Halley's Photography Blog

Hogan Family

2011-12-18T16:06:00.000-07:00

It was a bit chilly on this shoot, but nowhere near the winter weather I was anticipating! This family is so adorable, even though we kept it pretty short due to some shivers I still had a hard time picking out my favorites to share.

Christina, Hannah, Danielle, Georgia Mae, & Kayla

2011-11-23T17:10:00.000-07:00

It's so hard to believe that these ladies are graduating in the spring! A lot of time has passed since we were all on the dance team together-- holy smokes!

Outtakes!!!

Mark, Melissa, and Kyle

2011-11-20T16:03:00.001-07:00

These three braved the snow fearlessly for their super fun shoot! It's so refreshing being around a family that genuinely loves being together, as you can tell they all do.

Emma, Katie, and Matt

2011-10-16T20:57:00.000-06:00

These three kid's mom is the sweetest person you'll ever meet AND she's absolutely gorgeous. So it's no surprise that Matt, Katie, and Emma are just like her! We went hunting for some fall color and had a great time doing so, I had such a hard time picking out my favorites!

While we were driving in the car Emma kept saying, "What in the heck is that?" She is adorable.

Check out those baby blues!

Love this one...group hug!

Katie is a supermodel.

Caitlin

2011-09-22T15:18:00.000-06:00

We had a blast on this photoshoot! My photography attention span was all over the place as backgrounds kept popping out at me, but Caitlin kept up with the madness. The last shot is my favorite...gotta show some love to my man JB. (tehe)

P.J.

2011-09-10T14:32:00.000-06:00

P.J is an amazing guitarist and singer, so I wanted to give his photos sort of an "album cover-y" feel. That's a word right?!?

Nikohl

2011-09-07T17:28:00.000-06:00

Nikohl is one sweet, sassy, and fantastic lady. It was no surprise to me that her photoshoot was a blast!

Bill, Christine, Sam, Jacob, and Bailey

2011-09-07T17:25:00.000-06:00

I used to babysit these kids...and now they're all grown up! Thanks for the fun shoot, you guys were troopers.

Georgia Mae

2011-09-04T15:07:00.000-06:00

Georgia Mae: Sister. Photographer. Dancer. Best Friend. Awesome Person. Senior.

Class of 2012!

Dailey Family

2011-08-20T15:07:00.000-06:00

Jill

2011-07-27T11:04:00.000-06:00

This future personal trainer made Monday night's session a blast! We thought we might run into some thunderstorms, but the weather held out and we were able to get some awesome shots.

The Dailey Family, take two

2011-07-16T17:32:00.000-06:00

Remember this beautiful family?!

They're back for more photos this summer :-)

We'll post more soon!

Sarah

2011-07-11T08:55:00.001-06:00

This gorgeous young lady is one of the sweetest people you will ever meet, and check out her adorable style! She's headed off to L.A. in less than a year to pursue her dreams in the fashion industry and there is no doubt in my mind that she will make quite the name for herself! Thanks for such a fun shoot Sarah, you are a natural in front of the camera!

Bro, sup?

2011-07-02T23:23:00.000-06:00

The cold winter winds pushed us into the nearest shelter we could find, which just so happened to be a home goods store.

So we have been taking photos of ourselves in front of floor samples, wishing it was you in front of the lens instead of us.

Finally our wishes can come true! Let's book some summer sessions :)

Seniors, families, pets, you name it, let's do it.

Mitchell Family

2010-12-23T16:00:00.000-07:00

This has to be one of my favorite shoots! The snow makes everything so beautiful. Plus they were amazing at coming up with poses and trekking through the snow for me. The sun was out in full force and everything was sparkly and gorgeous! Here's some of my favorites.

FAVORITE!

Thank you Mitchell family it was lovely!

Josh

2010-08-10T19:45:00.001-06:00

Jordan

2010-08-05T19:32:00.000-06:00

Kirsten

2010-08-05T12:07:00.000-06:00

Nathan

2010-08-05T11:59:00.000-06:00

McGraw kids and God kids

2010-07-26T14:51:00.000-06:00

I had so much trouble picking out the photos from this shoot to put on the blog, sorry if it's a little image heavy! These kids are unbelievable. They're so patient, kind, well behaved and playful and I had an amazing time taking their photos.

Dad's a huge Lakers fan so the kids threw on their gear to honor them in a few shots!

