Steph

I worked with Stephanie YEARS ago and always LOVED her.  She agreed to be my VERY FIRST EVER family session!!  It was a lot harder than I thought it would be, but a GREAT experience....

Now, I learned a BUNCH of stuff before the session and used it, but now am second guessing myself because it's not anything I'm used to.  Just having one of those doubt days...

Here's a pic from our session.  :)

Bella Ireland

I found it nearly impossible to not laugh every time I was around this girl! She is just as hilarious and adorable in person, I ASSURE YOU!  haha

Hollywood!

Here are the rest of the pictures from the last post of Vivien.  This little girl was so fun to shoot.  She took GREAT direction and had tons of moves of her own! :)  It was really a great experience.  The light was really weird in the back yard and bursts of light kept sneaking through.  I really like COMPLETELY EVEN light on faces, but I experimented a little bit this time. Not bad for a 10 min shoot!

This is Viv and her little brother Kolby...

Kolby stayed awake while I bounced him and "shhh'd" for about 30-45 minutes. He was SUPER tired, but never gave in. This is him seconds after mommy took him... :)

This is Gran and Kolby...


I'll HOPEFULLY get pics of the rest of the family before I leave. Her older sister Marla is equally as darling and SUPER hilarious!

***NOTE****
1.  Yes, I am aware that there are WAY too many vertical pics...  I'm still learning, get off my back!?!

Viv :)

Mary's 3rd baby is Vivien.  Vivien is QUITE the character.   Here is her response when her mom asked her what she was going to do when she was old and no longer around to give her kisses:

"Well, when I'm in Hollywood, living in my hotel- I won't be renting or borrowing it, I'll own it- We can chat online"

This is Viv...

We pretty much think she's fantastic. :) More to come later.

Yummier Black and Whites

I really didn't get that many pics from Jenny's family session the other night, but I snapped a few from the background... Here are most of the rest of what I got.

 ALSO, I'm liking my black and whites SO much more. My Uncle Todd (who TAUGHT ME HOW TO SHOOT MANUAL in February- MANY THANKS A MILLION TIMES for your knowledge, motivation, and confidence in me!!) called me today and we talked about tons of photography and filming stuff. One of the things he mentioned was "dynamic range".... The reason my black and whites look so much YUMMIER is because the RAW format pulls SO much more information giving a bigger range between the white and the black.  Ok, I get it!  You're bored!  I'll show you the pics.

Check out daddy in this pic.....  He loves his babies.  It's delightful.


Like two peas... :)  So so so sweet.

RAW!!!

Ok, so JUST TODAY I started shooting in the RAW.  I'd heard from some people that RAW was all they shot in... and heard from others that RAW was just a space waster and really wasn't necessary.  I started out with just JPEG and didn't think too much about it until recently.  O. M. G.  It has completely changed my pictures!  I'm so excited!  It's changed my editing, too....  :)  Here are some shots I took today using the RAW format...

I went to the park with AWESOME Mary and snapped a few random pics of some of her kids...and kids she babysits.

Here's Ruby in color...

Here's Kolby, Mary's youngest...

A quick shot of Mary's second oldest, Nate AKA The Baby Whisperer with Mads and Kolby...

Sugar BUG!

And, of course, my latest OBSESSION. THE PIGS.

So, THIS wonderful chica let me tag along one of her family shoots. I stole a FEW shots, but for the most part, I watched and helped where I could. This is her beautiful daughter Hannah...

Here are a few of the shots I was able to steal of her lovely subjects, the Zellers. They have THE most beautiful kids. SO sweet and super fun to shoot. Caymbree was a total charmer. She smiled SO easily and was full of joy... 

And this little guy, Cohen, was quite comical! Jenny wanted to get a shot of the family feet. When she asked if we could take his shoes off for a shot, he FREAKED out. We were all very confused. It turns out, he thought he was getting a "SHOT" hahaha... TOO funny... This was a random shot I took when they were changing outfits...


More later... :)

Ruby

I had a wonderful play date in the park with my friend Mary.  This is one of the kids she watches.  She is a quick one and this was the only picture I could grab, but I LOVE it.  She's such a sweetie.

Will post the rest later...