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I can remember the spring before I graduated from high school. It was so fun! I had great friends and we had the whole world ahead of us to conquer. I totally love that about seniors. I love photographing seniors because of that wonder in their spirits. The possibilities that lie ahead. Sammie was full of fun and braved the Oklahoma wind last weekend for her senior pics. She's graduating from Broken Arrow this spring and is off to be a Cowboy! I'm not kidding, I could have shot her all day long. I think I did maybe wear her out a bit. :) She's so gorgeous and fashion forward. I LOVE that combination in front of my camera. It helps that she's a bit of a free spirit too. She's the baby of the family and that is music to my ears. That almost always = playful! We started out on the Jenks Bridge and just took off from there and ended up at a tree where one of her lost loves had carved their initials! How cute is that?! Here's a peek! Now, tell me, is she Fabulous or what?!
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Double Digits. It's such a special time and yet so often it's not even recognized. The one cross-over in age we all make - from the single digits of childhood to the double digits we will most likely spend the rest of our lives in. I so love children at age 10. It's always been a right of passage in our house. When one of our kids reached 10, we made a HUGE deal about it and had what we called a "double-digit celebration". They all counted the days until it was their turn. It was very fun! It's the basis for the LSD Photogaphy Double-Digit session. At age 10, you should just have a big deal made about you! Laura had to watch her two sisters go before her and she was counting the days until she got to come have her double-digit celebration with me. I have been photographing Laura and her sisters since they were born so I actually have a little tear in my eyes for these sessions because the very thing I love about them is also the most sentimental to me. At 10, there is a special look - it's so hard to define in words - but it's the cross between childhood and adulthood and when I'm photographing these sessions and we're joking and talking, I see it through my lens - sometimes in just a blink of an eye split second it's there - the glimpse of this little child becoming an adult. For me, especially when it's a child I have been photographing for years, I feel so priviliged to have to have watched the transformation and the passover of this little person. It always moves me so. I have always referred to Laura as an "IT GIRL". I'm sure you'll agree from these images but I swear, she has been this way since she was born! As beautiful on the inside as the outside, Laura has got it going on now! Laura is an outdoor girl and likes sports, reading and listening to Taylor Swift! I expect her to have a fabulous life in the double digits and I'm proud to have helped her kick it off in such a special way! You Go Girl!
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Getting an engagement session in in Tulsa, in January, is tricky to say the least. The weather is crazy and so unpredictable! We set this up and Chrissy and John braved the wind and were total troopers, not to mention Ethan. But, let me mention Ethan. Chrissy and John are neither one new to love and marriage but through different circumstances and twists of fate, each had been alone for several years, wondering if there was another love in their futures or if they should just try to forget about it. Well, the funny thing about twists of fate? They twist the other way too! And it just so happens that these two have lots of friends and family who love and encourage them and talked them both into registering on E-Harmony's website. "Just put a profile on there. Can't hurt anything." They were SOO right. Chrissy and John were a match! These two are darling together. I love their playful spirits. Her soft-spokeness and his gentle kindness. It's a match made in Heaven. AND right in the big middle of things is....Ethan. Ethan is Chrissy's double-digit son -(almost 11)! So this is more than just uniting a man and a woman - this is creating a family. A beautiful little family! I gave Ethan a camera while I was shooting his mom and John and he's pretty darn good. He thinks he might like to have one of his own. YES! John and Ethan are great friends already and, despite their allegiances to opposite Oklahoma football teams, are well on their way to a lifelong bond. (Just not on Bedlam Weekend!)
Libby says:
Lisa-
Those tug of war pics are just too precious! You really captured a sweet memory there!
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This summer Sophia and I had the opportunity to create images for a calendar to support a local dance theatre/troupe. The calendar has just been released so here they are! The Tulsa Folkloric Dance Theater was founded in 1999 to serve the community as a conduit for learning about the beauty and meaning inherent in dances from around the world. Sophia has been a member of this dance theatre for several years and performs with The Purple Roses of Cairo as well as a tribal bellydance group, throughout the year and in the summer theatre peformances at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. These images feature the bellydancers and the band who supplies the beat! In addition to being a stellar photographer, Sophia is a graphic designer by trade and did all the edits/design/layout for this calendar.
We had a great time stylizing and shooting this at The Barn in Tulsa. As many of you know, Sophia and I have been BFF's since Kindergarten and she loves to dance here - and the costume part - she LOVES that part too! Anyway, I added a few extra images of her at the end just because I love to shoot her but especially when she gets in her dance "zone". Her flair+my lens=Magic! This kind of gives me the opportunity to say how great it is to have a friend for so long who inspires and encourages and with whom you can rant, rave, whine, cry, laugh til you wet yourselves, laugh some more about that, cheer, swear and anything else with total abandon. I guess that's friend freedom and it's a rare thing and I'm so thankful she and I have had it for so many years! Strive for it - it's awesome!
If you want to purchase a calendar, shoot us an emal and we'll hook you up. $19.95 and all proceeds benefit Tulsa Folkloric Dance Theater. Support the ARTS!