Gaare family

2010-07-26T14:36:00.000-06:00

Miss Gaare is a wonderful English teacher endowed with a huge brain and a knack for fashion and when she asked me to take her family photos a while back I was so excited! Getting everyone to have a free hour on the same day is a HUGE challenge but she got it all organized and here are a couple of the shots!

Seanna

2010-07-26T14:29:00.000-06:00

We had some adventures on this shoot for sure. While out in the field, a truck started driving towards us and we high tailed it out of there thinkng we were going to get yelled at for being on someone's property. Turns out the guy was just asking us if we were okay! Despite unnecessarily running for our lives, we got some lovely images.

Tyler!

2010-07-20T18:24:00.000-06:00

This was a very fun shoot! Tyler was a trooper while we tried to find some cool backgrounds in some somewhat creepy places, but we were successfull! He plays a ton of baseball so of course we had to incorporate that as well! Thanks Tyler and here are some of my favorites!

The Marr Family :D

2010-07-09T11:14:00.001-06:00

This is the sweetest family you will ever meet! I was amazed how much the kids helped each other out! If one of them had a piece of hair in their face one of the other two would brush it aside, they helped each other with where to pose and everything else! Not a lot of siblings are so caring towards one another! Plus the whole family is adorable and crazy photogenic! Here they are!

Allison!

2010-06-29T15:34:00.000-06:00

This shoot was so much fun! Alli brought tons of outfit changes and we walked all around finding sweet backgrounds and having a good time! Here's some of my favorite shots...

Thank you Alli for such a great time!

Joan's Fiftieth Surprise Party!

2010-06-24T16:40:00.000-06:00

On Joan Malloy's 50th birthday, she was expecting to have drinks and go to dinner with a few of her girlfriends. What she got was a fantastic surprise party with great food and tons of lovely people!

Side note: Halley left for Ecuador yesterday!! I have not been able to talk to her yet because she relies on wireless internet, but I am sure everything is going well! Anyways, here are the photos from Joan's party!

Waiting for Joan...

The big surprise!!

The gorgeous ladies responsible...

Senioritis!

2010-04-22T21:59:00.000-06:00

No, I am not a senior.
But I can't wait to be taking tons of senior photos!
All the people you meet, stories you hear and places you go make this job truly something.
Here's one of my gorgeous sister! She's almost done with her freshman year of college already.
Wow.

Technical Difficulties part II: finally working!!

2010-04-08T21:27:00.000-06:00

Georgia Mae took all of these wonderful photos. Enjoy!

Technical difficulties..

2010-04-08T19:58:00.001-06:00

Computers.

I have a love/hate relationship with the things. I love all that they can do for you. I hate when they get moody and I don't know how to fix it.

Anyways, my computer has decided it does not wish to copy and paste, therefore you see a boring blog post with no photo. I'm working on getting this fixed pronto; I have some rad pictures I'd like to share with you guys!

I hope you're enjoying the coming of spring, although maybe not the wind. I'll post again soon with some photos, I promise!!

We're Alive!

2010-03-25T16:33:00.000-06:00

I swear to you that we have not, in fact, fallen off the face of the planet. It just seems like that judging by our blog activity.

We'll be back soon with some sweet updates, spring shots, and info on this summer!

I hope everyone is having an awesome 2010 so far! Can you believe it's almost April?? Eek!

(ps I don't have my nice camera here with me at college, so Georgia Mae will be posting some more photos later this week!)

pps (or pss??) this next pic was taken in the fall here at Pullman!

Merry Christmas

2009-12-23T14:19:00.003-07:00

Well the cake is not baked. The dog is not walked, a second time at least. The lights have not been strung, and the presents have yet to be wrapped.

OH WELL! We're having way more fun listening to Christmas music, snuggling with Alice, and taking photos anyways.

I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Christmas!

. . . Alice looks like she's asking if we've been naughty or nice. She definitely falls into the naughty list! (good thing she's cute)

Brrr.

2009-12-12T14:59:00.003-07:00

Christmas is coming up! I love the feeling in the air during the holidays. Everyone is in a great mood, it's hectic and fun, and nobody is thinking about themselves. Although, I will say I could do without the -26 degree weather. Jumping into Flathead lake sounds a lot better than trudging to my car right now, but hey, what can you do?

Kelley

2009-09-28T17:22:00.004-06:00

Meet one of the coolest seniors around! It was a gorgeous day outside. Not too windy, the sun was shining, and it was the perfect temperature. She showed up with a million different outfits, perfect hair, and I knew it was going to be a great shoot! I had so much trouble picking out my favorites.

