Alex Watts Perry-Lecompton High School

I was back in Perry this evening photographing Alex Watts at the Williamstown Volunteer Fire Department. Alex is a volunteer firefighter there as well as being a Senior at Perry-Lecompton High School. After high school Alex has plans to attend the Kansas Firefighters School in Hutchinson.

Williamstown Fire Department has responsibility for the southern part of Lake Perry as well as covering medical calls from Perry to east of Williamstown. Summer holiday's can be quite busy for the fire department due to the popularity of the lake and the high amount of traffic on US Hwy 24. It was fun getting to meet the fire fighters at the station.

Most of us think of large city fire departments when we think of fire departments but according to the United States Fire Administration 88% of the fire departments in the United States are all volunteer or mostly volunteer. We are very lucky to have dedicated neighbors that give of their free time and risk personal safety to help others! Tom

Annie Gordon

Just wanted to post a couple of Annie's images that I did some fun things with today getting them ready for her proofs and slide show. Annie and her family are great people to work with. We photographed her brother's senior images two years ago. These images were created on their families farm just west of Perry. Annie attends Perry-Lecompton High School.

Annie's special request was to have an image created with the Flag in it. Her images look great! Tom

Family Day!

Just wanted to post a quick image we created this morning at Potter's Lake on the KU campus. This image is of Jay, John and Cindy Hauptli. Diane began photographing John in our "Baby Plan" several years ago. One of the big rewards of being a portrait photographer is being able to stay in contact and watch as families grow. The Hauptli's are easy and fun to work with. Cindy teaches ballet at the Lawrence Arts Center and Jay is the stage manager at Liberty Hall. We had a great time and hopefully they had fun too. I think we created some great memories that will last many years! Will post more later! Tom

Channing Clemmons McClouth

Just wanted to post a couple of Channing's images that I have been working on this morning.

Just Playing With Images

Just having some fun today developing new ideas and techniques for seniors. Actually a little inspirational credit needs to go to Citizen Cope. Is anyone else (everyone) familiar with his music? Kinda gritty but at the same time smooth. Anyway back to the images and the music! Tom

Art For Sale To Benefit Hurricane Victims

As everyone else this week I have been very saddened by the effects of Katrina. A friend of mine, Marilyn Sholin, a photographer and digital artist is offering her artwork of images she created of trips she made to New Orleans last winter as a benefit to the Red Cross. Normally her 13x17 glicee prints sell for $75/each but is now offering them for only $40 with all the proceeds going to the Red Cross. This is a great opportunity to own some great art at a very reasonable cost and to help out at the same time.

Marilyn is a very talented artist and teacher. Her specialty is digital painting. Her work and techniques have been featured in many professional photography publications in the last several years. She is also in great demand on the professional photographers speaking circuit.

The image on the left as anyone that has ever visited New Orleans will immediately recognize the French Quarter and hopefully conjure up memories of happier times! Tom

Link to Marilyn's website here