Just one for now. I couldn’t decide which I liked better so here is a black & white and color comparison. What do you think besides the fact that they are WAY adorable!!!
I had so much fun at this session! More to come!
This week, myself and three other very amazing photographers, Nicole with Nicole Noelle Photography, Jenna with Songbird Photography and Nicole Renee with Nicole Renee Portraits launched a new site and organization called Red Thread Sessions. I can’t tell you how excited I am to be part of the launch of this wonderful gathering of professional photographers who have a heart for adoption and want to give back. Little did we know that so many talented photographers would want to play a part in this group. We are thrilled beyond words!
Please check out the site www.redthreadsessions.com for more information.
And I had to post a collage of the M family that I had the privilege of photographing just as their 2nd adoption was being finalized earlier in 2011.
That’s right. They adopted two baby boys, who are only three weeks apart. Lucky, maybe. We think more like divine intervention! :-) The most wonderful new is that this family is planning on adopting a little girl very soon! I’ll keep you posted.
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This one is a poser for sure. I favor this gal because her mom is one of my dearest friends. ’Gotta love that Matilda Jane dress. I want it for myself, in my size, of course.
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Love it!
These are so sweet!
Sunflare. You likely either love it or hate it. I love it. I make a tremendous effort not to go overboard with sun flare photographs, but it’s hard. I used to be deathly afraid of the direct sunlight, but for quite some time now, I embrace it instead. I just got back from Colorado and please keep in mind that I was in skis when I took these photos and they are straight out of the camera (aka non edited). Yep, I took my camera on the slopes. I’m a little crazy, sure, but never the less, I wanted to give you an idea on how changing your f-stop or aperture can effect the look of your sun flare. As you can see, the difference between 1.8 and 2.8 is not really that big. However, when you take it to 5.6, you can really see a totally different look. It really boils down to taste and which you prefer. For this shot, for me, the 5.6 is the sweet spot. I love the look of the actual sun rays beaming down. The sun was VERY bright this day. I mean, piercing bright. I would just recommend being very careful when shooing into the direct sunlight. It can really be very damaging to your eyes, so just use some common sense.
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I adore sun flare too…great post!
Sure, life after having children may be full of chaos and it may feel like you and your husband have simply disappeared into the abyss of your kiddo’s. What better time to slow down and have photographs taken of just you and your spouse. It’s where you family began, is it not?
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And so the games begin. (he-he)
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Ha! This one is one I would buy even though it is an outtake. The look on the boys’ faces are priceless.
A mother’s heart is a patchwork of love. ~Author Unknown
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I know, I know…I’m a little behind in blogging from Christmas. However, I could not resist a collage of one of my favorite clients, who oh, by the way, I have seen and photographed every 3 months since she was born. <3
It’s been so fun seeing her grow! It’s always such fun getting to visit with her fabulous (and gorgeous) mommy, too!
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It is hands down my most favorite thing to photograph…kids just being who they are! These are truly the memories I want to give people. Sure, I appreciate the traditional photos, of course, but it’s pics like these that really steal the show for me. :-) Thank you again to my wonderful supporters/clients who let me in to catch their families throughout the years!! I could not decide which I liked better, so I give you both. <3
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It’s 50 degrees out today. Better light the fireplace, baby it’s cold outside. Okay, I know what you are thinking, but we are in Texas. HA!
Today was bath day at our house. Baths are not so fun especially when you have almost constant matted, tangled hair, but it’s a small price to pay when you want to look like the cutest dog on the block. And although I don’t have photos of the actual bath, I managed to snag a few after she was nearly dry. I knew if I put the pillow on the floor she would get right on it. Then I let her get all cozy, then called her name once before she even knew I had the camera in hand. I got the shot I wanted.
Then, I went in for the close up.
Yep, that’s about how it is these days. I promise that not all my 52 week challenge will be photographs of my dogs, but I just couldn’t resist her again today with the fireplace and all. She just looks extra pretty after her bath.
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Cocoa sure does look cute after her bath alright…
Okay, so shoot me. Alas, another Christmas post that is being posted in January. I admit, the holidays got the best of me and the blog suffered just a little. Never the less, I had to share these adorable shots of one of my favorite little people. And quite frankly, I was not ready for Christmas to be over yet. I’m getting you in the mood for next year early. HA!
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These two are getting married soon, but their wedding will not be here. They are having a destination wedding. And even though I will not be photographing the big day, I had a BLAST with these guys during their engagement session. They are just too cute for words!
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And a little sister makes three. It’s the epitome of love, wouldn’t you say. At least for now. ha! So one of my faves!
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Let’s say you have a somewhat boring wall. And let’s say that you want to brighten the room with some color. Well, you can paint your walls but that might get messy. You can buy new furniture, but maybe that gets sort of expensive. One of the most wonderful ways to add some fun to the room is to add a beautiful wall display of your family photos on the wall. Sure, these bright colors featured below are not for the faint of heart or the conservative. But I will guarantee one thing, smiles every single day when you see them blown up really big on canvas on your living room wall. My suggestion is if you want to be more subtle with the colors in with your photograph wall collage, wear colors for your photo session that will coordinate with your current furniture, wall treatments and wall color. :-)
You may be wondering what size are these canvases shown in this wall display. Well, starting on the left, the first photo is a 16X24. The 2nd photo is an 7X11. The two same size photos below that photo are 8X12′s. The largest photo towards the middle is a 20X24 and the last two photographs on the right are 10X13′s.
P.S. And thank you to the B family (below) for the chance to photograph your wonderful family this year! Are they cute or what?