Stewart

2009-09-21T15:54:00.004-06:00

Hello there again! Sorry there have been so few posts, it has been a very busy time! Halley is off to college and loving it, and I (Georgia Mae) have taken over the business while she is away. I was lucky enough to shoot this cool senior, Stewart. Here are some of my favorite shots!

Be back soon..

2009-09-12T01:37:00.003-06:00

..well I won't- but Georgia will have some new photos to post very soon! It's a bummer not being home for the last of the senior shoots- and so weird too- but I'm looking forward to seeing the awesome photos.

College is awesome, there's really no other way to describe it.

I know that the posts have been lacking of photos, but we'll have some up shortly I promise!

Dorm!

2009-08-21T14:26:00.002-06:00

Here's a little tour of part of my dorm- I had way too much fun making this! (this was taken with my wee Canon, not my beast, hence the slightly cruddy quality :-)

It's late

2009-08-18T23:57:00.000-06:00

..and I move in tomorrow! How thrilling.

(more pictures next time!)

Still here!

2009-08-11T19:36:00.002-06:00

Phew. I have the rest of today, Wednesday, Thursday and part of Friday to complete the following list:

-clean my room (eh.. it's rather a mess. Clean! but messy)

-get used to my new computer

-finish editing/upload/order the last few photo sessions

-clean my mini-fridge

-pack for vacation

-pack for college (what? already?)

-hang out with all my awesome friends and family and puppy!

-take photos with mom and georgie

.... and there's even more! But it's all so much fun. Don't get me wrong, this is in no way complaining! I'm just saying :-)

In other news, Georgia will be doing more photos in September (any last minute senior photos? She's your gal.) Her number is 868-4070, so just give her a call!

Oh and sorry there isn't a photo with this post. I have more sessions that I'll be posting when I have a second to breath. Who knows, maybe some late night in my dorm room??

Yet another preview!

2009-08-06T01:09:00.001-06:00

Here's a peek from today's shoot with Ashley :)

The Dailey Family

2009-08-03T17:48:00.003-06:00

This is our third family session that we've done in the past few weeks. I love getting a glimpse of the "dynamic" of each family: the roles that everyone has, and how the family members and siblings get along. Love it! This family was no exception. The two kids- Brooke & Drew- are some of the cutest I've seen, and were so cute. We'd turn around and Brooke would be giving her brother a sweet hug or kiss on the cheek.

Joan & Scott's story is an awesome one. Joan is a teacher, and she met Scott's mother (who is also a teacher) while they were teaching at the same school. After exchanging notes for a while, his mom decided they should meet. Their first phone call sounded something like this. "Hello. My mom said I should call you."

How cute?!

More from the Mercer Family

2009-08-03T17:18:00.002-06:00

This was one of the most rib-cracking sessions ever. We've known the Mercers for as long as I can remember, and always have a fun time together; this was no exception. Because John had to be to work, we did all the photos at their house. The pond in the backyard is one of the coolest things I have ever seen- someone should alert Country Living! (I love that magazine btw :)

Another nonsense photo!
These guys definitely took the jumping photo to a new level..

The awesome pond!

When taking this photo, Cat and Tom asked if we could 'photoshop' a big blue butterfly in the net. Of course I couldn't stop with just one, so I added two more!

Dailey Family- just a peek though!

2009-08-02T12:28:00.003-06:00

I love this family.

Halley and I had a blast with these photogenic kids and family! This is my favorite shot.

I'll be posting more soon!

Kameron

2009-08-02T12:21:00.002-06:00

Kam! I've known Kam for a few years now- we both worked on the Stampede (CMR's school newspaper), and it was a blast taking her senior pics! We found some new locations, some places that would be cool locations if we could get in, and took some photos while we were at it.

This one is my favorite. She looks like a model!

Oooh..

2009-08-01T00:45:00.004-06:00

I leave for school in 2 weeks as of today.

{EEK!}

Go cougs!

"Nonsense Photos"

2009-07-29T14:05:00.001-06:00

Why take normal photos when you can take nonsense photos?

{more to come from the Mercer family...}

Haylee & Katie

2009-07-28T16:30:00.002-06:00

I've known Haylee and Katie for as long as I can remember. Today, we shot a bunch of 'friendship photos,' something everyone (including myself) should get! It's common to get photos taken with family (which rocks! I need to do that too haha), but people tend to forget about friends! As I'm looking at heading towards college, I wish I would have taken much more photos with my friends for my dorm room.

