I hope that everyone had a HAPPY HALLOWEEN this year!!

Keeping with our ever growing tradition of decorating for Halloween, you can take a peek at this year’s festivities!

Be sure to scroll down and watch the video!

If you cannot see the above embedded video CLICK HERE to view it.

Thank you to my parents for making the trek out here again and to all the trick or treaters who come out every year!

Every time we hear how happy and excited (and maybe even a little scared) we make you every year, you truly put a smile on our faces!  Jeff and I put a lot of work into this every year and you all make it so worth it!

See you next year!!

A few weeks ago, the website Seniorologie announced they would be celebrating their one year birthday!  In addition to celebrating all month with birthday related giveaways and posts, they wanted to see any other photographers’ birthday concept shoots.    Early this week, I was soooo incredibly excited to see a birthday shoot that I put together featured on their website!   Click here for the Seniorologie post and read all about my inspiration for the shoot.    Then come back here and scroll down for more from this fun shoot!

Some of the fun details….cake topper, mini cameras, “Dots” rings!

Ribbons, and scrap paper confetti made with my shredder!

I don’t know about you guys, but I have a list for everything!  Sometimes 2 lists!  ;)  My doggie helper of the day!

When I decided to order 30 balloons, I didn’t even think about transporting them (which became a tangled mess)

and then where to keep them until the shoot!

I absolutely adore these little vintage looking cameras!

After all the prop preparation – it’s Makeup time!

And then finally….it all comes together!

I was trying not to duplicate images that were in the Seniorologie post, but I have to share this one again, because I literally have had this idea in my head for years!  I have always wanted to recreate different memorable movie scenes and this shoot was perfect to recreate the final scene from the movie “Sixteen Candles!”  Make a Wish!

Thanks to Leslie from Seniorologie for creating such an awesome resource for senior portrait photographers.  If it weren’t for your “birthday,” I probably wouldn’t have had a reason to pull this all together!

By the way…if anyone can get me access to a school (legally, of course), I have lots of other memorable movie scenes that I would love to recreate!

*wink, wink, but seriously!*  

And lastly, you must go watch the video from this shoot!!  and don’t miss the Outtakes!  :)

Makeup  - Makeup by Laura Briscoe

Models – Maili Lutz & Blake Hamlin

Class of 2013, don’t forget to schedule your senior portraits soon.  There is only a select number of spots available.  Please contact me very soon if you would like to schedule yours!

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I have always loved Halloween.  When I was a little kid, the crisp air and trudging through the leaves on the ground….the candy!  You name it, I love everything about Halloween.  As an adult, I love the scary movies, going to haunted houses and still love dressy up and decorating the house.  Since moving into our house 4 years ago, we are fortunate to have a yard big enough to decorate and lots of children who get to come by and enjoy in the fun!

This year, I added LOTS to the decorations and I only wish Halloween was more than one day, so we could enjoy the fun for longer than a few hours!

One of my new favorite additions this year – The Insane Serial Killer.  He shakes back and forth in his chair.

Nope, it’s not the guy from the movie “Legend.”   It’s my honey!  For two years in a row, he has delighted in picking his costume and I couldn’t be more happy that he enjoys all of this with me!

Until next year…..BOOOO!