Baseball Has Started – Madison South Dakota Sports Photography

The diamonds in Madison are filled with kids almost every night.

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Madison High School Graduation – Highlights of Everyone

I took pictures during yesterday’s commencement exercises at the DSU Fieldhouse for Madison High School. I think we have pictures of all of the graduates receiving their diplomas. Contact the studio if you interested in purchasing any prints: $10-4×6, $12-5×7 and $15-8×10.

Check out today’s issue of the Madison Daily Leader for more pictures of graduation.

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Celebrate – Madison High School Graduation

Madison seniors celebrated their graduation this afternoon at the Dakota State Fieldhouse. I sure hope that silly string is easy to clean up.

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Rachel and Madison JO Volleyball at Jackson MN Tournament – Jackson Minnesota Sports Photography

Check out Rachel and her JO Volleyball teammates in action at their last tournament of the season at Jackson Minnesota.

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Rutland Graduation 2012 Edition

Carly, Ky and Justin graduated from Rutland School this afternoon. Here are a few images from the commencement exercises.

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Rutland Graduates – Ky, Carly and Justin – Rutland South Dakota Senior Pictures

Ky, Carly and Justin are scheduled to walk across the stage on Saturday afternoon at the Rutland Gym to receive their high school diplomas.

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Tree vs Wind at the Studio – Tree Loses

We had a surprise waiting for us at the studio this morning: the ash tree in front of the church split in two, blocking the road and creating an opportunity for exercise this weekend.

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Madison Maroon and White Softball – Madison South Dakota SPorts Photography

Here’s a few shots from last night’s action.

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Tillage at Sunset

Just to the north of Rutland last night…

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Rutland Kindergarten Graduation on Friday Afternoon

Rutland kindergarten students celebrated their graduation along with the class of 2013 on Friday afternoon.

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ORR Jr High Track at Estelline

Here are a few images from a couple of weeks ago at the Jr High Track Meet in Estelline.

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Before and After – Farm Picture Restoration

One of our customers brought in a very old damaged print for restoration this week.

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Happy Birthday Grandma Beth!

We celebrated Grandma Beth’s birthday at Bethel Home on Saturday.

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Weekend Storms – Hail, Rain, Flooding and Erosion

Lots of hail on Saturday morning.

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Water flowed over Hwy 34/81 west of Madison into the Madison Country Club Sunday morning.

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The beaches and campground at Lake Herman State Park suffered flooding at the water level rose on Sunday afternoon.

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Hwy 19 was closed to traffic.

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Damage at Johnson’s Point at Lake Madison

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Many area roads had their gravel end up in the ditch as rainwater washed it away.

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Justin’s Video Slideshow – Rutland South Dakota Senior Pictures

Check out Justin’s favorites in a video slideshow from his senior portrait session at Black Studios.

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Ian’s Video Slideshow – Madison South Dakota Senior Pictures

Check out Ian’s favorites in a video slideshow from his senior portrait session at Black Studios.

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Justin’s Art Poster – Rutland South Dakota Senior Pictures

Check out Justin’s Art Poster from his senior portrait session last week at Black Studios.

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Dillon and His Tongue – Nunda South Dakota Children’s Photography

Dillon is really coming out into his own as he gets older and so is his tongue.

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Madison Community Center Triathlon – 2012 Edition

Check out some images from the Madison Community Center Triathlon last Saturday. To see more pictures from the race check out the All Sport Central website.

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NL Spring Seminar Hosted by the SDPPA

I spent two days learning more about photography with my peers at the annual seminar hosted by the South Dakota Professional Photographers Association. President Pam Karlen put a great program together and selected two of the most sought after photographers as our speakers: Kevin Jairaj and Alycia Alvarez.

I always enjoy hanging out with my friends and learning new techniques. I bought a few new very cool toys for our upcoming senior season and can’t wait to try some new awesome lighting.

Here are a few images taken from behind the scenes from Sunday and Monday.

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Never Leave Your Camera Unattended at a Photography Seminar!

This was my last seminar as a board member of the SDPPA. I’ve gotten into the habit of leaving my camera sitting at the table as I did whatever I needed to do. I didn’t have much to do this year as past president except to take care of whatever SDPPA President Pam Karlen might need. In this case it was to take pictures of the event throughout the two days. The rest of the time, I left my camera on the table as I visited with vendors at the tradeshow. Sunday night I came home and downloaded the images. Look what I found on camera: my friend Chad Phillips’ self portraits. You would think I would learn…Monday night I found more…

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04 24 Chad2 Never Leave Your Camera Unattended at a Photography Seminar!

Announcing the Winners of the Caring Cuties Contest

First with 162 FB Likes is Maddison. Maddison is the winner of the over 3 yr old category.

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Karissa had 147 FB Likes. She won the Baby category.

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In our groups section, Lita and Natalie had 140 FB Likes.

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Duct Tape Dress and Tux – Madison High School Prom

You can read about Sam Johnson’s Duct Tape dress in the Madison Daily Leader’s website.

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Matt – Madison Community Center Triathlon

Matt just messaged me on Facebook and asked about when we would post images from Saturday’s Madison’s Community Center Triathlon. I’ve been in Sioux Falls at a photography seminar, but I will take the time to process one of Matt’s images yet tonight.

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Kynley’s 6 Month Magnet – Madison South Dakota Baby Photography

Check out the magnet that ElizaBeth designed for Mom and Dad celebrating Kynley at 6 months old. We can’t wait for Kynleys next Baby Plan session and we can play outside.

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DSU Softball – Madison South Dakota Sports Photography

Coach Ken Prorok brings his Lady Trojans Softball Team to the studio every Spring for cool sports pictures.

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Allyson’s Rave Book – New Mexico Senior Pictures

We photographed this future SDSU Jackrabbit last Summer. Check out her many images.

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Chelsey’s Rave Book – Lake Preston Senior Pictures

Chelsey used to attend Rutland School and Grandma lives next door to our studio. Check out the Rave Book ElizaBeth designed just for her.

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Auden’s Rave Book – Howard South Dakota Senior Pictures

Auden’s senior portrait session was an awesome time. Check out Auden’s wild snowboard look.

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