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Kara & Jonathan | Lifestyle

11 | 18 | 2009

You might remember Kara and Jonathan from this past summer…I photographed their wedding in June. We never got around to doing an engagement session, so we met up when I got back from the east coast and did a lifestyle session in the “D.” I had a great time photographing the two of them again…it’s always nice to work with people more than once, it’s much “easier” on everyone, as the relationship between me and them has already been established, which I feel is the most important part of engagement sessions. (That was a big run-on sentence) Kara and Jonathan were themselves, so naturally they were able to work it for the camera a little bit. Thanks you two, so great to see you and hear about married life…enjoy

Rachael | Lifestyle

4 | 22 | 2009

I called my photographer buddy Rachael the Saturday before Easter, because I needed to get another headshot by Monday. Thankfully, she could meet up in the morning and since we were getting together, we traded shots. I have to say, Rachael took a great headshot for me, I think it’s really “me.” Rachael wanted to do a few ‘classic’ style images and had a few articles of clothing to help pull it together. We didn’t shoot long, but managed to get some nice images. Here’s a few!

Here’s a fun one of Rachael…

Love this one…doesn’t she look like a classic beauty?

A little old school action…

Love her eyes and expression here…

This is one Rachael wanted and I have to say, two thumbs up!

Waiting for the train…

One last one.

And here’s the shot of me I mentioned…

Thanks Rachael and I hope your like your pics!

NOTE: All of these images were shot on the D3 with either the 50 f/1.4G or the 85 f/1.8D and images: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, and 8 were shot wide open.

Kelly and the wind…

4 | 2 | 2009

My good friend Kelly came into town on Saturday to meet with some clients, so naturally we had to get together. Kelly is a photographer from the west side of the state and while we talk almost everyday, we don’t get to see one another much. Kelly needed to get a few head shots as well, as us photographers always need fabulous pictures of ourselves. I mean our clients can’t be the only ones getting all these great images Needless to say, mother nature was mad at us and gave us nice light, but a very windy day. Now if we were doing shots of me, it would be fine, as my hair can’t really blow in the wind, but Kelly’s most definitely could AND did. We did manage to get a couple great pics and the all important headshot, so at least it wasn’t a total failure.

Kelly and I went to the Grizzly Peak for some yummy food and beverages as well as Sweetwaters later on for some much needed coffee yumminess. Thanks for coming out this way Kelly and trusting me with taking your pics…I’ll see you in a couple weeks!

Here’s a few of the images…

Gotta love some train track action!

And here’s the shot we ended up with for her headshot…

For you photographers out there, I shot all of the images of Kelly with the Nikon 85 f/1.8. I shot in Kelvin WB like I always do now and at 200 ISO. I used to own the Nikon 85 f/1.4 (actually a couple times) and I have to say, the performance of the 85 f/1.8 shot wide open (pretty much the whole reason for the lens) is WAY better! Pretty cool considereing the f/1.4 is $1200 and the f/1.8 is $450…yay for saving money and getting better quality!

Laura & Josh & Belly | Lifestyle

1 | 12 | 2009

Yesterday afternoon, I had the pleasure of hanging out with some friends at their home. It was great to see them again, but I was there on a mission. Laura and Josh are expecting and I wanted to document this special milestone in their lives. Laura is due at the end of this month, so we really got her at the end of her pregnancy. It was fun to do some maternity photos for once and I look forward to documenting their daughter soon when she is brought into this world. The biggest thing I noticed with the two of them was their emotions. It reminded me a little bit of the love I see when photographing a wedding, but it was also a little different. The look they gave each other constantly was one of the warmest I have seen. I can only imagine that having a child might refresh feelings and make those more evident to one another as well as others. It was nice to see this, as it was something unexpected when I went to their home. We got a lot of great images inside and out and I had a hard time not posting more. Enjoy you two and thank you so much for sharing this huge event in your lives with me!

We started out with some of momma by herself…

This is how big she is…

Laura, you look great!!!

Enter daddy…

See, only a woman can carry a baby…

So cute…

I think pappa loves his girls!

L-O-V-E it!

Once I took a peek at the light in the bedroom, we moved into there for some more intimate shots… Josh reminded me of the scene from Benny and Joon as Laura was doing this….hilarious!