If there is any end to Bandera High School senior Hope’s talents, I couldn’t find them.

The girl can jump like a cat, kick like a mule, dive like a swan, flip like a frog, swing like Tarzan, cook like Bobby Flay, pose like a supermodel, and light up a room like a 200 watt bulb.

With such a multi-talented subject, I had to stretch my imagination just to come up with new challenges to put her through to make for some awesome, unique senior photos.

She rocked it, from the first shot to the last, and was a blast to work with besides.

Remember Bandera, Medina and Utopia ISD mates, it’s never too late to get some great senior photos done, for graduation invitations or for the wall – both your parents’ and your Facebook’s. E-mail me, Facebook me, tweet me, or call/text me at 830-688-1564 to set up your senior photo shoot!

Below, enjoy some of my favorite highlights from our senior shoot together.

This girl is fearless.

Okay, so she has a thing about heights, and her mom and I did kind of force her to stand on the edge of a cliff for some of her senior photos last week…but only for a moment! And her daddy was nearby to…well…watch her fall off if the wind caught her.

If one thing has been consistent in my experience as a high school senior photographer over the last 11 years here in Bandera County, it’s that every shoot is a wholly new, unique, fun adventure.

Molly is a riot, a young woman unafraid of having fun and going the extra mile in style and smiles to make the best photos possible. We did a split shoot, half studio and half location, and she rocked both to the fullest. Her joyous personality is evident in every image.

As T.I. sings, “You can have whatever you like.” If you have a vision or ideas for your senior photo shoot, I will move heaven and earth to help make them a reality. If you have no idea what you want, we’ll talk it out, come up with some fun ideas, and let the spirit of adventure carry us. Molly’s mom was an incredible help throughout our shoot, with great visual ideas and the eye for details that only a mom has.

E-mail me, Facebook me, tweet me, or call/text me at 830-688-1564 to set up your senior photo shoot – it’s never too late to make great photos and lifelong memories!

Below, enjoy some of my favorite highlights from my shoot with the lovely Miss Molly.

Good morning, mates!

Bandera High School graduation 2011 is only a few weeks away, so here’s some updated info regarding the photos Outlaw will be doing at the ceremony:

Q: What photos will I get with my order?

A: On your order form, photos listed as “Individual” are images of the graduate receiving their diploma as they cross the stage. The standard group photo in the package is the full class photo, but in the a la carte area, you can also purchase K-12 and Honor Grads group photos.

Q: Do I have to buy a package to buy a la carte images?

A: Yes – your shipping fee is wrapped into the package price and to keep the price on a la carte images down, there is no shipping fee built into their cost.

Q: Can I bring you my order instead of mailing it?

A: Not this year – because of school rules, I’m unable to accept orders at UTSA or via the Bandera ISD senior class sponsor. To place your order, simply mail it in via the address on the form.

Q: Can I mail in my order after graduation?

A: Yes, we accept graduation order forms for at least a month after graduation. The only way you pay more is if you wait and buy your images from the Bandera.net galleries individually.

Q: What if I’ve lost my order form?

A: Got’cha covered – just right-click here and ‘Save As…’ to download the Microsoft Word document. Print, fill out, mail in, and we’ll set you up!

Q: Do you photograph every graduate, regardless of whether or not they have submitted an order?

A: Yes, we photograph everyone. You can view photos from the ceremony online at Bandera.net afterward.

Q: What do I do if I have multiple graduates?

A: You can use a single form and just make additional notes as necessary, or make a copy of your form and submit two orders – the prices are all the same.

Q: Do you do senior photo shoots?

A: Indeed I do! It’s never too late to set up your senior’s photo shoot before they disappear off to college. Contact me via the methods below and we’ll get you on the books!

Q: Do you handle the advertising for the graduation special section for the Bulletin?

A: I do not – you can e-mail JT at JT@banderabulletin.com or call him at 830-796-3718 for information.

Q: What if I have more questions?

A: You can comment on this blog post, Facebook me, e-mail me at James@outlawphotography.net, or call/text me at 830-688-1564. Thank you so much for supporting The Outlaw!

Megan is a delightful, artistic, academic superhero, and no less a senior at Bandera High School. She and I had a great time touring Bandera from the City Park up through the old Cabaret Dance Hall last week and made some fun photos along the way.

Senior photos are about way more than just looking pretty for the camera. You want the location, the attitude, the style to be memorable and important to you as a Bandera, Medina, or Utopia high school senior. You want photos that capture your personality, your interests, and your hometown. The memories made through photography are about more than just what you look like your senior year, they’re about who you are.

We have plenty of time before graduation to get your senior photo shoot in for 2011. Just e-mail me, hit me up on Facebook, or call/text me at 830-688-1564 to get set up.

Enjoy below some of my favorite highlights from Megan’s senior photo shoot!

Callie can’t stop smiling.

Sometimes as a photographer, pulling teeth is easier than getting a great, natural smile out of your subject. Medina High School senior, athlete and rodeo cowgirl Callie had the exact opposite problem during our photo shoot last week – she couldn’t stop smiling.

It’s a good problem to have, mates.