I had been thinking a while back about how cool it would be to take photos at the fair! The next day after that thought, Katie emailed me about photos. Needless to say, we hit up the fair! It was really fun, we said 'hi' to the horses and mules while we were there and even got lemonaid! Yum.

Anyhoo.. here are their photos! I would have had another shoot this afternoon- but we got rained out! Definitely a bummer, but it gave me time enough to get some blogging done. I've tried to not get behind with it this summer, and I'm doing better than last summer! Sweet beans. Okay, now, seriously here are the photos :-)

Ferris Wheel=cool background.

Russell Family

2009-07-28T14:13:00.002-06:00

Remember Megan? This time, we got to take photos of her whole family! Talk about fun, this is another shoot that kept us laughing practically the entire time.

Maddie's, Megan's, and Bekka's version of 'James Bond'..

This one is my favorite!

This reminds me of a GAP ad! And I like it :-)

Madison

2009-07-24T01:50:00.003-06:00

Madison is another amazing senior. Her mom and sister came along, and made it all the more fun. This shoot was full of laughs! And we even stopped by an antique store (good thing I didn't have my money with me!).

Can anyone say movie star glamour?

She reminds me so much of the actress from Step Up. Random, but I swear she looks a lot like her!

Her mom and sis popped in for a shot!

Coming soon...

2009-07-23T15:16:00.001-06:00

But first! A teaser :-)

Melissa

2009-07-20T16:50:00.002-06:00

Today was dumpster day. Which is definitely a good thing. While exploring and taking photos, Melissa and I happened upon some of the coolest dumpsters ever! True story. And she brought her ole' Bug to start out the session! I'll tell you the names of the dumpsters when we get to those photos. Yeah, they're that awesome ;-)

Dumpster #1- tye-dye denim dumpster

Dumpster #2- feaux finish dumpster

Wheat field!

Kaitlyn

2009-07-20T16:23:00.002-06:00

Another gorgeous/smart/funny/amazing senior! Seriously, every senior that I've met this summer has been so cool. The future is looking bright for this generation!

Quick side note: Kaitlyn and I discovered that we are fans of all the same TV shows. The exact same ones. This girl has good taste. And just talking about the shows (Bones, Psych, the Office to name a few) made me want to go home and watch all of them. But I didn't, which proves that I do have a strand of willpower left for me this summer. Although my summer reading could use a little more of my efforts.

This is her puppy Oly (Oley? I'll have to double-check the spelling on this pup's name). He is so cute, I just want to puppy-nap him!

Amber

2009-07-20T15:40:00.002-06:00

Here are some shots of a senior from last week, enjoy!

She has naturally golden, curly hair. Jealous, anyone? I sure am!

Rock on sun spots! W00t woot.

More from Steven

2009-07-18T16:59:00.003-06:00

Here's some more photos from Mr. Steven. I just got back from another shoot today and I am practically dripping with sweat! tmi? maybe, but dang it's hot. Thank goodness for ice water and air conditioning!

And just an FYI, the new Harry Potter movie is amazing :-)

Georgia working her magic behind the scenes.. See me in the reflection??

101

2009-07-17T19:01:00.002-06:00

Dobermans? No, just one, but this is post number 101! Thank you to everyone who has made it possible for us to get this far. I love my job, thank you so much for allowing me to follow this dream.

p.s. more photos coming soon. I just had to share this one of Alice. We weighed her yesterday and she is a whopping 65 pounds! Pretty big for a 7 month old puppy.

Steven

2009-07-08T21:47:00.004-06:00

Steven was a senior a couple years ago, but he never had 'official' senior photos done. This all changed today (dun dun dunnnn...!) and despite a dead car battery, we got some sweet shots. Here's one of my favs from the beginning. As soon as we drove up and saw him in his suit, we knew it would be an awesome shoot.

p.s. we tried to get it so that there was no graffiti behind him in the skate park, and I think we succeeded! (?)

The Scenic Route

2009-07-08T14:21:00.003-06:00

We're back! I'll be posting more photos soon. Here's a shot from our vacation over the 4th.

Happy 4th of July everyone! (sorry it's a few days late)

Rachael

2009-07-02T14:14:00.001-06:00

Here's a preview from another senior shoot from a couple days ago..

More from Abbey..

2009-07-01T20:29:00.002-06:00

But first, I hope you like the new blog! I definitely liked the black & white look we had going (otherwise I wouldn't have used it) but as color is one of my favorite things in photographs, I thought we should incorporate it! So yeah, there's that story.

