Fireworks

I took my camera to the fireworks this year, I tried some different settings than normal and had some fun with it. I did all of these handheld, no tripod, just for fun.

Hope you guys enjoyed the 4th!

Family session with a maternity shoot mixed in...

Holly and her family came into the studio for some shots and then we took a trek to Lake Red Rock which is her husband's favorite place to be in the summer. It was a great time and the kids were adorable. Congratulations on your soon to be little one, Holly and Waylon!  This blog post has a lot of images in it because there was a lot of variety :)

The whole family..

 cute belly shot :)

Adorable attitude shot :)

 So sweet !

 I chased this poor little guy all over and even held a few of his rocks hostage until he let me have one good shot of his eyelashes. Holy cow-they were to die for!  Don't worry, he was fine after I got my shot. ha ha, bribery goes a long way!

Thanks guys for coming in, I really appreciate it! 

Kelly

Family...

Ahhh, check out this great family. We drove out to Lake Keomah for their pictures and  found a really pretty place for pictures. They were so awesome and lots of fun! I'm so happy I got to photograph them and I look forward to photographing them in the future.

 I love this one :)

 ha ha, she wanted NOTHING to do with the camera, but we did get her to peek out from behind her parents a few times. Super cute!

Fun with Collin!!

Collin is growing up :)  I photographed him when he was an infant and he's already 3 months old!  What a cutie!!!!   Look at those eyes!!!

Playing Catch-Up

I'm playing blog catch up right now. I am so sorry for the delay in getting new images to the blog and Facebook! 

Jessica brought her kids in to the studio to do pictures and we decided to go uptown to shoot in the alleys in town. I love the alleys, they are full of color and texture and fun stuff for kids.!  Her kids were adorable and they behaved so well!

Destiny has been in also with her two little boys. They were so much fun! 

Mary Catherine and her family were in recently too. I have taken pictures of her son William since he was a newborn, so I was super excited to photograph her while she is expecting the newest addition to their family. I got to see the whole family and update their family picture while they were here.  I love this family!

 This one is a perspective shot- When he is older, it will be hard to believe he was ever this small!

 Love this one, he is so cute!

 She is so pretty here!

Goodman Kids

If you follow the blog, you've seen this family before. I did Mom's maternity session when she was pregnant with Ally, and Ally's newborn session, a Couch in the Leaves session last fall, they had some United Way images as well.  I just love this family!

This time I got some serious personality from the kids :)

Caroline

Caroline's mom brought her in for one year pictures. She was suuuuuuch a ham and was a dream to photograph. She was just an angel!


 What a beautiful rocking chair they brought in. I just love that she is sucking her fingers on this one :)

 Look at her little sandles!

Van't Sant Family

This is one the beautiful Van't Sant families I photographed almost a week ago. This family brought along their beautiful tractor and we got some great pictures. The location was awesome, the tractor was great, the family was dressed in really nice bright colors AND despite the terrible wind out in the country, they found a little place out of the wind so we weren't fighting the wind like crazy while I was shooting the other Van't Sant family :)  Win Win Win!
Here are some of my (and their) favorites!

Tulips

I had to go to Pella yesterday, so after my trip I decided to photograph the tulips. We have had a weird weather year this year, a very warm winter made them come up a few weeks earlier than normal, then we had frost, and storms last weekend and it has taken it's toll on the tulips, many are at the very end of their life cycle, but they were still pretty anyway!

I edited these with a little bit of a vintage artsy look. I love it!

I processed this one as 20x10 crop (my favorite size for special images)





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Wouldn't these make a wonderful gift for Mother's Day? *hint hint!*

One Year Ago....

I'm going to try to start a new segment on my blog where I blog a picture from a year ago, just so I (and everyone else) can see just how much I have grown as a photographer. I think this will be fun!

So, from April of last year.... This is William. I have this image hanging in the studio now, it is one of my favorite images I have taken. I didn't have studio space last year, so I rented space and set up a backdrop stand and lights for a few hours. I say I, but I really mean my clients helped me setup and my husband and kids did too. I couldn't fit the backdrop paper in my car so my husband had to drive it up to the space for me in his truck. I rented 3 hours at at time which gave me time for two sessions and tear down and set up for the day and it was crazy packed time in there. But that builds character--right? :)

Oh Lookie--even an old watermark. LOL. Look how far the logo has come in one year :)


Thanks for looking :)
Kelly

What is....

What is a mini session?

A mini session is for the client who just needs a few pictures, but doesn't want a ton to choose from. Mini sessions are only different from a full session in the amount of time it takes to shoot them and the amount of proofs you get to choose from.

Mini sessions take about 30 minutes (give or take) and you will have approximately 12 proofs to choose from.

Mini sessions are not available for newborns.

Hailey and Collin

I had the pleasure of photographing these two cuties this week. Collin was 14 days old and super cuddly. Hailey was a little shy at first but she quickly warmed up and was hamming it up for the camera in no time flat. What a cute little family!








Thanks so much for coming up to the studio and we will see you in a few weeks.

Kelly