This family was by far one of my favorite family sessions I have had in a long long time. Michelle brought along her sister to help the kids look my way and that was beyond helpful. And look at their adorable boys!!! How cute can they get?
Thank you so much guys!!!
To say it was a honor to capture this special day is like saying Oreos and milk aren’t very good together. No I know that is a corny example but I can’t express the joy I got to experience when I was at this wedding.
Taylore and Aryka have been saving themselves until they were married. They each had a symbol of purity that they got when they were 13. So when they were planning their wedding they had a little purity ceremony where they gave each other that symbol. For Taylore it was a diamond heart necklace and for Aryka it was a ring. So it was very sweet to see that in todays world.
So besides all of that I loved how they just really enjoyed their day! It was such a God honoring wedding and I can’t say thank you enough for allowing me to be apart of it.
Its so funny to think that just a short year ago I was getting a text from Jace’s mom saying her twins had been born. Little did we know a year late we would be photographing another baby boy.
I am so lucky to get clients who want to come back to me for photos. I have loved getting to know the Bailey family over the past year and can’t wait for more sessions as their boys grow up.
If you want to see Jace’s older brothers click HERE for their newborn session and HERE for their family session!
I love it work I get to work with people that I have either worked with before or know them from working with other people. The last part of that didn’t make a whole lot of sense so I will just explain how I know Aaron and Jenny.
Its so funny looking back to see the connections you make as a photographer. It was about my 3rd wedding I had ever done. Most photographers 2nd shoot with other photographers for weddings before they do their own. But me I had no idea most photographers did that so I just did them on my own to begin with. Looking back I think I ended up 2nd shooting 3 weddings my first year of business. And one of them wasn’t to help on the photographer. I was there because we were friends of the bride’s parents and they asked me to take some shots.
So anyway my 3rd wedding I did on my own was definitely my defining point in my business. I really felt like I connected with the bride and groom and got to know the wedding party as well. One of the bridesmaids was a sister of Jenny and their other sister names Katy. Katy was my first out of town wedding. I traveled up to KC to shoot her wedding in October of 2010. Then I met Jenny and Aaron who got married earlier that year. They joked with me that they were going to have me shoot some photos of them because they really liked my style. (Yes, I still remember you saying that)
Which is why I was SO excited when Aaron emailed me saying he wanted me to take some photos of them for a anniversary present to Jenny. This couple is so fun!!! I love how they just love to be around each other. About half way through the session Aaron commented about how much fun it was. That never happens for a guy to say that. Aaron also wanted to bring his grandma along for the ride and to get some photos of them together.
Thanks again guys and I look forward to working with you in the future!!
You probably wonder what has been up with me lately. I keep thinking about how I should post that or post this but life seems to catch up with me and remind me how busy I am. But its a good busy!! Its been a very long time since I have posted a photography FAQ so I decided to post one.
As some of you may know from following me. I decided to put on a small class once a week for 5 weeks. Its been going really good! Its definitely challenged me to think more and be a better photographer. We have only gone two weeks so far and I can’t wait to see how the rest goes.
SOOO with that being said I decided to post some of the examples I took. The first one is the difference between using f/1.2 and f/4.0. And how you can position your subject in the same location but moving your subject to make better lighting.
This first image was taken at f/1.2 and as you can see there is a great natural vignette around the photo. That didn’t happen with the photo taken at f/4.0. Also look at the brick wall and the electrical box. The background is much more in focus in the f/4.0. So that takes a lot away from the subject when the background is more in focus.
Now in these photos we had Madison up against a wall that was in deep shadow. It could still get a good photo because it was pretty early in the evening. But when we moved Madison closer to edge of the shadow where the sun was hitting on the concrete. You can see the lighting is perfect just on her. The background is nice and dark compared to the subject. This is something I still am trying to learn. That I don’t get caught up in trying to go fast for my clients but rather really thinking about where is the best light in this location. But its something you have to really try to remember.
Thanks for letting me use you for the examples Madison! I’m really glad you are in the class.
