Sammy & Kimberly

Mickey & I invited a fun, young couple over to model for me the other night. He actually met Kimberly at school & she & Sammy graciously agreed to come over to help me get some more "couple" shots for my portfolio. We did an indoor session mainly using our black backdrop & we are planning an outdoor session later in the spring. Now, we love our kids, but I have to admit that Mickey & I were a bit jealous when Sammy & Kimberly left at 7:30p announcing they were headed out for dinner...we were headed to bathe our kids.

Addy, Ava & Ridley

Yesterday I had a great time at my photo session with Addison, Ava & baby brother, Ridley, in their home that was built in the late 1800's. What a wonderland! It was so fun to do a session in their home, not only because their house has such character, but because I intend to do most family sessions in the client's home if possible. It was good practice for me to look for splashes of color & natural light. Ava & Ridley missed out on the bubble fun because of those nasty ole naps, but Miss Addy was a sport out in the cold January air.

Who cares if it's cold!

Yesterday the kids & I headed out to the backyard to play...they played with toys while I played with a new lens. Thursday Mickey brought home a new short focal length lens with a fast aperture (17-50mm, 2.8) that has turned out to be a really great addition to the camera bag. I love it because I can get in really tight to my subject while maintaining a short focal length that gives me that dreamy blur that we all love. We have also been playing with new photo editing software, Adobe Lightroom & CS3...wow! It has enabled me to shoot RAW & really fine tune every little detail. All of these shots are all framed in tight, I know, but I was testing the new lens.

We got this shot of Grace mounted onto a 24x30 to use as a display (as an added bonus, it should pump up her self esteem so much that we'll never have any issues with that in the coming preteen years).

Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow

Over the weekend I had the privilege of photographing a very unique family full of missionaries & seminary students. The parents are missionaries & three out of four daughters are on the mission field, preparing to enter the mission field & a seminary student just returning from the mission field. Whew! They are wrapping up a Christmas visit before each family goes their own way again & wanted some family pictures before heading out. You'll recognize some sweet faces...my little model girls, Sahara, Bria & Tirza, with their parents this time, Mark & Hannah.