Blissed Out Photography: The Blog

Sunday, September 21, 2008

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! :

Sunday, September 14, 2008

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.

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

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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

Sunday, August 31, 2008

portrait session with Erin!

Yesterday I had a portrait session with Erin--it was brilliant! We battled against insane heat (I think it was 92 degrees at one point!) and she was wonderful enough to climb on top of old trains and anything else that I asked. I really love the photos, and I have a few of them finished (you can see more at the website), so here are a couple:

Erin is in the process of building a portfolio for commercial modeling (direct quote: "I want to be in the Downy commercial! I want to be the girl posing with the Firestone tires!" Ha! I love it!), and I think she most definitely has a shot. I'm so glad I got to be part of this process with her.

Erin's Brother, Elton, is also a photographer. He's based out of Coral Springs, Florida, if you're interested. His work is beautiful!

I'll try to put a few more up when I have time--weekdays are always so busy for me, so we'll see how it goes.

Stephanie

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

wow!

Hello, hello!

I am so behind on my posting!

As I mentioned, I shot a wedding for Shani and Chandler on August 8. It was such a great ceremony! I really loved being there and being able to help make their wedding day remembered. My friend Whitney, from Photography by Whitney, came to the wedding to help me out. I am so grateful to her!

Here are a few photos of the couple after the ceremony:

Also! My husband spent the entire summer planning the event for our university that welcomes incoming freshmen & returning students, and he asked me to be the photographer for the event. These are a few photos of the bands that were playing:

Orphan Tugboat

Resonance

With these photos I also have two announcements: the first is that I am now shooting bands, which is a completely exciting and new field for me to delve into. I love the idea of artists meeting and making art together, which is what I feel this venture will be. The second is that for the time being I am not booking any further weddings. I do have commitments to two weddings this year, and I will honor those and do my best, but I really want to take the time to learn the world of wedding photography as much as I can before I try to step into it fully.

I have quite a few shoots coming up (including my first official Blissed Out session with children! I am so excited!), so look forward to all of that.

Thanks for stopping by!

SK

Saturday, August 2, 2008

I had a very short photo session today with Ashley..it was going well, we were talking about our husbands and looooove, and then the sky opened up and tried to drown us! Or something like that. Here are a few of the images from the session, and hopefully soon I will have more!