Welcome

Well hello there and welcome to my blog! I'm Christen Rush, an on location photographer located in Yukon, Oklahoma and I LOVE my job!

I specialize in newborns, maternity, babies, children, seniors, family, fashion, engagements, and wedding photography. To learn more about me, please visit my website at: www.christenrush.com

This blog was created to keep you posted with the latest news and to view a few "sneak peeks" from some of my favorite sessions! I would LOVE to hear from you so feel free to leave a comment!

For more information, please contact me through my website or email me directly christen@photographybychristen.com or give me a call:405.823.4639

Thanks for stopping by. I hope to hear from you soon!

Christen Rush

Tiffany

November 9, 2008 – 3:37 pm

Meet Tiffany… she is an ‘09 Senior from Mustang!!  She was so fun and cute! She even brought an old microphone which was awesome.  I have a ton of favorites, here are just a few…

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  1. Tiona   -  

    Great job!! The microphone shot is a favorite. Beautiful girl and beautiful images.

  2. Corine Tran   -  

    Love the last 3. That bench shot is so cute and love the hat and pink in the last one.

  3. Brandy   -  

    Love the lighting in all of these. Her eyes are beautiful…looks a little like Kelly Clarkson to me??

  4. Amy   -  

    These are WONDERFUL!!! She is such a natural beauty….very photogenic! :)

  5. brianne brose   -  

    These are awesome! Love the microphone…very unique!

  6. Jen   -  

    Beautiful, I love her smile, she looks like a very upbeat girl. And that microphone is just too cool! ++

  7. Courtney Miller   -  

    Ooooh! What a fun session, Christen! I adore the pink door one with the fabulous hat! Very cool! :) Great work!

  8. misty green   -  

    I love the texture on the wall in #2. The colors are fantastic. What a beautiful girl!++

  9. Becky E   -  

    She is adorable! I love the mic idea! Turned out really cute! Great work girl!

  10. Valerie   -  

    I love the one of her in yellow on the bench and the last one is too cute! Great job as usual!

  11. Jeni   -  

    she is adorable!! I love the cute smile she has, and the variety here is great!

  12. Lana Bell   -  

    She is gorgeous! I love the microphone shot, so fun!!

  13. Kim Griffith   -  

    NIce Job! these are all so fun!

  14. Angela   -  

    What a beautiful girl! I totally see Kelly Clarkson here!

  15. sylvia   -  

    look how cute she is! great variety!++

  16. becca   -  

    She is beautiful a natural in front of the camera! You got stunning captures of her!

Cate…

November 9, 2008 – 3:32 pm

Meet Cate…  she is a Senior from OCS! We had so much fun and found a lot of cool new spots too!Here are some favs….

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  1. DSR   -  

    Love your color palette Christen! Loving the 2nd and 4th especially! Beautiful!

  2. Jenny McMasters   -  

    You ROCKED it again! Love that microphone shot!

  3. Jan   -  

    What a gorgeous girl! Her eyes and smile look like they could light up a room! I love your color and locations! Great job++

  4. Heidi   -  

    Beautiful photos… great color! I especially like the one by the wall with the red leaves… A++

  5. Courtney Miller   -  

    Beautiful session, yet again! Love 1 & 4!

  6. Valerie   -  

    LOOOVE the second shot!

  7. Shonda Feddema   -  

    Love these - the yellow flower shot is awesome!++

  8. Kim Griffith   -  

    Beautiful girl…love your locations!

Morgan…

October 27, 2008 – 7:12 pm

Morgan is a Senior from Edmond Memorial! Isn’t she GORGEOUS???  This is one of my favorite shoots so far… Morgan and I had a blast shooting these! Not only is she beautiful, she is a sweetheart.  Thanks Morgan!  Here are some of my favorites… it was really hard to choose!

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  1. Heather   -  

    Gorgeous colors here! I love the 1st one ++

  2. Jeni   -  

    oooh she is gorgeous, I love the variety you got here!

  3. Tiona   -  

    Beautiful girl! You did a great job capturing her!

  4. Becky E   -  

    WOW! These are awesome! But that first one is AMAZING!!! I LOVE it! She is stunning! Beautiful work girl!

  5. Shonda Feddema   -  

    These are amazing! That first shot is absolutely… I’m at a loss for words it’s so cool! I LOVE it! Great work!++

  6. Jennifer   -  

    Uh… wow! What beautiful pictures! I love the colors, poses, outfits, everything. She’s going to be quite pleased with these, I’m sure!

