Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Hand it over!


Sometimes, well, um, *many* times, it's hard for me to hand the camera over and get some pictures of ME enjoying life. Here's some from this afternoon with my fun-loving 3 and a half year old, Els.
Stay warm and hand the camera over to someone else! Your family will probably appreciate it.
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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Saturday photo tip

During the next 6 weeks or so while things are still a bit quiet on the photography front, I thought I might share a few photo tips here and there! Below is an image I shot late last month of my husband's brother and his wife the day little Elisha was born. This is straight out of the camera (SOOC).

The way I got this shot with this warm yummy glow (no flash) is by taking advantage of what we had to work with in the hospital room! It happened to be about 4 or 5 in the afternoon and the sun was low in the sky, shining right in their window. We just took the hospital curtain and whipped it around on the track so it was behind me, opposite the window and bouncing that beautiful golden hour light right on the happy little family.

You may not have a hospital curtain, but light-colored buildings and even sidewalks have been effective at bouncing light -- you just have to start looking for light a little creatively!

Congrats again, Stephen and Rachel! We can't wait to see the person that Elisha grows up to be! Share/Bookmark

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

I'm Back!

After a wonderfully restful Christmas which included a visit to my parents’ home, and a major office reno, I’m back at it! I apologize for the lack of presence on the blog!

December was busy collaborating with my 2008 brides on final album edits, then during the first couple weeks’ of 2009 my office redo would get wonderful breaks when the FedEx man arrived with new album after new album. It’s been fun to see everyone again to deliver their gorgeous books. Now, I just need to think of an excuse to see them all again!

Well, the paint is dry, the boxes unpacked, my husband’s tools put away, and I’ve been working on plans for 2009. I’ll be adding a few new bits and pieces to my web page and creating a few more handy documents for clients to make preparing for their photography session a breeze!

I promise I won’t go so long between posting! Enjoy the beautiful snow! Share/Bookmark