More Desert

My adorable daughter and wonderful hubby entertained me today by helping me out by doing a little impromptu photoshoot! I just love watching her little personality grow more and more each day. As you can see with the second to last image she's getting a tiny bit of sass with her poses!

The Desert

Found some time today and last night to edit a little session I had with my daughter. We found a little spot close to home that I'm honestly pretty please with! I just love trees and grass and green but for the desert I think this will do! And when there are clouds in the sky to reflect the sunset opposite them, ah l'amore! <3

So with finding desert locations comes desert editing. I'm practicing and playing and finding the sweet spots for me. Above is a bit of a fun edit with some light leaks (thanks to Anna Gay!). Below are edits that represent my happy place. Photographers are ever evolving and learning but I feel this is the foundation of what I'd like my style be. (o:

Side note: that's a dress I made :o) I'm loving sewing and hope she grows into it perfectly for Christmas!

Week 36-39 Project 52

Week 36 - Favorite Thing

Making my daughter smile is everything to me! <3

Week 37: Places and Spaces

Aside from where family is, Machine Falls in Tennessee is my absolute favorite place. I cannot express how this place made me feel but it was surreal!

This is an old image that I would have loved to re-edit to my current editing style but that external hard drive failed me recently, so it's a great example of where I was during my photography journey!

Week 38: Cozy

I have a very snugly girl and while it makes for very unproductive days I just love it <3

Week 39: Wild Card

I decided to focus on 'blue' this week. I can't get over how beautiful she is and how lucky I am to have such a sweet, smart girl! <3

Collage: The Next Generation, Part 1

So this was the goal with the mini costumes my mom sent: pictures of all three of us! The minute Zoey puts that costume she turns into another little girl and her face brightens up! She immediately grabs her dolly and nurtures the little doll! <3 I know Ms. Kay is looking down smiling upon these images and what her work has done to all those it's touched!

Trying to get her to hold her skirt properly, this was the extent of this idea playing through :oP

"Dance Dance Dance Senora!"

This is how "Jump In The Line" begins with the corps in the background (o:

And, distracted...

*click, click*

Week 35/52 - Composed

Okay so I didn't quite pick one of the posed images to this composed shoot, but sometimes the non-composed are the best (o:

Morgans at the Park

I am really trying to get serious about getting my business up and running, but just taking pictures in my backyard isn't going to help me when it comes to paying clients so with baby and hubby in tow I dragged them to this park I spotted last week. Made sure it was the 'golden hour' (well a little before since the mountain block the real golden hour for us on this side of the mountains) and I set the baby and hubby loose to watch them interact and have fun. I really want to be minimally hands-on when it comes to photographing families so I can catch their candid interactions with one another. <3

I will say while editing this set I felt so at peace with my final results and so much closer to 'my style' of editing. I still have a little tweaking to do but I think with calibration (oh yes, another element of photography I didn't know about until recently) it might help with what I see when editing versus what gets uploaded and eventually sent off to printers! But it's amazing how playing with the sunlight can add a whole new element to an image, so much magic, and I'm realizing I want to bring magic to people's images. Not necessarily in the literal sense as the post a few posts down but in that feeling you get when you look at an image, like above. Birds flying behind her, 'sparkling' as the sun hits their wings. Zoey standing in her most model-y pose surrounded by the haze of the sunlight. That's the kind of magic I hope to bring: natural magic <3

So I hope you enjoy these images! I've been excited to post these for a couple days now and finally found the time! <3

*twirling* <3

Unimpressed with daddy

More impressed with daddy!

Loving daddy

And sharing with daddy, well after taking it from him first :oP

My goodness, she is adorable (but I am a bit biased :oP)

Who needs a big hug? Sure looks like Kermie does!

Dancing with Kermie

Had to turn her dress pink for a couple images so she could be the Miss Piggy to her Kermie <3