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2 weeks and counting!

This lovely, super fun young lady I photographed today is ready to deliver her first baby (a girl!) in about two weeks! Her baby shower was today, so I arrived during the party just in time for a group "touch the belly" shot...

I then stayed after and we dove in head first! The pictures were a surprise gift from her sis, so the "mom to be" had no inkling to even bring a change of clothes for the shoot.  We had fun rummaging through sis' closet, and actually ended up borrowing a shirt from sis' hubby! :)

We then called her husband in from a round of golf (since he didn't know we were going to take these either!) and got him involved...  Any time we tried to take a serious shot, the straight faces didn't last long, and we ended up with lots of laughs- which is SO them!  This is probably my favorite so far from the whole afternoon...

The MAGIC of Photoshop!

I could happily attach a rolling chair to my butt and a computer mouse to my fingers and sit and photoshop all day.  :) This is so my thing.  

I'm still working with a client on putting up the Nolan Ryan shots in all of their chain restaurants around the DFW area... so we're trying to get this picture just right.  She had concerns that people wouldn't know what Nolan was eating in the original picture- and she was right! So I've been photoshopping (and neglecting my family! oopsie!) trying to see what would work- and VOILA!!! 

Nolan has gone from eating a... ummm.... what is that?... to eating a big fat juicy Chapps Burger. (Made with Nolan Ryan Beef, of course. :)

Westlake Academy Gallery Night '09

Friday night was loads of fun! It happens every year, and it's a big fundraising dinner and live and silent auction benefitting the WLA in Westlake Texas.  Every year I get to go and take pictures, and as it turns out, I know quite a few attendees, so I end up having lots of laughs! Charity AND fun! What could be better?

To see the rest of the pictures, head back to my website, sillyheads.com.  When you're there, click on "client viewing, and use the password "Westlake".  If there are any pictures you'd like, just let me know, and I'll send it to you via email. 

Trish Biddle working on a bid item AT Gallery Night! Trish is the Official Artist for the 2008 Kentucky Derby, as well as the 2009 Westminster Dog show! Can't wait to see what she does next!

Brooke N. doing her best "Vanna," showing off the guitar that will soon be signed by Westlake's ownJonas Brothers for the highest bidder!

Debauchery.

Katie, Susan, and Inger.

Now that I'm done hyperventilating...

...because my new camera is so awesome, I'll show you my first pictures with the bad boy. :) I upgraded a few days ago to what should be my last camera for a few years!! (At least thats what I'm telling my husband...shhh!) The Nikon D700 is .... oh.... I don't know... heaven? haha It's the first full frame DSLR I've ever owned, but if you don't what that means, that's ok! It just means it better! Woo hoo!

I had to finish up a photo shoot today that I'm doing with the Chapps Cafe chain- so i snapped some of the boys while we were waiting for the burger I was gonna shoot... I'm finding more and more that I love shooting in a fun little colorful location-  it's just EYE CANDY! (Not to mention fiddling with the saturation of blues... :)

These were all with my 50mm lens....  I have yet to attach the 14-24mm; that's going to be a whole post in itself.  How geeky is it that I just got butterflies thinking about that lens on my new camera? Wow.

Just Breathe

For the last two years, and coming up again soon in March-  I have had the honor of being the photographer for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's annual fundraiser, The North Texas Wine Opener.  This year, they asked me to do something a little different and photograph a project they had in mind.   

So, for one full Sunday last weekend, quite a few of us met in Flower Mound, and I shot some pictures.  The idea was to have Children with CF spell out the word "Breathe" with their bodies. (CF affects the lungs, hence the choice of words.)  In addition, CF children cannot be in the same room together for fear of infecting each other with various bacteria. So, in each letter, we had the non CF kids wear black, and the CF kids wore a colored shirt.  

Here's some of the process....

My friend Kari testing the shot- making some sort of "letter".. lower case y? Greek?? 

 

This sweetheart in pink did NOT want to be in this! (Funny what a little candy will do...)

And after lots post processing and photoshop- the final product... TA DA!

The print will be 46"x12" and framed- and up for auction!

Can I go to sleep now?

Gigi, as this little guy will someday call his grandma, had me come over to take some shots of her little guy, J.  He's a super chunky monkey, and was only truly happy with me when I was offering him a pacifier or a rattle to suck on. Ha! My favorite.... (although I somehow doubt it will be Grandma's. ;)

Haha! This little guy is cutting some serious teeth! Need more proof?

And oh yes... there's more where that came from... :)

Here's J and his favorite Papa...

And J and his favorite Gigi....well, sort of...he was REALLY interested in the Lake out back!

9 months old and J wants NOTHING to do with crawling... it's "Gimme your hands and let's go!"

At this point, we thought we'd try some bubbles... but after all MY shots, J was shot! Bubbles had nothing on a good bottle...

Alas, Gigi came to the rescue, and he was out in seconds....

Night, J! Im off to edit the rest of the lot! :)