Christine

I'm pleased to introduce Christine, another one of ASD's gorgeous and talented seniors! We first saw Christine when she portrayed a bubbly love-struck teen in our school's musical, All Shook Up. Donning a sassy pair of horned-rim glasses, and totally hamming it up, she was just too cute! We met with a far more subdued, but absolutely lovely Christine at Bastakiya for her senior portraits. Along with Christine's mother, we wandered through the narrow alleys and dreamy open air galleries, oohing and ahhing (ok, I'll admit I was even sqealing with delight at times!) as we stumbled upon perfect photo site after perfect photo site. Christine's mother surprised us at the end of our session with a beautiful book about the Bastakiya. It was such a thoughtful gesture, and a lovely momento from our day. Thank you so much!!! I seriously can not get over the incredible beauty of Bastakiya! Nor can I get over the incredible beauty of our model! Christine carried herself with such poise and grace, and she was so natural in front of the camera. I was absolutely floored when I learned that she had never before modeled! I think I must have asked her, "Are you SURE you've never modeled before???" somewhere around five or six times. I guess I was thinking if I emphasized the word "sure" enough that she would somehow change her answer. Umm, Christine, if your future plans don't work out, I think you could have an incredibly successful modeling career!
Thank you again for asking us to document this milestone in your life- we had an absolute ball with you!!!


Be ready for lots of images of this stunning lady! I just couldn't narrow them down...

Tytus

Remember these gorgeous parents-to-be? Well, here is their sweet son, Tytus! Born just before Christmas, Tytus came into the world with the most incredible full head of black hair. I love it... and I'll admit it, I'm a little jealous! Our newborn portrait session took place in John and Shelley's dizzying high rise apartment on a bright, sunny afternoon just after the first of the year. We were so happy that Ty's lovely grandparents were visiting from South Africa, and were included in some of the portraits. When they weren't doting on their grandson, they were feeding us! They introduced us to pancakes with cheese and syrup, which sounded strange at first, but was delicious! What a lucky little guy Tytus is to have been born into such a loving and caring family!






































Tytus has already perfected a range of "funny faces" =)



And of course, when in Dubai... =)


Congratulations once more, John and Shelley! He is wonderful!!!

Sweet Sneak Peek

How cute is this little peanut?! More to come of this little one soon...

Brock

It's pretty common for our friends and colleagues at school to stop and chat with us about Wayfarer- thank you ASDers for your support! Whenever anyone asks whose senior portraits we've taken recently and we say Brock's name, their immediate response is, "Oh, he's such a great guy!" Every single time! Without fail! How cool is that? And he truly is a great guy. He's so kind, and has a wonderful easy going sense about him. It was a beautiful, breezy afternoon when we met up with Brock for his senior portraits at our favorite beach spot. His mom, one of those fabulous ASDers we work with, tagged along, and it was so precious to see her watch Brock with such obvious pride and admiration. We know she thinks- scratch that- knows he's a really great guy as well!
Thanks again, Brock and Tammy, for asking us to document this exciting milestone for you! Best of luck, Brock, with all your future adventures!!!

JC and Christy

We were so excited when we found out JC and Christy got engaged this past fall! We met this wonderful couple through softball- Isaac and JC play on the same team, and Christy and I do our best to hold the bleachers down during the games... it's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it=). We were so honored when they asked us to take their engagement portraits, and we had an absolute ball (no pun intended) spending the afternoon with them! We started our session in Old Town, at JC and Christy's place, so that their handsome pup, Romeo, could get in a few shots... he's so cute that he made it into plenty! Then we headed down to Bur Dubai and explored an AWESOME art gallery called Bastakiya. We couldn't believe that in our nearly 3 years here, we'd never been there before! Well, we've already been back (interestingly enough, for a senior portrait session the next day- more to come on that soon) and we are looking forward to some special exhibits and events that will take place at Bastakiya this month! During JC and Christy's session the weather was incredible, the light was dreamy, and our models were gorgeous- couldn't ask for more than that! There were so many fascinating little nooks and crannies to explore in Bastakiya, and we eventually found ourselves down by the creek just as the sun set. We worked up quite an appetite shooting, and afterward we all enjoyed a fabulous dinner- many thanks again, guys!












Even the sewage grates had wonderful, quirky details...
















There were some flies that were causing trouble in the following series...






















JC and Christy, thank you so much for asking us to take part in this exciting time in your lives! You are a beautiful couple on the inside and out! We wish you many healthy years of love, laughter and adventure together... starting with your honeymoon- GO TO COSTA RICA! You will not be disappointed!!! =)
Love,
I&J