TJ- through the years

such a baby- TJ age 5

TJ is the king of "the pout"

Today we met up with an old friend Steven Palm.

 We met Steven 8 years ago when TJ

was first signed with FORD models at the tender age of 5.

 He shot TJ's very first photo session, EVER!. We were new and

knew nothing about the business. Steven immediately

 put TJ at ease while shooting away, up on his roof, in the

loop, in the dead of Winter. Since that cold winter day,

we have used Steven many times for head shots for

 both my boys (Cal and TJ)

and they got tons of work off these cards

TJ age 7

TJ age 11, I just love the pouty face.

We took a 2 year break from FORD, kids needed to

be kids again. Running downtown up to 4 times a week

can burn anyone out. TJ got braces which puts a halt on his

 book-a-bility. Now that TJ is older he wants to jump back

 in to the business. Steven is always our first choice.

 He spends his time in  LA hobnobbing with the stars,

 so he's not in Chicago as much and he doesn't shoot

 a lot of kids anymore. I appreciate that he will

still make time for the McGinty Boys. After playing phone tag

 for about a week, we finally touched base last night.

 He had just  flown in and booked  us for this morning.

(we won't get that service with anyone else)

 We have worked with so many other photographers

 in the past, but Steven is and has always been our favorite.

 He genuinely is a nice guy, very down to earth.

I believe he really loves shooting my kids   He took

TJ on location for over 2 hours. It was like 2 old

 buddies just shootin the shit. Since we met last TJ grew

 a good 8 1/2 inches and put on 40 lbs...he went from

little guy to... POW! a teenager.

I got to sit back and watch 2 pros do their stuff. I can't

wait to see the final product

Here are some of Cals old shots from Steven

age 7 and 5