At the beginning of June, I attended a seminar called Elevate taught by Garrett and Joy Nudd. It was a fabulous, amazing, incredible trip, and made me look at my wedding and portrait photography through fresh eyes. (Fresh? Get it? I’m such a dork. Lame, but it totally amused me!) Matter of fact, it made me change how I was doing some things to the point that there will be big announcements here in the next few days! No, Fresh Photography isn’t going any where at all - but things are getting bigger and better!
I just had to share the video we made at the end of Elevate. Everything was wrapping up, we were running on zero sleep from the shoot-out and proofing session we had the night before, where we took pictures for several hours in the Florida heat and then stayed up past 3 am editing them, and well … we were all punchy. And sappy, since it was ending and it had been such a great experience. I will be sharing more on the photographers that were there and linking to them soon, but for now - here is the video.
Dubbed “The Blogger Wedding of the Year! ™”, the wedding of Jim & Leia was a beautiful, intimate affair held in the backyard of their home in Dallas, Texas. They invited a small core of family and out of town guests to the ceremony, and then for the reception they opened their house and had a great big PARTY! From the toasting beer mugs to the chocolate fountain, fun was had by everyone that was there. Oh! And there were cupcakes, with goodies to decorate them with! The weather threatened all day long to rain them out and force us all indoors, but the tent went up early, the weather cleared up for us, and aside from the slightly soggy ground which liked to eat the high-heeled shoes, it was a lovely day.
Ah, good times, good times. It was such an honor to be asked by Jim & Leia to share in and capture this very special day in their life! And as an added perk, a huge box showed up from Amazon yesterday with my very own chocolate fountain! How cool is that? Now I just need to figure out where to get one of those cool blow-up microphones. Then our party set-up will be complete!
Oh goodness, the last slideshow was so much fun, I had to do another one! This is the slideshow from Cooper’s newborn portrait session from a few months ago. He was such a sweet, sweet newborn, and it was such an honor to have an opportunity to photograph Julia’s first grandchild and Kandis’s son. Kandis was so great about giving me a ton of time with him, even though she had not been feeling well and running a fever.
Another perk of the in-home session? Mom can relax and unwind and watch while I spend time with the baby! She doesn’t even have to leave the house!
On Sunday, June 10th, right after returning from the Elevate and OneLight workshops in Orlando, I had the fortune of being able to visit Alexis and her family for an in-home portrait session. Alexis is an adorable 14 month old, and she was so beautiful it was hard to stop taking her picture! Matter of fact, the last few in the slideshow are from when she was having a post-shoot snack on the kitchen floor - my camera was still handy, so I had to take just a few more!
One of the most fabulous things about taking photographs in the client’s home or at a favorite location is the opportunity to include things that are very special to them. Alexis has a frog toy and a dress made of matching fabric by the same designer. Her room is so cute, decorated in coordinating fabrics. When I spoke with her mother, it was one of the first things that she requested - capturing the dress with the frog in the room. We got two out of three, as Alexis was not going to cooperate with us and sweetly hold the frog!
Another perk of on-location photography? Alexis is not a big fan of strangers. Matter of fact, they have tried before to take portraits at a studio, and I think they only got one or two shots out of the experience. Instead, I was able to come in, spend time with her, talking to her, letting her play while I chatted with her mom, easing her into things before I pulled out the big camera. Our session was well under 2 hours long, and we left with almost 100 images after editing! (Ok, I could have cut out even more, but how can I possibly resist that sweet face!)
I look forward to hopefully visiting Alexis again in the future!
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We’ve added new prints to the Artwork section of the site! We have lots more to add too in the near future. Many of these have been available for purchase over time at the Yale Street Art Market that we participate in each month in the Heights, but over time we have so many prints available, we won’t always keep them in stock - but they will always be available here!
Check them out, and feel free to leave comments - we love to hear from you!
