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    What's Your VIBE?
    • Aug 30, 2020
    • 1 min

    What's Your VIBE?

    The first step to creating your senior pictures with Optical Poetry is a personal consultation at my office in McKinney and my first...
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    What to Wear in Senior Pictures - Girls
    • Aug 17, 2020
    • 3 min

    What to Wear in Senior Pictures - Girls

    This is by far my #1 question that clients ask. What should I wear??? While I have to say that the STYLE depends on a few factors, your...
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    "Girls of all kinds can be beautiful..."
    • Aug 3, 2020
    • 1 min

    "Girls of all kinds can be beautiful..."

    from the thin, plus-sized, short, very tall, ebony to porcelain-skinned; the quirky, clumsy, shy, outgoing, and all in between." - Tyra...
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    Off the Beaten Path
    • Mar 5, 2020
    • 1 min

    Off the Beaten Path

    Last weekend I had a client who wanted to do his session in Deep Ellum. This is a common ask and a location I frequent both for work and...
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    How to Look Better in Photos
    • Feb 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    How to Look Better in Photos

    I had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with Peter Hurley last week at Imaging USA in Nashville, TN. Coincidentally, my husband...
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    2020 Fashion Model Experience
    • Jan 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    2020 Fashion Model Experience

    Each year, the #OPPSenior Model Team has the opportunity to participate in the exclusive Fashion Model Experience. While it varies each...
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    2019 Year End Recap
    • Nov 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    2019 Year End Recap

    To say 2019 has been an exciting year for me would be an understatement. The word about my work and business is starting to get out and I...
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    Location, Location, Location
    • Nov 20, 2019
    • 1 min

    Location, Location, Location

    While what you wear, how your hair and makeup look and how you pose are all important to the final outcome of your photos, equally...
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    Don't Just Stand There, Bust a Move!
    • Sep 23, 2019
    • 1 min

    Don't Just Stand There, Bust a Move!

    my true gift is capturing personalities. That, of course, relies heavily on a senior's willingness to open up, be themselves, and HAVE FUN!
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    How to Personalize YOUR Session
    • Sep 17, 2019
    • 2 min

    How to Personalize YOUR Session

    It is of the utmost importance to me (and I hope you) that each senior session is completely unique to the individual. While location and...
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    First 2020 #OPPSenior knocks it out of the park!!
    • Jun 20, 2019
    • 1 min

    First 2020 #OPPSenior knocks it out of the park!!

    We have kicked off the 2020 Senior Portrait season with one of our #OPPSenior Model Reps, Shae. We started at The Fabrication Yard where...
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    4th Magazine Feature, this time it's International!!
    • Jun 3, 2019
    • 1 min

    4th Magazine Feature, this time it's International!!

    I have been blessed to be featured in our 4th publication this weekend. My first print publication was Issue 2 of seniorMUSE in March of...
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    Introducing the 2020 #OPPSenior Models!
    • May 22, 2019
    • 1 min

    Introducing the 2020 #OPPSenior Models!

    After sifting through many applications and narrowing the selection to 10 invited Class of 2020 Seniors, we have our strong team of 6 for...
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    What's More Fun Than an Arcade?!
    • Mar 23, 2019
    • 1 min

    What's More Fun Than an Arcade?!

    "In the early '80s, the arcade game Pac-Man was twice as popular as oxygen." -Charlie Brooker I have been envisioning this shoot since...
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    Cover Models have been CHOSEN!
    • Jan 14, 2019
    • 1 min

    Cover Models have been CHOSEN!

    Designing the Senior Client Guide is a long, detailed process that ends with me choosing the photo for the cover. Our previous cover...
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    The Fashion Model Experience 2019
    • Dec 19, 2018
    • 1 min

    The Fashion Model Experience 2019

    As part of the #OPPSenior Model Program, the models get to participate in The Fashion Model Experience. It is a full day of professional...
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    Boho Chic #OPPSenior & #OPPRising Star Model Shoot
    • Sep 2, 2018
    • 1 min

    Boho Chic #OPPSenior & #OPPRising Star Model Shoot

    For this year's combined group shoot, including the #OPPSenior and #OPPRisingStar Model Teams, I decided to go with a Bohemian theme...
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    Unbelievable Before and After Photos
    • Jul 31, 2018
    • 1 min

    Unbelievable Before and After Photos

    The #OPPSenior Model Team has the opportunity to participate in The Fashion Model Experience each year. This event takes place at a...
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    Butterflies @ Texas Discovery Gardens
    • May 3, 2018
    • 1 min

    Butterflies @ Texas Discovery Gardens

    For our final model shoot, the 2018 #OPPSenior Model Team and I went to the Texas Discovery Gardens to interact with the butterflies....
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    Katie From Lovejoy High
    • Nov 3, 2017
    • 1 min

    Katie From Lovejoy High

    "I read 'The Great Gatsby' in high school and was hypnotized by the beauty of the sentences and moved by the story about the...
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