Brittani's Senior Portraits

Fun senior portrait session with Brittani today! If you're a senior, call soon to get a spot on our schedule! School starts in about four weeks and we have limited availability! LSN Studios www.lsnstudios.com www.lsnseniors.com 775/747-7211 Reno, Nevada

Great Basin National Park

Got back a few days ago from our first quality trip down highway 50, "The lonliest road in America" to visit Great Basin National Park - Nevada's only national park. Apparently their was a story about it in Saturday's Reno Gazette Journal. These are some of my favorite images from "The Big East".

Me below Wheeler PeakBristlecone Pines - approaching 5000 years old!Lehman Cave
Eureka, Nevada

Austin, Nevada

For lack of a better title, "The Camel and the Hand of God"

Kelly

Kelly visited yesterday for her senior portrait session!

Galactic adventures

We thank our lucky stars all the time for all of our blessings - like family. Friends. (and not being mentioned in the same category as JCPenney and Sears! LOL!) So I thought I'd share some of them here! I photographed the center of our galaxy last night from just outside of Austin, Nevada. For the geographically challenged, this is pretty much the center of the state. And dark. Really dark! This is a 20 second exposure.

Tyler's Senior Portrait Safari

Tyler came in for his senior portraits today - after the studio shots we headed out towards the mountains (dodging the standstill traffic on I-80) for his outdoor portion. Great stuff!


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Our railroad heritage

I have had an interest in history ever since I was a kid. Mind you, pouring over the American Revolution in textbooks in the fourth grade didn't do it for me... somewhat later I developed the appreciation for those that came before. I think that you need certain life experiences to put the challenges of our predecessors into perspective. I especially love to find historic locations - to stand at the same place that something significant happened. I believe that this developed from a formative visit to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in my youth. To stand on the lines and to visualize the events of more than a century previous - that's the good stuff for this reporter.

Even today I have fun with this. A visit to Promontory Point in Utah two summers ago kindled my interest in our railroad history. The transcontinental railroad came right though Reno in 1868, and perhaps more importantly for the Reno resident, the fabled Virginia and Truckee railroad rumbled between Reno, Carson, Virginia City and Minden from around 1872 until 1950. "The Queen of the Short Lines". You'll hear more and more about the V&T as progress is made on the rebuilding of the route between VC and Carson - hopefully to be completed in 2010.

The abutments of the old Virginia and Truckee railroad bridge across the Truckee River still exist. Here is an image of the V&T crossing the river in 1905:
Here is a view of the same bridge abutment made a few days ago:The NCO (Nevada California and Oregon) railroad also made connections in Reno - the fabulous depot still stands on Fourth Street. And the engine house? Still there - now adapted for the printing industry by our good friends at Registered Ink.

Steve's guitar song of the week

Wow! - that's all anyone can say after watching this guy!

Devin's Senior Portraits

Devin is an "urban artist" and brought some of his gear for a cool series for his senior pictures today!

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Amanda

Amanda started off her week bright and early with a visit to LSN Studios for her senior portraits! We recently developed the brick wall look that you might have seen appear here on our websites - seniors really like the look!



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...and more seniors

We photographed Colby this morning - some super-kewl looks here! If you're a high school senior you should call soon to guarantee a spot on our schedule! Don't put it off and be disappointed later!


Ashley visited us yesterday for her senior pictures - along with her brother and dog Daisy!

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Senior Wednesday

We photographed Mitch's senior portraits this morning, then Shannon and her sister Selena this afternoon! It's that time of year again when seniors need to call us soon to reserve their picture date and time before our schedule fills up!


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