GroovyDoodle Photography

We had the pleasure of pulling together a really fun shoot for Opera Columbus for use in their 2009 / 2010 Season Guides and Grand Opera Playbills (They’re doing Pagliacci, a Mario Lanza tribute concert, and Romeo & Juliet).  The theme this year is “Underneath It All Everyone’s An Opera Lover” featuring masks in each of the photos.  The Season Guides were put together by LondyLawrence, and came out fantastic.  We are so proud to have been involved in this project, and while we can’t share the entire season guide, here were some of our favorite pics from the shoot.

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We spent this past Saturday down at Junction View Studios for Agora6 showing off some of our friends’ work like Five Crowns re-purposed computer jewelry and some of Harp Art Brokerage’s current collection. We also were working our mini on-site print studio both during the day and during the dance party that night! We had the chance to try some fun light painting to make the background for every image absolutely unique and gave a little creative spin to your average “photo booth” experience.

Here were some of our favorites, as well as a link to the full gallery.

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Today we took some pics for some extra-special clients. Mel’s parents, Ben and Shirley drove all the way in from Texas to visit with family and came in to the studio while they were here. Not only did they get Ben’s cousin Barb to join them for their shoot, but they also got Mel to hop in front of the camera a few times!

Meghan came in for a maternity shoot and brought her sister along for company.  We’re looking forward to the arrival of the little one, and hope to see them back soon!

We spent Valentine’s Day down at Junction View Studios working our mini onsite print studio for their themed art show I heART: Sweet. Hot. And Bitter. Aside from the standard couples shots, several of the artists brought in their objects of affection – anything from chainsaws to cookies!

We had a really great time, and are looking forward to the big Agora show in May.  In the meantime, here were some of our favorites, as well as a link to the gallery.

Our fellow tweep Denise (@theguigirl) brought her little one Reese in for her first formal photo shoot.  Mom was super easy to work with, and Reese was one of the funnest babies we’ve shot to-date.  The result was more than three times the shots that we normally expect from a 45 minute toddler session!  Here are a few of our favorites, including some ‘bloopers’ that were just too cute to pass up.

What can we say?  Georgia was awesomely fun to photograph, and the pictures will certainly reflect how much fun we all had. We spent some time both in our studio on the crisp white backdrop and playing around avoiding the intense sun in some shady spots outside.  Active in both her school show choir and band, she brought a ton of outfits as well as the trophies from the school’s lobby for her shoot – so many, in fact, that we ended up pulling some composites together just to get them all in!

The Colemans brought in their family in today to get a variety of pics, from the baby’s 1 year to photos for holiday mailings.  As you can imagine, with four little ones running around (they brought a friend also, not pictured), this session was a lot of fun, and yielded a pretty broad range of shots.  Here are a few of our favorites.

Tina visited us at the studio before we packed up and headed over to a local park to take advantage of the warm afternoon fall sunlight.

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This friend of ours needed a little pick-me-up, so we invited her in to the studio for a reminder of how awesome she really is.  She was a little nervous, not knowing exactly what to expect, but by the end of the shoot, she was totally relaxed, comfortable, and playful in front of the camera (It’s amazing what a little Justin Timberlake on the iPod can do!).  There were lots of laughs this day, and the photos turned out pretty smokin’, if we do say so ourselves!