Scrapbook Page

I was so inspired by the Bartoszek's photos that I created a scrapbook page this evening.

I used all kinds of cool stuff to create it. I started with template 96 by Lindsay Jane Designs. The papers and the title and journaling are from a kit called Each & Every Day by Sue Cummings. It was the Designer Spotlight for October 2009 at oscraps. I love the sentiment behind the journaling and I've been waiting for a page to use it on. The glitters are from the This is Halloween Glitters pack by Michelle Batton. The green is the color from the kit but every other element was recolored to work with my page. I had to have purple for Mr. TCU Will and pink for sweet Kamryn. The font is Times New Roman. Even better? Every product I used was S4H friendly. Much thanks to these designers who allow me to use their amazing creations to make pages for other people!

I love how it turned out. What do you think?

I'm a winner!

I entered the ATPI contest with my students and I won. Best of Show. Seriously. If you are a blog reader you've probably seen the winning photo. I took it in July when I went to Amarillo for my cousins wedding and Mom and I went to the Cadillac Ranch because I needed a photo to blog that day.

Here's a screen grab from their website.

There were 209 faculty entries. WOW! I also got 2 honorable mentions and my kids had an excellent showing as well.

Third Place Advanced Fashion Alexis Escobedo

Third Place BEginning Architecture Sarah Rasul

Third Place Digitally Constructed Single Image Chen Ching Wang

First Honorable Mention Beginning Formal Portrait Christina France

Honorable Mention Beginning Formal Portrait Samantha Brown

Honorable Mention Advanced Student Life Vivan La

Honorable Mention Beginning Fashion Jamal Harrison

Honorable Mention Beginning Student Life Chen Ching Wang

I'm really proud of all my kids who entered and won! Way to go. These are the days I love being a teacher. I can't wait to see their faces tomorrow when I tell them they won!

Bowling

Sunday I took some photos of a few professional bowlers competing to see if it's better to bowl one-handed or two. If you aren't a bowler then you have no Idea what I am talking about, but my dad is in the Bowling Hall of Fame so I know the difference. I grew up watching Earl Anthony on TV on Saturday afternoons so Sunday's photo shoot was pretty fun for me.

You can really see the difference from the side. The American bowls the traditional one-handed style, but look at how high he lifts the ball on the back-swing. Wow!

The Austrailian bowls the two-handed style. You should have seen the rotations and curve on his ball. Amazing!

After the match they held a clinic for people to learn the styles. I think this is such a fun photo of this kid following through after throwing the ball two handed.

This kid had the coolest glasses reflecting the bowlers on the lanes.

And just in case you were wondering, no...this time I did not come close to getting hit by the balls. These guys were pro.

Teaching

Teaching is not an easy job but there are people in this world who make it look like it is. Peter Ponce is one of those teachers. He was selected as out district's secondary teacher of the year last year and he asked me to come to his class today to take some photos of him teaching. Not only did I take a photo I liked, but I learned a few things too. Peter is a "natural" teacher so I think this photo fits him well. I like the words from the overhead that are on his face and arm and seriously I did not ask him to point to the word natural...I just saw the word on the overhead and waited. Patience is a virtue :)

The Bartoszek Family

The Bartoszek's were the second family I spent time with yesterday and we had a great time taking photos. I love what we came up with and I hope they do too!

This is Kamryn. She's adorable.

This is Will. Isn't he awesome? He raced me to the fountain and won.

They might be the cutest kids ever!

Something a little different.

Now for the family portraits.

This was a great window with a wide ledge for sitting on.

What a beautiful family!

This is my favorite photo. Aren't their expressions great. I just love how much fun they are having.

If you need a family portrait for the holidays, there's still time. Contact me to set up a session.

The Kennedy Family

First thing this morning I took some family portraits for the Kennedy family. They were so much fun to work with. We met at the parents home and took the photos on the back patio and I love the big family portrait as well as the smaller family groupings. They were laid back and east to work with. We made some pretty pictures!

First off no family photo is complete without the dog. This one is 10 weeks old and precious.

Brooklyn is a fun kid with some amazing curls. Love her hair and her smile!

Just the Girls. Three generations of Kennedy ladies.

These are the Showers.

Here's the whole family. Aren't they great?

Bowling

So the bowling photos I shot about a month ago were published today and I got to see a copy of the mag. I had the cover and a large photo inside as well :)

On the cover...

Inside...

I shot some photos today for The Fourth Period Magazine. So much fun hanging out with the guys from the magazine and my fabulous model Mike Ribeiro. I'll post the photos when the issue is published...they are amazing!