Kennedy & Karrington

Basketball has long been a favorite sport for the women in my family. My mother played at Virginia-Carolina, my aunts on my father's side played at Nathan's Creek. My aunt Molly scored 5048 total points in her career, averaging 65 points per game in her senior year.

Last night I traveled to Independence, Va, to watch cousins Kennedy and Karrington Gambill play basketball. Apparently, these young ladies are making a name for themselves, having already been featured in the Winston-Salem Journal. They play for Alleghany High School.

Best of luck girls in your basketball career. The Colvard family is certainly proud of you.

The Bare Family

Local musical artist Holden Bare, came by the studio this morning for a promo shot and brought along his parents and siblings for a family portrait.






The Bare Family...Charles, Holden, Michael, Debbie and parents Holden and Joyce.




I have known the family for many years and it was certainly nice to see Debbie. We graduated together from Ashe Central and she now lives in Illinois. I probably hadn't seen her in 20 years. You look great Debbie!

Welcome to 2009!

Ok......so I'm up until 1:00 a.m., I'm awake at 6:15 my head spinning with ideas about the blog. I really enjoy blogging and I'm finding out YOU are enjoying it also. YOU are telling me about certain photos that you have seen on my blog and that was my intention........to show YOU my photography.

RESOLUTIONS FOR 2009.......MORE PHOTOS! I would like to add a photo a day to my blog. That means I carry a camera with me more or I try new things in the studio. I have always considered myself a "people" photographer, but I need to change that attitude and become the all-around photographer. I need to photograph more of my surroundings, look for things to photograph that YOU see and make you say......Geez, I could have taken that picture.

I don't have a P & S (point & shoot), only a DSLR. The DSLR'S are extremely hard to stuff in a purse or a shirt pocket, so maybe I will check into getting myself a
P & S. That will make my "photo a day" a little easier to do.

A friend of mine, Gene Ho, has made the resolution to stop and take that photograph when he sees it. He finished a wedding near the SC state capital last Saturday night and saw the capital building in a way that he would want to photograph it. He was tired.......all photographers are after a wedding.....but he stopped to record that moment in time. I saw the photograph.......it was beautiful of course.

So...I'm pretty pumped up about this new year. I'm looking forward to trying new things, learning new things. I hope you have exciting plans for the coming year, no matter what your occupation, be the best that YOU can be.

BTW.........I HAVE A POLL ABOUT MY BLOG.........VOTING ENDS ON 1/15/09 AT 5:00 A.M.

This blog is all for YOU!!!