This morning I dropped Isaac off at his first day of Kindergarten. He was so excited. It was pretty much the cutest thing ever to see him walk in there, put his backpack away and sit at his table. Lucy will be starting preschool in a couple weeks at the same time and I must say, two hours of me time is looking pretty good these days. I’m excited for all these new changes and to see my children growing up and experiencing life.
I might be partial because she happens to be named after me, but isn’t my niece just a doll? I’ve had the pleasure of playing with my ENTIRE family this whole week at Bear Lake, and now my house. And meeting my newest niece for the first time? Icing on the cake. Who ever thought we’d have a red head in the family!
My best friend Amy’s brother and family were in town a while ago and asked me to take some pictures of their growing family. I took pictures of the twins soon after they were born and I was so excited to see them again. All those kiddos you see below are miracle babies and each one couldn’t be loved more. What a handsome family. I’ve decided that large dimples don’t hurt either. Can I place an order for those the next time around?
Behind the scenes of the above photo. Sometimes you have to be creative when a baby is more interested in eating the rocks on the ground then looking up. Thank you to my lovely assistant, their aunt, for sacrificing her lovely hairdo.
This picture is so them. Laurel giggling and Mark pulling a funny face to get us all the laugh. I love it.
My digital camera gear:
Canon 5d
Canon 24-70L f/2.8 – My favorite all around lens.
Canon 50mm f/1.8 – Great for low light situations and portraits of course.
Canon 85mm f/1.8 – My all time favorite portrait lens. If I’m close to you, this is the lens that’s in your face most likely.
Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 – Great for large group settings and funkier type shots.
Canon Speedlite 580EX – I’m a natural-light photographer, but every once in a while (like receptions) I need some extra light. I use this along with my Lightsphere and bounce of ceilings or walls.
Gary Fong Lightsphere
This family drove all the way from Idaho to come see me. What an honor! They just added their newest addition two weeks prior and wanted some pictures of him while he was still ittybitty. Of course it ended up being the brightest morning known to mankind, so we had to bring it inside and get creative. While I’m defiantly not the studio type, I think we still got some great shots of the baby and family inside, all with natural lighting of course!
In November I had the pleasure of shooting one of my very best friends’ new line of clothing in New York. Kamilah Cole is an incredibly talented woman who graduated from Parsons and is now releasing her Spring/Summer 2010 collection. I am beaming with pride as I’ve seen her set a goal and now attain it. She is truly an example of hard work and dedication.
All of KGrace’s clothing is made from eco-friendly, or sustainable fabrics like modal, silk hemp, and cotton hemp blends. Kamilah describes seeing so much waste produced by the fashion industry and the drive that created in her to make a change. “By choosing to use sustainable fabrics, I hope to be able to do my little part in helping to keep the earth a little bit cleaner and to leave it for future generations.”
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If you’re interested in learning more about this line of clothing, check out the video here, and of course, go order something on the website!
There’s not much more beautiful then seeing two parents absolutely smitten with their baby. That was certainly the case with this shoot. I discovered a new talent we coined “the spider” which had baby and parents rolling and got some really great smiles. She was done after our first location though and no amount of spidering could get those infectious smiles again. Thankfully it’s hard to tell babies are crying when they’re held up in the air. Thank you Reynolds family for making the trip to see my camera and I.
Meet my newest niece, Lizzie. She is the miniest doll I’ve ever laid eyes on. I’m so happy I was able to finally meet her and had my camera!
Molly just turned one and her mommy is smart and booked a separate session for her, in addition to big sister’s and a family shoot. She wanted to make sure we got lots of shots of each of the girls and they weren’t too overwhelmed on the day of the family shoot.
Molly is afraid of the grass. DEATHLY afraid! We found that singing her song, “Good Golly Miss Molly” got her to stand for a couple minutes before she realized where she was. Thankfully they brought some chairs along just in case. She was a doll. Just look at those eyes and pouty lips!
