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july jennifer . detour

Casia — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:17:57 +0000

OMG…I’m finally done working on the images from Sedona’s shoot out! PHEW…I didn’t think I would have this much to work with. But I wanted to treat everyone like an actual flipside or detour session. I have lots of portfolio image to showcase now. How do I ever choose? Maybe I’ll have to get all ‘YOU’ blog stalkers to vote for your favorites by leaving comments in each session!!! Yes that’s a great idea. Though you can usually tell which are my mine due to the size on the blog. Ha. So let’s end the fabulous shoot with Mrs. Donovan. You think she would be tired of modeling for us crazy photogs but when I asked her about it her response didn’t shock me…’NEVER!’. That’s July for ya. Always spontanious and out-going. That’s why I like her soooo much. It’s never a boring minute with her. Since she was one of the last models standing I was able to grab a few unique shots by the creek before it got too cold and before we lost the golden light. When most left…she just kept letting us direct her. That’s what is kinda nice about losing the light…cause unless you have flash…it’s all over. For everyone! And then she can stop..Ha!

stacy & michael . detour

Casia — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:24:11 +0000

We loved these two. Finally the last round of photographs are being posted to our blog from ‘The Click’s’ outting a few weeks ago in Sedona, Arizona. I believe we were the last photogs of the group to photograph them. I don’t even wanna know how many rounds they went through…but they certainly were troopers. Michael had a bum leg or foot to?. Lots of jumping on the trampoline or something. So of course we kept teasing him about his limp. Ha. But seriously. They were a great joy to work with & totally had everything down by the time we got to work with them. When we would ask them to laugh…they did! When we told them to bring out the serious model look…they did! It was so easy. Yay…hardly any posing on our part. Just simple plain ol’ directing. That’s it. The rest was all them. And Stacy, what a ROCK STAR…let me tell you. She mentioned to me after we were done photographing that she’s changed quite a bit since they got married many many years ago…I didn’t believe her at first cause she’s gorgeous. But hearing her story made her even more beautiful and couragous. She’s amazing and soooooo sweet. And I’m so thrilled that we were able to photograph the ‘NEW’ her! How cool is that.

amy . detour

Casia — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:15:04 +0000

Fourth round of photographs from The Click’ outing. Phew…I didn’t think there would be sooooo many rounds. I still have two more sets of models to post!!! Imagine if we’d photographed them all! Wowie…I’d be in over my head in editing and PP. (well I kinda am already) So next up is the lovely Amy. I do have to say she’s the quite calm type but boy o’ boy did she give me some great stuff to work with. I kept telling her ‘work it, work it…think couture model…LOL!’ This is when she would bust out laughing…cause she’s like ‘what does that look like?!!!’ So…check. Got the ‘in the moment’ shots. But when she wasn’t really paying attention to me is when I got the really cool shots. The lighting was glowing at this time and perfectly coming through the tall Sedona trees. Thanks again Amy for letting me make you laugh & getting me to giggle by your husband carrying you all over the place through those wicked pokey weeds. Those suckers will jump out and get cha. Kinda of like the cholla cactus here in Tucson.

jenna & cody . detour

Casia — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:28:09 +0000

This is the first of many rounds of photographs coming up! Jenna & Cody were our morning guinea’s. And boy did they do a great job. It kinda takes a little bit to warm up but I think these two did perfect. Maybe I’m just speaking about my own experiences and needing to get the creative juices flowing…it’s kinda like ‘where do we start?’. Well they kicked in within 5 minutes. I got to try out some ideas I’ve had spinning around in my head…shooting up at the sky (especially with all the sycamore trees), microscopic close ups, and of course the silly goofy laughing shots! I haven’t photographed much with late morning light so either this day was a rare experience before the storm hit Sunday or Sedona always has this exceptional light?. At this point I’m just ecstatic with the outcome. I chose this couple first soley on Jenna’s vintage gown which I absolutely love. I’m a girl who craves unique one of kind looks and she definitely has it. The veil was the icing on the cake!