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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Unsentimental Girl

You might recognize Hope. She’s been in my portfolio before. Some say there’s a family resemblance, but I just don’t see it. My niece is GORGEOUS! I love her new brunette look.

When Hope and her friend, Christa, came to New York, we did a little photo shoot so Hope could have new pictures for her portfolio. I used Christa’s new CD for the slide show music.

It’s fantastic! You’ve GOT to see this one!
CLICK HERE!

Christa and Hope have been best friends since kindergarten. They’re BOTH gorgeous.

I think Hope has a great future in modeling. But she’s also a great makeup artist and hair stylist.

And she’s a natural at posing too.

My Metuchen readers will recognize Tommy from Variety Village. He was kind enough to let us photograph him for our music video. Thanks, Tommy! You look great!

Did I mention she’s a natural at posing?

This one cracks me up.

Beautiful eyes.

Remember the name CHRISTA JOY because with a voice like that, she’ll be fighting off the real paparazzi in no time!
Congratulations, Christa!

Ya’ll leave a comment for Hope and Christa. It’s a great song. Be sure to turn up the sound!

Here’s the slide show link again. Enjoy!

posted by Julie Walton Shaver at 3:56 pm

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Answer Breakfast

Answer is a program based at Rutgers University that provides age-appropriate, balanced, comprehensive sexuality education. The program held a fundraiser at Jasna Polana in Princeton.

jasna-polana

They asked me to come along and photograph the event.

breakfast

Lucky for me, I also got to have some fantastic quiche!

Danene’s speech was really impressive!

headshots

While I was there, I shot new portraits for the staff and trainers.
(More in the slide show!)

I think all the portraits came out great! (But I don’t know where the guy on the right came from.)

I also did several group shots.

This one is cool. I need to do more shots with my wireless lights!

We had so much fun I made a slide show!
Turn up the sound and click here!

posted by Julie Walton Shaver at 11:01 pm

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Saturday, April 28, 2007

“Bob’s Walk” Gallery Opening

Bob Sheridan has nearly finished his walk of every block of every street of Manhattan.

A selection of his photographs are on display through May 20.

Check it out at The Store Room Gallery inside
Gillard’s
20 Palmer Ave
Bronxville, NY.
(This picture looks AWESOME big.)

This sweet little boy shows up in the gallery opening slide show occasionally. He’s one of Bob’s grandsons. SO cute!

These feet do some major walking. By the time the project is complete, Bob will have walked more than 600 miles!

bob

This is not Bob’s dog. He just wandered in to check out all the dog-walking shots I think. (This one is MY FAVE!)

(Oh, and here’s Bob taking a portrait of me taking Bob’s portrait.)

Congratulations on a great turn out for your first gallery showing, Bob! A huge success!

Turn up the sound and click here for the cool slide show from the gallery opening.

The photographs from Bob’s Walk are cataloged street-by-street at Coffeedrome. (Click here.)

posted by Julie Walton Shaver at 1:46 pm

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Greg, Not Gregory

Greg called me the other day needing new “headshots.” I think he was a little worried when I said we were going to the train tracks.

To me a “portrait” is not so much a picture of a person’s face as it is a picture of the person behind the face. Who is he? What does he do? Where is he going? What does he wear when he goes there? What mood is he in when he gets there?

classic

Greg is a jazz musician, so one of the shots we wanted to try was the classic jazz guitarist’s pose.

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Of course, we also wanted a nice smiling shot (with the other guitar).

bass

Did I mention Greg’s versatility? In addition to jazz guitar, he also plays bass and piano, and probably some other instruments too.

jazz

I think he calls it ‘the curse’ — that musical gift that floods your brain and won’t let go. He was jamming pretty much the whole time we were shooting. Fine by me. I loved hearing him play!

sunglasses

I love this shot.

Click here for the slide show!
Greg, just so you know, Bradley chose the music. (Which is interesting since this was the song that was playing in the car while we were driving all over Metuchen shooting pictures. Must have been fate. By the way, Bradley thinks your pictures are very cool.)

posted by Julie Walton Shaver at 10:15 am

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Thursday, April 12, 2007

For the Occasion of Her First Communion

It was rainy day when we got together to shoot portraits for her first communion invitations, but I LOVE how the studio pictures came out!

Her dimples are so CUTE!

She looks like a princess in this one.

I like to get creative, even with my portrait sessions.

We were blessed to be able to go on location for a little while, too!

Isn’t she adorable? What a pretty smile.

This one is my absolute favorite. It was SO dark in there but I wanted to use available light so I could be sure to get the stained glass window in the background. I was so happy when I looked at the pictures and this one worked!

Thank you! I’m really looking forward to the session we’re going to do with the rest of the family! (I LOVE how the invitations came out!)

posted by Julie Walton Shaver at 10:17 am

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Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Body by Baby

Elizabeth is due about two weeks from today.
Isabella can’t wait to meet her baby sister!

Isabella is very expressive!

Isabella and her mom are so cute together!

But I love the shots of Elizabeth wearing her baby body.

This one is my FAVE!

Elizabeth, here’s a slide show to thank you for making my first maternity shoot a grand success!

(Tissues highly recommended!)

Click here for the show!

posted by Julie Walton Shaver at 5:10 pm

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Monday, February 26, 2007

One Light on the Test Models

I’m in the process of setting up an actual studio with what I term “creative lighting” so that I can provide studio shots with an edgy flair. My children have gotten to the point that they need to be bribed to sit for me. (The shot above cost me a half hour of Star Wars Battlefront.) So, as a little incentive while I’m setting everything up, I’m doing free studio portraits. No sitting fee and you take home a free 8×10 off my inkjet. This week only so better hurry and call me!

posted by Julie Walton Shaver at 4:42 pm

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Thursday, February 22, 2007

Warning: These Smiles are Contagious

Jessica turned 16 last week.
She invited some friends over and they had a great time modeling for me!

Jessica looks gorgeous!

I love this shot. The hands complete the circle of friends.

I would love to have pictures like this of my friends when I was in high school!

Ok, I love this one too!
The girls are naturals at hitting a pose!

Jess’s friend, Jaime, of Mane Expressions in Clark, came over to do the girls’ hair.

I tried to get a natural, unposed, picture of each of the girls. I love the colors in this one.

I love “getting ready” shots!

I was also looking to capture the everyday stuff. I love the drama of this shot.

I had as much fun as the girls did!

Like I said, contagious smiles!

The girls know each other through cheerleading, but they all go to different schools. How cool is that?

The obligatory “hair-flip.”

I see this one framed on the bedside table.

All good parties have a cake.

Jess is so sweet. Theresa had a knee injury and couldn’t do any serious running or jumping. So rather than have her friend sit out the jump shot, Jessica made sure everyone was in the picture. (I love that.)

This is a sweet shot of Jess and Marissa.

I’m so jealous of Jessica. She has such great friends! Thank you all for being such great models for me and for having such a great time!

Click here for the slide show.

But beware: if you’re one of those women (like me, for example) who cries at Hallmark commercials, better get out the tissues ‘cuz this one is suh-WEET!

posted by Julie Walton Shaver at 4:00 pm

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