And here are some more photos from our shoot with Abbey! We had such a blast- laughing the entire time. Thanks again Abbey,

April & Glen

2009-07-01T01:00:00.004-06:00

I can't write much now (it's late- my mind is NUMB!) but let me say that these two are some of the smartest, sweetest, and coolest kids around. We did their senior sessions together for a whole-day shoot which was really fun. Remember the cool Comet from here? It was on their grandfather's property which is where we started- and got eaten alive by bugs!

Look at their eyes. Wow.

Don't you love her hair??

Oh my goodness! April, you are just too cute/pretty!

Glen! (side note: this is the car he has been, and will continue to fix up! It's really sweet, and the paint on the dashboard even matches the outside of the car-neat.)

In my head I want to call this truck a 'hunk of junk' (only because it rhymes), but in reality it runs and is the sweetest ever. possibly. It has that classic truck sound that you only hear in really old trucks now. Love it.

Goodness, you are so handsome! I think Glen and April will go on to rule the world someday. They are both brilliant (as mentioned before), handsome/gorgeous, and super nice! Sounds like a good combo to me.

Brooke & Marla, part II

2009-06-30T23:32:00.003-06:00

This was the first mother-daughter shoot we have ever done, and it was a blast. We went up the the Sluice Boxes (amazing!!) for these, and the green was so lovely! I'll be seeing you at the Harry Potter premiere, Brooke!

This is my fav :)

Brooke, you are stunning. There is no getting around that fact- check it out!

A Day in the Life

2009-06-24T21:08:00.006-06:00

In my mind, I always picture summer as a vast expanse of time to spend however I please. Maybe I'll finish the four books I'm reading. Maybe I'll spend an entire day watching the Harry Potter movies, then another one watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I still can't decide.

But this is not how it goes, and thank goodness because that would be dull. So here's a taste of a day in my family. So let's start with the morning. So, how I get woken up depends on where I sleep. Downstairs, Alice jumps on the bed and stands over me menacingly. Okay it's not scary, just cute. Upstairs, either my phone plays Pitbull, my alarm clock goes off, Mom comes in telling me who is in the paper, or Alice comes to say 'hi'.

Then it's photos and editing!! This consumes most of the actual day, which brings us to the evening. Sometimes we're still editing photos- mom cooes over the cute children (and aren't they adorable??) and Dad notices the cool cars, such as this one from today:
Lately we've been playing Yahtzee in the evenings, too. This is always interesting. Alice has never heard the sound of the dice being shaken in the cup. Here's her reaction and us playing:

"Whoa! What is that??"

"I love you Georgie"

Dad rolls a Yahtzee on the first roll...

I remain unimpressed with the outcome of my dice.

This last weekend, Georgia Mae and I took photos for the Art Gala. The artists were painting the first part of the event, and then they auctioned off the paintings later in the evening. Seeing all their amazing work- If I had money, it would have been long gone- made me think that I wanted to paint! I have a set of acrylic paints that I used and bought a cheap canvas. Here are some photos of my adventure, I actually ended up painting three little canvases. The first one is my favorite.

The paint.

The canvas, painted black for dramatic effect.

The photo

The painting on my kitchen floor (of Alice).

The second painting of Stella that is not quite finished in this photo.

There is a third painting of Louise (the third doberman) but I have yet to photograph it.

I now(no kidding on the timing of all this) just heard and found little Alice drinking from the toilet (insert me yelling "No Alice, NO!" while trying hard not to scare her, just prove a point. Sounds a lot like parenting doesn't it?) And as I write this the dog who just drank from the lovely porcelain bowl in the bathroom is chewing, no, eating my slipper. Ew.

And, no kidding, she just yelped in the highest little pitch for an unknown reason. We think she bit her tongue.

Ah the chaos!

This is why I love my life.

Megan

2009-06-23T09:57:00.002-06:00

This was so much fun. We went all over finding sweet places to take photos, and ended up in our favorite field full of little purple wildflowers. Megan is a landscape photog- I saw some of her photos on Facebook, and they are beautiful and funky! A lot of them were taken at night with a tripod and long exposure. Cool. Anyways, I tried to incorporate the landscape-theme into some of her senior photos, and I think it turned out pretty well. Enjoy!

Mom & Daughter

2009-06-22T11:51:00.002-06:00

Yes, I know it was father's day yesterday- but here's a preview from a mother-daughter shoot we did last week. We went up to the Sluice Boxes for it, and it was so pretty! Wow.

