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8 months in 2 days... REALLY? Yes, really

Time for cuteness. Okay, I am NOT one of those people who dresses their baby is in their college Alma mater insignia left and right. Hey, if you are, more power to you, I'm just not that attached to the University of Georgia and I don't like to "brand" my child so much, nope--just not my particular style. HOWEVER, Aunt Collette hand knit this sweater without a pattern and well, it's pretty darn cute.

I remember the first time I was on campus with my pal Jon McKenna, we were actually in Athens for a mountain bike ride from the ATL and it went something like this...

JM: "Hey Cameron, stick your head out the window at those people and yell GO DAWGS and bark."

me: I am not barking at strangers out a car window.

JM: (sticks head out window) "GO DAWGS SICK 'EM WOOF WOOF WOOF!!"

me: slinking down in my seat, look-of-disbelief

strangers: hands in air, pumping fists, "WOOF WOOF WOOF"

The only UGA game I ever went to I was on the field photographing it for the Athens Banner-Herald. That was a joke, but for another blog post. Let's just say the editor said,

"I'll send you to games for features not sports, Cameron."

I mean who can pay attention to every first down, every play? it's exhausting and not to mention riddled with macho male shooters. You have to be the ULTIMATE fan to photograph football. Opinion mia.

Jo + Austin | Forest Higlands

This was a lovely 3-hour event booked a few week in advance. If you are planning a small event that is in Northern Arizona and under 25 people that is less than 8 weeks away, you may qualify for our intimate pricing. Please contact the studio for more information.

This was a intimate family wedding in Forest Highlands. Sedona Cake Couture did their cake and I think the groom's mom pretty much took care of the rest! She was fabulous!
View the slide show below or click here to see it larger and in another window.

Joni + James | "the making of Joni Bozzone"

Loved this couple. Jamelle and I agreed that every guest at this wedding seemed so delighted to be sharing in this L'Auberge de Sedona day. We really loved the 'wishing rocks' -- everyone took a rock and placed it in a special box and made a wish during the ceremony. Great idea! It was hot-hot-hot but Joni and James looked cool, calm and collected. Joni got ready at El Portal, which makes for some nice portrait opportunities. Liz Margin did her makeup and Raymond Rodriguez styled her hair and flower design by Kathy Switzer. It was a stellar combination. Fun facts about this wedding include: Joni's maid of honor and best friend is dating James's brother and Joni grew up in a house that is around the corner from my own house here in Flagstaff. Joni went to High School in Sedona-- it's rare to photograph a 'local' wedding in Sedona... everyone is a transplant and there are so many destination events. Bozzone is pronounced Buh-ZONE- ee... so it's Joni's new name is perfect: Joni Bozzone. I love it!

Enjoy the photos, guys, you look marvelous! slide show in a new window click here or see the "in blog" slide show below...

number down

Hi! If you are trying to reach me via 928-225-2511 or my 888 number, they are not working right now but will be back sometime next week Nov. 2. The 888 is gone forever... sorry. Please email me at cameron at cameronclarkphotography dot com.
For now ring the studio at 928-226-0996 it's our temp DSL line number.

Brigit + Bret + a little gift in the Aspens

Brigit and Bret got married! BUT BUT BUT!! I wanted to shoot their wedding, as you can see, who wouldn't? We heard the whole story on the way up to this beautiful spot in the Aspens...

They got engaged and went to NYC for a function and on a whim decided to go ahead and tie the knot right then and there at a NYC courthouse. They went to the diamond district and POOF! Done. Married. Clearly, they were not dreaming of the fabulous wedding photos, like I was, but I gave them the gift of a photo session for their "wedding." Clearly getting married in a courthouse is THE way to really save $$$ on your event; however, if you do this, you should still hire someone (ahhHEM, me) to take some great shots becuase as you can see.. it's worth it. :)

We hiked 20 minutes into the woods for this particular Aspen grove and a favorite tree of Brigit's. I love how that pine is all alone in the middle of Aspens. This year, the Aspen leaves turned gold and 1 minute later they fell to the ground here in Flagstaff. We had two really cold and windy days and this was one of them. Brigit and Bret were great subjects... Thanks guys!

Baby Dreyson

Newborns can be so CUTE, especially if you get one like Dreyson who sleeps all the time. We usually shoot newborns inside the home- in this case on mom's bed.

A little note on photographing a newborn baby photo session. It's always best to catch newborns in the first two weeks i.e by day 14. So please schedule before the baby is born to be sure to get on the calendar... we'll be flexible.

31, that's me

So I'm 31 today. Yup. 31. So if you have any decency, please send me a comment. I love comments. I LIVE for comments on my blog. Helllloooooo out there????

