Behind the Scenes…

I know I always love to see the "behind the scenes" type shots so I thought I’d share one with you.  When I talked to Tisha a few days ago, she mentioned that she got the funniest picture of me from our get together on Saturday.  Camera in one hand, coffee in the other.   Now, I like to think I’m a pretty laid back chic during shoots, but I’m not normally THIS laid back.  HA!  But even still this picture totally cracks me up.  And I can’t help but chuckle every time I see it!

So this picture was taken by Tisha of me taking a picture of Stacey.  Go ahead and click on her name to see her blog with her amazing pictures posted from the session.  You’ll be sure to fall in love with them.

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And since we’re on the "behind the scenes" kick, be sure to check out my interview that was on the "blu" blog recently.  For those of you that don’t know, blu has quite a happening blog…check it out to see for yourself.;-)  You just may become as addicted as the rest of us that stalk the blog on daily basis.

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Until next time….

 

Beautiful Miss Stacey Q.

A few of us local photographers decided that it was time for us to get together for some business discussion, learning, fun and of course photographing!   So yesterday was our day.  We had SUCH a great time.  It’s always fun hanging out with fellow friends and colleagues…there’s always so much to talk about.  And of course, one of our fellow photographer friends, Miss Stacey Q. was there and looking beautifully pregnant.  So needless to say, she was our model for the day…and a darn good model she was!  Not only is she the cutest pregnant gal ever, she did whatever was asked of her….even if it meant climbing up into a window for some shots (as first suggested and then demonstrated by Tisha….ha!).;-)  I love photographing other photographers.  They don’t even flinch when you ask this sort of thing of them.  Tisha’s got the most incredible windows in her new studio…so it only made sense to use those bad boys!  Alright…on to share a few from our get together yesterday.  I’ve only edited a few for now…there are many, many more including some with off camera flash!  That was a first for me…can’t wait to dive into that a little more.  You can click on the images to view them larger!  And don’t be afraid to leave a comment and let Stacey know how smokin’ hot she is!!!;-)

Love the one of Stacey taking her own picture of her preggo belly!!!!!!

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I’m back!!!

While it seems as though it was just yesterday I left town, I’m happy to say that I am now home.  I had so much fun on my trip visiting family while driving back and forth from Tampa to Orlando a number of times!   I also had a blast hanging out with Darryl (Tisha’s hubby) at the Imaging expo in Tampa while she was in class at DWF.  I found all kinds of exciting and new products that I will be offering…I’m SO glad I went.  It really does help to be able to see things first hand.  Some products just simply are not done justice by a picture.  Oh, and can I just say how nice it was to wear short sleeves during this time of year and STILL be hot?  It’s a beautiful thing…that Florida weather.  We also got a chance to visit the beach for a bit too and it was glorious.  While the water was a bit chilly, it didn’t stop the kids from having a blast.  Anyways….that was short lived and now a thing of the past.  Here I am back in VA and it SNOWED today!  Welcome home, right?;-)

It’s about time I shared another session, huh?   When I first heard that I was going to be photographing three year old triplets I was a bit nervous.  I mean, I have a three year old….I can’t imagine trying to take pictures of three little Eli’s running around!  But of course after that nervousness wore off, I was soooo excited…and for good reason.  These kids were the most adorable and well behaved kids ever.  I have to say I was completely amazed at how calm, collected and TOGETHER their parents were during the entire shoot.  It was amazing.  I have such a respect for them.  Ok, I could go on for days talking about this amazing little family, but I’ll stop now and quit holding out on the images!!!!  When I first spoke with their mom on the phone, she told me that all the kids were eating popsicles in the bathtub b/c "it’s just easier that way!".  So she probably thought I was crazy when I asked, but I really wanted to get a picture of that scene.  They were sooo darn cute.  See below…

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Ok…last one.  I could seriously go on and on sharing images from this session.  It was a blast.  Had to end this post with this one…and all this time I thought I was the only one that let their kid ride their bike in the house????  Thank goodness for hardwood floors…

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