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WOW - it's been a long time ...

Amazing how time flies and I've been remiss in keeping this updated.
I've been traveling around the country since the beginning of the year and now I'm home for awhile.
This week is regional week for basketball. It is my favorite sport to photograph - so exciting and capturing the expressions on they guy's faces is priceless.
Images from the Gilman regional are posted at http://www.imagequix.com/photog.php?id=Z98WA95.
This shot was awesome, right at the halftime buzzer - amazingly it went in for 3 points to give Grant Park a lead going into the locker room.

I like this image - the intensity that shows in these guys faces tells the whole story.

WhatsIt .... Continued

This is baaaaad - no one has even come close on the Whatsit - so I'm posting a slightly pulled back version of the original Whatsit --- we'll see if anyone can come up with it. And now that it is so much easier - in order to win, you'll have to give some specifics of what it is.
I've had people ask if it is just in Onarga, and the answer is NO - the same item is all over, in pretty much any town around - if you just are looking for it.

$100 portrait credit to anyone who can figure it out ..... First answer in wins!

Who Wants to Trash The Dress?

You've seen it on the news ... it's all the rage - TRASH THE PROM DRESS!!!!

If you don't know what this is .... just google "Trash the dress" or "Trash the Prom Dress"
It can be your last year's dress that you got to go with the hunky guy who was your date who turned into a jerk & you want to trash your dress in the same manner.
It could also be for a wedding dress where the groom turned into a goon & you want all vestiges of the marriage taken out, or even if he isn't outta the picture - the trash the wedding gown can still be fun!

This looks like an absolute BLAST! & I wanna do some.

I soooo want to do a TTPD session that I will give whoever contacts me first requesting a TTPD session, your session will be absolutely FREE + 1 ministrip multi-image print to save it for posterity.

We would discuss some things about you - and what you like to do & how the dress could get properly trashed.

It might be in a pond, or a mud puddle, or a beach, or out working on the farm ... it's up to you!

If you think this is just the thing for you - contact me either via a comment on this blog (I get them right away), or an email (kathryn@portraitplacestudio.com) with your contact info & I'll get back atcha to set it up.

Some Recent Seniors

Things have been busy here - it's High School Senior time!!! My favorite time of year cuz Srs are sooooo much fun. An awesome new background will be in within the next couple of days and I'm really looking foreward to using it.

Here are a few of my favs from the last couple of weeks.

IW Raiders Football Srs.

Here they are - the Senior members of the IW Raiders Football team. They sure are one HOT group of guys. I've come up with a few title theme suggestions for this, but am open to others, which can be posted in the comments link.

1) We're Weighting for you ...
2) Cross our line - we dare you...
3) Heavy Metal Crew

WhatsIt ....

I've been feeling like having some fun - so I'm starting the WhatsIt game.

What's that you ask ...

I have photographed something - shown by the image below.

For the 1st Person who can tell me what it is - I am awarding a $100 Credit on an order from a session. Haven't made an appointment yet? Figure out the WhatsIt and get $100 credit towards your order!

To enter your idea of what it is ... just click the Comment and post your answer. Remember to put in your name, email addy and phone number so I can contact you if you are the most perceptive!

The full photo will be posted after a winner is announced!

Hit, Pitch & Run Winner

Here is an image of recent Hit, Pitch & Run winner, Kyle Pool, of Onarga. He is shown in his IWYBSL Pony League uniform. Just some new things I've been playing with in my spare time.
Click on the image if you want to see it larger.

I just got some more learnin'...

I just spent an awesome week at the Pere Marquette Lodge, just outside of Grafton IL. The lodge is on the banks of the Illinois river, a few miles upstream from where it merges with the Mississippi river. I assisted at the Illinois Workshops, which holds annual week-long continuing education classes for professional photographers. That location is wonderful, as it is very remote, quiet, virtually no cell phone service, and gives you the opporturnity to relax and thoroughly immerse yourself in learning for 8+ hours a day.

The class I was in was taught by Lori Nordstom, a reknown photographer whose specialty is Maternity and Newborn portraiture.

Here are a couple of images that I took while in the class.

In order to become more proficient in this style of portraiture, I am offering a complimentary Maternity session to the first 5 expectant mothers who contact me for an appointment. This time is so often overlooked as a reason to capture it through portraiture. It can be a wonderful affirmation to your baby to have those portraits as she grows up, to know it was so loved before she was born.

Wicked

If you haven't seen this musical yet - it is awesome! I attended the matinee performance of Wicked last weekend and it really makes you think differently about the Wizard of Oz!
http://www.wickedthemusical.com/

State President

At the Associated Professional Photographers of Illinois Annual convention - held in Decatur, I was elected as President!
I've spent the last 9 years on the board of directors working my way up to the top & I've finally made it.
There will be alot of work to do as the Illinois association is merging with the Indiana association to create a new regional assocation, and as President, I will be having to help with some work in making all of this happen, but it will be exciting.
The best perk will be that I get to attend all of the surrounding state's conventions, so I will get to learn even more things to bring back and put to use here!