MAY 12, 2012 PAGE 11

WINNER’S CIRCLE

Hornets Points as of 5/5/1220 Wade Parker 28943 Jackson Fowler 28169 Tommy Ausburn JR 17065 John Windham 6083 Kody Fisher 517 Keegan Baker 10

Purestock Points as of 5/5/1258 Larry Welter Jr 5088 Steve Turner 43381 Morris Richardson 43285 Larry Welter Sr 417o9 JT Holly 394

Sportsman Points as of 5/5/1265 Carl Hodge 22216 Brian Hull 20720 Tony Kuhr 20090 Troy Fowler 17674 Jason Garver 168

Photos by Suzette Cook @ www.racebronson.comPurestock driver Larry Welter, Jr. celebrates a win with his fans.

Wade Parker takes the win for the Hornets division.

Chip “Hollywood” Owen gets the checkered flag for his win in the Sportsman class.

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There is a folder on this photographer’s home computer Desktop named BACKUP. Inside of that folder are a dozen folders named after various topics such as travel,

action, Newberry, school, etc. The one folder that gets opened the most, lately, is filed under PERSONAL and is titled: MOM

PICS. In this MOM PICS folder are the results of a half hour shoot that took place in my studio 6 summers ago.

My mother was visiting and we decided to have some fun in the studio. We matched outfits, fixed our hair and had a blast. We posed together, and we posed separately. My mom was such a sport. She wore box-ing gloves, cowboy boots, sat in a movie star chair, and even decided to get out her favorite antique ring and show it off. Some of these photos are too serious, some are too silly and some are just right. We sat in front of a white background with two studio lights

facing us at 45 degree angles.We both looked at the camera, posed cheek to cheek,

hugged and laughed. It is probably the only time we have actu-ally sat still and focused on each other and us as mother and daughter.

My favorite image is of mom alone looking off camera with a soft side light. She had just declared, “I am the family matriarch.” The look in her eye is one of pride and strength. As a widow who took care of my Dad through his battle with cancer, and now the single parent of three grown daughters she is the head and heart of our family. I will always be honored to pose in a photo with her.

On this Mother’s Day or any day real soon, I urge you to either schedule a formal sitting with your mom at a local

studio, or at least get out your own camera gear and choose a location that has a simple but complementary back-ground. You can borrow a family member who has decent photography skills and ask them to try to capture a portrait of you and your mom. Make sure you shoot solo photos of Mom to study later and please, let

her be herself. You might capture some digital movie of her as well. If your mom is the shy type and says she doesn’t want to be photographed, just remind her how beautiful she is and tell her what she means to you and how these photos are as much for you as they are for her.

Then quick take the photo before she wells up with tears.

photo by Suzette Cook

Strike a pose...with your Mom