poignant pauses

I get the most beautiful people to shoot!

She is amazing isn't she? Just stunning! Coming to the end of my senior sessions though I'm still getting calls for them.  I do not have any more openings this year.  It's amazing too how many people want a session the day after Thanksgiving.  I'm sad I can't do a session for everyone who calls.  Next year I'm going to have some fun add on's that hopefully will get everyone booking earlier. I  totally know how it is. You keep thinking oh I want to do this,need to do this and there is so much going on that it never quite happens until you really NEED for it to happen.  I usually try to do a shoot of my family myself at least once a year.... I haven't done it yet this year.... I thinking now when it snows it will be super fun to do one of us sledding and having snowball fights.  I even put away matching scarves LOL!  I'm so thankful for photography friends who sometimes capture us but it's different for me when I do it myself.  Personally my favorites are the odd quirky humours captures that I think another photographer might not take never mind show.

For instance my favorite captures from a walk last week were Sebastian trying to lick kiss Chris,Ollie on Chris's shoulder slapping his face with Chris cringing,Ollie with his sweatshirt hood filled with leaves leaking them as he gleefully is running around and my absolute fav is the more posed shot I tried to get of the two youngest boys who would have none of it. I'll have to post that one ,it' s a you  have to see it thing.  So you see why I like to do my shoot ,I'm a bit weird in my tastes.

beautiful senior

how about another slideshow on a bleary rained out session day?

Stunning slideshow

Great weekend

I captured the most fun family this weekend. A session that just totally refueled me. You know everyone I"ve ever shot has something special about them,really I mean that not  just saying it. I truely love people and enjoy them,getting to know them but some people just make  you laugh and look at life in a fresh lovely way again and that is how that shoot felt to me. Just a beautiful family....

Now I'm sure you want to see some but sorry I havent' even looked through them yet so I will share another lovely senior.

She has a lovely gentle personality,I really enjoyed shooting her. Only two for now still playing catch up with sessions. I am about 1 week behind deadlines I gave but am finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel as I've started turning down sessions for my winter refueling and training time so I will be have more free time to process my work.

I'm so excited over some of the new things I'm going to be training for. I never get tired of photography there is always sooo much more to know and learn. If you if you have ever seen chariots of fire and remember the scene when Eric Lindell says I believe that God made me for a purpose... He also made me fast, and when I run, I feel His pleasure."  Well that is how I feel,such a joy when I'm with my families with who ever I'm photographing it's such a joy so much more then a job. I enjoy soooo much everything about it. (well except the business end,but luckily I'm going to be having some help in that area in the new year. Serious I wish I could just photograph for free,I'm such a right brained person half the time I forget to ask for my fee at sessions. I"m all about the capture.)

Another fun comment in an email this week end

"My friends are freaking out over those pics. as are we!!! my friend elizabeth said "I hate having my picture taken but that chick can do it ANYTIME. ha! awesome and ----'s  mom is so impressed, last night she was talking about flying his lil sister up so u can do some senior pictures for her.  We really had a blast working with ya and can't wait to see more... Im so impatient! hahaha! night!

stunning

Ohhh I so want to dig through this session but I'm working hard on my family sessions.

Here are a few I processed for a sneak peek but there are so many I can't wait to process.

bw or color???? sometimes I can't decide which one

my new fav.....

oh and case in point about my last post. I'm working through a session this week that so many of the captures the mom's bra is totally seen through the shirt(think britney spears it's showing that much) and every single one I touch up so you cant tell,she'll never know I did it and she'll never know how much time I spent fixing it. A bigger studio would charge her 25.00 or more an hour for retouching services.

My work is a work of love really I'm not just saying that. It's why my husband wants me to outsource my processing....  Which I am considering because they do lovely work and it would leave me open for doing more capturing which is the part I really love.  So at some point I may have to charge for the retouching but for now it's on the house. :)

mix of moody and modern