  7. Amy Sansbury   -  

    Great work! She is beautiful and her personality really shines through in these images!

  8. Kari   -  

    I love these! Morgan is a beautiful person and an amazing friend (LOVE YOU BFF!)

  9. Cindy   -  

    love all the colors- awesome session!

  10. Angela   -  

    I bet she is beyond thrilled wit these!!! The colors, the locations…everything is just beautiful!

  11. dsr   -  

    These are gorgeous Christen! Wonderful photos!

  12. misty   -  

    Very nice! Love the colors! ++

Megan!

October 22, 2008 – 7:05 pm

Meet Megan…. she is also an OCS senior! She is such a fun person to be around! A lot of her OCS friends told me that I’d love her and they were right! She was great…. and of course very pretty too! Thanks Megan! Here are some of my favorites…

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  1. Jennifer   -  

    What fun locations! And what a pretty gal! She’ll love these, I’m sure.

  2. Mollie   -  

    Wow she’s gorgeous! I love her eyes :) Your color and clarity are rockin Christen!!

  3. Lana Bell   -  

    Such fun senior shots! What a gorgeous girl too :)

  4. Heidi   -  

    These are really nice… I especially love the colors on the last one. That red shirt really pops on the green! Good job - A++

  5. jenny mcmasters   -  

    How do you get so lucky with so many gorgeous seniors?!?! You do a fabulous job! That must be the trick! Love that one with her laying in the garage door!

  6. Becky E   -  

    She has gorgeous eyes!!! Beautiful girl and beautiful job! Love them all!!!

  7. Heather   -  

    She looks like she was a blast to work with! Love the angles of these! ++

  8. Andrea*   -  

    What a beautiful girl! Awesome locations, great angles! ++

  9. Jan Scott   -  

    What a stunning young lady! I love the railroad track shot, but you really nailed every single one!

Ashley

October 13, 2008 – 6:28 pm

Meet Ashley!  She is an ‘09 Senior at OCS and is such a sweet girl! I had a lot of fun hanging out with her and her mother.  I love how they turned out too! Here are a few of my favorites…

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  1. tricia burns   -  

    What gorgeous pictures!! She is beautiful and has the prettiest smile!

  2. Jenny McMasters   -  

    OMG! She is just ridiculously GORGEOUS! That smile is endless! She could be a model! I LOVE the second shot! WOW!

  3. Pavlina Ortiz   -  

    What a fun and colorful places! Ashley is very natural and beautiful girl. You did really great work capturing her.

  4. Jan   -  

    Wow! Her smile is soooo infectious! It just lights up her whole face! I love her outfits. They are so colorful and fun! Great job capturing her personality++

  5. brianne brose   -  

    These are wonderful! What a gorgeous girl!

  6. Kim Griffith   -  

    Very pretty girl with a great smile!!! I just love the location, Great job!

  7. Corine Tran   -  

    beautiful girl and images! Wow at the 2nd one! ++

  8. Jessica   -  

    Great composition and beautiful girl! Love them!!

  9. Shantell Wyatt   -  

    She is beautiful, you did a fantastic job capturing her!

  10. Desiree Hayes   -  

    These are so cute! Love all the fun angles, she’s gorgeous.

  11. Heather   -  

    Very pretty girl! I especially love the last one ++

  12. Becky E   -  

    She is such a beautiful girl! And these pictures are awesome! Great work!

Rachael…

October 12, 2008 – 8:50 am

Rachael is a 2009 Senior at OCS!  We tried out a few different locations and I’m really happy with how they turned out!  Rachael is such a sweet and beautiful girl.  I wish her the best!

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  1. Shonda Feddema   -  

    These are great! I love the one with the red church door - very cool!

  2. Jen Mahoney   -  

    Oh she’s so cute! I love the bright colors! ++

  3. Cindy   -  

    awesome locations- love all the red doors! What a fun session!

  4. Rachael Odor   -  

    Christen!!

    I absolutely love them. You did amazing!! The ones you put up are my favorites too. It was so much fun and Heeyoung already wants to get her pictures taken by you!

    Thanks, Rachael

  5. Heather   -  

    I love all the vibrant colors in these portraits! ++

  6. Kim Griffith   -  

    Nice job, cool locations! Very pretty senior!

  7. Heather Marks   -  

    Love the colors and “spunk” of these photos! You captured a lot of GREAT personality in these!

