Shortly after we finished with Shanaka we were back at the college with another senior. This time we met up with Marcus.

He was a lot of fun to work with. He wasn’t sure he really wanted any senior pictures taken at all, and when Jill found out, she was really excited. She’d say, “That’s perfect. Show us some attitude!”

I’m not sure whether that encouraged him or not, but he gave us some great expressions for his pictures, and he seemed to be enjoying himself as we progressed through the session.

We went out with Shanaka around the college and downtown Caldwell and took some senior pictures. We were really impressed with him.

Not only is he very handsome, but he’s got a brilliant mind that you can see shining in those eyes.

We had a lot of fun working with him and getting to know him just a bit better.

We had taken Shanaka’s family pictures last year. It’s always nice to have repeat customers.

The prediction was for a 30% chance of rain. The sky was overcast, but it didn’t really look all that threatening. So we decided it would be fun to throw our love seat in the back of the truck and head out for some family pictures with Jayson and Megan and their children. We first stopped at the college and borrowed the grand piano to take some pictures of the children playing the piano and their violins. This was my favorite shot of that series.

When we left, we realized that the couch, sitting in the back of the pickup, had been drenched by the rain. It was still coming down, but fairly lightly, so we decided to set out for more pictures. We stopped at a field that we had found a few days before and asked permission to use. Everything was a bit wet and soggy, but they were all great sports.

You can’t really tell from the pictures, but everyone was slowly getting soaked. We decided it was now or never, so we pulled out the couch, wiped it down as well as we could, and grabbed a few more shots before calling it a day.

By this time the rain was starting to show on their clothes and hair, and everyone was starting to get a bit chilly, so we decided to head for home. Unfortunately, the car battery had died in all the fun, and we had to find someone nice enough to give us a jump start.

Spunky.

If I had to pick one word to describe you, that would be it.

Of course, a single word would never suffice.  Beautiful and poised come to mind as well.

But you have an inner strength, a spunkiness, that shows through in your personality. Treasure that strength.

There’s nothing quite like taking pictures of beautiful people. It doesn’t take any skill at all to get a great looking shot. Here are some previews of our most recent wedding. In this first shot, Chase was in the shade while Breana stood with the sun at her back.

In this second photo, we had some beautiful evening sun coming in to give the flowers and trees a little added sparkle.

And we got this last shot just a few minutes before sunset. A beautiful white horse was curious what we were doing, and I asked Chase to help lure it over with the help of a few unripened apples.

I appreciate the patience that Bre and Chase and their families have shown us. With our son in the hospital, we’ve gotten quite a bit behind our normal schedule.

We don’t mind a bit that we got rained out last time and had to schedule another session with you.

Your family is so photogenic that it makes us look good just having you in our pictures.

We really enjoy being with your family and seeing your love and happiness.

Thanks for trusting us to photograph your precious growing family.

We were recently invited to a little cabin up near the resort of Tamarack to take some family pictures. The little cabin is bigger than most people’s homes, and was the nicest home I’ve ever been in, hands down. I was absolutely amazed at how well the cabin was designed, built, and furnished. And it’s even more amazing when you realize that it was designed and built by the owners. I was too slack-jawed to think about getting any shots of the house to show off here, but many of the pictures were taken indoors, so you can catch some of the cabin in the backgrounds of those shots. Here’s a picture of George, the madman behind the cabin’s design and construction.

This is his lovely wife, Susan.

And here is the whole family.

The girls tell me that they all got to have input into the design and furnishing of the cabin, so it was a really great family project.

I’m not sure I know of any other family where everyone will be laughing practically the entire time.

It was a great idea to use this old car in the pictures. It has a lot of character, and somehow it seems to match that of your family.

Although I don’t know the history of that car, it almost seemed like it was a part of the family, too.

Thank you for your kindness and your giving hearts.

There were 46 of you, if I counted correctly.

Each family was beautiful.

And with the laughter, and the open hearts, and the good natured relaxed attitudes you had…

we felt, after just a few short hours with you, as if we too were a part of the Wasden clan.

You’re back at it. Just take a look at these pearly whites.

Von, you are affable, outgoing, and a pleasure to work with. Next time we are looking to buy a car, John is going to have a little competition.

During the session, you were a great sport and did everything we asked of you, even when you were scratching your head wondering why.