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Crush on the Lazy Days of August

The dog days of summer are upon us. The deep heat and two months of adventures have us moving in slow motion. We don't walk. We stroll. We don't go to bed. We fall into a slumber. We don't wake up. We rouse from our dreams by the tap of a sunbeam. Today's photographs are from our adventures and walks to and from the pool, with our friends, with our wish that summer was endless...

the heart warrior

the old soul

the junior olympian

the sisters

the animal whisperer

the brothers

the snyders

the wildfires of feather canyon and night time in the luvshaq

photographed with a Nikon D200 and Nikon D800 : lenses: 50mm, 10.5mm, & 28-105mm

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Crush on Senior Portraits | Reno Nevada Portrait Photographer

The high school seniors are finishing up the last few weeks of their K-12 education and standing at the fork in the road. College? Job? Both? Trip? What did you do?

Alec | Reno High School | Reno Nevada
Where are we headed?

Alec | Reno High School | Reno, Nevada from the fastest senior session in history! 10-15 minutes!

I graduated a semester early from high school. My last day was a Friday and I started college that Monday. Got an apartment over the weekend and headed up the hill for wisdom early Monday morning. I learned that I liked having my own apartment. A lot. My first semester in college didn't fare that well due to that freedom space of an apartment. So, I packed the VW as full as I could and took off to San Diego. 


My bestie was already there and could hold my hand in my first big move away from home. 

My bestie, Leslie and her daughter. | Reno, Nevada | Ranch San Rafael Park

From there, the travel bug bit and I ended up in Mexico, Seattle back to Reno to get that degree I had started. 3 years later, off to England, Greece, and Scotland. Home bound to sell my belongings in yard sale that would leave me with two filled suitcases. I still miss that 300+ collection of lady musician cds that sold for $3 each. The car and brand new Mac that sold from the lawn--paid for lots of adventures in Scotland. I returned to the motherland again and began my career as a freelance photographer and received my masters degree. If history repeats itself, it seems I am due a move and a degree.

Me running the hills of Bath and Avalon England

What would you study if you went back to school or are starting college? Why?


If you could move, where would you go?


Here's a few more senior shots from this year's class of 2012:

 Shruti | Carson High | Carson City, Nevada Arlington Avenue Reno

 Sahar | Sage Ridge High School | Reno, Nevada Bartley Ranch Park

 Kate | Wooster High School | Reno, Nevada | Downtown Reno

 Bartley Ranch, Reno Nevada

Charlie | Manogue High School | Reno, Nevada 

 Sam | Reno High School | Lake Tahoe, Nevada

 Road trippin' in Las Vegas | Las Vegas Nevada MGM Grand Hotel

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Crush on Invitation to Hang

Photographer, Chase Jarvis, has invited us to hang our photographs in the Ace Hotel Lobby, NYC. He has masterminded an interactive photography exhibit that celebrates the snapshot and the essence of dasein. Images from all over the world are submitted. Daily, Jarvis curates the exhibit by adding new images into this revolving show.  Everyone is invited. Here is the Invitation to Hang. Here are my submissions
Chow Fun & the Laundromat:

Crush on Saving Furniture

My Dad is a tinker, a jack of all trades, a survival instructor, a man's man. It is from him that I adopted my love of reclaiming thrown away objects and turning them into items ready to be infused with our family's history. If I hadn't wiggled her into my Scion, this little lady was on her way to the dump.  

She sat waiting until the day I discovered an unwanted bolt of fabric;  orange flowers trapped in baby blue velvet stripes. Sold for free to me. I dismantled, sanded, stretched, and reupholstered and created The Queen Chair. My girls fight over her and race to be first to the dinner table , reinfusing her with our family's history. 
Repurposing, salvaging, working with what you got is a family hand-me-down around these parts. It's something that I'm proud of and has become a part of my photographic style. The time, the history is important to me. Why I have always preferred photographing on location to studio work. I prefer the story that it offers. The challenge to finding the light, the story. The photo below tells the story of our life when Ruby was 6 and loved to wear her Mama's necklaces, adored her best friend's handed-over "angel" shirt, and savored eating dinner in the Queen Chair.

Crush on Graduate To Something Different

We have it that second time of year when we get to spend a large percent of time with graduating seniors...my favorite type of session. These sessions are so carefree, adventurous and always full of laughs, and in the last case, maybe a broken toe (sorry Joce :().  I wanted to share with you the latest and greatest in Graduation Announcements from our favorite card company, Tiny Prints.  Click their link to see their 2011 collection of cards. Enter Code: SALE15 | Offer expires 5/3/11 at 11:59 pm (PT)

If you have our session disk, upload your hi-resolution image, personalize and VOILA. You are set to announce to the world that you are about to embark on the next greatest adventure of your life---full blown adult hood....wait that doesn't have to happen until a baby arrives. Enjoy the next great chapter.
I am so excited for all of you.
Congratulations.
olivia

jocelyn

amy

isaac

aimee

 Richelle

 amanda

 ali

 alyssa

what's with all the A names? :)