When we decided to add sports image composites to our Senior Portrait product line, one of the first athletes I thought of as a subject was John Peters.  John was the Waukee Warriors Football Team’s starting quarterback last year as a Junior.  Having watched him from the sidelines for a number of games last year, I knew he played with intensity and if he brought his game face to the studio we would create some winning sports portraits.  Here is just some of what we came up in the studio. 

John is a great athlete and a super person and we wish him the best of success in football and other endevours his senior year.

Brianna is a very special young lady that seems to have it all - beauty, intelligence, athleticism, a great sense of humor, and an awesome wardrobe.  Brianna says she has never modeled, but we think she may have practiced a little.  She is a natural poser and has a lot of fun doing it.  After high school she plans to study medicine and is rumored to be quite a good golfer.  We’ll be keeping our eye on her.

Our senior portrait session was a lot of fun.  Brianna brought so many great outfits that we couldn’t help but spend a little extra time with her.  She has assured us there are plenty more where they came from so we look forward to an outdoor session with her when Spring finally arrives. 

One of the series of images from her session turned out so well we could could only narrow it down to about 80  favorites so we made a DVD slideshow out of them.   You can see it at http://www.photojeania.com/seniors/brianna.  We hope you enjoy it and please tell us what you think.

Between flower girls, maternity sessions, and pretty high school seniors, we manage to squeeze in some real men for some intense sports portraits.  Meet Paul Bird - a Des Moines area Ultimate Fighter who is undefeated as a pro.  Paul has traveled the world, including training in Thailand, in search of the perfect can of whoop ass and seems to have found it.  Paul is referred to in the ultimate fighting world as ”The Gingerbread Man” (as in you can’t catch me).  We hope the images help celebrate Paul’s success in the cage.  You can catch The Gingerbread Man in action at the Midwest Cage Championship Tournament at the BUCCS Arena on Hickman on April 25th.

A sports image composite from Paul’s session.  For inspiration I had Paul give me a few jabs to the head and this is what I saw.

Brittany and I accomplished a lot in a short senior portrait session.  She came prepared like a pro ready for fashion modeling, cheerleading, dancing, and even some casual modeling in her step-dad’s Boston Red Sox sweat shirt.  As a life-long New York Yankee fan it was hard to create a Red Sox themed image composite, but I worked through it because she was kind enough not to make fun of the music on my iPod.  You’re a beautiful young woman Brittany and we hope you like the images.

We didn’t know Kendra too well when she came in for her senior portrait session and thought perhaps she was a little on the shy side.  Boy were we wrong!  This was one of the most fun senior portrait sessions we have done and a great way to start off the season.  Kendra is a super model and athlete and quite a character.  She was scheduled to get her wisdom teeth out today so we had to work fast before she turned into a chipmunk.  We wish her a speedy recovery and hope she’ll be ready for an encore session soon.  Great work Kendra!

Photojeania is offering a limited number of free test sessions to select Des Moines area High School Juniors now through mid-April.  Test sessions allow us to try out new ideas and get feedback from potential clients.  Specifically, we are looking for athletes, musicians, and fashion-oriented High School Juniors to create dramatic and artistic multi-image composite prints.  Test session participants receive a complimentary two-hour session and complimentary prints from the session.  All we ask for in return is for two hours of your time, feedback from you and your friends on the images we provide, and the right to use the images for marketing purposes.  We also select our Senior Models from our test session participants.  Senior Models receive our top senior portrait session for free and can earn free prints and products representing our studio.

If you know a High School Junior (Class of 2009) who is active in sports, music, or fashion and has an interest in modeling, please encourage them to contact our studio and ask for Chuck or Jeannie.  There is a great demand for these sessions so interested students should call and schedule soon before they fill up.

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