Captain Captain Cutie Pie....................

i spent the late evening hours, out of the cold blustery wind, inside the warm and cozy Lang's Latte Cafe, enjoying a latte with my daughter,  listening to Captain Captain Cutie Pie.........and I loved it.
Greg

In Memory of Thomas Allen

My condolences and prayers to the family, friends and coaches of Thomas Allen.
Greg

Honky Tonk Christmas...............

 

 

I had a really great time tonight covering Jeff Whitlow and The Old Barn Band's Honky Tonk Christmas at the Hartselle Civic Center. Really great show and a good crowd.

Greg

 

 

LCHS Basketball 2012-13...............

Good Luck to all the LCHS Red Devil Basketball teams and cheerleaders and especially the seniors on your upcoming season. Portraits were taken last Friday and I wish all of you a memorable year.
Greg

Christmas Sessions at Greg Brooks Photography...

 

 Christmas Sessions are available on a first come, first serve basis.

Sessions start at $50

$100 Sessions also available

and $150 sessions are also available, with all three scenes.

Christmas cards are also available.

Please call to book an appointment.

256-974-0825

Indoor sessions available.

 

Call 256-974-0825

Peddle car and berries.

Joy and Ol' Blue

Ol' Blue

Greg Brooks and staff of Red Hill Christmas.

Tana, Hunter,and Jess.

 

Please call for information and available appointments.

Greg

Got a lesson in cotton picking today............

and had a really great time shooting LCHS Senior/Cotton Farmer, Will Cottinghams senior portraits this afternoon. Will is all about cotton,he told me one bale of cotton would produce 2000 pair of bluejeans. (That's enough last me two lifetimes). Cotton prices are down this year, 80 cents a pound, (he blamed it on China), but as we looked out over the beautiful white fields, I could see that he was seeing one thing, green, (money). It was good to see a Senior who knew what he wanted to do, and was very educated in what he wanted to do. Good luck Will.
And, it was pretty cool to ride in a brand new quater of a million dollar John Deere cotton picker.
Greg

Good Luck Lauren.........

Lauren will be competing in the Ms Rodeo America pageant soon! We certainly wish the best of luck to Lauren: and personally, I think she is Ms Rodeo America.
Greg

Cross Country State Race......

LCHS Boys finish State Runner-up, and the LCHS Girls finished 6th. Good job runners. It was a beautiful day for the race.
Greg

"And heres to you, Mrs. Robinson........."

We spent this glorious afternoon on the banks of the Tennessee River at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course photographing the lovely wedding of Anthony Robinson  and Cyndle Hood, now Mr and Mrs Robinson. Good luck and God Bless.  
Greg and Jessica

Red Devils finish season with a win.........

 

and I absolutely loved the LCHS Band and Red Hots Dance to Thriller.
Great job to all the Red Devils tonight.
Greg

Wet and muddy Jesse Owens 2012 Race..........

The LCHS boys split up and ran in both the Gold and SIlver division races, and
The LC girls weren't hardly ready for the starting pistol in their race, but they came back and ran hard through the cold rain that fell during their race.
Greg

It was a beautiful day for a parade..........

I always enjoy the smiling faces at the LCHS Homecoming parade.
Greg

LCHS Homecoming 2012................

Congratulations Mackenzie, crowned LCHS Homecoming Queen 2012, and all the LCHS Homecoming Court. Janae, Meredith, Kaitlin, Samantha, Alliyah, Reiny and Hannah.
Greg

LC vs Hatton 2012........

I don't remember ever shooting a LCHS vs Hatton game this tight. It all came down to one play, in overtime, and LCHS won the game 7-0. Great fan support on both sides!
Greg

LCHS Volleyball 2012....

With the LCHS gym "out of commision", we took the volleyball pictures this year on the football field, and they turned out great. With 5 seniors this year, lets go back to the State tournament!! Good luck Lady Devils!
Greg

Some familiar faces...............

showed up today at Speake School's yearbook shoot. LCHS Graduates Molly, who was teaching, and Clay, doing his internship, surprised me by sitting down in front of the camera. It seems like just yesterday they were at LCHS. It's always a joy to see my little friends at Speake School.
Greg

Floyd and Peggy, married 50 years...........

It was nice to see them this afternoon at their 50th wedding anniversary reception, along with thier children Greg, Nicole and Alisha, and all their families and alot of friends. Congratulations Floyd and Peggy!
Greg

And they're off...........

The LCHS Cross Country teams took off on their 2012 season this morning, hosting the Pepsi Challenge at LCHS, and boy was it humid! Good Luck LCHS runners, have a great season.
Greg

LCHS vs ELHS 2012..........

