We have a new addition at our home. She was named by Sophie (my 5yrs daughter) and her name is MaeMae. We have always had larger dogs but wanted a dog that we could carry with us daily to the studio. She is a TOY Australian Shepard and will only weight 10-12 lbs. full grown. This breed is very intelligent. I am glad because I have a 120lbs. rotty at home and she is very very intelligent so the same training I used on my rotty I can use on MaeMae. We have had her home now for 2 weeks and she will sit and is house trained. Our home now consists of Jennifer and myself with our daughters Izzy and Sophie with 2 cats and our Rotty and now MaeMae.
Never say never! I lost one of my best friends to cancer several months ago and said I would never have another dog because of the loss I had felt. I had found Delphi inside the Titans stadium 10 years ago. After time Jennifer talked me into looking and we found MaeMae.
Allen Griggs
This little girl goes to school with Izzy. I have seen her at birthday parties and school functions and thought her personality was so adorable. I am always looking for unique personalities to work with and get me out of my box. I envisioned her in a very formal setting. After her session started, I watched her little personality shine and felt she was more than adorable in our pink tutu and her jean jacket. She won me over and I decided the tutu was all her! Here are two images to show how different lighting and clothes give such a different feel to my portraits. Enjoy! I would like to thank this family for allowing me to photograph her and use her portraits as studio samples. -Allen
I have been photographing this little boy since he was 3 months old. He has grown into a wonderful child. I made this image a unique crop to emphasize his eyes. I also painted this portrait for a studio display and it will also be added to my competition collection as well. This family comes from Clarksville. -Allen
This is a perfect example of a portrait made very simple. When this mom arrived, this child was wearing these clothes. I'm sure she didn't have intentions of wearing them for her portrait session, but I found them to be very cute. True, many times only the beautiful outfits make beautiful portraits, but sometimes simplicity can make a portrait just as beautiful! -Allen
This little girl's personality reminds me a lot of my oldest child. She's smart as a whip and able to wrap me around her finger with just one look.
