Happy Birthday America! #247

I try to do an Americana shoot every year but it doesn’t always work out for various reasons. All this week I’ve been sharing on Instagram some of the Americana images we took while on our recent Destination trip to Charleston/Isle of Palms South Carolina! Aside from today there are three more sets of images still to be shared this week.

Senior Destination trips are something we do each year with members from my Senior Model Team. This year we returned to the Isle of Palms in South Carolina the first time in three years (happy to be back). 

After settling in the first shoot we did on our arrival in Isle Of Palms was our Americana shoot! The weather was perfect and the beach was literally out the front door… and of course the girls did fantastic! When you do a group shoot the trick is to try and make sure no one’s images look like someone else’s… I think we managed to do that!

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Late last week I received an email from SeniorSznMagazine asking if I would submit images for their upcoming special edition “Patriotic Special Issue 2023”. Happy to announce that they featured six of my images of Aubrey, Chloe, Trinity, Madison and Annabel along with a group image. Congratulations ladies!!!

National Donut Day

It’s that time of year again…..

I think just about everyone loves a good donut (a few don’t, we won’t talk about them). For those that do love donuts they all seem to have a favorite that they like just a little bit more than the others… For me I like the cake type donuts best with powdered sugar. Other’s need that glaze or some yummy icing. Needless to say though that for this shoot MacKinley and Trinity tried them all! 

Thirteen is your Lucky Number!

It’s always exciting news when you find out a magazine has notified you that one of your images is being considered as a cover image for the next edition. It’s even more exciting when you find out there are only seven images (out of thousands) being considered and two of them are yours!!!

As it would turn out we didn’t get the cover, but I’m still happy and delighted not only for myself but also for Aubrey and MacKinley, that their images were in contention for the cover of the Spring edition of Teen Years Magazine!

Fast forward to this past Friday when I received my digital copy only to discover to my surprise that thirteen of my images are in the Spring edition! Thank you so much Teen Years Magazine for the features of my Class of 2024 Senior Model Team!

A big “shout out” to these amazing girls! Congratulations goes to Aubrey pages 27 & 54, MacKinley page 37, Riley pages 38 & 106, Chloe page 63, Trinity page 66, Madison pages 69 & 70 (her own spread), Talley page 75, Deanna page 93, Annabel page 99 and Elana page 113! Way to go girls!!!

National Ice Cream Day!!!

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National Ice Cream Day.

Yep, its a real thing! In fact it happens every third Sunday in July and has been since it was enacted by President Reagan in 1984!. He wanted to commemorate the frozen treat that over 90 percent of the American population enjoys. Did you know the average American eats about 23 gallons of ice cream a year ?

To celebrate Nation Ice Cream Day Lauren (who’s one of my Senior Models for Class of 2021) and I did this little shoot a few weeks ago to help mark the occasion….. 

 

 

 

Coffee Shop

What’s there to do on a boring rainy day? How about grabbing a friend, a book and then spend the afternoon at a coffee shop? Abby and Morgan seemed to make the best of that day even though there were plenty of eyes watching us shoot. The coffee shop was actually packed which made it quite challenging to shoot. It was kinda funny watching the by-standers attempt their poses…. I think secretly they wished their pictures were being taken….

 

 

 

These images were all shot with the available natural light.

 

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County Fair Fun!!

It’s Summer, you’re looking for something to do so grab a friend and head out to the County Fair! You’ll never know what you might end up doing while there!

Earlier this summer I went to the fair with a couple of my Senior Models Abby and Kendall… this is some of the fun I captured…

Needless so say, they had a blast!!!

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National Donut Day

June 7th – National Donut Day

National Donut Day is a real thing! Arguably it’s one of the most worthwhile food holidays! and it actually has a reason for existing!

National Donut Day was created in 1938 to honor the “Donut Lassies” from World War I! The Donut Lassies were women who volunteered with the Salvation Army to help boost soldier morale. One of the ways they did this was by creating donuts from scratch with the meager supplies they had. The Lassies wanted to give the soldiers something that was homemade that wasn’t candy or cigarettes.

These women volunteered to join the front lines of the American Expeditionary Force in France. The obvious supplies they issued to them were; gas masks, helmets and .45 caliber revolvers. 

In September of 1917 just a few miles from the front lines they were serving the traditional treats like fudge and hot chocolate when they came up with an idea to make home made donuts. Using shell casings for rolling pins and helmets to fry in they were well on their way to making donuts something that reminded the soldiers of home.

Thank you “Donut Lassies”!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Galentines….

First shoot of the season with my 2020 Senior Model Team and it was a blast! This was the most elements I’ve done for a Valentines shoot as it’s usually a quick shoot! This year was obviously different. I just wish all the girls could have made it but it’s sometimes hard to get everyone together.

For most this was the first photo shoot they had ever done, but you’d never tell. Hula Hoop skills are something we’ll work on. Everybody pitched in to help make this shoot a success from blowing up balloons, to sharing dresses and helping with makeup…

I’m looking forward to spending time with this amazing group!

 

Models present were Lauren Grant, Abby Perry, Kendall Woods, Hannah Martin, Abbi Baber and Morgan Hamilton…

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Challenge Shoot – Whiteout!

I love doing “Challenge Shoots”! It had been awhile since the last time I had shot a Challenge Shoot. Last year was so busy and lots of things happening that I just couldn’t get very many done. I’m vowing this year I will return to taking on the challenges….

The first challenge of the year is a Whiteout theme…. traditionally when it comes to Whiteout Themes in the Winter you think of doing something related to winter, snow or ice…. But I started thinking what else is white that we see all the time? It’s simple, clouds… clouds are white! But who or what lives in the clouds?

The Story

What could be more whimsical than a cloud? As children we would gaze and wonder at these puffs of air laced with water, and dream as they took on mysterious shapes.

According to ancient Greek mythology clouds were not actually ‘clouds’ at all, but rather a group of young nymphs called Nephelai – the daughters of two Titans.

These cloud spirits – depicted as both young and beautiful – spent their days collecting water from the rivers, and then floated up to the heavens. When their pitchers were full they poured water down from the sky, nourishing the earth and feeding the streams of their brothers.

Perhaps this is the dream William Shakespeare referred to when he wrote: “That, if then I had waked after a long sleep, will make me sleep again; and then, in dreaming, the clouds me thought would open and show riches ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked I cried to dream again.”

 

Photo shoots don’t happen in a vacuum, I can’t emphasize enough how dependent I was on the team that made this all happen!

The Team

Photography: Jim Tincher

Hair and Makeup: Matt McLean

Styling: Kimberly Wade & Jim Tincher

Featuring: Nicole Eaton – Class of 2020 Senior Model

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