Abbey, senior

2009-06-18T21:24:00.003-06:00

Ahh! Another peek. We'll post more soon!
p.s. some of the photos have been looking grainy (ugg!) so I'm working on a new and better way to post photos.. wish me luck!

Katie, Matt, and Emma

2009-06-17T22:00:00.003-06:00

Here are more photos from McGraw's three BEAUTIFUL children. They were such troopers. I remember as a little kid that getting photos taken was not nearly as fun as it is now, and they were awesome. Mrs. McGraw has been my English teacher the past two years and has been the greatest teacher anyone could ever ask for. Seriously. When the option of taking "Senior Project" came up, I signed up so I could have her as a teacher again. I could go on and on, so here's her three kids!

Hello Emma!

This is one of our coolest finds- it's this field covered in these little purple flowers. How sweet is that??

Nice work on the lovely sunspots Georgie!

Summer, here I come

2009-06-16T23:12:00.002-06:00

So good news. Very, very good news.. I am no longer doing Summer Advantage! So what does this mean for everyone and us?? It means that I get my summer back, I can go to the Harry Potter opening (YES!), enjoy the state fair, and be here the entire month of July for photos, fun, and whatever else my heart desires within reason.

But why?

Here's the reason we opted out: so being new at this whole college thing, I was unaware that normal general education requirements (GER's) differ from the honors college requirements to graduate. The classes I would have been taking would have only filled normal GER credits, not the honors ones. You with me? In short, the credits would have been worth nothing to me, and would have cost extra money and time.

I'm so excited I get to be here and continue taking more photos this summer. I look forward to it so, so much. So that's my good news, I hope everyone else is having as great a summer as I am!

Signing off for now,
halley :)

Megan

2009-06-16T22:28:00.004-06:00

Sorry for all the 'peeks' of shoots, we'll be posting more soon from all of them! For now, here's a shot from yesterday. I love vintage processing, and I love this girl!

Sneak Peek: Matt, Katie, & Emma

2009-06-15T15:43:00.002-06:00

Here's a shot from yesterday- more to come from these adorable kids!

MVP part II

2009-06-15T15:04:00.006-06:00

Here are some more photos from MVP's shoot. Georgia and I have decided that he is one of the cutest babies ever. His dad, Michael, has had some qualms about having his photo taken (he's rather camera shy), but he was a trooper for us. Thanks you guys, and nice work Geannine on getting the whole family in these shots! This was blast.

We started out at Centene Stadium where Michael used to announce the games. There was even a Stallions game being played while we were taking photos.

Stunning mom. Beautiful baby. SWEET!

We found this wall earlier that day, and I almost missed a green light staring at it! We knew that we had to use it for a shoot and soon, so we told Michael and Geannine about it, and they were game. There was a gal even painting parts of it while we were there.

I love how baby MVP is looking at Ginger the dog and vice versa..

Their two dogs, Duke and Ginger were so cooperative. I've never seen dogs stay so still for photos before! Or maybe I'm just used to puppy Alice, who knows?

Thanks again you guys!

More from Mike

2009-06-14T15:24:00.003-06:00

Here's some more photos from our shoot yesterday! The photos that are mine have the normal logo on them, and the ones with the GMM in the corner are Georgia's! That way you can see samples of her work as well. Thanks Mike!

See the GMM?!

MVP

2009-06-13T23:10:00.006-06:00

Here's another preview of today! This little Michael (initials are MVP), and his amazing parents. Isn't he the cutest?? More pictures to come..

Mike

2009-06-13T14:07:00.002-06:00

Here's a little preview of our morning! Meet Mike, one of the coolest seniors around.

We're back

2009-06-12T23:45:00.007-06:00

Crazy, exciting, overwhelming, awesome. That pretty much sums up my entire week. This week my parents and I were at orientation for college! woot woot. Sorry it's taken me a bit longer to reply to emails- we only had access to computers one night this week!

Anyways.. I am embarrassed to say that throughout this past week I have taken only one photo of the whole trip! .. and it was of a cloud that was shaped funny.

There'll be more photos up soon- we have some really fun sessions coming up (I can't wait!!).

In the meantime, here are some photos from my graduation (which was June 1):

p.s. I'm putting them as small photos because it's rather late, but the next posts will have beautiful big photo! :-)

here's my robe..

the tassel..

and the inside of my cap! I had to decorate it a teensy bit, so this is what I came up with.
The best part about graduation was seeing everybody. This is Faith, a family friend from when we lived in Texas. She was so great to have stay at our house. She is so easy to talk to and helped so much with everything (for those of you that have not gone through a graduation, it's insanely busy).

