Photo Shoot!

Today was headshot day!! Woo Hoo! I finally got to meet Gretchen Kelley and have new headshots taken. Gretchen is a graduate of UM-Bozeman who moved here about a year ago from St. Paul and works with natural light. The price was totally right for me and I had so much fun!

I came in wearing my tan sweater, jeans and brown knee-high boots. We talked and laughed over the fact that I brought about 6 changes of clothing and a suitcase full of shoes, make-up and a portable curling iron. We went through the options and then she told me that she really liked what I had on and that would be a good place to start. She asked if I minded sitting in front of her big windows on a window box and I didn't. Now, her apartment was a mess, but they just moved over the weekend, so I was not going to complain. Anyway...we took a bunch of shots on the window box and then she pulled up a chair and I sat on it a couple of different ways while she took photos. We talked about how I wanted to have 2 good headshots showing 2 different moods and one silly picture that I could use as a postcard.

Then we go to the next outfit and I put on my eggplant cowl neck sweater and went outside. Took a bunch of photos on her stoop, then walked a bit to an alley where we took some in a doorway and on a safety rail until we got annoyed by the EL. Back to her place where the real fun began!

Back at her place I put on my New Orleans Green Dress. I LOVE this dress and need a little underskirt to poof it out a bit. I pulled the sides of my hair back and away we went. We took some pictures on her stairwell, which had a skylight right over the top and while I was taking "headshot-esque" photos I was pulling Betty Boop poses and other silly faces. Gretchen made a comment that I loved. She told me that with my dress, my haircolor and my attitude I reminded her of Lucille Ball. I'll take it! After the stairwell we went outside and just started wandering. We found a pretty entranceway and she took some shots there. Walked a bit further and she had just said that if I saw something I liked I was free to play. Well, there was an iron gate swinging and I jumped on it! So that was the start of the silly, fun pictures (with some head/shoulder headshot photos thrown in). Further down the block we found a cool graffitti wall and both decided the contrast would be great. Found a really cool sign, but couldn't figure out what to do with the background, so we bypassed that idea. Found a pretty curbside garden with a ton of flowers and daisies and of course, I went into it for pictures. I started playing the "He Loves Me" without pulling any petals off, which she got and loved, then I decided to pick one off and do it for real. I started slow, then flew threw because I had an idea for the last 2 petals. I did the He Loves Me and then the He Loves Me Not and had her cracking up. AWESOME! Finally, we were heading back and I found a soccer net and I totally went into it and started playing. =)

I think we are going to have a LOT to choose from. She is only going to give me the 25 best on a disc ( =( ), and then will clean up 2 of them and prep them for printing. I am really excited about them and how they turned out!