It's just always great to start a new football season; to smell the popcorn and wet grass, to feel the beat of the drums, to see the stands packed out, to see the pretty dancers and cheerleaders.To see what used to be boys, I photographed as little mini-midgets, all strong young men now, playing their senior football season.
It was a great game tonight; the Devils holding on far a hard fought 13-12 victory over the Eagles.
We were all excited, vocal, and sweating in the humidity. The little bit of cool rain felt good.
It was perfect........ football in the south.
Like I said, its just always great to start a new football season.
Greg

Saturday Mornings Seniors........

Chase came in Friday evening and LCHS Football Seniors, Gabe, Keith, Jonathan and Lee came in this morning, and I finished up with a lovely portrait of my neighbor down the road Kaitlin.
Greg

More Seniors 2013

Here's Jarod, Tyler, MacKenzie, Kimberly, Kyle, Autumn, Trenton, Stetson, Ryan, Fred, Michael, Jake, Trevor, Austin, and Jessica. LCHS Seniors 2013
Greg

They left very happy...........

and if they are happy, I am happy. In this morning for thier portraits were LCHS Seniors, Mackenzie, Jenny, Markie and Kaitlin.
Greg

Happy to be Seniors 2013......

Here's Danyale, Ashton, Kaydee, Kay,
Brandon, Logan, William, Tori,
Shyanne, Dylan, Allison, and a very happy Allison.
Greg

In Memory of Ms Emma Blankenship........

She had one of those smiles that just stopped you in your tracks; and you caught yourself smiling back at her. A smile like that.....you can never forget.

I took Emma's portrait on Aug 10th, 2005.  We lost her today Aug 9th, 2012.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Ricky and Angie and all Emma's family.
 Psalms 34:18, “The Lord is near to the broken-hearted, and saves the crushed in spirit.”

This post is in Memory of Ms Emma Blankenship.

Greg

12 years of Senior Portraits; I can do hair......

My neighbor Maggie wasn't really sure about me fixing her hair, but I think I did allright.
Also in this week were, Meredith, Blake, Grace, Tanner, Jacob, Clark (with his thumbs up), Devin, Blake, Austin, Jontez, Adrian, and Clark again.
I'm wishing all of you a great senior year.
Greg.

LCHS Football 2012....

LCHS Football portraits are off to the printer this week for the program for the 2012 season. Included this year is a new shot with the Senior Football players and thier biggest fan, their mom. Good Luck Devils and I wish each Senior a memorable year. GO BIG RED!

Greg

My all time favorite comment by a Senior....

                    

LCHS Senior Haley, her mom, her sister (LCHS Senior '10 Brittany), and myself were all gathered around the monitor, Haley had narrowed down her portrait selection to 3 portraits. I pulled each one up on the screen side by side and said, "Ok, we gotta pick your favorite for the yearbook". She slapped her knees in excitment and said, "I don't know!!! I look good in all of them"!
Her excitment just tickled me death. Haley, I wish you great and memorable senior year.
Greg

This is a good looking class..........

The LCHS Class of 2013 Seniors are coming in for their formal yearbook portraits! Lets' see, top row left to right; Lindsey, Dakota, Alliyah, Allison, Taryn, Amelia. Row 2; Whitney, Zack, Garrett, Luke, Seth, Hope. Row 3; Garrett, Anna, Kayla, Justus, Tanner, Luke. Row 4, Kayla, Carson, Matthew, Will, Heather and Kaitlin.
Only a 140 more to go!!!
Greg

She roped me right in..........

I actually didn't resist to much, (I wasn't a "dragger").  I had so much fun working with LCHS Senior Kaitlin on her senior portraits this evening. Wishing you a great senior year Kaitlin.

Greg

My little friend is getting married.........

We made friends right of the bat. I met Cyndel for the first time when she brought her 4 wheeler out here for her senior portraits and she SCARED me to death on that thing, jumping, flying through the blue sky and riding on two wheels! Now we work together and go to school together sometimes.
Cyndel and Anthony will be getting married in Nov. and I wish them the very best. We had a great time this afternoon doing engagement pictures. It was hot too!

Greg

Time to go to work on the Class of 2013....

First seniors in for thier portraits were Buddy, Freddie, and Alex. All members of the LCHS XC Team. Good luck guys and I hope you have a great senior year.
Greg

LCHS Graduation 2012...........

Congratulations to all of you in the LCHS Class of 2012. I wish you all the very best. It was such a joy to work with each one of you.
God Bless.
Greg

I love working with.........

Friendly and professional people; and I got to do so today with the owners and staff at

Head Over Heels gym in Birmingham, photographing their

Undersea Fantasea exhibition. What a class act. I was very impressed.

Greg