1.31.2013 Couples Portraits: Us!

It's been a long time since my last post because I usually like to take a little hiatus from photography over the holidays and into the new year.  After the busy-ness of fall when all I am doing is working my regular hours and then spending so many of my free hours taking & editing pictures- it's such a nice change of pace to have time all to myself!

I thought I would take some of this down time to share a little project from late in the fall.  I realized that I have taken hundreds of frame-able pictures for many family, friends, and clients... but I had nothing I could frame and hang in my own house!  It made me sad.  So, I started coming up with ideas for pictures our little family of two and asked my sister to come along and snap the pictures.  I knew if I set up the shot, she would be very capable - she's very artistic.  She MADE me pick a date so as not to over schedule and run out of time.  She was instrumental in making this happen. So, she shot the pictures and I edited them... and here are a few.

The first pics are at a single screen art deco movie theater that opened in 1939.  I fell in love with the marquee, the ticket booth and the colors.

The second set of pics are just typical Indiana country roads- walking with our favorite pup.

It's harder to be on the other side of the camera.  But, I am so glad we have these pictures of us.  2012 was a big year for us - we celebrated our 10th anniversary.

12.16.2012 Family Portraits

It's such a fun time of year when this family can be reunited and all together for the holidays... and this year David & Kate brought the two newest family members home for their first visit to the main land and their father's hometown!

I also have to mention the golden retriever, Marley, who should probably be in an ad campaign somewhere.  :)

 Here's a look at family portraits of our good friends...

12.2.2012 Family Portraits

It was a gloomy Sunday and two of the four members of this family were not feeling their best. So, we squeezed this family picture session in about 30 minutes. I think it's a record and we still managed to capture some of what might be my new favorite pictures. :)

12.1.2012 Family Portraits

This year's Christmas photos of this lovely family included the entire fam, not just the kids like we did last year. These parents proved just as photogenic as their adorable children which made this a fun, easy session.  We had a general idea of location options and got this thing done in record time! 

11.21.2012 Family Portraits

We had a quick mini-session downtown last week with my good friend and her family.  I think we spent just under an hour at several different locations within walking distance of each other.  I was thrilled with how easy and quick both the session and the editing of these images went.  Mini-sessions may need to be a more common occurance! :) 

As usual, love using this photo time to get to spend time with these kids...they are so sweet.  I feel like it's an interesting perspective to be behind the camera watching... and I came away with the warm fuzzies that day.  Love seeing these kids' sense of humor and loved the conversations we had...

11.10.2012 Family Portraits

On a beautiful November morning I drove on the back roads of Kosciusko County in areas where I had no idea where I was to meet this adorable little family in their neck of the woods for family pictures. 

This family's portraits are my 100th post on my blog!  Should they get a little door prize or something? It's hard for me to believe that I have 100 posts! For a professional photographer, that's probably nothin'... but for a not-so-professional like me, who works a 40 hour work week at another job and doesn't really promote their hobby to the general public - this is a milestone for me. :)  Thanks for reading my blog... and thanks for trusting me enough to capture images of you, your children, your family, etc.  Pretty crazy!

11.4.2012 Childrens Portraits

Get ready for four adorable, adorable kids.  I had a great time meeting up with this family at a friend of theirs' home in their nearby small town for a quick photo session.  Because of our shared love of all things old & rusty - I loved the location Megihann had selected... so, we braved the windy, chilly evening for these photos.