

But enough of that, tell me what you think: Color or Black & White on this image?

Happy Tuesday!

Emily: Senior 2010

Friday, March 26th, 2010

As I promised, here is some beauty to enjoy:   : )

senior 2010 abilene texas downtown jacob's ladder photography portraits

I just love her dress. : )

senior 2010 abilene texas downtown jacob's ladder photography portraits

And, like I said last time, those eyes!  : )  So blue.

senior 2010 abilene texas downtown jacob's ladder photography portraits

senior 2010 abilene texas downtown jacob's ladder photography portraits

senior 2010 abilene texas downtown jacob's ladder photography portraits

senior 2010 abilene texas downtown jacob's ladder photography portraits

Okay, so confession: it was really really sunny that day.  Glaringly sunny.  And that means I have to think extra hard & keep my eye on harsh shadows.  But it did make some nice back-lit images & lens flare. : )

senior 2010 abilene texas downtown jacob's ladder photography portraits

senior 2010 abilene texas downtown jacob's ladder photography portraits

There’s a place at ACU called Jacob’s Ladder.  It was fabulous!  I’m so glad Emily told me about it.  Watch for it again in Emily’s friend Lauren’s session which will be coming up soon. : )

senior 2010 abilene texas downtown jacob's ladder photography portraits

senior 2010 abilene texas downtown jacob's ladder photography portraits

So I’m pretty sure the image above is my favorite close-up image. : )  The details and her smile are just wonderfully wonderful.

senior 2010 abilene texas downtown jacob's ladder photography portraits

And, finally, I just love this last image.  : )  Her dress, shoes, pose, and the little bit of yellow stripe peeking into the image off the pavement.

Ah, senior sessions, they’re so fun!

Preview: Emily Class of 2010

Friday, March 19th, 2010

So I had a busy week (as I’ve mentioned in previous posts), and here’s a little taste of what’s coming.  : )

emily senior abilene texas 2010 downtown train tracks black and white

This is a shot of Emily from our session last Saturday.  Isn’t she beautiful? Look at those pretty eyes.

Much more beauty to come soon!  : )  I’ve got a busy day, but I’ll have much more for you later!

Happy Friday.

Emma: Wylie Senior Rep

Friday, October 16th, 2009

It has been a week!  Both good & bad… but still one of “those” weeks for me.  However, it makes me much happier to be able to share these images with you!  Emma is a Senior at Wylie this year & is very involved in choir.  Plus she’s just wonderful.  : )  I had a lot of fun photographing her downtown.

I considered breaking this into 2 posts, but I’ve still got Kat’s session & another lovely session with a local model to post, so this one will just be a little extra long because I can’t even start to pick my favorites!  I hope you enjoy all of the colorful goodness.

wylie senior in abilene texas portrait downtown

I love all of her freckles!  Seriously, I hope when my husband & I eventually have kids, they have freckles!

wylie senior in abilene texas portrait downtown

Doesn’t she look fiercely beautiful?

senior in abilene texas portrait downtown

senior in abilene texas portrait downtown

senior in abilene texas portrait downtown

senior in abilene texas portrait downtown

wylie senior in abilene texas portrait downtown

These chairs & table were outside of Relics, who were nice enough to share.  They have an absolutely fabulous website, so go give it a click.  And then go visit them downtown & wander through their store!  : )

senior in abilene texas portrait downtown

Christa M. Holland
Abilene, Texas
& Surrounding Area


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