Sunday, June 30, 2013

RACHAEL'S SENIOR PORTRAIT PHOTO SHOOT

RACHAEL'S 

SENIOR PORTRAIT PHOTO SHOOT




Saturday, we picked up Rachael at 9:00 am.  The goal for today was to shoot her senior portraits.  She has been so excited for quite some time.  She'd been planning this session for months.  She asked me if I would shoot them for her.  I was honored that she would trust me with something so important.  I don't, as a rule, shoot people.  I tend to do artsy stuff.   But she told me it would mean so much to her and it would be so special if I did them for her.  How could I say no?

So, off we went, Poppop doing the chauffeuring, and me taking the shots.  We had so much fun.  We started out at Gibraltar Gardens in Wilmington.  It's a wonderfully scenic place with a lily pond and statues and a pavilion.  We got some really great shots there.





THE GREEN DOOR OF GIBRALTAR GARDENS 
(I'M SO GLAD THEY NEVER PAINTED IT)






GIBRALTAR GARDENS LILY POND












SWINGIN' ON THE GARDEN GATE





THAT'S MY FAVORITE SMILE




RACHAEL WITH HER SPECIAL BUDDY




IN THE STATUE GARDEN





PAVILION AT GIBRALTAR GARDENS












After the session at Gibraltor, we went to Hollister's for a new outfit, then to Chili's for lunch before stopping at home for a small rest.  Poppop cut the grass and Rachie and I headed to Aston to Neumann University for some shots, after changing our outfit, of course.




NEUMANN UNIVERSITY 






NEUMANN CIRCLE





SO STUDIOUS...NOT


Then we picked up Poppop and he took us to a waterfall he remembered from his fishing days in Ridley Creek State Park.  WHAT A FIND.




OUR COUNTRY GIRL AT THE CREEK




AND AT THE WATERFALL IN RIDLEY STATE PARK




MY FAV


We rushed to a barn up the street from our house while the light was still good for a few shots.



And finally to our friend's pond in Glen Mills, where we stayed for a soft drink and chatted awhile.  Getting home from our long day around 9 PM.  It's 12:30 AM and I'm still doing post-processing.  What a great day it was.




SPLASHIN' IN THE POND WHERE SHE 
FISHED AS A LITTLE GIRL




THERE WAS A GOOSE TO THE LEFT
WHO KEPT HONKIN' AT US




RELAXIN' ON THE DOCK 
AFTER A LONG DAY AS A SUPER MODEL


We had so much fun that we're going to do another shoot in the fall, when the fall color comes in.  Who knows?  This may become a yearly event.  It got me back out there shooting after a year off.  It felt really good to have that camera in my hands again.

TATA TILL NEXT TIME!



Monday, January 28, 2013

WHITE HAT... HE'S A GOOD GUY!

Hi, Everyone.

I've been on hiatus since July, dealing with some health issues and extreme lack of energy.  I haven't been out shooting since the summer, so I'm itching to do something creative.  I was going through some old images and found some of my husband from 1971.  He had just grown his mustache. We were coursing our Afghan Hounds on a Sunday afternoon with some friends from our Afghan club and one of our dear friends, Harry DeGeorge, a talented photographer,  saw Dick sporting that new mustache and said, "Next week, wear those pants and those boots and I'll bring everything else."

True to  his word,  the next Sunday came and Harry exited his vehicle with shopping bags filled with guns, holsters, shirts hats and by gum, he made Dick a cowboy.  The two of there went out into a field and had a great time.  The results were fabulous black and whites of Cowboy Dick, whose hero happens to be John Wayne.

I've taken the liberty of taking one of Harry's images and superimposing it onto one of my shots from Monument Valley.  Since the original cowboy images were 35mm scanned images and the Monument Valley image was a digital, I added a grain to blend the two images and try to get a feel of the Ole West.  I think it came out pretty good, so I'm sharing.

 I had a 16x20 canvas wrap done of it for a Valentine's Day present for my special guy.


WHITE HAT...HE'S A GOOD GUY!


See... we were always meant to be in Arizona.


Thanks Harry, for your willingness to allow me to use your image.
You're the best.






Until I can get out to shoot again, I will be posting some Photomontage images.  I haven't deserted you all,  just taking a break until I get my energy back.  Hope to be back full strength, soon.  Thanks for hanging in there with me.