  8. Jenny McMasters   -  

    The locations are unbelievable! What a cutie she is! You got some great captures here!

Sara & Adam

October 5, 2008 – 2:32 pm

I LOVE this couple! They were so much fun to work with! I was excited when they chose to do an urban session. There are so many great shots, it was hard for me to choose which ones to put on the blog… so here are some of my favorites…  Thanks for letting me do your photos Sara & Adam, you two are great!

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  1. Jeni   -  

    these are so fun, I love the textures in the backgrounds on these! gorgeous!

  2. Kim Griffith   -  

    These are fantastic! I love your b&w’s

  3. Misty   -  

    Great job! I am loving the clarity and color on these!! ++

  4. sylvia   -  

    what a hot couple in a fabulous location! very fun! ++

  5. jenny mcmasters   -  

    these are great! Aren’t beautiful people so much fun to photograph?!?! I really love them all, but especially the first one and the one on the steps.++

  6. Andrea*   -  

    These are fabulous! I LOVE the contrast of the tattoos and color! You can see their love in these photos! ++

  7. Jenica   -  

    What a gorgeous, fun couple!! They are gonna LOVE these. My favorite is the one on the stairs. Her shoes are so cool!!!

    Great work!

  8. Valerie   -  

    I love these! She looks beautiful and they look like such a fun, happy couple. I love the pic on the stairs.

  9. Amy Leavitt   -  

    What a good-looking couple! My favorite is the last one.

  10. Karen Harrison   -  

    These are incredible. They look so comfortable and happy together. Super lighting, poses, great photos! +

  11. Sarah   -  

    Love these! Totally jealous that I don’t have pictures like this with my hubby!! ++

  12. Jen Baltgalvis   -  

    Great job. These are so fun!

  13. Shantell Wyatt   -  

    Wow, what a fun couple! You did a fabulous job captyring them!++

  14. Heather   -  

    What a beautiful, fun couple! These are lovely, and the conversion is great ++

  15. Angela   -  

    I love your style! These are so fun!

  16. nicole z   -  

    What a beautiful couple!! Love your colors!! Beautiful work!

  17. Mary kinney   -  

    These picures are beautiful and Sara & Adam are a beautiful couple. (Sara is my beautiful daughter:). You did a fantastic job of capturing them

Cheyenne…

October 5, 2008 – 1:58 pm

Cheyenne is an ‘09 Senior at OCS!  I had such a fun time doing her photos!  Her family was a blast, I just loved them! Here are just a few of my favorites… oh and isn’t she beautiful???

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  1. Kim Griffith   -  

    Wow love this location! sweet shots!

  2. Kirstin   -  

    Beautiful! What a great variety too!

  3. Valerie   -  

    You do such great work! I love the pic of her in front of the blue door.

  4. Sarah   -  

    The shot in the window sill is too cool! What a fun session (a beautiful subject doesn’t hurt either!!) ++

Meet Shawn…

September 28, 2008 – 4:28 pm

Shawn is a 2009 Sr. at Norman High School.  He is such a nice guy and I wish him the best! Some favorites…

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  1. Jeni   -  

    wow, these are terrific!! I love the way his eyes stand out, that first one is my favorite, great job!

  2. Jennifer   -  

    Nice work - he looks great in these, especially the one with the red shirt!

  3. Valerie   -  

    Great work! I really like the one in front of the fence with the orange shirt.

Makenzi

September 20, 2008 – 10:31 pm

Makenzi is an ‘09 senior at OCS! I just keep getting such beautiful girls! I loved this session because she brought her guitar along for some photos and they turned out awesome! I had a ton of fun at this shoot! Here are some favorites…

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  1. Angela   -  

    Beautiful lighting and beautiful girl! Love the guitar shots!

  2. Olga   -  

    What a pretty girl! You photographed her beautifully! I just love the first black and white image!

  3. corine tran   -  

    beautiful girl, you captured her very well. Love 6 & 7!

  4. Jennifer   -  

    I love how happy she looks in them, but I really like #5! Beautiful!

  5. Desiree Hayes   -  

    These are so much fun! I love love love that first one! Looks like you captured her well!

  6. Jen Baltgalvis   -  

    These are so fun. I love the ones with the guitar!

  7. justine miller   -  

    love these, she is a gorgeous girl and the guitar is such a great prop, nicely used.

  8. Shonda Feddema   -  

    This looks like a great session! I love the last shot on the tracks - awesome!++

  9. Jeni   -  

    gorgeous girl and images, great job!