idle chit-chat, gossip and (gasp) scandals

Ms. Ann {Senior}

This is Ann.  Ann's style was completely vintage mixed with some new and I totally digged it!  I just said digged.  It is my Jimmie JJ Walker coming out in me.  We had so much fun shooting around Leavenworth and then she wanted a little country so we headed to the in-laws!  Ann totally rocked her shoot and she brought her friend Maggie along who totally got what I was trying to convey at all times!  I think she watches ANTM and could quite possibly be the next Jay Manuel!  Love him!  Anywho, you also gotta love a chick who can rock a pair of vintage glasses and a caterpillar!

Lindsey {Senior}

So Lindsey came over to the "in-laws estate" for senior pictures.  I told you I think I am going to have to start paying use fees or something.  My husband has a plumbing company so on any given day new junk gets dropped off before being hauled off in the dumpster.  It makes for great grungy things and also it always has something new even though the newness has run out!  Lindsey was a blast and I took her brother's pics two years ago and is now a sophmore at KU.  My little nephew even decided to join the action and was very curious as to what his Aunt Nikki actually does so he tagged along for a few and didn't quite understand that if you are standing directly behind the subject that he was going to be one of the subjects!

Courtney {Senior}

As promised, my last post for the day!!  This is Courtney and we headed up to Leavenworth to shoot  her session and then she also wanted a little country for that sweet, innocent side of her so we went to my in-laws property which has become quite the hot spot for a lot of seniors this year!!   For almost two years now I have been going up to Leavenworth and I always go past this building that you can see a carousel in and the lights are never on so I just assumed that it was only opened on the weekends.  Well, on my little outing this time I saw the lights to the carousel on!!  We headed inside to see what it was all about and discovered that it was a museum!  We didn't have much time to shoot because they were getting ready to have a private party and the little ladies at the front reminded us of that --  So without further adieu, here is Courtney!!

Molly {Senior}

This is Molly and she is a senior at Lansing Highschool!  Molly was an absolute doll and was totally rockin her session out until we walked back to her car for another change of clothes and she had locked her keys in her car!!  We had to wait until her dad came to give her an extra set and we decided to wait until another date to finish her session.  Until next time Molly, enjoy!!

 

Taylor {Senior}

Alright, it my last post for today.  I am trying to catch up and build up  since I am one of the hosts of my sister in law's bachelorette party this weekend and need to get some things done on that.  We are having a scavenger hunt at the Legends Saturday night and one of the things that is on the list for a guest is to actually find a guy to sing Your Body is a Wonderland to them.  So, if any of you manly men that can carry a tune are out that way Saturday night please feel free to belt it out!!

On to Taylor -- Taylor actually graduated this last May, but got hurt during soccer season and had to cancel her appointment.  She wanted to be completely well before she shot her pics.  The girl can work her eyes!!  Good luck in college, Taylor. 

Alyssa {Senior}

This is Alyssa and I just want to say in the words of Tyra Banks, FIERCE.  It's funny when I am taking senior pictures and I am directing them on if I want them to be serious and every once in a while I get one that as soon as I say it they get serious and the first thing I say is Alright, serious, but not serious as in you are scaring me through my lens thinking you are going to kick my butt serious!  Alyssa was one of those girls who the best word to describe is FIERCE.  Then it is gone and you get this beautiful smile.  And can I mention the boots?!!  I am kinda a sucker for boots.  I will have to blog sometime soon about my newest pair of brown and pink snakeskin boots!

Kristen {Senior}

For 8 years now my in-laws have lived in their new house and they just so happen to live right up the street from me.  A little ways past their house is this glorious field that is just full of trees and tall grass and ivy going up all the trees so it looks like a world out of Enchanted.  I have always wanted to take pictures there, but never saw a good place to actually get to it.  Well, I asked Kristen if she was up for a little walk and so we pulled over on the road and set out.  I did this though on a day that I had my mini-me assistant, Ellie.  We made it down the hill and started directing Kristen on where I wanted her when I noticed Ellie itching her legs constantly.  So I moved her over to where I was in a little patch of dirt and started shooting a couple pics.  It was then I had this burning sensation all over my legs.  Um, Ellie, are your legs burning?  I am not quite sure what we stepped into, but I was pretty positive that whatever decided to have dinner at that time was slowing going to eat Ellie and me alive.  Needless, to say, we didn't stay in the Land of Enchanted.  I did get a couple of shots that I was quite pleased with and Kristen made it out without a single bite.

Kylee {Senior}

When I was little I took dance and every class my teacher, Sue, would pull me aside and tell me I was disrupting the other children because I would do everything on my toes.  I wanted to be a ballerina.  This other dance stuff, well, that was for normal girls.  I was a princess ballerina and ballerinas did everything on their toes.  That was until Sue let me wear some toe shoes during practice one day and to my horror that was not how a princess should feel standing on her toes.  This was when my childhood dream of being a ballerina was no longer in me me but squashed by the weight of a seven year old into the bottom of the borrowed pretty pink toe shoes.  My love for ballerinas never went away and my girls and I take a yearly trip to the Nutcracker every year, it just that my feet were not meant to be in those shoes.  I am happy appreciating from afar.

To my surprise and delight Kylee, teaches ballet and brought her shoes along to her senior pictures.  We had a lot of fun and even found a couple of pretty cool walls!  After taking pics at a favorite spot I walked down a little ways and found a wall just for her -- it just needed an extra "E" and a little photoshopping!

Emily {Senior}

Alright, I have to get out the door to start packing the trailer for our fun-filled long weekend at Tablerock Lake, but I thought I would give Emily a little teaser of her smokin pictures.  More to come next week!  Everyone have a fantabulous Labor Day and the last holiday of the summer!!

Michael {Senior}

I love old cars.  I love old stuff.  Michael asked if he could take his pictures out on a friend of theirs' farm and so we headed out to Basehor.  This place had stuff!  Every corner we turned had something new and exciting!  Cars, old farm equipment, barns, water towers, corn fields and on and on!  Michael and I had a lot of fun and I personally LOVE the car pics.