Studio update and computers

So we finally got the computers into the studio yesterday and today they got networked and a little TLC --Thanks Peter! Some bad bad program had turned on some annoying hidden folders thing and it was driving me crazy. Anyway, it's fixed and Jamelle can now access my files and vice versa. THANK GOODNESS!!! HD is fixed, DSL line coming Friday....phone line sometime next week and until then I'm stealing my neighbor's DSL.... (they know so maybe it's not stealing). So tomorrow (my birthday) will be the FIRST day of work in the studio. So if you are patiently waiting for something from me, I assure you, you won't wait much longer. I'm back on the train. PHEW. This studio thing has been tougher than I thought. So much jumbling up and disrupting my already insanly disrupped (ah-hem, Owen) life. I feel HIGH productively coming my way... so watch out... and put Nov. 13th on your calendar -- it's our GRAND OPENING PARTY!! So fun. So fun. Can't wait... tons of wedding peeps, friends, countrymen, etc.

Laurie

We are wrapping up High School Senior season! Laurie was tons of fun and we took a few photos right outside the new studio and then headed to the pool. Laurie's a swimmer at Flag High and wanted to include some pool shots. We love to incorporate fun parts of your lifestyle in these shoots. Unfortunately the weather was... ummm pretty darn COLD!! and the outdoor pool is no longer heated, but AMAZING laurie jumped in and tried her hardest to look warm and cute. I think she pulled it off quite nicely. Tons of fun!! Thanks Susan and Laurie **side note, we copied this great old Robert Lacy image of Grace Kelly in a pool for this one, thanks for the suggestion, Kate (Cameron's sister)**

Style Me Pretty | Main Page Feature! Carol & Steve

Check out Style me Pretty today to see our work, I'll be sending them some more photos today so check back later as well.

Kate + Norm are getting married!

Matt and I are delighted that my sister Kate is getting married to a great guy, Norm. We almost made "Norm for brother-in-law" t-shirts when we met him, but we didn't want to jinx the situation! They were VERY fun to photograph and we all had a good time making these images. They are a charming couple--both are Wildland firefighters--HotShots-- Norm on Mormon Lake crew and Kate on the Flagstaff Hotshots. Some photos are in order with the chainsaws but I thought we'd see how they clean up.

The planets aligned for us because Jamelle left a photo stand in the exact spot where we were finishing up some portraits and thank goodness we were able to get a little flash flavor(ah hem, the last four). Thanks Jamelle! I don't normally post 14 photos BUT hey, it's my sister, and I really like how these images turned out. I reinvented Flagstaff downtown and tried NOT to go to my usual spots. Kate has the most amazing blue eyes EVER. One tip for couples is to laugh a lot be yourself and HAVE FUN. I promise it will show through in the photos.

I didn't even PhotoShop these files. All images are straight out of Lightroom. I was too excited to mess around with PS.

*side note* I am experimenting with our branding and "striping" these photos with our logo. The whole logo blog thing...I'm on the fence. Comments?

Genevieve - Seniors!!

Gen who has been waiting so patiently for her proofs- what an awesome girl. I have no idea what it is, but Gen reminds me of myself when I was senior for some reason- I only spent an hour with her, but I guess I just connected. We shot over at Jackson's Grill, which turned out to be a new and fun place for a portrait session. Thanks Steve for letting us roam the property.

Tess

A few more high school seniors in the blogging line. Tess was tons of fun along with her posse of girlfriends for moral support. I think you look simply beautiful Tess!!

Studio update and #1, DONE!

Kim and I had fun unpacking furniture last Sunday and Jamelle and I spent last week moving more furnishings into the space. We has our "soft" opening Friday Oct 3... and we will move the computers in there sometime this week which means we'll be working in our studio soon! We are so happy with how it turned out. Isn't it cute? I am in love with our sign. This is our meeting space behind our work area (coffee table came damaged, so they are sending a new one). I had to shoot quick because a little penguin was getting fussy this morning while I was downtown. I will get better interiors (with better light) when we get set up a bit more... till then here is a tease...

hummm, who is the little penguin in that buggy? Owen 7 months

Oh yes, this completed #1, on my 101 in 1001.

Nov. 13 is our Grand Opening party when we'll hang a wedding art show next door in the Flagstaff Photography Center. We will be open for First Friday Flagstaff November.

**update on HD** After hours on the phone with Apple and then Adobe (Lightroom decided to quit as well), I've fixed my technical difficulties (including Apple shipping me a new iPhone) and am back at the editing table. Technical difficulties set me back, oh yes, they do. In this business you don't want to risk losing any data, which I didn't, thank goodness. All is well in Apple-land. :)

Sarah & RJ - slideshow

Twins! Seniors

Another post from Jamelle via me. Jamelle, chime in here for details on these twins...