Ana

I am so excited to share these pictures with you! Ana is the newest face to debut on the blog and let me tell you this girl has the most gorgeous smile, I love it! I have known Ana for quite sometime, I consider her family, she is friends with my lovely cousin Nadine (who was featured on the blog back in Nov/Dec) and they are so much fun to be around, never a dull moment and always cracking jokes!

I love her style, her energy and her laugh, she is just such a fabulous person, one of my best models yet! She really rocked the session with her great style and ease in front of the camera. Thank you Ana for being so fantastic, it was a blast!

Here are my faves :)

Project 52, week 6

This weeks theme was 'hearts' the alternative was 'obsession'. So in honor of that special day of love right around the corner, I figured it would be oh so sweet to post some of the hearts I found while out and about.

Enjoy!

Project 52, Week 5

Can you believe it, it's February!! Time is definitely flying by in the new year, I am so excited for all the wonderful things to come, this is definitely going to be a year to remember!

This is week 5 of my Project 52 and I am very excited to share with you all that I am posting this before the beginning of next week! I hope this is a new trend for me, haha!! The theme for the week was "shadows" and "delicate", we could choose either as I have noted before. I went for a walk downtown with Andy, cameras in hand, ready for anything! I am teaching her how to photograph, starting with the basics: 35mm film and fully manual camera--very old school and very fun!

Close to sunset provides long, angled shadows that can create wonderful repetition, great tonality for black and white images and not to mention gorgeous color for the evening! Enjoy!

Project 52, Week 4

Theme for the week was "tiny" and "blessings". I struggled a bit with these themes, we have the option to do either which is nice because I kept racking my brain thinking "what could I possibly photograph to represent something small or what I consider to be a blessing?" So one afternoon after I realized I was putting way too much thought into the theme and not enough time shooting, I went for a walk outside and of course God blessed me with a million and one ideas, as well as a super gorgeous day! He is always good :)

I was out of town visiting family this past weekend and the last day we were there it was the most amazing day I could ever imagine! That tends to happen when you're on vacation or just somewhere you love to be, the last day is the most gorgeous day and always makes you want to stay just a bit longer!

I found many blessings that day: the blue clear sky with clouds floating about, a tree that had beautiful red leaves in the midst of a bunch of dormant, leafless trees, to be able to use my camera to show how I view the world and the company of an extremely generous and loving family and an amazingly supportive husband!

Project 52: Week 3

I am so loving the Project 52! Week 3 just flew by and now we're almost done with week 4. My post for week 3 is a tad behind, but it is okay, like I said before I am just rolling with it because it's all good :)

So the theme for last week was "Abandoned and Doors," and I knew exactly where I could go for inspiration: grandma's house. Now that might sound really strange, but it really is a starting place for my inspiration. I absolutely enjoy visiting my grandma and I love her to pieces! Out at her house there is such character, from the antique decor outside, the little gardens, to the big red barn and its surroundings outside.

Here is my vision for Abandoned, enjoy!

Project 52

To start the new year off differently, I decided to partake in Project 52. To keep up on my skills, learn more about my style, technique and to be more proactive in my work, I joined a couple of Project 52 forums to share my work and gather inspiration. Each week, for the entire year, we are to submit one image or small collection of images based on a theme or idea.

Though I still haven't decided what I will be focusing on for the year, I am rolling with it because that has been a new year's resolution, to just take things one day at a time and focus on the the matters at hand instead what will be happening months down the road.

Here are my first two images for the first two weeks of the new year in order. I am looking forward to seeing where this takes me and what will be in store for me and my craft at this time next year as a result of this project!

Wish me luck and enjoy the weekly postings!

Week 1: Fashion and texture

Week 2: Nature and details

Mini-winter session: Nathan

I absolutely adore little Nathan, he is growing so fast and has the cutest smile ever! I may be a little biased when I say how cute he is, but we are related so it's absolutely okay! Hahaha!

I had a surprise visit from my dear cousin Cristina and her little guy, Nathan, this past weekend and I told her she wasn't leaving until I snapped a few pictures of him. Which was totally fine with Cristina, she knows how I love to document his growth. As you may remember we have been photographing Nathan since right before he was born!

Nathan is almost 1 1/2, wow, time has flown by! Enjoy this little cutie and be on the lookout for more pictures of him in a few months!