Timeless Reflections

2011-10-24T15:04:00.000-07:00

Roomies

2011-10-22T18:22:00.000-07:00

I had such a great time today with Vanessa, Kristin Julie and Katie! We took the shoot at Layman's Farm off of 460 in Blue Ridge VA. It was a gorgeous day and we had so much fun. Here's one favorite from the shoot. More coming soon!

Girls in white (or blue) dresses...and a pink chair.

2011-09-09T14:25:00.000-07:00

I found this chair at Wisteria Lane and had been eying it for months. When it went on sale I could no longer resist and bought it. It is the perfect prop for use with little girls and what better little girls than my two adorable nieces, GiGi and Bell.

GiGi has her own little style and loves her flowered rain boots. The backwards hat was also her doing.

Belle!

Doesn't it look like she's saying "peek-a-boo"?

Both of the dresses that Belle wore in these pictures used to be my sister Krysta's dresses when she was a little older than Belle.

Danielle and Bobby- More pictures!

2011-08-23T12:35:00.000-07:00

Well I promised a story so here it is :) This is Danielle and her fiance Bobby. Danielle and I have known each other since we were 5. Her parents bought a mattress from my parents...and so it began. We both lived in South FL at the time and we did everything together! Countless sleepovers, meals at each others houses, vacations together, camping, 4-H etc. When I was almost 9 my family moved 1000 miles away to a small town in Central VA called Lynchburg. We visited a few times during the years and wrote letters consistently. About four years ago Danielle and her family moved only about 3 hours away from me to Catlett VA. Her house is on the way to my sister's house in NoVa so we get to see each other from time to time. Prior to this shoot however I had met Bobby only once and had not seen Danielle in about a year and a half. This past Saturday (my last before school started) I drove up to Danielle's house with my sister (who was visiting my family and was therefore down in Lynchburg) and we went from there. We shot first at Crockett Park then drove to the creek/bridge location and lastly finished with a change of clothes at the house where we did some shots around their property. It was fairly late when we started but the weather was so nice! Especially considering it is August! We had a great time and I got to catch up with my dear friend and hear the entire engagement story over ice cream. Danielle and Bobby are so great together! I love seeing how they interact and how their gifts touch those around them in their everyday life. They both love the Lord and I anticipate seeing the different ways they serve him as they join efforts next April as a married couple. They will be getting married on the beautiful island of Sanibel so watch for pictures next year!

A fun one that shows very vividly Danielle's crazy fun personality!

I love this one!

Danielle and Bobby Engaged

2011-08-21T21:05:00.000-07:00

I only have time for a couple quick pictures. If nothing else you will notice that this couple is all smiles. They were so much fun to work with and the day was beautiful. More about our shoot later. Enjoy the preview and be sure to check back soon for more pictures and stories from this shoot.

My cousin: The best model :)

2011-08-06T09:45:00.000-07:00

100 years

2011-08-04T20:47:00.000-07:00

My cousin and I had some fun this afternoon. This sort of fun involved a chair, some antique books, 3 dresses spanning about 100 years of woman's fashions and a camera. Despite the heat the shade kept things feeling nice and we had a fun time with some great shots to prove it. Its hard as a photographer to explain why, when you can only show one pic (for now of course) you pick "that one". Other people can't necessarily see it-but you like it for whatever reason. So, since I only have time to put up one picture from each outfit I had to choose. I could try to say why I like each picture and picked it however I could say something about a number of pictures and I got so many I like its hard to say why I picked these three. Suffice it to say, this photographer has chosen three pictures for now and I hope you enjoy them! I will be uploading more soon (as well as some from a fantastic shoot I had with some delectable cupcakes) and you will be able to see perhaps why these three made the fist showing list.

This Victorian style gown used to be mine. I picked it up at Goodwill to wear to a birthday party and its been hanging in a closet ever since. It was put to some good use today as my lovely cousin donned it for these picture-perfect shots.

This plaid dress also used to be mine. I made it from a vintage 50's pattern out of $1 rack fabric from Wal-Mart.
And lastly, this dress belongs to the young lady herself. Purchased from Francesca's at The Falls in Miami.

The chair has been in my mom's room since we lived in West Palm Beach and it has always been promised to become mine when I get married and move out. So for now, its my prop :) The three books are Leonie, A Fair Barbarian and A Girl of the Limberlost. All are antique books from the 1800's and were purchased from Givens Books.

New Business Card!!!!

2011-08-03T04:11:00.000-07:00

At the beach!

2011-07-19T06:17:00.001-07:00

It wasn't that warm and it wasn't that sunny; I didn't even have my camera! But we headed out to the beach anyways. The kids had a great time-the lighting was amazing and I insisted on bringing my brother-in-law's camera from its safety in the car out to the water. Here are some of my favorite shots. They are all just for fun as the kids ran around enjoying the warm water but they are special and I think they came out pretty good (despite the fact that my brother in law has a Nikon. :D ).