Ta-ta for now!

Check it out!

2009-05-18T17:38:00.003-06:00

We made it into the paper today! woot woot- check out the awesome article (complete with photos!!) here

Here's the photo that made it it!

Long time no blog :-(

2009-05-12T19:58:00.002-06:00

Eek! sorry it's been for FOREVER. crazy times, but I'll be posting bunches of photos from a wedding we went to this weekend in North Carolina! For now, though, I have to catch up on loads of homework from being sick and being gone. FUN!

Here's a photo from the farmer's market in NC- enjoy your daily serving of fruits and veggies :-)

Just a little FYI..

2009-04-13T20:28:00.003-06:00

Okay! This weekend was so fun- we went up to Calgary to celebrate my 18th bday- woo hoo! Of course, being the intelligent person I am, I totally spaced and didn't bring my camera.. ugh. But I did have my little one though, so I'll post a few of those. They're not very good, but interesting enough I guess.

For more news, now is the time to start booking summer sessions! I am doing a summer advantage program through WSU (Washington State University- the school I'll be attending next fall!!) which means I'll be gone the whole month of July. For more info on what I'll be up to, check out their website. During this time, Georgia Mae will be taking all of the photos. I'll do a blog posting of her photos (they're amazing.) in a bit so you can see just how wonderful she is!

Oh and in August, I think I leave for school around the 16th, so I won't be doing any sessions in August because I don't want to rush through the photos. Phew. I think that's all for now!

If you have any questions, just shoot us an email and we'll get back to you asap. And because posts are oh-so-dull without photos, here's a quick shot from this weekend. I don't know who this girl is, but Georgie thought her hair was cute so we nabbed a shot.

PROM 2009

2009-03-29T19:06:00.001-06:00

Hillary, part II

2009-03-26T19:33:00.004-06:00

Here are some more photos of the lovely Hillary; she is the outfit QUEEN. She brought all these quirky, fresh, and amazingly awesome outfits. If you're even wondering what to wear- just bring a whole bunch of different clothes, and be inspired by Hillary here. So now a tour of said ensembles. Here's the vintage dress..

Here's another sweet dress..

I love this hat- it's just so funky.

Go green and gold!!

Okay, argyle is so cool. Make it green to match an adorable sweater and you have genius. Seriously, this girl needs to work for a fashion magazine or something.

Thanks Hil :-)

Hillary

2009-03-22T22:31:00.003-06:00

Saturday's shoot was amazing. Gorgeous subject, beautiful weather, little to no wind, with a light cloud cover. Seriously, It's days like these that I fall in love with Great Falls all over again. And then the rain tops it off to make it a perfect weekend!

..but I digress. Back to the photos; this is a little preview of Hillary's seniors that we took this weekend. We had taken some earlier just for the yearbook, but this time they were all for fun!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

2009-03-17T22:46:00.005-06:00

A lot has been happening lately. For one, our (CMR's) boys just took first place at State for basketball and the girls took third! I couldn't be more proud. My whole family went down for the tournament and it was so much fun to watch all of the teams and just experience it. If you have never been to a tourney like this one, you definitely should. There's so much excitement, tension, and thundering applause; there's really nothing like it.

So that's one bit of news for ya. Another is that the business cards came! They are so shiny and pretty I just love them to pieces.

Let's see.. for more updates, Alice is getting so big (I'll post some more pictures of her soon) and Georgia Mae got a haircut! And of course today is Saint Patrick's Day! Phew. I hope you all are having an awesome week, and because posts are oh-so-dull without photos- here is one of Georgie's new do.

Remember this?

2009-03-09T19:12:00.002-06:00

I can't remember whether I've posted this photo or not, so I thought I might as well post it again. We just finished creating and ordering some business cards! These are the first we've ever done, but I know you'll love them as much as we do.

My turn

2009-03-08T18:34:00.005-06:00

Hello! This is Georgia Mae- the one usually in front of the camera. But this weekend we swapped roles so I could take her senior pics. Despite the cold and wind, we got some great shots- here's a few of my favs
~gmm

Make your "model face"

Meet Alice

2009-03-08T14:12:00.004-06:00

Goodness it has been forever since I've posted something new. After the passing of our beloved Stella, we have gotten another puppy, Alice. As some of you know, having a puppy is like having a small child: she gets fussy when she's tired, it took her a bit to sleep through the night, and she's still in the process of being potty-trained.