Needless to say, shooting with Callie on her family property in Medina was a real pleasure. Her mom helped set up some gorgeous outfits, and we worked every opportunity for fun photos – horses, fencelines, bridges, water features, green grass, wavy grass, hilltops and hillsides, barns, and one mean-looking John Deere tractor. Callie was a supermodel throughout.

My April calendar is booked to the hilt with senior photos, but it’s not too late to set up a shoot in May and still get files and/or prints back for High School graduation invitations – for Bandera, Medina, or Utopia.

If we shoot in the evening, I can turnaround a proof album online for you within a few hours, and have your order at the lab the next day. Our professional lab, Miller’s Imaging out of Kansas, usually takes one business day to print, one to ship, one to deliver – so in as little as three business days from your shoot, you can have prints in hand ready to mail out to friends and family.

You can also purchase our digital files, hi-res and fully processed in Photoshop, on CD and make your own prints at home or at the lab of your choice – fastest turnaround you can get.

It’s never too late, mates! Drop me an e-mail, grab me on Facebook, tweet me on Twitter, or call/text to 830-688-1564 to get your shoot booked. As always, we have no session fee, no minimum order, you just buy what you love.

Below, enjoy a selection of some of my favorite highlights from my shoot with Miss Callie.

Enjoyed the wonderful company of Medina High School graduate Leianna last week for a photo shoot around Bandera. She and I have shot together for almost four years now – we’ve done studio, urban, location, and Leianna has even modeled for my photography workshops.

As always with Leianna, it was a really fun shoot. We’ve done so many styles together, that for this shoot, I used camera gear I never use for portraits and went to locations I’ve never shot at before in Bandera. Turned out great thanks to her smooth style in front of the camera.

It’s never too early, or too late, to get your high school senior photos done. I work each year with Utopia High School, Medina High School, and Bandera High School juniors and seniors, as well as lots of young adults from the surrounding area: San Antonio, Boerne, Kerrville, New Braunfels, and so on. If you would like to set up your senior photo shoot, just drop me a line.

Melissa is always a pleasure to work with thanks to her playful nature and style in front of the camera. A talented model and actress, Melissa and I try to get together for a photo shoot any time she is in town from California or Austin, wherever she is working at the time.

Keep in mind for your photo shoot that you can bring multiple outfits, change your hair up, change your make-up, and get multiple looks and styles in during your time in our studio or on location. Whatever your choice, bring your personality – that’s what will give us our best photos together.

Attention Bandera, Medina and Utopia High School juniors and seniors! It’s never too early to do your high school senior photos. We can do an urban shoot around your hometown here in Bandera County, down along the Medina River, or anywhere you like. And with no session fee and no minimum order, you can shoot now, and if your style changes over your senior year, we can shoot again at no extra cost. E-mail me at James@outlawphotography.net if you would like to book your shoot!

I love bridal shoots.

Fashionable high school senior photo shoots are my forte, but bridals are right up there – they are so lovely, stylish, and of course the beauty of the wedding gown and bride-to-be only add to the images.

Just two weeks ago I did Ashleigh and Martin’s wedding photography in a lovely and wonderfully-coordinated ceremony at the San Julian Lodge / Flying A Ranch here in Bandera. In January, Ashleigh and I visited the ranch to do her bridal photos, which I haven’t been able to post until after the wedding, of course!

(You can view my engagement photo shoot with Martin and Ashleigh at the Japanese Tea Gardens in San Antonio here!)

Ashleigh is an absolutely sweetheart and too easy to get good photos of. We had a great time shooting, and I’m happy to share some of the highlights from that shoot with you here.

Even if our wedding photography prices are outside your budget, keep in mind that our bridal shoots are treated the same as our portrait shoots – no session fee, no minimum order, prints and files start at just $20. Please don’t hesitate to contact me to talk about your shoot!

A few weeks ago I did a photography workshop alongside Kerrville photog Kari Reed, and Hannah and Leianna were kind enough to come out and model with us down at the City Park here in Bandera.

We had a lot of fun and made some great photos! Thanks guys for such a beautiful autumn session.

Cold weather is no time to stop taking outdoor photos! Now is when you can whip out the winter-weather wardrobe and make awesome, stylish, fun, fashiony photos. Never too early to get your Christmas card photos done, as well, and it’s always warm in the studio for our baby and maternity clients!

Book your shoot today! E-mail me at James@outlawphotography.net or ring me at 830-688-1564.

I couldn’t ask for a more lovely couple to photograph.

And the location was hard to beat as well. For couples, engagement and bridal photography, I am a huge fan of the San Antonio Botanical Gardens and the neighboring Japanese Tea Gardens.

These  photos were taken at the Tea Gardens, and Martin and Ashleigh were a beautiful couple to work with. They have that delightful, smiley, sticky-sweet love that makes adoration spill from every photo. It’s a beautiful thing to see, and especially photograph.

We were at the gardens late in the evening to catch that golden hour of light that you see here, and the park had closed down the bathrooms! Martin and Ashleigh had brought a beautiful blue/yellow pair of outfits to wear for the second half of the shoot, and troopers that they are, ended up changing in the woods! Now that’s the kind of dedication to making great photos that a photographer loves.

Thank you guys so much for the wonderful shoot! Can’t wait for the next one to come!