Virginia Session VI - I Use to Live on This Road!

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...although, this barn wasn't there then.  I love barns.  New ones, old ones, you name it.  I don't know the names of the various styles of barns, but when (note, I'm saying "when" and not "if") we move back to VA, I want a barn!  And if there are super fun kiddos like these living on my road, even better.

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VA Session V, Part II

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As promised, a little more of Grace Spring Farm.

Sheer joy....

Buddies...grandson and grandfather and their sunflowers....

Lovely mom and her "Mini-Me"....

Remember those wrap-around porches I mentioned?

A perfect place.

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VA Session V, Part I - On Grace Spring Farm

I can't tell you how hard it is to be back in brown dirt.  Arizona, there are many things I love about you, but the dry, brown desert is not one of them.  I miss the beautiful farms of Virginia, the rolling hills, the smell of hay.  Old farm houses with wrap-around porches and rocking chairs, shaded by old oak trees.  I'll show the latter tomorrow...here are some up closes of some lovely people who live in Northern VA, but come home to the country on weekends.

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Horsies - VA Session IV, Part II

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Virginia Session #4 - On Georgetown Farm

Can I live there?  Please?  Another full MMP experience with some very gorgeous girls....

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Virginia Session #3 - Part II

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I had a few VA customers choose a session that included the full MMP experience and those peeps will have more photos to show, in different styles.  Hence, here's Part Deux of the cute kiddos (and sassy mama DK) on the "farm up the road."  { See last post for Part I }

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Virginia Session #3 - On the Farm Up the Road

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There's a rustic old farm up the road from my momma's house near Byrd Mill, Virginia.  I thought it would be the most perfect place to shoot a session.  The owners of the farm were kind enough to allow me to shoot there; it was truly a photographer's paradise! { ...and the family went with the big session which includes the full Miller&Miller editing extravaganza...takes longer to edit, but oh! what fun! }

 

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Virginia Portraits - The Tick Shed

My third session in Virginia was with some of my favorite people.  Poor Ean, though.  I made him stand in the doorway of an old shed.  It will henceforth and forever be known as the Tick Shed.  Ean noticed a tick crawling up his leg after a few shots, so I told him to just get out of there.  He walked toward his mom and they picked 14 ticks off him!  FOURTEEN!  I had some serious creepy crawlies after that.  Angie told me later that they had found 3 more and those were stuck.  Eww eww eww eww eww eww!  Sorry, Ean! 

Evy, you are a rockin' dude, by the way!  I love the things you say.  You have got STYLE, my man!

My dear friend, Angie, who looks like Melanie Griffith:

Do you love how I spelled photography right there ^ ?

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Look at That! Two Posts in a Row! Fun Teen Portraits in San Tan Valley, Gilbert Arizona

A couple months ago, I received an email from a girl named Monica.  She wanted info on a portrait session, and I sent it to her.  Week after week, she would tell me she was going to "come on Wednesday" if I was available for a session that day.  And week after week, she would email me to tell me her mom couldn't bring her.  I could just imagine her arguing with her mom at home.  hehe.  Her persistence paid off.  Mom finally brought Monica over for portraits yesterday.  Here are a few from her combo (urban and studio) session:

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Studio Portraits in AZ - New Backgrounds = Yay!

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One of my goals this year is to do more studio work.  So, to motivate myself, I went out today and bought a few new backgrounds.  My daughter (who absolutely abhors having her photo taken) actually sat for me for a few minutes so I could try one out.  I think she looks beautiful.  She, of course, does not agree.  Oooh, teens.  What are ya gonna do with 'em? 

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More Portraits from LA

Here are some more portraits I made while in L.A.  Enjoy!

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Custom Portraits

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I've said it before, I'll say it again:  I'm just not a fan of actions.  I prefer to do things "by hand," so to speak.  So, when I got the opportunity to learn from a genius photographer who doesn't use actions, I was sooo o o o o excited!  Here are some photos I made over the last few days:

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