Still here!!!

I've been very busy this past weekend with my vendor table setup. It seemed to be very successful and several people requested more information in the mail. I had a few moms who said they plan to contact me really soon to book a session. Also, two different moms expecting twins! HOW FUN?? Also, a mom told me about a beauty pageant coming to the area in November and that they are looking for a photographer for that event. She's going to email me all of the information I need and if it sounds right, I'll be shooting at a beauty pageant in November. I'm very excited!

Now I need to focus on cleaning this house and getting back into the swing of things around here. I took J to Mother Goose story time this morning at 10:30. He did so good. The lady sang nursery rhymes and J danced and clapped along with the other kids. After the nursery rhymes, she handed out stuffed animals to all of the kids and read Old MacDonald. My baby boy was naming animals and making the sounds. Next she handed out the magnets from Old MacDonald and all of the kids went to put the magnets on the board. Except for my J! He immediately saw all of the little pieces and started to clean them up! He grabbed them all and was putting them back into the basket. OCD?? HAHAHA!! All of the kids got along well and J had a ball. He was very tired after storytime and was ready to fall asleep in his lunch. He didn't put up a fight for naptime at all. HOORAY FOR ME!! Tomorrow we are going to check out a new playgroup. I love seeing J play nicely with other kids :)

Busy Bee!!

I've been so busy lately, proofing pictures from a recent session and getting things ready for my vendor table at a huge consignment sale next week. Also, I have to go through J's drawers this week to clear out all of his clothes that are too small so that I can sell them at the sale. I told a friend of mine that I was selling his old clothes and she said "Aren't you going to have more kids?" Yep I am, but I have no idea when that will happen, and keeping those clothes around will only add more pressure to an already tough situation. So off they go and WHEN we do have another child, he or she will get a new wardrobe (secretly hoping for another HE!!)

Anyway, here's a little sweetness for ya! J and his blankie! He sleeps like this every night. Blankie over his head!!

Great Lens. Great Lighting!!!

DISCLAIMER: Picture is straight from my camera, and certainly not perfect by any means! Just wanted to show the results of shooting in my driveway! This was taken with my favorite lens, 28-75mm, and in my favorite spot, our front porch! I love the lens b/c it is pretty sharp! Check out J's eyes, how they look like glass mirrors. I didn't do anything to his eyes at all in photoshop. They also look great b/c of the light in his eyes, thanks to the awesome lighting I get on my front porch. The sunlight reflects off of our pavement and makes his eyes shine so bright. I can get good light in his eyes at other locations, but never as good as I get on our front porch! I'm tempted to drag out some backdrops and do an entire session in my driveway! LOL!

So for anyone reading and trying to get some better pictures of their children, here are a few basic tips that I've learned so far.

1. Try to avoid a distracting background.
2. Get out of direct sunlight (I'm sure some are saying really?? Direct sunlight is too harsh)
3. Try to take pictures in open shade, perhaps under a tree, or a covered porch.
4. Face the light and get light in the eyes. What you see is what you get, so look for light in the eyes before taking the picture!

Have fun!!

Little Miss S

I just had to share this little sweetie pie! She will be a year old next month! Happy Birthday S!!

Sweet baby D

I had the pleasure of photographing this precious little boy this weekend! He was just so sweet.tiny, and soft! He has totally kicked my baby fever into full gear!!!

A few cute excuses for my absence

Well I've made the leap into the world of photography. I wouldn't call myself a "professional" photographer b/c I know I still have lots of improving to do before I earn that title. I had what I call a skill building shoot two weeks ago. Baby K is 4 months old and her Big brother O is almost 3. They were a joy to work with. Baby K loved the camera, Big brother O, not so much! Everytime I tried to snap a picture of him he yelled, "No!!" So we took him to the park and I told him, "Well since you won't take a picture for me, I'll take a picture of trees!" So he started pointing out trees for me ;)Here are a few of the shots I got. Mom was very happy!