Bit of background info for those that don’t know him in real life — he was a four year regional qualifier and two year state qualifier in powerlifting at Athens High School and received one of the Texas High School Powerlifting Association scholarships his senior year in addition to knocking out a 405 lb deadlift at that year’s state meet. Did I mention he was in the 114lb weight class? He’s currently attending an area university studying for his dream job …

(and yes, this post is a bit more image-heavy than normal …)

Since he had just gotten this shirt and tie (along with a suit) to wear for a recent presentation, I made him wear part of it again (he would have done more than throttle me if I’d made him change into the whole suit midway through the session!)

Oh dear … here come the goofy faces … at least he cooperated with me for half the session this time!

The Rock meets the Spock. Can you smell what the Spock is cooking?

… I’ve been wanting to use this spot for awhile and wouldn’t have had to resort to off-camera lighting (by way of car headlights) if a certain food establishment would have gotten our dinner we picked up on the way to here cooked a bit faster … so I was glad I got one good image since the sun was already below the horizon!

Since 21 hasn’t been the greatest year of his life, it would be great if you all would please make his birthday and leave Robby some comment love wishing him a much better year ahead! 

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Now folks, tell me, does she look fabulous or what?

The 2010 take on this image (first one in the post) … neither of us knew of anyone that would/could meet up that Saturday morning to fulfill Stacey’s vision of a glamour vintage image complete with a classic car. And then, while we were taking portraits a couple hundred feet away, in backs up this awesome little derby car! Her mom went right on over and talked to the owner who let us use his “little ‘ole car from high school” as one of the best props ever

Love this shot — as humid as it was, we were thankful for the breeze, but it was mostly causing problems hair and outfit wise for Stacey. Not in this image — when one of my assistants saw it on my computer screen when I was narrowing down images for final edits, he immediately pointed out it was a modern twist on the Marilyn Monroe shot. So I’m thanking Mother Nature for helping me create an unexpected image! And, yes, the sky was that blue that morning …

Smokin’ hot …

And to wrap up the session, we ventured to an unlikely locale to use the entrance gates as Stacey loved the architecture …

Thanks so much Stacey for allowing me to document this major moment in your life … and for bearing with me while I shot this session on day five of a killer sinus migraine!

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Other than a defog/sharpening tweak, this image is SOOC. And one of several that I was quite giddy about (I have two witnesses to that fact) …

*hint* Future album cover *hint*

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It was quite the windy day but it actually worked well for several of the ideas I had in mind …

I’m thinking if Michal gets tired of grad school, modeling is a definite alternative …

… why does this one feel like a magazine ad to me? Along with Michal is Hannah (who’ll appear here on the blog later this month) and my business mascot who crashed the session.

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I’m not quite sure what this expression is all about …

Oh, wait, that’s right, he spied a peacock … and now he’s mimicing it … did I mention he was born on Turkey Day?

You want me to be whaatt? Okay, not a serious expression … but I’ll take it …

“Alrighty, that’s it, let’s go …” … and we were clearly done for the evening.

Maybe the next time I drag him out for a mini portrait session I can hope for some serious shots

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Okay, so he’s clearly not a kid anymore, but with eight years between us age-wise, I’m having a very hard time adjusting to the fact that my little brother isn’t little or a kid anymore.  Actually I’ve had a hard time adjusting to that fact since people started thinking he was the older of the two of us … I can handle people thinking we’re twins (we look enough alike), but that my baby brother is older than me … not so much!

So … on one of the few weekend evenings I was able to nab him (since his employer or one of his many friends seem to claim his weekends now), I made him stand in front of the camera so I could capture him for some ‘almost 21 year old’ portraits.

No one believes he’s a goof because he’s so serious at school (well, after his playground Elvis impersonation stint at Bel Air) and work …

Huh? Reference this image from a few weeks ago. This was about 15 seconds later when I asked him to be serious instead.

Forget serious … I give up. I got ninja instead. Senior portraits in Fall 2006, he wouldn’t be his goofy self. Now, after testing numerous locations and ideas, I plead for serious.

Would you believe that he use to have naturally curly light blonde hair? He did … women and girls alike loved it …

And, yes, today is his 21st birthday … so please leave him some birthday love. He seems to think no one loves him (apparantly his older sister no longer counts) … so please prove him wrong Especially as his employer scheduled him to work from Saturday through tomorrow with only yesterday (Monday) off — yes, he had to work tonight too

To book a portraiture session with Christina, contact us via email at christina@christinamccall.com or call 903.477.9069 today.