27 september 2008: jill & nick; K. & C.

Here are two sneak peeks from back-to-back sessions I had yesterday. While it was a lot of fun, I'm definitely not going to be able to handle doing that again for a while! I ended the day happy, but very tired.

The first shoot was with Jill & Nick, who are getting married in October. They were really sweet together, and you can tell they're getting more and more excited about being married.

The second was my first Blissed Out children's session, so I was super excited for this one! I had a great time, and I believe they did, also. They're beautiful children.

That's it for now, I have a paper to write. Yikes!

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21 september: Reese

Today I finally had a shoot with Reese! I say finally because she and I have had to re-book this shoot two times prior to today because of bad weather. I'm in the throes of editing, but I wanted to put a few images up here that I'm really excited about:







A train came while we were on the railroad tracks! I've used these tracks once before and was never interrupted by a train, but Reese was walking down the tracks with her back towards the train, and I happened to look up from the camera to see it coming! We had plenty of time to get off, because it was far away, but it was somewhat scary nonetheless.

Maybe I'll stay away from the tracks for a while. ;)

Here's a photo of Reese right after we cleared the tracks! :

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13 september 2008: krissy & jonathan

As I mentioned earlier, I helped Whitney with a wedding this past weekend. Here are a few of the photos I took! I'm pretty proud of them, I feel like I have grown significantly and may, one day, be able to approach weddings with confidence.

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13 september 2008: the Dempseys

Friday was such a busy day for me! At 9:30am I had my first Blissed Out family session with the Dempseys. There were some slight weather concerns at first, because the sky was cloudy and it felt like rain, but the sun ended up coming out midway through and we went away from the shoot with a lot of great photos. Here are a few that are also on the site, and in a couple of days I'll add one or two more than aren't, just so you can see them.









Since I took the photos from the files on my site, they aren't at the highest resolution, so I'm not sure how they'll translate to everyone's computers. Hopefully alright! :)

Friday night Sean (my husband!) and I left with Whitney so I could help her with a wedding in Montevallo. I was really excited to do this because it's great practice for me. I've only edited a handful of the photos, but here's one that I like:



I only wish you could see the groom a little better!

This afternoon I'm making up a shoot that was rained out last weekend, so hopefully the weather will work for us this time. Weekends during the rest of September are pretty full, so all kinds of updates should be happening soon!

Oh, here's a photo Whitney took of Sean and I outside a gas station. I just love it because it's so sweeeeeeet, so I'm sharing. :)



SK

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michael & shannon: 1 september 2008

I had such a fun shoot on Monday! They're always fun, but Michael and Shannon, two best friends that I had the pleasure of shooting, were a riot. As soon a I got in the car they told me how cute I was, and then Michael said I looked like Belle from Beauty and the Beast! Ha! After that we proceeded to hit about five locations in an hour and a half, which was a first for me. Here are two photos from the shoot, just because I'm still in the middle of editing, but I wanted to go ahead and put them out here:

Michael:


Shannon:


Next time I update I'll probably throw in a few more.

In case you're curious, I typically edit the same photo in two or three different ways. I do a basic edit, which consists of adjusting small things (sometimes it's not even necessary if I like the photos straight out of the camera, like these two), and then the other two edits are with different textures and layers. I never know what the photos are being used for, so it's always fun for me (and I think, you guys!) to have different versions.

SK

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