A Little of Everything

I wanted to post some very random images & collages.

Season of Screams

When I was growing up Halloween was always my favorite time of the year. That's kinda weird but for some reason I just liked the costumes, haunted houses & scary movies. I could spend hours watching YouTube videos about ghosts or paranormal activity that has been caught on tape. Throughout the rest of this month I will be posting videos I have found that may make your skin crawl.

Here are just a few I found to start.

This Is It

Here is the trailer for the Michael Jackson documentary that will be out on the 28th.



Will you see it?

The Shack In The Back

The growth of our business has been a series of baby steps to get where we are today. We started our business in '97 with simply setting up our backdrop's & studio lights in customers homes, or in my parents living room. You've gotta start somewhere... From there we had alittle extra space in our garage we used as a small studio after Cari & I first married. After we moved into our new house in 2000 we had big plans to have a portable building built which we would use as our official studio. While under construction we shot in the upstairs portion of my in-laws. Keep in mind I was still working a full time job while I could build up enough clients to jump into photography full time.
In around 2004 the Horton's visited our little 12x24 studio behind our house to have their daughters photographed. The sisters looked beautiful in fluffy dresses, hair curled on top of their head with bows to match. The shoot went great & mom & dad seemed happy with the results. Here is one of the images thay selected to enlarge which was featured on our 1st website.

Several weeks later, a referral of the Horton's visited our studio. The precious girls were mentioned during our shoot & the customer recalled what the oldest girl had said about my modest setup. "Yeah he had chickens behind his house & a shack in the back!" Ouch......the "studio" that I was so proud of was called a shack in the back. It's so funny how children perceive things around them, and you never know what they will say. So from that day on Cari & I have always called our studio "the shack in the back". Since then we have moved our studio to the square. Now that I have a more professional building I very seldom get that "so how long have you been doing this?" or "is this just a hobby"

Last week we photographed the sisters again on their property in Mineral Wells. I forgot to mention the comment to the now pre-teenager, but Mrs. Horton & I laugh about it later. Here are some of the various images from our latest session.

This month marks 2 years that we have been at our studio on the square. We're located at 102 Palo Pinto, Suite C. (by appointment) The "shack in the back" we have at our home makes a great half storage, half play room for the kids. It worked great for us for many years until we could find the perfect place to studio. Our Palo Pinto St. location is a great place for us. As you're waiting for the red light you may just catch a glimpse of our sign & give us a call to book you next family session.

It's never too early to schedule your Christmas session. Our Saturday times are taken into late November, but weekdays are available. Call to schedule an appointment. 817-613-1439

Kerli

Every Tuesday I log onto iTunes to see the new music that's out. Every week iTunes also features a couple of songs you can download for free. Free is always good. Well, about a year ago one of the free songs featured was from an unknown artist named Kerli. I downloaded the track "Walking On Air" This song had a great beat with a haunting sound. I liked it so much the I added the rest of her album to my ipod. This is definitely not for everyone but I like many of the cuts from this record. The first video from Kerli is very unusual & interesting to watch. Here is the video

Halloween is just around the corner & costume parties are in the works. Instead of the usual Monster Mash, Thriller, Ghostbusters etc. which is usually an must at a Halloween party, you may consider a number of the tracks off Kerli's album. Many of the songs have eerie arrangements which would be great to set the mood and this years Halloween party.

Did You Know...

• Football has more rules than any other American sport.
• 75% of all murder victims knew their killers.
• A snapping turtle can only swallow when its head is under water.
• The story most often made into a movie: Cinderella (59 times)
• Lobsters & jellyfish never stop growing.
• How many hair follicles on an average adult? 5 million
• Herbert Hoover never accepted his presidential salary.
• Crocodiles can't move their tongues.

Strange, Funny & Unusual Photos

This collection of photos were taken from the site http://www.habeeb.com/

and you thought your job was bad.

Talk about saddle bags.

Love pork!

Peek-a-boo

Crowded pool. How many people do you think are relieving themselves?

Got Crack!

Boys......

Kiddos

People Of Wal-Mart

I recently found this hilarious website that I can't stop laughing at. Its http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/ It's full of random photos sent in of colorful characters that we have all seen while shopping at Wal-Mart. I wanted to share just a few to give you a taste of what the site is about. Some of the better ones are R rated so I couldn't post on here.

Telling jokes around the almost nude man in the floor. Why is he almost nude?

"Here, play with this plastic bag while mama gets some bread."

Stand back!


A goat.....that's a first.

Yellow gogo boots. Never leave home without 'em....even if your a dude.

Images taken from: www.peopleofwalmart.com

Courtney & Todd

Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Gandee on their wedding tonight. This is just a few images from their engagment & bridal session.

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