I’m back! Sorry to leave you hanging there, I had a little computer issue to resolve, and it took longer than expected. But I’m back online again! I promised I’d announce my personal project for 2011, so here goes. 🙂 As I was pulling my favorite images from last year’s project, I noticed an ongoing theme: a lot of the images were taken at home. In the living room, on the couch, in the yard. Now, I LOVE being home. I’m a homebody. I could entertain myself for hours with little projects around the house. But now that I have… Keep reading
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2010 Favorites | 52 Weeks (personal project)
In 2010 I decided to do a personal photography project in addition to my client work. I chose a rather easy subject (our daughter Lila), but decided to do the whole thing in black & white only. I’ve learned a lot from this project, and I love it! This may sound weird, but I now look for photo compositions that I think will specifically work best in black & white–not just for this project, but in all of my work. Below are just some of my favorites from my project this year. Have a wonderful 2011, Happy New Year!!
2010 Favorites | Weddings
2010 was the year I ate my words, in more ways than one. I did a lot of things as a mom I swore I’d never do (listen to Laurie Berkner, watch Barney willingly, ignore the mess, forsake my beloved shopping days for kiddie gym class, you name it). Business-wise, I always swore I’d never shoot weddings. Too much pressure, too long of a day, and giving up one of my two precious days a week with my family. Then I (second) shot one. And was hooked. I loved shooting weddings. Those little moments I loved shooting already–the ones where… Keep reading
2010 Favorites | Families
Ahhh, families. I won’t lie, when I was first starting out, I was the least excited about these sessions. All those people, looking everywhere but at me, not sure of what to do with their hands, wearing forced smiles as I tried to make them NOT say “cheese”…it just didn’t inspire me. Only once I started taking a different approach to these sessions did I realize their true potential–and I’m not talking money or sales for me here. Capturing a family’s true make-up, their real interactions and connections, showing their absolute love for each other–that’s what I’m talking about. Figuring… Keep reading
2010 Favorites | Children
Fair warning, this will probably be a long post. 🙂 I just LOVE my kid clients, and get so attached to them. I always love hearing how everyone is doing (yay for moms who love staying in touch!), and LOVE getting to see them again. See? Two sentences, and I used “love” three times. I’m such a s ap! On to the photos. Sit tight, and keep scrolling. 🙂 I just realized I haven’t blogged this session yet either. You’re going to flip, just WAIT. One of my faves from the entire year.
2010 Favorites | Maternity and Newborn
Day 2 of my week of favorite photos: maternity and newborn. I just had to combine these two, because they go so hand-in-hand with each other. 🙂 I do have one more favorite, but the little girl’s birth announcements haven’t gone out yet, so I can’t share just yet–I will in her regular blog post though! 🙂 Up tomorrow, the kiddos. I thought this post was long…but I have a feeling that one could be longer! Happy Monday! I hope you’re not all quite as buried by snow as we are, I think we got 18″ overnight. It’s a winter… Keep reading
2010 Favorites | Because
I am going to be posting every day this week! I know! I’m so excited too. 🙂 I wanted to share with you some of my favorite images from all of my sessions this year. Some will have already been blogged, some haven’t. I am not going back to check what I’ve already shown, I am just going with what I love at this moment. First up is going to be more of a mix of sessions I don’t do as often as some of the others. These will include my beloved “Because” sessions, high school seniors, engagements, etc. Later… Keep reading
Love and Joy
I just wanted to pop in quickly and say Happy Holidays to everyone! 2010 was an incredible year for me, personally and professionally. I have a few fun posts in store for next week to wrap up the year, so stay tuned! Before I run off to finish our preparations for Christmas Eve (LOVE hosting a holiday! I feel like such a grown-up!), I wanted to share these images. On the left is one of the 3 holiday cards we sent out this year–if you look closely, you can see the glitter I added to them. 🙂 I did all… Keep reading
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I almost didn’t use this image. I don’t like my creepy “mean stare” at all. But I realize that I have little to no photos of Lila and I in them, AND I wanted to remember this moment. So you’ ll have to deal with my crazy eyes. 🙂 I took this image to remember part of our little routine. I know it’s going to change many times over, but this is one of my favorite parts of our day. Lila wakes up from her nap a bit cranky and demanding. Milk, Mickey Mouse, sit here, mama, it’s sunny, snack… Keep reading
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Shhh, I’m sneaking in (it’s Jan 2011!) to finish posting these. 🙂 I took them all on time, but the chaos of the holidays just kept me from getting around to editing and posting them. I have to finish this project officially though! For this week, I took this at our weekly playgroup, and I love how happy Lila is. She loves her friends, and their moms, and I think it’s so wonderful. We’re both incredibly lucky to have such a great group, I know they sure keep my sanity in check.