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[As with all Xpressions sessions, these have received minimal adjustments, but no full retouching]
[Note: I created this collage using my new blogging actions for PT4P members. It’s so fast…can’t believe I didn’t make them sooner! And in even better news, there are two blogsite templates in the hopper that will be available for sale to members *very* soon. Getting really excited about that!]
Back at the end of June, I had the honor of attending Nichole Van’s lighting workshop in Utah. I had never been to Utah before and let me tell you, it’s very tempting to pack up everything and move out there right now.
The workshop was wonderful and I learned so much about using off camera flash. Nichole is a very talented artist and teacher. So much to take in and I’m trying to force myself to practice it whenever I can. Truth be told, it makes me very nervous to try something new with my clients, but at the same time, I’ve got to constantly grow and challenge myself or things can get stale. I’m proud to say that I’ve used off camera flash at two of my sessions this week and I hope to incorporate it more as I can.
But perhaps the coolest thing was that I attended the workshop with a group of online friends from all over the country (and Canada)–only one of whom I had ever met in person and another who I got to visit with again just this week. We all started our journey into photography at about the same time and most of us gathered together on Flickr to share ideas, garner information, and learn from each other. In this day, a photography business can be very “online”…most of us work from our homes and depend on the internet to get our “water cooler conversations.” I had an absolute blast with these ladies and they made that trip so much fun for me. What a great opportunity to talk shop with some good friends, share stories, and laugh, laugh, laugh! I really hope we can all work together again someday.
If you are expecting and have already booked a session with me, you can “register” for your maternity portraits, birth photography, and/or baby’s newborn photo session. I can even send cards to include in shower invitations, etc.
Of course, you could also take this route (my all time fav!).
Husband and wife.
No kiddos.
Just them.
Together.
In love.
Still.
I’m going to tell on myself here…I don’t like to drive. I make my husband do all the driving. However, tonight, I had to make the trek out to Wimberly to meet up with this family all by my lonesome. And you know what? It wasn’t bad. Not bad at all. In fact, it was a BLAST and wow, Wimberly is beautiful…and so was this family. I loved their eclectic style…lots of color, lots of texture, lots of unique uses for old things. They were relaxed, comfortable, easy going, and so much fun to be around. I didn’t want the evening to end. And, I didn’t even mind the drive home, mostly because I couldn’t wait to flip through their images 😉
ETA a quick outtake…this would be right as baby girl decided to somersault off the bed. Thankfully, I can shoot one-handed in situations such as this and mom and dad have pretty quick reflexes too!
Clients…if you have an iPhone, you’ve got to give this a try!!! In fact, if you want to use one of the images from any session with me, let me know and I would be happy to format it for you (the wrap can actually be a little tricky as I’ve learned and sometimes you need a little extra special photoshop work ;-). Contact me by the end of this month (even if you haven’t actually had your session yet) and I’ll help you out.
P.S. I think these would rock for seniors!
But the second I saw their warm smiles and their “up for anything” approach, it was like we had been friends forever. And that baby girl has the richest, deepest, most sincere brown eyes I had ever seen. A truly beautiful evening with truly beautiful people and I’m so thankful to have met them.
And yes. That is a couch in the middle of a field (actually, we were tucked away behind a Dairy Queen ;-). And I don’t care how cliché it is, I LOVE it!