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Without getting too sentimental or way too personal, I’ve decide to challenge myself to one personal photo each week for the entire year. I want to document my life as more of a photo journal. Really more for myself than anything else. I want to grow in being able to capture the moment in more creative ways, outside of my professional work. I want more freedom in post processing as well. Some photographs may not have any editing at all, who knows. I am just going to wing it. Some weeks I might get really crazy and post more than one photo from my personal life, but the goal will be one. Which at first sounds really easy, right? That is only 52 pictures. In the bigger scheme of things, that number is quite small, but for me I think it will be a more of a feat some weeks than others. It’s something I’ve never done before and want to go for it. And, quite frankly, I don’t want to look back years from now and regret not taking more personal photographs. I mean, I’m a photographer for crying out loud. I need not be a hypocrite. I want to practice what I preach in my own life.
Today I post the first ‘My Life’ picture that I took of my dog Cocoa, or as my husband calls her, my shadow (she follows me EVERYWHERE!). To get this picture, I totally snuck up behind her. This is very hard to do because she’s very observant and has quite the six sence when it comes to knowing where I am. I had to be very, I mean very sneaky. She has never been an outside dog. She wants to go out, do her business and then come right back in. She will stand by the window like this for quite a while, waiting ever so patiently for me to let her in. Then, when I let her in, she literally leaps in like some sort of gazelle. It’s seriously the cutest thing!
I will title this photo:
Anticipation
{oh how I love this dog!}
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Okay…I am talking to all you ladies here! This post is just for you.
It’s one thing to have photographs taken with your children…trust me, I am ALL ABOUT making sure you having photographs with your children. I feel it is so very important to leave your children with memories captured WITH them as many times in their life as possible. It is part of the legacy and gift to them when you are gone.
But what about a photography session just for you and you alone! I know what you are thinking. You are saying, ‘Amy Leigh, are you nuts? Why would I spend money for professional photographs of myself?” And my question back to you would be, “WHY NOT?”
Forget about the extra 10 pounds or 50 pounds for that matter that you want to lose. Forget about how you don’t feel as good about yourself these days. Forget about how getting photos of yourself seems sort of vain.
I think every grown woman owes it to herself to have nice photographs taken of themselves at least once. Which leads me to the beautiful Ms. Jen who I met through a mutual friend a few years back. Jen is a fun, light hearted girl with an extraordinary story in which one of life’s biggest challeges became her greatest inspiration and strengths. Coming from a very creative family, Jen always had an eye for design and anything creative. But it was one specific day with her eldest son that would really set the stage for the artist she would become.
Her eldest son, who is autistic, was stung by a bee on his forehead. For months, her son would not leave the house. It was Spring and the family was, at the time, living in Massachusetts where the bugs population that year was very high outside and all those bugs were simply too frightening to Jen’s son. One might say they were ‘bugged in’ instead of snowed in. HA! Well, during that time, Jen needed to get really creative on how to spend those days cooped up indoors. She began cutting out paper bugs with a variety of colored construction paper. Then she would then put them in a book and slowly share with her child these bug cut outs and explaining to him that not all bugs are bad. And not all bug will sting or bite. In time, the bug book was not just a book, but a piece of art. Of course, eventually, Jen’s son finally overcame his bug fear, but then by this point, some of Jen’s friends had enlisted her to make a variety of cut out art for them. Well, that was some time ago.
Today, Jen has a successful art studio where she creates the most fabulous and creative pieces. Be sure to check out her site Colorfly Studio. Sure, her journey is certainly no bed of roses, but Jen’s deeply rooted faith keeps her moving forward.
In celebration of couragous woman who have shined bright a mist the storms of life, I want showcase other women in the Houston, Texas area. So, ladies, if you would like to be featured on my blog and are brave enough to let me photograph you by yourself, please email me. I would love to hear your story and get to know you better.
For now I leave you with this small collage I did of Jen’s photos I took. What do you think? For her first time behind the camera by her lonesome, I think she looks fabulous!
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A new baby is like the beginning of all things-wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.
Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE photographing children! But there is something about photographing a newborn and also the birth of a child that really takes the cake for me.
I guess because it so vividly represents something so very new. The miracle of life. The hours I spend with newborns during our session is such a reminder to me that life is so very precious and we should never take for granted the time we have on this earth. This newborn session was no exception.
For this collage, I could not resist a few black and whites along with some color. Hope you like.
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I took these before Christmas, but somehow got a little behind on the blog post. Hey, I am human. I’m normally a pretty consistent blogger, but sometimes I just need a break, you know? :-) I’ve known this sweet child’s mom since we were kids, believe it or not. I love her momma so dearly! She is one of my closest friends. I love to photograph this little gal every year around her birthday. Happy Birthday, Miss A.
And you know how I keep telling you guys to go big, well, I am going to be brave and start posting all my photo collages to the maximum size allowed for my blog. 900 pixels wide…I know, pretty scary, at least for me. Don’t ask. I am weird! ha!
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What a beauty!! Great pictures Amy!!
Such a pretty child…
To all my most fabulous 2011 clients, I want to say
THANK YOU!
What an honor to photographs your families this year.
If I could give all of you a great big hug right now, I would!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Heart of pictorial love…
I feel like I have not blogged in forever. Yes, I am still here, but have been taking a technology break for the Christmas holiday so I could focus on sharing my time with family. I meant to post these before Christmas, but as you all know, the holidays can be a little busy, to say the least. Well, this little cutie patootie was just a superstar model for me. If these don’t make you smile today, well, maybe you are made of coal. HA! I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!
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I love the ones with the stool. He looks like he would be a hoot.
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