Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Ty | Husky Baseball Photography



Sports are often a big part of the lives of many of the senior portraits I create. While some seniors go on to participate in sports in their college careers, for others these times remain fond memories through out their lives. It's always fun to see what kind of images we come up with. These are a few of my personal favs from Ty's session~

The Digital Dinosaur


Pressure. Sometimes I think this digital world we're in has just added one more element of pressure to our already over-scheduled lives as mothers. It's not good enough to attend every extra curricular event in your son or daughter's lives, but you must snap 2-3 frames every 30 seconds to document that child's participation. Then- you get home and download 200 pictures of Johnny's Christmas program. The sad thing is, you've now not only missed viewing Johnny's program with your own eyes because you're too busy fiddling with your camera, but now those 50 images sit on your computer never to see the ink of a printer or the pages of a scrapbook.

Enter Facebook- ah- it's great, you can share your snaps with friends and family- every week is a new album, comments, likes...BUT how many of those priceless images have you actually printed to preserve for yourself and your children?

In multiple conversations I've had with people over the last few weeks, the topic of digital files has come up. Things like how their personal computers are filling up with pictures that are never printed, how much time it takes to download and organize images (let along actually get them uploaded and printed). One friend who will go unnamed has yet to print any of her vacation pictures from the past 3= years which at this point would be a pretty hefty hunk of change to drop all at once.

This is the part where I tell you how wonderfully organized I am- how my own treasured personal snap shots are files, organized, stored on multiple media forms and kept in a safe-deposit box for safe keeping. Unfortunately my organization for my personal photos is no better, in fact my second son's scrapbook stops suddenly at about 5 months old- which coincidentally coincides with about the time I started doing portrait photography more seriously. Maybe you too have a few boxes of old negatives stored away in your closet- how many times have YOU pulled one of those negatives out to get a reprint made? If you're like me- about as often as I've been up there to dust off that shelf.

Even sadder is the future of many of those digital images stored on our computers. This photo on Flickr is quite amazing when you think of all the different kinds of storage technology has given us in just a few years. When's the last time you used a 3.5" floppy disc? Even own a computer that will accept one? How much longer before the disc that holds your daughter's baptism photos is obsolete? Think of the pictures that will be lost to not only your immediate family archives, but to future generations that may treasure the images even more than you do. There are labs that no longer offer developing of negatives.

This post is meant to be a kick in the pants to myself and to those of you that are just as guilty as I- whether it's negatives stored in a box in your closet or digital files stored in a folder on your computer, print a few of those pictures! You just never know when technology may fail you. Digital is great--- but there is no substitute for holding a print in your hand or looking at a wall portrait hung on your wall.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Whitney | Fairmont Senior Photography






I think you'll agree that Whitney is a photogenic beauty with a self-described love for nature and animal patterns- so I wanted to relay that in her senior portraits as well.
I really enjoyed the session and she was willing to go with the flow and try some of my crazy location ideas. Thank you, Whitney!

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Fall Family Review





I had a fabulous response to the fall family session ~ thank you! The weather was perfect, the leaves were colorful and the families were beautiful! I wanted to share a sampling of some of the images.
My outdoor October sessions are now booked, but if you'd like to schedule a indoor session I have a few openings remaining for November.

Fall Family Review

I had a fabulous response to the fall family session ~ thank you! The weather was perfect, the leaves were colorful and the families were beautiful! I wanted to share a sampling of some of the images.
My outdoor October sessions are now booked, but if you'd like to schedule a indoor session I have a few openings remaining for November.

Monday, October 11, 2010

SMILE!


Stevie is one! That year just seemed to fly by (for me at least).
I'm still in the midst of editing her session, but had to share this one-just because it makes me happy-and I dare you not to smile when you see it.
Happy Birthday, Stevie Grace!