Thanks to a good friend of mine, I had a great opportunity to shoot for the Mayr family business, Sabika, Inc. I can’t say enough about how wonderful their family is and how impressive the company is as well. I’ve never seen a business able to carry such quality representatives from top to bottom. I’ll post more images from the shoot soon, but here is a quick sample video.

Be sure to check out Sabika’s website and if you are looking for a consultant to purchase any of their beautiful products, drop me a line or contact Sabika.

This is too hard to ONLY post these two images…I’ll have more in a couple weeks to tell the whole story. Jen and Brendan along with all their friends and family made for a VERY fun day! I’ve NEVER seen SO many people dance the ENTIRE night they way they did. Just you wait and see!

Sarah and Keith totally rock…more images to come!

Sneak Preview for the “McG” Family. You are such a fun family filled with love and joy! I really enjoyed capturing all the unique qualities that make your family special! :0) Here is a sneak peak from the newborn portion of our Family Portrait and Lifestyle Session.  A full blog entry will follow once I process all the images from your shoot. Can’t wait to put them all together.

Lots of Love,

Dana

Once again, I had an opportunity to photograph an awesome high school senior. I’m so excited for Senior Portrait season this year. I’m really hoping to meet lots of new kids/young adults and hopefully rock out their time in the spotlight!

One thing I thought was really neat about all my 2010 Peters Township girls this year is that all of them had so much personality, really sweet hearts, and some type of friendship connection with each other in some way shape or form.

Kaitlin is no exception to my awesome seniors, I think you’ll see how sweet she is through the images. Enjoy!

The sun came out today and began to melt the snow away…Caught the icicles right at the golden minute…Hopefully this will help perk you up out of those winter blues…there’s a hope for spring on the horizon! Enjoy!

Hey Guys!

We’ll be at Peters Township High School THIS Saturday for all the fun! Check out the ad below for details. We hope to see you there!

Katie was another one of my 2009 reps. I went to High School with Katie’s brother (who is also my birthday buddy: ), Doug ( Contact Doug if you need direction on investments, insurance, he’s a great “go to” guy).

I was extremely excited when I arrived at the property she chose for her shoot…I think we could have done a million things there, which is why I ended up with a great variety of shots.  Here are her images. Enjoy!

A Jeep Liberty girl…me too!

Who said senior portraits can’t have a unique crop? I wanted to do this shot to highlight her gorgeous eyes.

one of my FAVS!

little side note about this last image…I wish there was a hidden camera on us to document our reactions to what happened right after this image was shot. Well…since it wasn’t documented, I’ll tell you about it (I know, you didn’t think I was going to offer to tell the story did you? But…)

K. So I got this shot, then Katie stood up. We were standing there in the *tall grass* that had been all *smooshed down*. As we were talking about the next shots, I thought I felt something move a little underneath the grass where my foot was planted. I stood still for a second to see if I felt anything move again. When I didn’t feel anything, I, being the genius that I am, thought I’d put just a *VERY* slight pressure down on where my foot was to see if something moved.

I definitely felt something move.

The next 30 seconds was like TOTAL SLOW MO! So, I slowly turn my head to the left, look down, and see a dark, little, pointed head sticking out of the grass. (This is where my brain froze).

I could feel my brain processing:

Hmm.

Yep.

Something moved.

Oh.

There it is.

It’s dark.

Little.

Pointy Head.

Oh, it’s a chipmunk.

No Dana.

You’re an idiot.

That’s a.

Black Snake.

(****insert SCREAMING Bloody Murder and running the most GIRLY BOLT! I’ve ever made***)

Then hyperventilation followed by uncontrollable laughter and disbelief….

You’re probably thinking…”disbelief? that’s a little melodramatic.” Well, yeah, but I can’t tell a story without melodrama. Disbelief . Because I never thought I could sound and act SO GIRLIE! All my life I’ve been a “tomboy” and totally “tough” when it comes to spiders, and snakes (kind of…), but I never thought I was capable of such a reaction.

Now I know.

So back to WHY I wish it was recorded. Two reasons:

1. That was a “you had to be there” story.

2. Katie and I could have probably won a lot of money on AFV!

I’d love to hear any funny stories you have…so, comment away!