Wedding Albums

I'm so excited about these! Amazing quality and totally customizable. The size of the pictures in this book are 12x12 just to give you an idea of how big it really is. I honestly think this is one of the most important wedding necessities... which is why I'm including it with my future wedding packages.

And who could forget this amazing couple?

I absolutely love how the pages are hinged to lay flat. It's so sleek!

Isn't it fun?

Off Camera Flash... an experiment

Tonight I tried a little experiment with my speedlight. A couple weeks ago I went to a small portion of a workshop called "Rock that OCF (off camera flash)" with Ali Hohn. And by no means am I an expert in this area at all... but I was so curious to try it out for myself to see what I could come up with. Btw, because of scheduling conflicts I wasn't able to attend the entire workshop but I am so there when she comes in the Spring!!

Here are some of the results... flash was once not my friend... and now look how fun!

These two are always the guinea pigs when I want to try something new. They're such good sports.

And could it be? Yup, it's me. I decided I wanted something new for my blog so Will took a couple for me. He did a great job! I'm pretty excited to experiment more with this. It's opened up a whole other world of photography for me and how cool is that?

You can view more of me here. I know you're dying to... ha, ha, ha!

Camera For Sale!!

So my hubby talked me out of selling for now... sorry!

Hey, photogs, I'm looking to sell my Nikon D300. I purchased it in June of this year so it's about 5 months old... still a baby. It's been absolutely wonderful... just need something with video. I purchased it for $1700 plus tax and I'm asking $1300. If you or someone you know is interested then email me.... please!!

Oh, I'm also selling my 50mm 1.8 lens as well. Purchased it for $130 plus $20 for the lens filter. This is a pretty sharp lens for the price. I think almost every photographer starts out with this little guy because of the low aperature settings making that wonderful blur. A must have!! Asking $100 for the lens and filter.

One Year Anniversary

I actually have never done this before but today I'm going to show you the BEFORE and AFTER of one of my shots from last night. All I can say is "Thank heavens for photoshop!" There are a lot of people out there that believe true photographers don't need photoshop... well, I beg to differ. Granted, that doesn't mean you still don't have to work to get your exposure and other settings correct in your camera first (sadly, that was my mode of thinking when I first started... I can just fix it in photoshop.) But the truth is, I HATE FIXING PICTURES!! So my goal is to always get it right with my camera first and then ENHANCE the picture later in photoshop. That is when the fun begins!! Isn't it amazing how flat and muted the colors are in the first one?

Since November is my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY as a photographer professionally... I'm giving all of my clients who book sessions in November a free 8x10. So 25 free Holiday cards for family sessions (in case you didn't catch that in one of my earlier posts) and a free 8x10. Pretty cool if you ask me! What a crazy year it has been... I really am so grateful to have found something that I truly love and to have the ability to express myself creatively... which is what I've always hoped for.

Happy One Year to ME!!

Black & White

I love when I have a vision of a photo shoot and it's carried out through good friends. These two are some of my best friends ever and some of my most gorgeous friends ever too! I've had this vision in my head for a while now and I'm so happy they were willing to play around with me.

This is going down as another favorite location.

Isn't she absolutely beautiful?

We actually took family pictures this day too... so those will be coming.

Thanks so much for such a fun night!

Little Punkin!

Today I had the pleasure of meeting this sweet little punkin. Doesn't she have the cutest little squishy cheeks?

Btw, the adorable pumpkin hat was made by my sweet friend Karina. She is so talented with a ball of yarn... I mean really talented. She sent me a ton of gorgeous little props to use for my photography and I am so excited to show them to you! I actually used quite a few of them in this session and will be sharing them soon! Sorry, only one pic for tonight...

Happy Halloween!

Love this girl...

It has been killing me keeping these pictures all to myself!! I have so much love for this girl... my seriously gorgeous sister-in-law, Jen. She is the posing queen... no kidding!! Most of the time I just stand back and let her do her thing and start clicking away. This whole photoshoot was seriously one of the funnest shoots ever... she ROCKED IT!! And how much do you love this Coca-cola wall?

She's almost like a modern day Marilyn Monroe... love it!

Love, love, love this house!!

This next one... one of my favs!

Isn't her hair to die for? I've never seen anything like it... love your style, Jen!!

This next shot is such a sweet one... it's a picture of Jen's grandpa who passed away last year. It was so cute because as soon as I took the picture and showed it to Jen's mom, she started to tear up. I thought it was a darling idea and how touching to make him a part of it.

Absolute favorite shot of the whole day. When I was finished editing this picture I pretty much couldn't believe what I had just done. And it's totally going on my business cards. She is stunning!!!

And love the lighting in these last three.

I seriously wanted to cry the night I came home and looked at these for the first time. Jen and I have been sharing ideas for over a year now of what we were going to do for her bridals and to see it all come together, I think, gave us both the biggest sense of accomplishment. And through it all I think it brought us closer which is why I love to do this. I get to bond with people in ways that I never would normally and I'm loving it!