RACHEL - HEADSHOTS IN LEXINGTON, KY

If you've been reading this blog at all, you know that I absolutely love the opera program at UK. Not only do they perform wonderfully.. They send me the absolute BEST headshot clients ever. Rachel is no exception! We met downtown, and we had a wonderful session. She kept saying, "This is the first time I've had headshots, so I don't really know what to do." 

Rachel, I think you were joking. You rocked it out!

Rachel, thanks for being such a great client! I can't wait to see you in a UK Opera Theater production.

BECCA - BOUDOIR

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of photographing Becca in a boudoir session. Becca was one of my roommates my freshman year of college, and she recently (well, kind of) moved back to Lexington with her husband, Brad, while he enrolled in a graduate program at the UK School of Music.

My friend Sabrina tagged along to the session to do all the make-up. (She's a Mary Kay representative! Let me know if you need her number.) We made a day of it, and Brad didn't have a clue what was going on. It was great!

Becca was a complete natural. This was one of the first shots of the day.

Workin' it.

I'm in love with the eyelashes in this one.

Becca's favorite.. Those boots are HOT. I added a little grainyness; it goes well with the boots.

Even papasan chairs can be sexy. How awesome is my job?!

Last, but not least, the ruffliest (is that a word?) panties I have ever seen. Admit it, Becca is making them look pretty good!

Becca, thank you so much for being such a great model, and for making us brownies! You have sky-rocketed to the top of my all-time favorite clients list just for that. In case you didn't know: Photographers loooove brownies. (Ok, maybe not all photographers, but definitely this one!)

Wedding season is just warming up for everyone, and I am in the midst of boudoir season! These sessions are a lot of fun, and the album that you get with them makes a great wedding/honeymoon/anniversary/birthday/anytime gift for your special someone.

danceblue

Last month, I had the pleasure of shooting an event at the University of Kentucky called DanceBlue. From their website:

DanceBlue is the all-encompassing name attributed to the student-lead effort to provide for emotional support and research for children and families treated at the UK Pediatric Oncology Clinic. It enlists the support of many student organizations and teams of students across UK's campus, who participate by personal fundraising, attending several fundraising events throughout the year as well as spending quality time with the families effected with cancer through the Adopt-a-Family Program. There is also a DanceBlue staff which consist of a Leadership Team and committee members. These students work towards the administration, promotion, organization, and additional fundraising for all of the festivities attributed to the event. The efforts culminate into a massive, 24-hour, no sitting, no sleeping, Dance Marathon.

The amount of support for DanceBlue was overwhelming this year. Seeing such a large group of students actively supporting something like this is absolutely amazing.

I have to give a shoutout to the students working as morale boosters throughout the event. They were responsible for keeping everyone excited for a full 24-hours. Way to go!

As many of you know, I was pretty involved in student organizations while I attended college. The biggest organization I worked with was the UK Student Activities Board (SAB). If you think that "student involvement" sounds lame, check out Josh, the graduate assistant for SAB, and Callie, the vice president, working it out at DanceBlue.

The dance team was also workin' it out.

Can you believe that this group of students helped raise $600,888.82 for the UK Pediatric Oncology Clinic? Guess what... They're going to do it bigger and better next year! Congratulations to everyone who participated in DanceBlue this year, and thanks to Grace and Josh for holding the ladder I was standing on to get this shot!

Want to give to DanceBlue? You should. Visit their website to find out more.