Anticipation

One of the best things about my job is that I schedule shoots online, and thus am pleasantly surprised when I meet my subjects in person. When these three little ones got out of the car I almost hugged myself in delight. Red hair! How cool is that?!?

Ryan is the oldest, then Miss Taylor and the youngest is Kyle.

(I was a little enamored with Kyle.)

Miss Taylor doesn't have red hair but she has some of the most striking hazel eyes I have ever photographed.







Look at those light eyelashes!

All in all, they were a delightful family and a joy to photograph.

Tagged

So I got tagged to list my 5th picture in my 5th folder of images.

This is that picture.

It is not the best of pictures, but I kept it because I thought it was funny. These two are my neighbor's twins, Reese (in green...two E's in green, two E's in Reese) and Riley is on the right.

From looking at this picture you would think Reese is the loud, feisty one and Riley would just like more sleep. However as they are 1-year-old now, I can assure you this is almost completely opposite of their true personalities (at least as far as one can stereotype 1-year-olds).

Here are a few more from that shoot that I kept on my computer (for over a year now!) to add to my website. In these Riley is on the right/bottom and Reese is on the left/top.

The Return of the Prodigal Blogger

Whew! It's been a long time since I posted last! Want to know how long?

Well, this baby has now grown up and gone to college and graduated with a doctorate. :P

This is Hailey, the first (girl) baby I've shot in months so I went a bit into pink overload.

Aren't her cheeks delicious?!?

For some reason this image reminds me of a wee garden gnome...

This is the proud big brother, Blake.

Merry Christmas

Edwards Family

I currently have 12 shoots to finish up in the next 3 days.

Whew. *Is tired just thinking about it*

At something like 100 pictures a session, that's 1200 images to edit, which explains my absence in posting on this blog. Additionally, I am currently blogging images from sessions that haven't been delivered, so if you have recently gotten a CD from me and are wondering why your kids aren't on the blog yet, that's why. (They will be on it as soon as I catch up.)

This is the Edwards family, we had a great shoot about 2 weeks ago!




This is the oldest daughter Neely. She was very easy to work with and I really like a lot of her images. Check out those big blue eyes!





This is Macky, she's 13. Doesn't she look much older?



Brayli is 7, and was the only one willing to wear a hat for me. :)
Recently I was gifted with a reflector set and man, does that ever make a difference! This was the first shoot I used the reflectors on and I love them! Of course they would be virtually useless with a crazy busy two year old, but with older, slower-moving subjects they work excellently. (This is my favorite image from the session).





Last, but not least, is Mr. Jaxon, who was one of the easiest to shoot 4-year-olds I have ever photographed!



Jaxon's dad used to play for the Aggies, back in the day when we were good, and thus has a championship ring that they wanted to incorperated into some images. It was really cold, and the jersey was short sleeved so we worked really fast and Mr Jaxon was so tough and smiled for the entire time. I was really impressed.

In fact, I told my sister when I got home, "That Jaxon was tough like Hickory wood! He stood fast like a Stonewall!" which earned me an eyeroll. (And if you just got that, you should probably get out more...maybe get a hobby...like photography.:P)

For the Kiwis

This shoot was tentatively planned way back in March and I think the long wait was worth it :)

This group of siblings is composed of Hunter, Anne Elizabeth and Preston.



Hunter was such a pleasant boy to work with, very well mannered and photogenic!







Anne Elizabeth is at my favorite stage (err, besides babies that is) I love toothless wonders! How cute is this smile? (This picture is probably my favorite of the shoot.)



Ah, the reason I love my 50mm 1.4...I love the shallow depth of field it gives... it really helps the subject stand out, and I thought this picture turned out really well.





2-year-old Preston is enjoying his last few days of being the youngest child; he is about to be promoted to a big brother as his family is adopting from Ethiopia!









That's all folks.:)

Even More Cards!

I have about 12-15 sessions who are currently being edited. In order for most of you to get a card out in time, I am e-mailing full file sized images on cards to print out and distribute while you wait for your full CD of images. Here are two more card options (please click on the files to enlarge so the text is readable.)

These cards are 4x8, and fit in standard business sized envelopes and don't require additional postage. :) The photos are adjustable as well, which means you can have two images on your card or six. If you are interested in a card like this, e-mail me with the card you want and the text you want on the card. (These cards below said something like "Love Sean, Rachel, Ryan, Taylor and Kyle Lastname" before I edited them for this blog posting.)