Realizing why I love photography

Well, I thought I was in love with photographing nature, but I now realize that there is nothing better than photographing children. How could I not come home in an excellent mood after taking these pictures. What an amazing thing it is to capture children's emotion in a photograph. AAAhhhh.....so satisfying! Thank you to Shelly, Shannon and Chrissy for letting me use your children to practice on. I hope you love the outcome as much as I do!

These pictures are of Callie and Mason Hessling. Their daddy works at the warehouse with Drew and their mommy is the sister of Shelly Shuart, Ben and Sophie's mom.

Monkey See Monkey Do

Some Halloween pics I took of Lucie today! So cute!

Ben and Sophie

Well, I had the pleasure this evening of photographing Ben and Sophie Shuart. Ben is one of my students and Sophie is in the "other" Mrs. Brining's class. We went up to the log cabins by the public park and here are some of the pics I captured. I hope you enjoy!

The Magic of Editing

I am very excited because I am doing another photo shoot tomorrow. Shelly Shuart asked me to take pictures of Ben and Sophie while the leaves are still nice and bright. I was thrilled when she asked me and I am really looking forward to our photo shoot tomorrow. I hope I can get some good ones.

When I knew I was doing this I started looking at pictures and things online and I realized how much editing photos can really help capture the essence of emotion even more in pictures. I know you have all seen the following photos (Erin, I hope you don't mind me using your family again! And Ashlie, you are used to me using Audrey and Lilly as my test subjects....so thank you!!!! :) ), but I edited a few and just wanted to share them. If you have any thoughts about whether I am making the photos "glow" too much or editing them too far, please share with me. I am open to suggestions! I want to make my photos the best they can be. I do think that the amount of glow and editing though, sometimes is a personal preference! Don't be afraid to share you opinions though! Thanks for looking!