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Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Monday, October 10, 2011
Springs Salon and Spa
Spring Salon and Spa in Jeffersonville had us take some new photos to promote their shop during the Halloween session.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Industrial Terroplex
The Industrial Terroplex is now open for business. We were able to go inside the haunts on their opening night and take pictures of their awesome props and actors. Make sure you go and check them out! You can find our full gallery here, and you can order prints here.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Yew Dell Botanical Garden
Tonight, Bellawillow and a few other hula hoopers will be performing at the Yew Dell Botanical Garden. We had costumes made by Bad Apple for the event. We also had a fun little photo shoot for the event. Make-up was provided by the wonderful Jocelen Barnett.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Poly Pro Hoops!
Blair, our Pin-Up Girl Modeling Contest winner, got all dressed up in the Halloween spirit to help us advertise our new Poly Pro Hula Hoops! These hoops are much more light weight than our regular hoops, making some tricks much easier to accomplish. Plus, the tube is semi transparent, adding a whole new design element when decorating! Contact us for more information. Also, make sure you check out our new Glow Hoops!
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Cirque Airotic and She Groove at Glassworks
We recently photographed a Cirque Airotic performance at Glassworks in Louisville, KY. She Groove provided some great music to accompany the performances. All the women were fabulous and we highly recommend going to see one of their shows.
The night ended a bit scary when the aerial silks contraption fell during a performance and the performer had to be taken to the hospital. That just shows that although aerial performances are beautiful and fun to watch, they are also still very dangerous. If you have a chance you should definitely go check out these women perform their amazing acts.
The night ended a bit scary when the aerial silks contraption fell during a performance and the performer had to be taken to the hospital. That just shows that although aerial performances are beautiful and fun to watch, they are also still very dangerous. If you have a chance you should definitely go check out these women perform their amazing acts.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Bellawillow Pin-Up Girl Modeling Contest
Back in August we had a Pin-Up Girl Modeling Contest. All of our contestants were fabulous, but our favorite was Blair!
All of our contestants' photos were featured at Bellawillow Studios for our grand opening on August 6th.
You can find a full gallery of the contest pictures here. You can also order prints from the contest here.
Dixon Wedding
Bellawillow has finally tackled the photography of a wedding! This is such a huge event and we were so nervous. Luckily everything went smoothly (although it was torturously hot outside).
The bride and groom were so sweet, as were the rest of the wedding party. We were a last minute addition to their wedding when their original photographer was unable to make it.
Such a lovely wedding, and we wish the bride and groom all the best! You can find their photo gallery here, and you can order prints from the wedding here.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Waterfront Wednesday: Uh-Huh Baby Yeah! Pictures
Last Wednesday we took some of our hula hoops down to Waterfront Wednesday. The frist band to play was an amazing local band called Uh-Huh Baby Yeah!. Their music is super upbeat and fun. Great party music and awesome to hoop to. Check them out here!
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Father's Day Promo Shoot: A story of hiking to a giant rock
Jessica and Peyton were our models for our Mother's Day Photography Promotion, so for our Father's Day Promotion we decided to use the other half of the family. We took James and his two sons, Logan and Peyton out to the park! During initial discussions about the location of the shoot, James told us that there was a trail in the Charlestown State Park that went through a massive rock that looked as if it had been split apart by the trail. I knew exactly where he was talking about since I had always thought it was the most beautiful spot in the entire state of Indiana. It is basically right in the middle of the 2.4 mile, rugged terrains of Trail 1.
Concerns:
Next, we set off to hike to the giant split rock. We stopped several times to take pictures at other interesting spots along the trail...maybe we stopped a little two often. When photographing kids it is best to be quick about things. They don't really like to be still or take time out of their day to do things that they don't want to do. We hadn't even gotten halfway to the split rock before there were complaints of being hungry, and thirsty, and tired, and "is this almost over?"
When we finally did reach the rock, it was a bit of a disappointment. We had lugged around kids and cameras through poison ivy and a countless number of spider webs only to find that the massive rocks looked less like stone and more like gigantic mounds of moss. Plus, we were loosing light. We spent very little time at the rocks. As we were leaving, one of the boys began to get very chatty. In one breath, without any pauses, we heard, "I'm hungry I think I see a snake It is so hot Can we get food Is that a bear This trail is really long Are we going to take more pictures I'm tired I'm thirsty Can we go faster How can you walk up this hill I can't even walk up this hill This hill is really hard to walk up I can't even walk Can you walk I don't think I can even walk How can you even walk on this thing I'm hungry Is that a snake Are we going back to the truck now I'm hungry Are bears out here..." He said all of this so fast that I was out of breath!
