I’m just amazed at how relaxed high schoolers are in front of the camera.

Chelsea made my life easy on this photo shoot, because she was comfortable, which in turn, made me comfortable.

Plus, she just a sweet young lady.  Very friendly.

You did a super job, Chelsea!

Congratulations, Miss Senior!!

The world is your oyster!

All the best,

E.

I just love photographing high schoolers.

They really are great fun.

And, so is Prom.

Thank you, Parents, for allowing me to photograph your kids on their special day!  (Not all, but most of these pictures are of Seniors about to attend their high school’s very first Senior Prom!  How exciting it that?!)

This was so much fun, I’m already planning for next year!

E.

Dear CSHS Football Parents,

You may still order the CSHS Charger Football 2009 Commemorative Book!  Just go to www.blurb.com 

• Click on BOOKSTORE on upper toolbar
• In search box, type CSHS CHARGER FOOTBALL
• Once the book title appears, you may look at the preview, or go ahead and order the book.  Just follow the directions on the website.

Also, if you are still interested in the commemorative DVD (to view, scroll down), please send me an email at esimmonsphotography@gmail.com.  You’ll need to mail me a check for $25.00 payable to Elizabeth Simmons Photography.  Once I receive the check, I will mail you a DVD.  Easy as that!  ($5.00 of your purchase will go back to the Football Booster Club.)

Thank you, Parents, for your support.  I very much appreciate it. I cannot express how much I enjoy documenting your athletes’ successes at the high school.  I hope I can continue to do so for many years to come!

All the best,

Elizabeth

Click below on link to view DVD:

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(For better computer viewing, UNSTRETCH–lower right corner, arrows pointing toward each other–the screen.  The DVD I send to you is high resolution, so it looks great on the computer, or even on a big screen tv!)

I had the great privilege of photographing some of my favorite people, recently.

I knew we’d laugh a lot.

They’re kind of silly folk….

The weather was nasty and the lighting, well, not that great, but since we were on a strict time schedule, we muddled through somehow.

These are just a few of my favorites from the day.   They’re not your typical family portraits, but I love them because they show the personality of my friends.

(I also took some that are a little more traditional, if you will, that I haven’t posted.  But, if you are interested, you can go to my galleries link–at top of this page–to see the Rizers’ full gallery of pictures in the Portrait Gallery section.)

Gotta love that brotherly love!

Thanks, Rizers, for the opportunity to photograph your lovely, funny, heart-warming, silly, endearing, goofy family.

E.

I grew up in the country…

I now live in the city…actually, in the suburbs…however you look at it, I live surrounded by a lot of concrete.   So, needless to say, I love going back home to visit.  I love being surrounded by the wide-open spaces, very little concrete, and air that I’m not afraid to breathe into my lungs.

It’s a favorite place for me to use my camera.

Barbed wire is, for some odd reason, a favorite of mine.

I don’t know why I love barbed wire so much, but I do! 

Sunsets aren’t too shabby, either….

Sunsets and barbed wire together are even better!

I’ll post more from the country, soon.

E.

Actually, this little guy lives in the big city, but he sure enjoys his time out in the country.

And, I enjoy taking his picture out there, as well.

We chose a big cowboy hat and slapped it on him.

I think it works.

E.

How precious are they?!

Cousins.  Cuties.  Cutie Cousins…

 The photo above was actually one of my very favorites. 

The lighting was exactly what you see–this was not an effect created by using Photoshop techniques. 

It was pure lighting bliss!

 Introducing Miss Maya….

Miss Paris… 

Master Pierce…

They were fun kiddos to photograph.  (And, it doesn’t hurt that I really like their parents, too!)

I hope I will have the opportunity to hang out with them again, in the near future. 

E.

Check out Mr. Marc… 

 He was a natural in front of the camera.

This is one young man who loves his truck….

Marc just graduated from Basic Training!  He will be serving our country and I know his parents couldn’t be prouder….

God bless you, Marc!