Random shots around town

Sometimes I actually get caught up with all my photo jobs and then I don't know what to do. Taking photos and editing them are so much a part of my everyday life that when I don't have any to shoot or work on, I am totally lost. So in between all my wonderful people shoots, I go out for a personal photo shoot. I am always looking at places and scenery and thinking wow, I wish I had a camera with me to get a shot of that....so that's what I did a few weeks ago. These are the results of some of my favorites.


We had quite a few days of heavy rainfall and everything turned a fantastic green! I pass this place almost every day.
My cat "Tuff" was quite annoyed with me & my camera, I know this look very well!

This one was caught with my little point&shoot camera. It was a break in the rain and I was headed into 7-11 for a Slurpee when I spotted this old car parked in front of the Tastee Treet. While the photo is somewhat poor quality, I still loved the subject and the moody feeling.

I caught a bee on a flower and actually remembered to speed up my shutter so I would have more than a flower with a yellow blur on it!

I love taking photos at this old welding shop but usually I have a person in the scene. I finally stopped and just caught a few shots of the building.

This yard has got to be the most beautiful flower display in town. Every year it has blooms from May through September and the plants are HUGE! I think the house has quite a bit of character too.

I love the old time feel of this place and the chairs are classics! The stormy skys were sure cooperating this day.

My yard is not looking so good in the flower department this year, but this little lovely managed to fight it's way through the weeds.

This is another place that I pass often and I always see a photo opp. In fact a few winters ago I got some awesome shots of this barn in a snow storm.

On my way home from a friends one day I noticed this tractor, made a note and came back to snap a few shots.

I pass this school at least 10 times every week and never really gave it a second look. Funny how rainy weather makes everything look so much more interesting.

And last but not least, our glorious old courthouse. This building is such a wonderful structure to photograph in any season.

Several notes here that I feel I should add: All of these photos have had some editing and processing done to them with the help of Photoshop and other Adobe products.

Last note: This is my "vacation" post :) If you are waiting on me to post some of your photos that I have taken in the past few weeks, you won't have to wait much longer, they are in line to post next.

Miss Crook County & Miss Prineville 2009

These two beautiful young ladies were the winners in this years pageant in our town. They will go on from here to compete in the Miss Oregon pageant. I honestly would like to give more info on this, but unfortunately I don't know much. When I have a link to more information about the pageant and what's happening for these two ladies, I will post and share and hopefully I will be able to get some more photos to share as their year goes on, hint hint hint ladies...call me any time! I loved doing these photos for them and feel honored that they asked me. It is a joy to be involved and I wish them both the best! Congratulations to both of you!

So on to the photos.......Miss Crook County - Rachale Zuhlke & Miss Prineville - Megan Bernard

We all know how much I love to take jumping and dancing shots, so I asked and being the good sports they are....they treated my camera to a lot of fun shots! Thanks Ladies!

Abby 3 years old

This is Nick & Karen's beautiful daughter Abby. While she really was not overly happy to have her photos taken, she was a pretty good sport about it anyway. These are a few of my favorites.

Nicole & Darby

This is Nicole and her darling baby girl Darby. This was another of the Mothers Day specials which was so popular I extended it through the entire month of May. Once again I had way too many "favorite" shots to post on here, so here are a few of my favorite "favorites" ! :) The props in these are all provided by Nicole. Just a reminder for my customers....if you have any props or special items that you would like in your photos, by all means please bring them to your shoot!