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Welcome to Holly McCaig Designs - The Blog

Studio Hours
Tuesday and Thursday 2 to 7 p.m.
Wednesday and Friday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday: Reserved for weddings & sessions. No Office Hours.
Closed Sunday and Mondays
(This is subject to change as the weather warms up!)




314.315.6387


Dog Lover. Maroon Five Addict. Fan of Wizard of Oz. Die Hard
Starbucks Drinker. Mustache Aficionado. Canon Obsessed. Apple
Addicted. Vintage Inspired. Damask Doter. Woodgrain Seeker. And, all
around silly, enthusiastic, funny, creative, colorful, open-minded,
liberal thinker, techy, innovative, hard worker and just plain
awesome-sauce!

My photography business focuses on photographing:

High School Seniors

Weddings & Engagements/Boudoir

Lollipop Smiles

Bobbi Jo’s Photographer Favs

I jumped on 141 and low and behold…sprinkles. NO! No rain! We cannot have rain, right now. I had specifically called Bobbi Jo’s mom to move the session up yesterday because I knew we’d have rain in the afternoon. Now, why should I listen to my local weatherman? His accuracy rate can be pretty low afterall.

But, I kept on driving and arrived at Faust Park ready to go…if my client was.

They jumped out and said, “let’s do this” and that we did! I am so glad too. It was 12:30 and the sky was covered in clouds, acting like a giant softbox. Normally at this location, I am limited to where we can shoot because the sun intrudes on some of the settings. While I was missing the ability to throw in a little sunflare, I knew we were going to get images that I don’t normally get to take here. Bobbi Jo was so cute and willing to do what I asked.

It’s so rewarding when your clients are open to your ideas and get excited. Like when we found one, lone bright tree left standing in a sea of barren trees. She wanted to throw leaves in the air and it was so cute. We watched as another photographer took our cue of doing Bobbi Jo’s lying in the grass pose in the leaves instead.

Bobbi Jo – here are your photographer favorites. You are a joy to work with – and yes, I love the hair curled! Congrats on your senior year!

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  2. Bobbi Jo’s Senior Book
  3. Allie’s Peeks | St. Louis Senior Portrait Photographer

November 16, 2009 - 10:45 am Carrie - Love these Holly.....gotta love those types of days where you can capture everything and anything all because of the clouds!

November 16, 2009 - 9:22 pm Kristy - Another amazing session!

November 17, 2009 - 6:50 am Kathy - Very cute Holly!!! Those are great!

December 10, 2009 - 6:55 pm Mandy - LOVE your stuff!!! You are so talented. I am just starting to get into photography (over the past year or so) and love to look at other people's art. I was wondering if you would share with me a bit about the pic above where she is offset to the right with the gray dress on and the blurred background. Did you use an action on the background or a certain blur? I love that look and have not been able to figure it out no matter how much I look for it. Thanks again for sharing your talents and for all of the info on your blog, site and facebook. Thanks!

December 10, 2009 - 6:59 pm Holly - Amanda, I try to shoot as wide open as possible. I use a Canon 5D Mark II and the 50mm f1/4 L lens. I want to upgrade to the 1.2 next. It makes things nice and buttery like that. No actions used here! Other than a sharpen. I'm sorta anti-action as much as possible. I try to do what I can to capture my perfect exposure in camera. Then, in Lightroom, I simply adjust my color to a nice neutral - away from the super warm and super cool. I might bring my blacks up slightly for some pop. Then, I sharpen the image. Voila!

December 13, 2009 - 10:02 am Bobbi Jo’s Senior Book » St. Louis Photographer - [...] am excited to share a senior basic book with you that I designed for Bobbi Jo. My basic books are just 7 x 7 in size and have about 34 pages to them. That’s 17 spreads. [...]

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