Not sure what they were playing here- but it looks like it has to do with chasing GiGi! Haha :)

Our amazing sandcastle! GiGi decided it was good for playing in.

Wow! What a sky!

GiGi and (my) Aunt (her great aunt) Margie running down the beach.

Best locations for a restaurant ever!

2011-07-13T06:59:00.000-07:00

I know its small but if you click on the above picture you can pan and zoom if you wish. It is a panorama of the layout of the Islamorada fish company restaurant where we ate on our way back from Key West.

Tiffany

2011-06-29T21:25:00.001-07:00

Some of you may remember the shoot I did with the entire Lyttle family back in January. For those of you who don't, the word "January" should spark a question in your mind. Yes. It was freezing! It maybe have hit 32 degrees...in the sun! Needless to say, our large group consisting half of small children didn't last out in the cold for more than 3o minutes tops. For that reason I told Tiffany (who was in charge of the family shots we took in January) that any time she needed some more pictures to let me know and I would finish off the time she had already paid for. When she told me a couple weeks ago that she needed some head shots I was more than happy to oblige. Thankfully for us, this summer hasn't been too hot and the weather yesterday morning was perfect! I knew that Tiffany was a bit uncomfortable in front of the camera so I tried to make the shoot as nonchalant and non-posed as possible. We just chatted about different things as I shot some pictures out in front of Wisteria Lane (they have these awesome chairs set up under a huge old tree) on 221. I think the result is quite marvelous, don't you?

The Robertson Family- Preview

2011-06-15T21:41:00.001-07:00

Sorry if the pictures appear grainy or of low quality. Occasionally my blog will do that and I can never figure out why. Enjoy these few shots! More to come soon!

More from Ahsley's spring break shoot

2011-05-25T07:32:00.001-07:00

Well I promised months ago that I would post the rest of the pictures from the shoot with my beautiful cousin Ashley-Anna. So here they are! Love her dress (it is my favorite color-yellow) and it came all the way from Saudi Arabia where her dad is from on his last visit.

Guitar Ensemble 2nd anual picture-taking

2011-04-16T08:47:00.000-07:00

Last year I volunteered to take pictures of the Guitar Ensemble before their concert. I was asked by one of the members to do it again so we went out to the front of DeMoss yesterday before their concert...and here is the result. Blogger for some reason won't let me upload anymore pictures so it will have to wait. Technical difficulties...

Lauren + Ryan

2011-04-09T17:28:00.000-07:00

It was cold and wet but Lauren and Ryan stuck it out! We had a great time and I just can't stop working on these pictures! Here are a few more!!!

Lauren and Ryan Engagement Sneak Peak

2011-04-09T12:38:00.000-07:00

More coming soon!

Free Photo Shoot!!!

2011-04-04T17:02:00.000-07:00

Next week's assignment in photography class is wedding/engagement. If you are engaged and have not had pictures taken yet, or if you have been recently married and would not mind modeling in your dress/suit please contact me as soon as possible!! I am giving away a free photo shoot to the first couple to take me up on my offer. I need to have the pictures done by Thursday the 14th. Let me know if you can help me out while getting a free photo shoot.

Charissa

More from fanstasy land

2011-03-16T18:04:00.000-07:00

Don't these just say "fairy tale" to you? Points, fluffy skirt, gentle sea breeze, mansion on the ocean...everything is perfect! The time of day wasn't ideal but there was convenient shade that we utilized and so the pictures came out great despite the Florida noonday sun. We also did a change of clothes and had some fun with a very different look which I will post pictures of a little later.

Ashley-Anna Sneak Peak

2011-03-15T21:16:00.000-07:00

Just one favorite from a photo shoot that I did of my cousin yesterday.

Heidi's Portrait Session

2011-03-09T15:43:00.001-08:00

New lens!!!!!!!!!!!! and more Mikado pictures :)

2011-01-19T17:04:00.000-08:00

Just received my new lens! I've been trying to put a link but its not working. There are also these strange white boxes showing up. I have no idea what is wrong but hopefully they are not too distracting.
For anyone who may be interested, the lens is the Canon EFS17-55 IS f 2.8 ultrasonic 77mm lens. Quite a beauty!

And.....here are some more pictures from Mikado. These are from Tuesday's rehearsal.

The Mikado: Liberty University

2011-01-18T04:58:00.001-08:00

The Mikado! Pictures from Monday night's dress rehearsal. More to come.

Peppermint Winter

2011-01-12T17:15:00.000-08:00

I made this for my mom for Christmas.

Washington Winter.

