Congratulations to the Blackhawks!

I wanted to say congrats to the Sheridan Blackhawks for a hard fought battle against Ritter in the State Championship finals. For you out-of-towners that don't know, the Hawks lost in the last 40 seconds when Ritter scored a touchdown. We had very little time to try and make something happen to get down the field in the last seconds of the game and it just wasn't meant to be. But you know what? Those boys have to hold their heads high. Very high. They have been the 1A State Champs the last three years in a row and are the runner-ups this year. That is pretty impressive if you ask me! A rare feat in fact. Not many high school players can make a claim like that. This football program is obviously one of the best in the state and has quality people from the top on down.

While I have been living in Sheridan for "only" 13 years we have become big fans of the Hawks. Most of this town has followed the Hawks and Coach Bud Wright all their lives. It has been a pleasure to get to know some the team over the past few months and take the senior pictures of some of the best high school players I've ever seen. They have been fun, polite and respectful in every way and I fully expect to see great things out of all of them, both on and/or off the field, in the future! And I'm sure we will.

Sheridan UMC Petite Academy....

Many thanks to Kim at Sheridan United Methodist Church for inviting me to shoot the preschool kids at the Petite Academy! What a fun bunch of kids. They were so gentle with me. Nobody even cried! I could see a couple little ones that really didn't want to participate at first but we got them smiling and laughing and got great portraits of all the little tykes. We shot a class picture and every one of the little ones (even the two big girls...Kim and Lauren) cooperated without making a scene! Ha! Really though, all the kids were so great and did a good job. I had Pinkie the Rabbit with me and they all gave her a big hug and were so cute.

2008 Sheridan Library Bazaar...

Hats off to Steve Martin and his crew at the Sheridan Public Library for putting on a wonderful Holiday Bazaar last Saturday. There was a great variety of booths with all kinds of neat items for sale. We were there with a booth for the day and really enjoyed meeting new people and seeing a lot of past clients. There were great Christmas trees up for silent auction all around the library and it was a beautiful atmosphere. We look forward to going back for next years bazaar!

The Shockeys...

There is a whole lotta love exuding from this little girl of Jason and Elisabeth's. Eloise was a whole bunch of fun and you could tell she REALLY loves Mom and Dad! She was also telling me what to do (in a very polite way)! I made her a job offer to be my assistant but she didn't want to take time away from Mom and Dad. My loss. I tell ya, she's a smart kid for only 4 years old! We had a nice studio session after business hours with some really cute shots!

Harper and Cameron Sneak Peek...

Harper and Cameron came in for some quick and fun shots yesterday. We got quite a few cute ones in a short session! Harper was just a little lady the whole time and Cameron wanted to take over the shoot for me! They were a lot of fun and were so nice to this old guy with the camera and talked to me the whole time. And it was a great day to be in the nice warm studio since it was miserable outside!

Blackhawk Pride....

Just a little plug for Nick today. Anybody in Sheridan knows who Nick is. Along with just about anybody else on our multi-year State Champ football team. Nick's mom called me asking if The Noblesville Times could use one of Nick's senior photos from our senior photo session for an article and I happily obliged. This is part of a series that The Times has where they ask a few questions of people in the community. You can see the online version here. I have had the pleasure of shooting quite a few of the varsity players senior photos and have enjoyed every one of them. They are a great group of young men with talent on the field and personalities, respect and enthusiasm off the field. We wish Coach Wright and the whole Blackhawk team good luck in their quest for a 4th State Championship in a row!

Ashley Sneak Peek....

I had fun with Ashley! She is a great girl that happens to have a huge German Shepard! He was a good boy for the photo shoot and we had fun in Biddle Park on the last nice day of fall (or so it seems right now). We got together after school and shot till dark so we didn't have a whole lot of time but it worked great and we got a lot of nice shots. Here's a sneak peak!

Holidays are coming!

Anita and Steve came in for a short session and got a little goofy for the camera! They brought Smoky the dog for photos with the family and he was a really good boy. Even with my Beagle in attendance for the shoot! The dogs didn't have one growl, snarl or bark for each other. But, of course, Tucson (the beagle) had to get in one of the photos. Yes, it's time to start thinking about Christmas again. Can you believe it?

Melody and Andrew Sneak Peek...

Melody and Andrew met up with me at a birthday party for her nephew that my family was also invited to. They are getting married next year and wanted to get some photos done before it got too cold. God had a perfect day in store for us and the happy couple drove down from Purdue for the party and after the presents were opened for little Benjamin and the guests went home we got to work. We were at Herons Hideaway for the party and decided to stay there for the photos since it was so beautiful. (I'd check them out for your next gathering!) It's been a busy week here for me and I'm behind on work but I wanted to get some shots up of them before I have even had time to go thru them in earnest. It seems like every photo I randomly picked they looked great!! Congratulations to them both!

It's Fall....

Si and Kim brought their kids over to the park and we took advantage of some halfway decent November weather to get a few shots before the cold settles in for the year. Little Silas is a total trip! He is always doing something and is never lacking a smile or funny face! It's hard for the camera to keep up with him!

Bet you can't guess what University they cheer for!

Grady's Senior Photos....

Grady and I shot his basketball photos on his home court. We got on the court after the last of the days practices were over and spent a couple hours shooting. We had a good time with the whole gym just to ourselves. I brought in a couple studio strobes and softboxes and did some fun stuff with the lighting.