I know sometimes I can go on and on about how much I love weddings. I love seeing such a happy couple starting their lives together. Family portraits are probably a really close 2nd as far as my favorite photos.

Family portraits take all the love from a wedding, throw in a dose of real life, a few kids puts everything in perspective, and in the end…the love is still there – except now there are more people to share it with. Now it’s a family….

Eventually every wedding will turn into a family photo shoot. If I’m not the one to take your family pictures…then someone will. But it started with the wedding photos and it will keep growing with the Family Portraits, year after year.

Thank you Forman Family. I appreciate the chance to get to know you a little bit better…I hope to be taking photos like this, year after year, and again when there are grand-babies running around and bringing chairs to sit on starts sounding like a better idea… 🙂

 

 

I couldn’t say it any better….So in an effort to provide more Wedding related Blog information – I went online and found the following information. Some great tips from a photographer in MO. Here is what Sonja with Imagine Photo has to say:

Advice for great wedding photos:
1. If you are having photos done before the wedding in a dressing room, free it from clutter. The things you need to get ready with are fine. I’m talking about the excess ‘junk’ that you don’t necessarily want in your photos. Such as food, wrappers, dirty clothes and undies…you get the idea.
2. If the dressing room is in a church basement with very little light, try using Christmas lights strung around the room. It looks pretty and the extra light is nice for the photographer.
3. If you have too much light streaming in, try putting white or tan colored fabric on the windows to diffuse some of the light. Too much light is just as bad as not enough.
4. If the church has tattered furniture where you are getting ready, throw pieces of fabric over it.
5. When the photographer comes to shoot for your wedding, now is not the time to be modest and not want your picture taken. Instruct your wedding party and family members of the same thing. I usually end up with (too many) photos of the side or back of someone’s head as they turn quickly when they realize their photo is going to be taken.
6. When kissing your bride or groom, do so slowly and hold it for a few seconds. Some of the most romatic photos are the inch right before the kiss.
7. When kissing, don’t tilt the head or only one profile will be seen. Hold your head straight up and make your noses side by side. This way both of you will be seen in the photo.
8. Some couples don’t like showing affection in public. Let this one day be an exception. The photos will tell you for years to come why you fell in love and married this special person.”
 


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  • February 23, 2011 - 10:36 am

    Claud - Absolutely love the new layout. I really liked this content. Thanks for your impressive post.ReplyCancel

Did you know that there is actually a town called Nowhere? It’s in Oklahoma (which makes perfect sense)
(That’s just todays random fact…you’re welcome)

This images was taken a few weekends ago. It is a picture of Meridian Rd (The road that splits Mesa & Apache Junction). I loved the look of the road going on and on…The mountains in the far distance are the San Tan Mountains. Behind me (obviously you can’t see them), are the Ussery Mountains (that’s where we went hiking that day).

I love the outdoors – And I love this wonderful State that we live in. So many amazing things to see.

I have a wonderful friend who started a Marriage Blog. She is an “almost” counselor…but she really knows her stuff.

Here is a link to her website – Let her know if what she has to say is useful to you. http://makingmarriagemerry.blogspot.com/

Here is a quote that she recently posted:

“If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently. You shield it and protect it. You never abuse it. You don’t expose it to the elements. You don’t make it common or ordinary. If it ever becomes tarnished, you lovingly polish it until it gleams like new. It becomes special because you have made it so, and it grows more beautiful and precious as time goes by. Eternal marriage is just like that. We need to treat it just that way. I pray that we may see it for the priceless gift that it is.”
F. Burton Howard

I can’t even begin to describe how much I love what I do.

I could start off with how I love to see two people in love,
or how amazing it is to be able to capture that love forever with my camera.

When I sit and meet with potential clients, they want to know what I can do for them…
Am I going to be the right fit for them?
Will we get along (and not just well, but Amazingly well)?
Do they trust me to document their big day? But even more than that – I think “document” something makes it sound dull, lifeless and boring.
Wedding Photography is about emotion.
When you get your pictures back from me – you will be able to FEEL like you did on your wedding day.

I LOVE doing engagement sessions with my clients
It’s the perfect opportunity for them to actually see what I do
They get to experience a little bit of how it will be on their wedding day (at least as far as the photography part)
Today my photo shoot was canceled because of the weather…I wish I had photos to share….
Instead I went into my archives and found Kara & Tommy’s engagement session. They are so much in love!!

 

PS – What do you think about my new blog-layout??
PPS – I’m working on getting more images on the top part….
PPPS – I would have been able to add those images this evening…but an 18 month old and the urgent care had priority this evening. She’s fine…but I’m glad we went in to get some meds.

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  • March 28, 2011 - 12:48 pm

    Susan - great job 🙂 🙂 🙂ReplyCancel

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