The main difference is that she's fuzzy and bites! She's a sweetie though, and we'll definitely be posting photos as she grows up. These two are from the first day we picked her up- now she's bigger and has lost all the extra skin around her little face. Cute!

Stella

2009-02-09T22:22:00.000-07:00

Darby and Tammy

2009-01-25T17:36:00.003-07:00

This mother/daughter duo were a blast to shoot! Georgia took some amazing photos and I'll post those later. But first here are some of my favorites of my shots! These two are so pretty and full of life- their eyes just sparkle.

Georgia actually spent two and a half weeks in the British Virgin Islands with Darby this past summer (for photos go here-http://halleymorrison.blogspot.com/2008/08/georgia-takes-camera.html) and they had a blast together!

I'm in love with this read headband- it's just too cute.

Lauren and Georgia

2009-01-25T17:16:00.003-07:00

Wow- this month has gone by insanely fast! Now that finals are over (and I only have one semester left of high school!!) I should be blogging more than I have been.

These two are insanely pretty- I love the contrast of their hair and eye colors.

Lauren "La La" has the most killer baby blues..

Thanks ladies!

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-23T23:05:00.001-07:00

...and a Happy New Year!

Time for a break..

2008-12-03T18:42:00.003-07:00

Hey! We'd just like to let you know that due to the craziness of school and the season, we won't be scheduling any sessions until after semester finals :( Thanks for your understanding!

Georgia and Lauren!

2008-11-23T14:30:00.003-07:00

Here's a preview of another shoot that Georgia Mae was also in! Fun stuff.

Georgia and Alexis!

2008-11-22T17:19:00.006-07:00

So the sky was basically amazing this day! Too bad the light was fading uber fast and it was soo cold (we didn't last very long before booking it home to warm up)!! But we still got some amazing shots- could a photographer ask for better models?!?!

Oh and I've noticed that the pictures look pixelated- try pressing Ctrl+ to zoom in a little so they look better. Then to get your screen back to normal just press Ctrl0 or Ctrl-. Thanks!

Karissa- sorry this took so long!!

2008-11-20T11:59:00.002-07:00

Here's a some photos of this shoot which was taken a little while back. Thanks for being patient!

Isn't she gorgeous?!?!

I'm just having too much fun!

2008-11-09T21:27:00.004-07:00

Stacy

2008-11-09T12:32:00.005-07:00

So I'm getting this big photo thing figured out! YESS!! Here are some photos of Stacy to debut them.

For both sessions with Stacy the weather has been less than kind. The first shoot this summer, we got rained out and ended up hiding under a bridge for the sake of my camera! This last session it was snowing the entire time, so we had to keep my camera protected under her hat! Crazy stuff, but fun photos.

Let's see how this goes..

2008-11-07T21:42:00.011-07:00

I'm trying to make it so that the photos appear much larger on the blog, so far I know how to get the photos bigger, but I haven't figured out how to stretch the blog to accommodate for the bigger pics! I'm really not good with computers and html and whatnot so this may take some time- thanks for your patience!

More from Tyson!

2008-11-02T14:46:00.004-07:00

Here are the rest from Tyson's shoot! I know it's taken FOREVER!! Ugh my computer has been having issues but they're all fixed now! I'll get caught up here super quickly. Enjoy these in the meantime. I love this green door!

Seen on the wood slats? It's snow.

Tyson

2008-10-23T21:16:00.003-06:00

Jeez! Sorry it's taken so long to get these started. I'll finish the rest of his photos probably this weekend. Here's the very first one! :) Mind you it was freezing that day- there was some snow on the ground even!

Calgary

2008-10-22T21:05:00.003-06:00

This past weekend we went to Calgary, Alberta and had a blast! This is the reason for the delay in posting actually.. We got to eat all sorts of yumi food (East Indian and Moroccan to name a few ) and see the sights. This is a funky shot I got looking out our hotel room window, helped along with a little photo shop ;)

The Zoo

2008-10-17T18:10:00.002-06:00

We got to go to the zoo today!! I hope everyone is having a nice break!

Aimee, Jamie and Shanalee

2008-10-12T21:01:00.004-06:00

Here was yet another fun shoot! Their laughter was infectious and we had a great time snapping photos of these three who have been friends for such a long time! Thanks ladies!

Justin

2008-10-12T15:31:00.005-06:00

This is Justin!! We go way back and it was so fun to get to shoot his senior pics. Remember the cello in the field? This is him again! I hope you like these.

Justin and me!!