in love

It definitely helps to have gorgeous subjects to photograph! If you just saw these two by themselves, you'd never know they had three kiddos! They look so in love here, don't you think? I told Emily that she's going to have to do a session like this for David and I, but when I showed David, he got really squeemish. I guess kissing for the camera is not for everyone. I'll keep working on him :)




Oh, I have to tell you that while we were shooing this pose at dusk, the security guard drove up to inform us that there was a large gator in the nearby lake and two foxes who frequented the area were we shooting on. Needless to say, we hurried up after that.


I think Emily could be a model. Don't you? Such a gorgeous smile!


Ok, Emily, there's a second sneak peek for you. :)

lady in red

Isn't she just stunning? I think red is such a great color choice, especially for an expectant mom. Here's my play on a storyboard. I recently figured out how to make a cute little scalloped edge border. I think it's just so fun! Oh, and my favorite new font is "Mary Monroe" from fonts101.com. Ok, I'm off to make school lunch for tomorrow!







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down at the tracks

Though it looks lovely at the RR tracks, beware it is not! The standing water around the ditches makes lovely homes for mosquitoes too. And, they loved us! So, we did not stay long at all. But, I think it was worth it, don't you? These are by far my favorite shots out of the day. Oh, and the train the background? Yeah, we planned that just so we could get some good composition. No, not really. (We were walking along and Larry goes, "Isn't that the train coming?") We were forced into the mosquito filled ditches. Not so lovely, but at least the photos are. Thanks, for going along with my crazy ideas, Larry and Amanda.

The Z Family

Since this week's topic in my Two Peas photo class is portraits, I thought I'd share these. A few months ago, family friends asked me to take a group photo for them. There were 11 people in all--6 adults and 5 kids ages 8 and under. I wasn't trying to be creative. My goal was just to get them all looking at me and smiling. It was actually quite an accomplishment!! I think we restorted to bunny ears behind my head. (I had a friend helping me.)



After finally getting "the shot," each family decided they wanted individual family portraits. All the kids were pretty much done, but we got some quick, traditional poses.






(so you can see how I cropped it.)

Thanks for all your encouraging comments!

whee!

We were playing at the park in the late afternoon when the girls looked up and saw David walking across the grass. He was home from work! Just in time for for some "rides!" I just love watching them have fun together.

Scott and Angie

My friend Angie recently got engaged and asked me to take her engagement photos. It was my first real photo shoot! I had a great time. Here are some of my favorites.