Nearing the end of the trail, the kids seemed to gain a burst of energy and started running between the adults (couple of us had picked up the pace just because we were tired of walking through spider webs and we just wanted to get off the trail and back to civilization). We stopped a few times to take more pictures and then eventually got back to the truck and headed home. The kids did much better than I thought they would considering it was such a humid hike, and they were a lot of fun. I'm sure there is never a dull moment in a household with two small children. This was another photo shoot that turned out to be a great learning experience.
Concerns:
- Logan and Peyton are little kids and walking a 2.4 mile trail probably isn't something that they will be very excited about.
- It is only the first week of June but the climate in Southern Indiana has been sweltering hot with a overwhelming amount of sticky humidity. Sweaty faces don't make for the best pictures.
- Bugs. The tick population has been horrid this year.
Next, we set off to hike to the giant split rock. We stopped several times to take pictures at other interesting spots along the trail...maybe we stopped a little two often. When photographing kids it is best to be quick about things. They don't really like to be still or take time out of their day to do things that they don't want to do. We hadn't even gotten halfway to the split rock before there were complaints of being hungry, and thirsty, and tired, and "is this almost over?"
When we finally did reach the rock, it was a bit of a disappointment. We had lugged around kids and cameras through poison ivy and a countless number of spider webs only to find that the massive rocks looked less like stone and more like gigantic mounds of moss. Plus, we were loosing light. We spent very little time at the rocks. As we were leaving, one of the boys began to get very chatty. In one breath, without any pauses, we heard, "I'm hungry I think I see a snake It is so hot Can we get food Is that a bear This trail is really long Are we going to take more pictures I'm tired I'm thirsty Can we go faster How can you walk up this hill I can't even walk up this hill This hill is really hard to walk up I can't even walk Can you walk I don't think I can even walk How can you even walk on this thing I'm hungry Is that a snake Are we going back to the truck now I'm hungry Are bears out here..." He said all of this so fast that I was out of breath!
Nearing the end of the trail, the kids seemed to gain a burst of energy and started running between the adults (couple of us had picked up the pace just because we were tired of walking through spider webs and we just wanted to get off the trail and back to civilization). We stopped a few times to take more pictures and then eventually got back to the truck and headed home. The kids did much better than I thought they would considering it was such a humid hike, and they were a lot of fun. I'm sure there is never a dull moment in a household with two small children. This was another photo shoot that turned out to be a great learning experience.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Easter Promo Photo Shoot: A Story of Two Toddlers and a Duck
We recently had a photography special, so we decided to do a photo shoot with two of our favorite little kids, Connor and Lizzie. You can see photos of their previous shoots on Facebook, so make sure you become a fan of our page and check them out. These kids could not be any more different. Connor seems very quiet and shy. We have hundreds of picture of him with a serious, almost contemplative look on his face. Lizzie...well...Lizzie is WILD! If a wide variety of facial expressions is what you are looking for then she is your girl. Both kids are ridiculously cute.
So, what could make a picture of two little kids even more adorable, you ask?
A baby duck!
This is also the perfect combination for making the most hard to control photo shoot ever...but it was fun and an interesting learning experience.
Connor and his mom arrived first. Like I said, he is a shy kid, so combine that with the fact that he slept in the car on the way to the photo shoot and you get this docile little boy standing in the corner just looking at us and all of our equipment with this look on his face that reads "Have I been abducted by aliens...please don't probe me..." We tried to peek his interest with toys and the promise of being able to play with a duck (and that kind of makes us sound like we also own a kidnapper van and routinely hang out across the street from busy parks). He was very resistant, but finally broke down and began playing with some fake Easter eggs, but probably only because they reminded him of the eggs he had from last Easter which contained candy. Finally opening up, he became curious about the box in the corner that kept chirping...because it contained a baby duck. "Doog," he kept saying. "Bird doog. OH!"
