Molly’s senior session at Mint Hill

I met Molly at her family’s home in Mint Hill, she was nervous for about 30 seconds, then warmed up to the pictures:

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Quite the classy young lady when I could get her calmed down enough to stop smiling:

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Which were you Voted Molly, “best attitude” in your class? the convo is hazy…but these pictures should show it:
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If you’re looking for a senior portrait session with style, grace, and humor in Matthews, Mint Hill, West or South Charlotte give me a call at 704.557.0208

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What photographers do at your wedding when you’re not looking

What does your photographer do when you’re not looking?

Take silly pictures…

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What would you do?

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Aw, my long arm technique needs work - can’t get our faces in focus!

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International men of mystery, the Ontario Place pavillions do look like something out of a mid 70’s James Bond film.

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So we better act the part!

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And turn it into a fight scene on the precipitous edge where only the strong survive the sunset.

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Or maybe it’s a kung-fu movie, who knows - after working a wedding for 8 hours your minds a little bent.

Ok but just in-case this is the first time you’ve met me or Amish - take a look at what I shot that day, and here’s a few of Amish’s images if you’re looking for a Toronto area wedding photographer.  Just moment’s before our silliness:
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Backyard Perspectives

To continue the story of Kelly & Tom I will take you to their backyard where you will see two very distinct perspectives. One of a 6′4″ man:

And one of a 5′4″ little mama!


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Funky chicken for the hipsters among you…

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Well, you may ban your DJ from playing the funky chicke, but that doesn’t mean you can’t dance the step to a different tune! This music makes me feel silly and spastic all at the same time, which for me is not a new emotional cocktail - as I live it with Liesl regularly.  If you go out with us and get crazy silly, you’ll know what I mean - and this can be our soundtrack.

Last week, I had spend the night before salsa dancing with Liesl and I had that hyper and smooth Latin style on the brain - but my scenester brain wasn’t happy with the traditional orchestral sound so I pitched you some fly mod tango music. This week - we’re flipping to the new release by the Nortec Collective which is what happens when some Mariachi get juiced on some Gran Patron and stumble into a club with a DJ that convinces them to jam with him. I prefer the MP3 service from Amazon.com where you can download and add them to your music library wherever you want - take advantage of that and download this free MP3 sample from the album! If you’d like to just drop your $8 and buy the whole album, use this link to get it. Otherwise you can preview everything from this player:

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A Meeting of the Minds

Meet Meg & Dan.

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Yep, that is them.  That is what they act like, really.  So what if they are doctors!!  I had just taken a “normal” shot of them and said, “Wow! I think I just got a normal picture of the two of you!”

And right away they both strike a pose.  They really do think alike!

My favorite shot of Neil’s!

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And this one was taken with a home made lens.  I love to play with it!

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At the end of the night I took Meg and Dan up to their suite at the Inn on Broadway.  Their tenderness toward each other is so beautiful to observe!

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You two were so amazing to hang out with for a day.  I hope I get to spend more time with you in the future!

All the best,

Liesl Cowley