2011-01-10T18:46:00.000-08:00

Yes, it was cold. Actually, to say it was even very cold would be an understatement. But that never stops the photographer! Especially not when part of a group of Gils and Aboredens out on one of their spur of the moment "lets do something crazy" trips. Such was our run to Washington D.C. on December 28th. It was in the opposite direction of home but what did we care? How often do you get to freeze with Miamians in the National Capitol? Of course the result is always worth the effort. A fun time (despite the freezing-ness) and lots of good pictures. Here are a few that were my favorites.

Enjoy and Happy New Year from Timeless Reflections!

Brown leaves, floating on the surface since Fall find themselves trapped in the ice.

The Jefferson Memorial dome silhouetted against the setting sun over a frozen Potomac River.

The Jefferson Memorial.

Little birds on the icy river silhouetted by the cold winter sun.

Sun, moon, and sorry...no stars

2010-12-30T03:57:00.000-08:00

A warmth-less winter sun sets behind the Jefferson Memorial illuminating the frozen Potomac.

A few nights after the eclipse (which I missed due to cloud cover and such) I got this picture of the waning moon.

Dave and Mary Beth engagement video

2010-12-07T12:08:00.000-08:00

Ferrell's Christmas Pictures

2010-12-02T10:20:00.000-08:00

Some of my favorite shots from the Ferrell's pictures. Taken at the City Cemetery.

Ashley-Anna!

2010-11-25T17:06:00.000-08:00

AWWW!

2010-11-13T12:45:00.000-08:00

That sums up this picture. My nephew being really, really cute. He was actually having a fit about wearing those overalls! He thought there was something mighty strange with these here pants!

Final Project:

2010-11-04T10:07:00.001-07:00

Final project due in one month...oh the possibilities. I honestly don't know what topic to choose. Landscape, portrait, something to support my business, something emotional, moving? I have lots of different ideas floating around but they all seem rather vague. Nothing is concrete yet. I guess what I mean is that nothing has struck me that says "Voila!"

Maybe you all can help me get my thoughts flowing...

Krysta's Maternity Session

2010-10-28T13:17:00.000-07:00

I had the privilege to do a maternity session for my sister during my Fall Break. She is expecting her third child so I thought it was high time this wonderful time was recorded. Here are some of my favorites from the shoot. We were in downtown Leesburg in Northern VA.

Martin Family 3rd Annual Christmas pictures: Sneak Peak

2010-10-16T15:06:00.000-07:00

LAMP magazine

2010-09-15T09:53:00.001-07:00

LU has a magazine that publishes poetry, photography, essays and short novels that are submitted by former or current LU faculty, staff and students. So naturally I thought I would submit some poetry and photography. But I would like some help.

Please just write a comment here or e-mail me at cagil@liberty.edu to tell me what are a couple of your favorite pictures. If you can think of one that I have shown you or posted on fb that isn't on any of my photo blogs, just try describing it to me. It will be so hard to decided what to submit and your opinion would help tremendously.

Thank you so much!

Charissa

Mystery Shoot: Tasty Food

2010-09-02T09:50:00.000-07:00

I have an assignment for photography class at LU. I have to take pictures of tasty food....and I'm not allowed to use any old pictures, I have to take them all new for this class. If anybody wants to volunteer any ideas or maybe if you make cool food dishes that you would like photographed let me know. I have til Tuesday to get this done and it should be a lot of fun!

Thanks guys...pics soon!

Heather's Bridal Portraits

2010-09-01T11:58:00.000-07:00

The new and imporved made-over, re-done blog!

2010-08-30T04:57:00.000-07:00

Hello Everybody!

Still Image Photography has a new name, a new logo and a new blog! We have changed our name to Timeless Reflections: photographic art for every occasion.

I will start posting pictures soon. I have a tentative shoot with a family at church. It has been canceled three times due to rain. We have had a really wet August here in Lynchburg VA which is very unusual. It has been really good though because we got no rain the entire month of July. Then I have a shoot in October. But for right now I might just start posting old pictures that maybe haven't gone up yet for whatever reason.

For those of you who are new I will tell you a little bit about myself and how this business got started.

My name is Charissa, I Am 20 years old and I currently attend Liberty University. I started my business almost 2 years ago. It started out as being unofficially called "Memory Photography". When I actually decided to make a business out of it I called it "Still Image Photography". Recently I decided that the lack of logo was a big problem. After taking an advanced graphic design class as in intensive over the summer I decided to tackle the task of designing a logo and also thought it might be good to just start form scratch and really think everything over so it would be more professional. The result is a name change to "Timeless "Reflections: Photographic art for every Occasion." I'm getting ready to print my new business cards and hope to be able to customize this blog with my logo and color scheme soon.
So welcome everyone! Hope you enjoy the new look and new take on this adventure. Thank you all for your constant support. I have several customers who time after time and year after year have come back and continued to use me as their photographer. That means a lot to me and I hope I never disappoint you.

God bless!

Charissa Gil
434.841.9574