Then Lizzie and her mom came in with a big TA-DA!!!! Look alive everyone, Lizzie is on set! It was like she was everywhere, all at once. Connor immediately reverted back to a shy little boy and just stood there watching as if this new little girl was going to spontaneously combust at any second. Lizzie didn't care, there were toys everywhere! We directed her to the toys that were set up to be used as props, we placed Connor in the middle of her whirl-wind of activity, and the fun began. It wasn't long before we busted out the baby duck. Oh the squeals of delight that are still ringing in my ears! "Baby! Baby!" Lizzie kept calling it.
"Doog! Oh!" Connor would say with a point. At first the duck kind of freaked out. It just kind of ran in a circle and we put it back in its little box for a break. Then we decided to maybe place it on a child. I'm not sure how we thought this would be a good idea since it had previously tried to run away. Since Connor was calmer and would sit still, we put the duck on his lap...and it stayed there! Lizzie was so excited, she kept reaching out for it and calling it 'baby'. We wanted the kids to have the same amount of time with the baby duck so we sat Lizzie down and began to place the duck on her lap like we had done with Connor.
She flipped!
There was no way she would let the duck touch her, no matter how much she reached out for it as if she wanted to hold it. The duck was quickly transferred back to Connor. They basically sat there together, the boy and his new duck, for the rest of the shoot, like the two greatest friends in the whole world. Lizzie provided the pictures with interesting poses and would carry in and take out different props all while screaming "Baby!" but then freaking out when the duck would show interest in moving toward her.
After the shoot was over and the kids had left we did take a few pictures of just the duck because he was so darn cute. We came to the conclusion that taking pictures of one toddler is challenging. Two toddlers in a photo shoot equal hard, yet fun, work. Add a duck into the mix and you get AWESOME CUTENESS!
So, what could make a picture of two little kids even more adorable, you ask?
A baby duck!
This is also the perfect combination for making the most hard to control photo shoot ever...but it was fun and an interesting learning experience.
Connor and his mom arrived first. Like I said, he is a shy kid, so combine that with the fact that he slept in the car on the way to the photo shoot and you get this docile little boy standing in the corner just looking at us and all of our equipment with this look on his face that reads "Have I been abducted by aliens...please don't probe me..." We tried to peek his interest with toys and the promise of being able to play with a duck (and that kind of makes us sound like we also own a kidnapper van and routinely hang out across the street from busy parks). He was very resistant, but finally broke down and began playing with some fake Easter eggs, but probably only because they reminded him of the eggs he had from last Easter which contained candy. Finally opening up, he became curious about the box in the corner that kept chirping...because it contained a baby duck. "Doog," he kept saying. "Bird doog. OH!"
Then Lizzie and her mom came in with a big TA-DA!!!! Look alive everyone, Lizzie is on set! It was like she was everywhere, all at once. Connor immediately reverted back to a shy little boy and just stood there watching as if this new little girl was going to spontaneously combust at any second. Lizzie didn't care, there were toys everywhere! We directed her to the toys that were set up to be used as props, we placed Connor in the middle of her whirl-wind of activity, and the fun began. It wasn't long before we busted out the baby duck. Oh the squeals of delight that are still ringing in my ears! "Baby! Baby!" Lizzie kept calling it.
"Doog! Oh!" Connor would say with a point. At first the duck kind of freaked out. It just kind of ran in a circle and we put it back in its little box for a break. Then we decided to maybe place it on a child. I'm not sure how we thought this would be a good idea since it had previously tried to run away. Since Connor was calmer and would sit still, we put the duck on his lap...and it stayed there! Lizzie was so excited, she kept reaching out for it and calling it 'baby'. We wanted the kids to have the same amount of time with the baby duck so we sat Lizzie down and began to place the duck on her lap like we had done with Connor.
She flipped!
There was no way she would let the duck touch her, no matter how much she reached out for it as if she wanted to hold it. The duck was quickly transferred back to Connor. They basically sat there together, the boy and his new duck, for the rest of the shoot, like the two greatest friends in the whole world. Lizzie provided the pictures with interesting poses and would carry in and take out different props all while screaming "Baby!" but then freaking out when the duck would show interest in moving toward her.
After the shoot was over and the kids had left we did take a few pictures of just the duck because he was so darn cute. We came to the conclusion that taking pictures of one toddler is challenging. Two toddlers in a photo shoot equal hard, yet fun, work. Add a duck into the mix and you get AWESOME CUTENESS!
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