all grown up

When Hannah asked us a few months ago to create senior portraits with her, she made a special request: Any chance you can find a grand piano to use in the shoot? Good question, we thought. But after some brainstorming we pulled it off, thanks to our neighbor and friends, the Meiers. (Thank you, btw, for letting us take over your upstairs music studio for an hour!)
(Sorry if this next part is embarrassing...) So, Hannah and Ben go way back – all the way to when he was in high school and she was in the nursery. Good family friends dating back years, I think it was an especially fun and enjoyable shoot for Ben (even if it made him feel a bit old). It clearly meant a lot to him to get to see Hannah’s sister, Joanna, during the Quail Ridge portion of the shoot.

And now, Hannah’s all grown up. A superb student. A talented musician. A great person. And about the same age as Ben was when the two first met. Crazy.

photography = ...

Today, we're giving away The Secret. More than the camera. More than the lenses. More than the lighting, location or angles.

Yes, this season we have discovered the magic formula: Photography = one part stress + one part timing + two parts pure joy. Seriously. Busy? Yes. But we love what we do. Especially when you get to watch a person or a family--like the Streichers in this case--grow so much and change over time. It just helps put it all into perspective, that you're doing more than just snapping photos. We record history.

megan and the morning sun

Sunrise or sunset... that is the question. Which time is better for a senior shoot? It's one question that may be unanswerable, but Megan's morning session sure helps us form an opinion. Love that morning sun.

it must've been in the Cards

At the beginning of the 2011 season, I didn't believe the Cardinals could finish any better than 3rd place in their division without Adam Wainwright.
On my birthday on Aug. 29th, I didn't believe there was any hope of coming back and catching the Braves for the wildcard spot.
Now, I simply CAN'T believe what America witnessed in this postseason.
Way to go, Cards. You are the Dark Horses. You are the Wild Cards.
You are World Champions.

Enjoy a few images from Game 2 and today's championship parade! (Unlike other images on this blog, please feel free to download and share these images displayed below for personal, non-commercial purposes, and click the Facebook/Twitter share button at the end of this post to tell others where you found 'em -- blimbam.blogspot.com!)











By the way, if you're wondering where the picture is of NLCS and World Series MVP David Freese is, call the folks at KMOV Ch. 4. Their extended interview with David during the middle of the parade kept him looking off the other side of the float and down at the street while his truck rolled by. Great. Thanks. :(