Cool nights mean one thing........

it is FOOTBALL season! We haven't been home much lately with fall football in full swing. We have been faithfully following our Irish as they have had a very exciting season. Varsity and Junior Varsity have been very impressive this year, there is so much talent on the field and never a shortage of great action shots to take. Mike has been on the sidelines with the camera in hand at most home and away games, while I have been up in the stands just enjoying being a Mom and cheering on our team.

SEN{10}R

Seniors, Seniors, Seniors! Boy have we been blessed with being so busy photographing the class of 2010. Here are a few from recent shoots and more to follow.

WOW, where to begin!

We here at Backroads by Lynda have been shooting, shooting and doing more shooting! It has been a busy summer and we feel blessed......many weddings both ones we have scheduled and ones I have been second shooting with Denise, lots of seniors, families and ball teams too.

Tate turned 15 the end of June and we finally went out and took some of him. It is such a great age for portraits, he will be changing so much between now and the time he is done with high school and it is an age that many don't think about for portraits. He picked his clothes and brought his guitar and we got some great shots of him just being himself. I can't believe he is already 15. Where does the time go?

A very neglected blog spot!

Well, I was going to to do better....really I was. Once again I have a very neglected blog! We have been shooting and processing like crazy around here but this poor blog has been left to it's own demise! We will be posting on here TONS of new stuff just as soon as we get everything caught up........in the mean time, enjoy a fun shot from one of the recent team shoots.

Emily~Galena High School

Meet gorgeous Emily. She has stunning eyes and an infectious smile. She is about to become a senior at Galena High School. When you are ready to have fun with your senior pictures, call and see what Backroads by Lynda can do for you.

Tons of Track shots!

I just posted a few hundred of the Irish Middle school track team on my Facebook. There were just way too many to put on the blog so I am picking a couple of fav's here and if you want to see more, follow the link on the side of the blog over to Facebook and see the rest. It was a good season Irish and I really enjoyed being on the sideline, you guys gave me some awesome action pictures to try to capture.

Super Secret Happy Mother's Day Shoot

We had so much fun with the secret Mother's Day shoot that we did with John and the Johnson boys. What Mom wouldn't be thrilled to get these smiling faces for Mother's Day? You guys were so much fun to work with and I can't believe how much effort John put into getting all the signs, T-shirts and foam fingers. A very special Happy Mother's day to Tina...hope your day is extra special and Happy Mother's day to all the Mom's keeping up with the blog.

Dalton 2010 Billings Senior

2010 Senior Rep for Billings High School.

Billings Truck & Tractor Pull

The Brenton Salyers Family benefit truck and tractor pull will be held Saturday May 2, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM in the Billings City Park. Save the date and be sure to bring a few friends too! Follow the links to Facebook for more info.

Yes, I still do portraits!

Even though it is crazy as ever in the middle of football and track season, I have been as busy as ever with portraits....I just haven't been posting any. I am starting with a few things I did last month at a photography meet-up that Mike and I were honored to be part of. Jennifer Schreck and I presented a class on the basics of photography and it was called "What the F is an F-stop?" We had a great time teaching and got to meet up with wonderful friends that we have known for years and were able to meet many new friends. There ended up being almost 100 photographers in one beautiful house with about 8 inches of snow falling outside. We had such a wonderful time in the beautiful little town of Skiatook, OK snow and all.

When we weren't teaching, we too were able to take classes and we had some incredible instructors as well as stunning models to work with. I am going to be posting some of the shots from some of the classes and also giving you links to those instructors websites so you are able to go check them out and see some awesome images from these artists.

This first series is from one of two classes that I took from a master lighter, Lowry Wilson of Old South Images in New Albany, Mississippi. http://www.oldsouthimages.com is the link to Lowry's website. Lowry spent many years in the studio setting and still rocks the house with lighting! Now days, you seem to find Lowry out shooting landscapes where he continues to rock the house! Beautiful, beautiful images that anyone would treasure hanging in your home and they are true works of art. A very special thank you to Lowry for taking the time to show different styles and techniques of lighting to us.

Just a shout-out to the maker of the backdrop used in these images. Silverlake Photo @http://silverlakephoto.com is really top of the line when it comes to backdrops. I personally own several of theirs and they were generous enough to be a major sponsor of the meet-up supplying us with 4 backdrops to use and then to give away as a doorprize. This drop is the Asylum and I wished I would have been the winner of this one......it is an awesome drop. Modeling for us this day were two very lovely ladies, Lisa and Laura.

Ozark Track Meet

Tonight's track meet was at Ozark high school's new track and football field which was an awesome venue. The afternoon started out sunny and in the 50's but by nightfall it cooled off considerably. Irish had a good showing and here are a few of the highlights from the night.