We had a great time stylizing and shooting this at The Barn in Tulsa. As many of you know, Sophia and I have been BFF's since Kindergarten and she loves to dance here - and the costume part - she LOVES that part too! Anyway, I added a few extra images of her at the end just because I love to shoot her but especially when she gets in her dance "zone". Her flair+my lens=Magic! This kind of gives me the opportunity to say how great it is to have a friend for so long who inspires and encourages and with whom you can rant, rave, whine, cry, laugh til you wet yourselves, laugh some more about that, cheer, swear and anything else with total abandon. I guess that's friend freedom and it's a rare thing and I'm so thankful she and I have had it for so many years! Strive for it - it's awesome!
If you want to purchase a calendar, shoot us an emal and we'll hook you up. $19.95 and all proceeds benefit Tulsa Folkloric Dance Theater. Support the ARTS!
Christian Traina says:
This is seriously the most amazing post I've seen in maybe ever. This is a perfect storm of photography + sexy + clothing + editing and all so very much my style. I could not think of a more amazing shoot to have, and you killed it! Very well done Lisa.
(01.25.10 @ 02:35 PM)
Chris says:
Those images were fan-tast-ic! I loved the use of contrast and vibrancy to highlight the silhouette of the dancers. Really great stuff, all around. The mood had great romance to it with the use of shadow, color, and curve.
(01.25.10 @ 02:38 PM)
Linda Miller says:
Would love to take some lessons!
(01.26.10 @ 11:04 PM)
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There's NOTHING better than a first time mom and a newborn. That
wonder mixed with a little fear and total exhiliration at this
beautiful little thing that belongs to her now. Fear is the key.
It's just there for that first one. You're much too "smart" after that.
:) I will never forget that feeling. No mother ever does. The
thought "they just gave it to me and sent me home" is pretty unnerving.
I can spot it right away and am at once empathetic and envious
because it is truly a life affirming time and makes you feel so alive
and important, doesn't it? It's GREAT! It was this way here in the
studio last week. A tiny girl in a BIG red tutu. That's Cruz. She's
the newest addition
to this wonderful family. Welcomed by a mom and dad, who are clearly
crazy about each other and her, and her double-digit, twin siblings,
Gage and Lila, she is the center of their universe.
She's got everyone jumpin' too! She'd kept them up all night before her
session and then got here and had a few rocky moments but for the most
part, slept like a baby. Oh, wait, she IS a baby. I don't really
like it when they sleep the
ENTIRE session. I actually love it when they cry and kick and make
everyone jump to attention trying to figure out what's wrong. Well,
you know how I love to watch! The Mama was exhausted and wanted
something for a Christmas card and a nap. I tried to help her with the
card. It was fun! Here's tiny Cruz. (How cute is that name?)
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Lisa these are so beautiful! You made this momma cry :)
(02.19.10 @ 07:20 AM)These pictures are GORGEOUS!!
(02.19.10 @ 08:10 AM)You should be a model, Sammie!!! So beautiful!
(02.19.10 @ 08:44 AM)You should be a model, Sammie!!! So beautiful!
(02.19.10 @ 08:45 AM)Look at my little samma lamma!! These are BEAUTIFUL & they made me cryy!!
(02.19.10 @ 09:52 AM)Oh my goodness! What a beautiful young lady! Gorgeous pictures!!! :)
(02.19.10 @ 09:59 AM)Sammie, These pictures are wonderful! You are a beautiful girl and I love how your style shines through you.
(02.19.10 @ 10:21 AM)I am so proud of my little Sammy. She is even more beautiful in person. Helen and I are very blessed indeed!
(02.19.10 @ 10:27 AM)We know Sammy is beautiful inside and out, you pictures capture both.
(02.19.10 @ 12:08 PM)Sammy these are breathtaking. you are so beauuuuutiful, inside & out! i can't wait for you to be in stillwater with us. i luuuhv you!
(02.19.10 @ 01:02 PM)Sammie, you are so beautiful and just as sweet a person as you are pretty. I wish you the very best!
(02.19.10 @ 02:12 PM)They are beautiful, our little Samantha Jane, all grown up!
(02.19.10 @ 03:08 PM)Sammie......these are gorgeous...you are a doll face......maybe the first and last are my favorites......maybe I'm happy I don't have to be the one choosing......or buying :) Lisa .....you are an amazing ARTIST!!
(02.19.10 @ 10:47 PM)Sammy, we wouldn't have recognized you. What a beautiful granddaughter you are! We are so proud of you knowing you are as beautiful on the inside as you are on the outside.
(02.19.10 @ 11:02 PM)Can I just say WOW!!! Looks like they came right out of a magazine. Buy them all Helen!!!
(02.20.10 @ 08:12 PM)We have not met, however, our parents, Agnes & White shared your pictures with us. I am so glad, as you are a beautiful girl! Looks like a professional ad. Hope to meet you in person some day!
(02.21.10 @ 09:12 PM)Sammy these are gorgeous! your so beautiful!
(02.22.10 @ 01:48 PM)So beautiful I cried--Imagine that!
(02.22.10 @ 07:57 PM)Helen and Brian, are you really going to let her go away to college--lots of extra credit high school courses out there.
GORGE shots!!!! quite lovely!
(02.27.10 @ 08:35 PM)Awesome shoot! This girl has THE look. Great style and everything. Love the processing on the last photo especially! The first and last photos are my favorite.
(03.10.10 @ 01:00 PM)