Saturday, November 19, 2011

Stoddard Family | Mini Session

In case you aren't counting, Christmas is almost a month away!  Photo-cards are a wonderful way to send some holiday cheer to friends and family, and PhotographE Studio is offering one-hour mini sessions for only $75!  You get 15-25 digital images to use to create your cards, or simply update your frames and photo albums.  

Today, I headed to Manhattan to do one of these sessions for the Stoddard family.  Here are some of my favorites!







 

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Full Circle

I often get asked how I got started in photography.  I've had a camera in my hands longer than I can remember, taking pictures around my family's farm in Pennsylvania.  Cattle, horses, flowers, barns, sunsets...I loved it all.  As I got older, I would enter some of my favorite photos in the county fair and other state and national photography contests.  As with so many things in life, the more I practiced, the better my composition.  

A few years ago, one of my best friends asked me to snap some pictures of her and her fiance for a "save-the-date" announcement.  Her faith in my abilities opened my photographic eye to a whole new world of pictures...people pictures.  Over the past few years, my equipment and experience has pushed me from a hobbyist to a professional, and I can't wait to see what the future holds for me and my Nikon!

And as the title of this post suggests, it seems as though my photographic journey has come full circle.  Not because I have a flow of clients calling, but because I have been given the great opportunity to pass along all that I have learned to an enthusiastic group of young people in the local 4-H program.  Today was our first meeting, and I can't wait to be a part of it!  Watching them learn and perfect an art form, all the while helping one another --- stay tuned, it's going to be a fun year!

Spencer Family Photos

The 20-30 mph wind yesterday wasn't so conducive to picture taking, but thankfully my clients we flexible with their schedules!  Today was a beautiful day in Kansas, as was the family I had the honor of capturing with my camera!  Check out some of my favorites below - I just love the colors of fall!




Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Larson Family Photos

A dear friend from college and her husband recently welcomed their second daughter in to the world.  Here are some of my favorites from our afternoon together!  Precious!