More Senior Sessions!!

• Published November 17th, 2010 by
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     Catching the last warm weather of the year!  It was great shooting downtown!  And the "Teas Me Cafe" was awesome!  They have wonderful tea and a great atmosphere!! 

 

 

Tutus and Bows!!

• Published November 15th, 2010 by
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     This sweet baby girl did a modeling session for me last week!  She is one of the happiest babies I think I've EVER met!!  We had fun dressing her up in tutus and bows! Be sure to watch her video at the end of the post! :) 

 

MOPS Meeting :)

• Published November 3rd, 2010 by
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Hey there!  I had an exciting morning with one of our local MOPS groups  ( Mothers of Preschoolers)!  They get together for breakfast,  fellowship, a craft and a speaker.  I got to talk to them today about "How to take great pictures of your kids!"  It was totally awesome!

Congrats to Rachel and Janice for winning the  "Complimentary Session" drawing!!

They are such a great group of ladies!  Since my baby just turned "17", it's been awhile since I've had a preschooler running around the house.  But I still get to run and play with my client's kids and I LOVE IT! 

I thought I'd take a minute and go over just a few of the highlights I shared with them this morning.  Some of the moms  took notes and they asked GREAT questions, but it was alot of information in a short amount of time.  I also tend to talk "a little" fast...  :)  We all want great pictures of our kids so I thought I'd put a few things down so the mom's could refer back to it.  Ok, here we go!

 

~ Aperture:  the size of the opening of your lens while you are taking your picture.  Controls your depth of field.

Tip:  Small number= the less things in your picture will be in focus

        Large number= the more things in your picture will be in focus

~Shutter Speed:  the time the shutter is open while you are taking your picture.  Stops motion

Tip:  set @ 1/60 or higher for hand holding your camera

        set @ 1/250 or higher for action

~ISO:  camera sensors sensitivity to light

Tip:  The brighter the light, the lower the ISO

 

Creative & Problem Solving Tips:

~Change your perspective!  Get down on their level, or get up high! 

~Flip your camera for a vertical shot instead of horizontal.

~Watch your backgrounds!

~Give little ones something to hold

~Take photos while their attention is on something else, playing in      

   the sand, or with a favorite toy.

~Catch their silly faces

~Put them in the shade to avoid "eye squint" or have them close

   them close their eyes for a moment, have them count to 3 then

   open.

~Inside?  Move them to a window for beautiful light!

And finally, and the most important thing to remember is "Get in the photo with your child!!"   In 10 years they will want to see you & them together!

 

HAPPY SNAPPING!! 

 

25 Random Things about me!

• Published October 15th, 2010 by
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         I thought today I would share some of my favorite family photos and some random trivia about me.   I'd love to hear from you, so give me some random tidbits about yourself!!  Here goes:

1. I love Jesus

2.  I LOVE COFFEE
3.  I like to talk (sometimes really fast)
4.  I'm not good at cutting peoples hair
5.  I sometimes like to sing in public to embarrass my kids
6 . I love hanging out with my family
7.  I like to watch my favorite movies over and over
8.  I have lived in 5 different states and some more than once
     (Indiana and Iowa) 
9.   I once sat on Johnny Cash's limo ( I was 1 & my mom sat me there)
10 . I think the Bee Gees are awesome
11.  But, my favorite group is "Jars of Clay"
12.  I love to sing in the car, but I'm not sure my passengers love my singing?
13.  I love viewing the world from behind my camera!!
14.  I was never more impressed with my sister's navigational skills than when she found
        our way back to our hotel in Rome without speaking a word of Italian
15.  I think I have the best husband in the world!
16.  I LOVE COFFEE, did I mention?
17.  My name in the bible is Dorcas which means graceful, which is really odd because I
         I am not very graceful (just ask anyone, I even spilled coffee on my husband this
        morning)
18.  I often forget where I have put things
19.  I (more than once) ran my riding mower into a ditch
20.  I am very thankful I don't have any ditches at my current home (but I do have a pond,
        which so far I have managed to avoid)
21.  I really admire people who have a good sense of humor, I think my boys are some of
        the funniest people I know
22.  I don't have good luck with wild animals. I once slightly cooked a opossum in my grill
        (I had a bad habit of not lifting the lid before I started the grill, the unfortunate animal
        had the misfortune of sleeping in my grill. He did live, but I don't think he ever slept in
        my grill again.)
23.  My favorite places to visit are coffee shops with good friends
24.  I think everybody should love coffee and Jane Austen
25.  My favorite word is cool! My second favorite word is "EGGCELLENT" (I like it spelled
         that way too!)

I love this photo of my husband!  It was just a snapshot taken on the beach, but I just love it!

My oldest son :)  he loves rock-climbing, hiking, snow-boarding: he's always up for an adventure!

My middle son ( I thought for awhile he might follow in his mom's footsteps!) He's our in-house movie expert!

my youngest, he's one of the most caring people I know!  One of my favorite things to do is listen to him play his guitar! 

 

 

(: Hangin' in the Studio (continued) :)

• Published October 14th, 2010 by
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    Here are a few more photos from Mackenzie's portrait session the other day!

 

 

Hangin' in the Studio

• Published October 13th, 2010 by
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We were going to do an outdoor shoot, but just as we pulled up to the park~ Down  Came The Rain!  We couldn't even get out of the cars!  So we decided to go back and do some studio shots.  We had alot of fun, and got some pretty cool shots!

Portrait Party Feature Family :) The Ebert's :)

• Published October 1st, 2010 by
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I had alot of fun with the Ebert family!  The wind was crazy while we did our session, but we were still able to get some great shots!