Future Starlet Goes to the Beach on her Way to Fame

Hey ya'll - Sue speaking - "My niece Jessica was visiting this week and I just had to take her to the beach for sunset portraits. She is a recent high school grad and I am very proud of her. Grace and I found this fantastic dress in a local thrift store a few months ago and I couldn't wait to photograph it on Jessica! She was a great sport running around the sand barefoot when it was so cold she couldn't even feel her toes anymore! "

Some more interesting shots..

The first picture is another one of Brigita, I don't know why it wouldn't upload last night. My computer seems to be back to normal today though, so thats handy! Anywho, this leap just blew me away! She would do these from a dead stop, no running jumps or anything!


This second picture was one of the most unique dance costumes I've seen yet, and the dancer in it was unique enough herself to pull it off. I can't say I have a favorite over at Billy Clower, but these girls just endear themselves to me every year.

Congratulations Brigita!

Brigita is one of our many super talented gymnasts, but she is truly a shining star this year. She received the title of Gymnast of the Year, Level 8 Region 1 (she even skipped a level this year!) as well as receiving 7th place at the Junior Olympics!



She is truly a joy to photograph, so much talent for only being 10 years old!

Baby Kendall

This picture is from Monarchs Gymnastics, one of the coaches had an adorable 5 month old girl named Kendall. She is already well on her way to becoming a talented gymnast, she could walk along the beam (when her mommy held her hands) and she could do a tumble down the mat with a little more help from her mom.

Hodge Podge of Silly Shots!

Here are some of the photos that made me laugh from the past 2 weeks, the little gymnastic girls are just adorable and awesome to work with. And then there's me... The last shot was just me goofing around on the last day at Billy Clower, I gotta say, my stag leap was pretty good for not taking a dance class since high school!


I'm not quite sure why I was pointing, they say that's rude to do, oops!


The spider was key in getting this little one to pose, I don't know how she got so attached to a plastic spider, but she just loved him!


I got some odd looks from the real dancers, but I didn't do as bad as I was expecting (and kind of hoping for!).

More Billy Clower

Here are a few more cool shots from our week at BC, with more to come!


Some talented ballerinas!


One of our favorite posers, Molly always has fresh ideas!

Billy Clower Awesomeness!

So we spent this week shooting at Billy Clower Dance Studio in downtown Ventura. The studio has been running since the 1940's and has been a big part of Ventura's culture and character for just as long. Their recital is going to be next Saturday and Sunday, June 27th and 28th at 7 PM on Saturday and 2 PM on Sunday. Go check it out, it'll be at Ventura High School!

Here is my favorite shot from the whole week, the Senior girls were such a fun group to work with and very good sports about posing for this!



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