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Sara called one night and asked if I could do a set of just black-and-white portraits with a plain dark or light backdrop as a Christmas present to her parents. She wanted to bring her brother Nick along too, and these were a few of the results.
So this is a combined football and basketball post. First is the final Illinois home football game against Ohio State University.
Coming out of the tunnel:
Block “I”
Tackle by Brit Miller
Run by Jason Ford
Donsay Hardeman gets a talking to by Coach Zook
This was some sort of fake play, but I can’t remember exactly what happened! Anyway, the kicker (#84 Eller) was supposed to be in focus, but instead you see #36 Jared Bosch in focus as he’s running to block for the fake.
Now on to basketball. This was the first game I was able to shoot for Scout.com this year. The Illini took on Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the first regular game of the season.
Mike Davis defends
Demetri McCamey runs up the court with a ton of determination on his face
McCamey with a layup
View of the hall from between the basket and the bench
Mike Tisdale reaches for the tipoff ball
Chester Frazier brings the ball up the court
A portion of the jerseys being honored in the rafters this season
Trent Meacham prepares for a free throw
Team huddle
Glenn Nagel: Holly, Nice shooting! I particularly like that first shot with the American flag... Glenn (ZookEraBegins)
I had two photos selected for the fall 2008 edition of VOW Magazine, published by the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette practical magic dvdrip download
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If you click on the photo, you should be able to see a larger version of the spread on Flickr! My photos are the black-and-white dip photo of Hannah & Dustin Padget under the title and the one of Jennifer & Christopher Noble walking on a sidewalk.
Also of note, my friend Beth Mills has an ad in the top left corner. She recently started her own party/event planning business. Call her if you’re looking for a fantastic and energetic wedding coordinator!! Tell her Holly sent you. 
Maybe I’ll do a vendor spotlight on her soon…hmmm…
I’ve known Scott probably since he was about 4 years old. We were in the same 4-H club, his sister Tara (hi Tara!) is a really good friend of mine, and his grandma was my kindergarten teacher. Oh man, as I’m typing those things, I’m realizing that list goes on and on because we also showed cattle together and I have some great stories about Sid his dad. LOL… oh, memories. I don’t know Ashley quite as well, but it seems like she and Scott have been dating FOREVER, so I have hung out with her a few times.
My friend Shelley tagged along for the shoot as she wanted a behind-the-scenes look at a portrait session with Holly Birch Photography. Thanks for coming along Shelley! I hope you learned a couple things.
It’s so cool to see people you know falling in love and taking the plunge. I know I have a VERY anxious Ashley waiting to see these, so here they are, in probably the longest set of favorites I’ve posted yet.
This pose was Shelley’s idea:
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I had them do “serious” a few times and they rocked it! I have a feeling Ashley uses her sexy pose every once in a while. Or when she’s mad at Scott.
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This was a new pose that I tried. I think it turned out alright!
Then we had Ashley pull Scott, to which Ashley said “This is more like it!”
I love shots of grooms looking at their beautiful brides.
Kissing on the dock
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Swings!! Are you serious? Yes, please!!
Then there was the covered bridge, which we took full advantage of. How can you pass up those red walls? Really, you can’t.
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This is Ashley working my lens. Oh my goodness.
Thanks you guys for a great session even though it was kinda cold, there weren’t many leaves, and we saw some snow flurries!
Champaign and Urbana wedding photographer | Holly Birch Photography: [...] (Easton) to photograph the wedding of Ashley and Scott. You can see their engagement session again HERE. I’ve known Scott’s family forever so I was excited to see who all would turn up at the [...]
I have a really exciting post to show you all tomorrow… TONS of favorites! It’s not quite ready yet though so I can’t post it until tomorrow. Be sure to check back, you won’t be sorry!
I couldn’t wait to share the excitement with all my blog readers!!
So, Mindi is wanting to do some sort of save-the-date thing for her wedding and I think it will either be bookmarks, magnets or magnet bookmarks. She hasn’t fullly decided yet, so I went ahead and did some mockups for her to get an idea of what we could do. She’s also interested in a guestbook, so I did a sample spread of that too.
Bookmark:
2 2×3″ magnet designs:
Guestbook spread:
Here are prices for some of these items that aren’t listed elsewhere on my website:
Magnets:
2.5×3.5 (business card size) come in sets of 8 for $9.25. For every
100 you order, there is a $25 discount. So 320 magnets would cost you $295, for example.
Bookmarks:
$62 per 100 ($5 discount per 100 bookmarks)
4×7 slimline cards: $120 per 100 ($10 discount per 100 cards)
4×6 photographs: $59 per 100 ($5 discount per 100)
Leatherette 8×8″ 24-page guest books: $85 (with different sizes and page quantities available)
Also, a heads up, individual portrait session fees and standard print prices are going up slightly on December 1, so get your orders in before then!
Lori said I didn’t have to put her family on my blog, but I can’t resist! We met up in Washington Park in Springfield before Ann & Mary’s shoot for a quick family shoot of Lori and her three children, Patrick (whose senior pictures I did a while back), Clayton & Rachel.
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You might know that song line from the movie “White Christmas,” or not if you’re not a dork like me!
I’ve known these two ladies for a LONG time. I went to jr. high and high school with Ann and she’s been one of my closest friends since we met in 7th grade. She now has a master’s degree and is teaching college English (hey, Dave, if you’re reading this, she still needs to email you!!). Ann aspires to someday be a famous author. She has some GREAT ideas, one of which I’ve been pushing her to write for at least 2 years (*hint, hint* Ann!!).
Mary is a few years younger than Ann but is equally amazing. This girl is an avid runner and is really into a healthy lifestyle. They’re both fashionistas, dating way back to when I was still wearing corduroy and flannel (I’m serious!) and they were hard-core GAP followers. Now I shop at the GAP while they’ve graduated to, oh, I don’t know Banana Republic and AnnTaylor or something. Ann also has an adorable dog named Audrey and two kittens, Josh & Ella. It would’ve been fun to have Audrey at the shoot, but then the kittens would have felt left out.
Without further ado, I give you the photos:
Mary
Ann (doesn’t she look sassy here?)
I of course brought my favorite chair again!
Serious shot in case she ever needs a photo for her book dust jacket. 
Together for Mom (Hi Kathy!)
This one’s not the greatest shot, but I love it anyway.
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Illinois beat bitter rival Iowa 27-24 on Saturday. The game started out bright and sunny but it was almost dark by the time the clock ran out. Matt Eller kicked a field goal with less than a minute left to win the game.
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Juice is all smiles after a long TD pass to Fred Sykes
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Juice gets taken down by 2 Iowa defenders
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The game-winning kick by Eller
It’s becoming a tradition for the team to go and celebrate with the students after a win at home.
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Zook is interviewed by ESPN immediately following the game.
Any orders you want in time for Christmas must be emailed to me or ordered online no later than Nov. 30th at midnight!
I’m going to try to keep the online Google calendar updated more frequently on my Contact & Info page. November is busy!!!
Lastly, anyone want to be on call for a session in the snow? Obviously we don’t know when this will be yet, but I think it’d be fun to do an individual or family session in a winter wonderland.
