I heart faces challenge: pets

I am excited for this week's challenge since I have no shortage of pictures of my dog.  This is one of my recent shots on an early Saturday morning.  She's a little angel!

Christmas Card 2010

Pop Art Ornaments Christmas

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Little Moments

Lately I've been trying to search for inspiration with my photography.  After reading several different blogs, it seemed like the best idea would be to take my camera with me no matter where I go.  Another idea is to take at least one picture a day.  Lately I have been taking my camera with me to work and when I run any errands.  If I don't have my camera with me, I like to use my Retro Camera app on my Droid.  So far this experience has been great.  It's helped me to learn about different types of lighting throughout the day and just take in the memories of my every day life.  Here are a few pictures from this past week.

This was a challenge off DPS.com.  The idea was to walk exactly 10 minutes from your house and see what you can get.  I can to the intersection where I walk Kona every week.  I love where I live in Atlanta.

Pretty red leaf. I like the different textures.

And this is my angel on Saturday morning.  The best soft light was coming through the blinds.  This may be one of my favorite pictures of her.  

I Heart Faces Challenge: Orange

So this week's challenge is orange and I don't know about everyone else, but orange isn't the most popular color.  I mean fall is pretty in orange and so are the leaves but that's about it.  Also UT is orange and that's a whole other problem.
Anyways, I snapped some pictures this last weekend of my best friend Nikki, her boyfriend Taylor and their adorable dog Paxton.  The best part about this family is that Nikki and Taylor were college athletes and both over 6''0.  Paxton on the other hand is less than 10 lbs.  It's quite the adorable juxtaposition.  I love them all :).

New Born Pictures

I always wondered how photographers got new borns into those adorable poses where they are holding their heads.  I thought maybe the baby was just really strong (well they aren't!).  But Photoshop and the use of a steady had makes it possible.
Check out this post on how to do it!
http://www.iheartfaces.com/2010/11/newborn-photography-head-in-hands-pose/

Rylee- Atlanta Child Photographer

Children are precious and this little girl was no exception.  From her sly smile to her pink tutu, she had it going on!  I'm gonna be in trouble when I have children because I will just take too many pictures! Enjoy!

Engagement Sessions

In the month of October, I shot two amazing couples in Atlanta for their engagement pictures. These shoots were very different but the theme was the same: these people LOVE each other.  The energy of these couples was just magnetic.  I had such a good time laughing and joking with these couples and making the most out of our time.  I got some really great shots and I feel like the love just pops through the picture.

Holiday Pictures!

It has been a while since I last posted on here.  Life has been very good to me and I have been super busy lately.  I am however starting to schedule mini sessions for holiday pictures.  A mini holiday session is a 15 minute on location shoot and you will also receive a complimentary 8x10 print of your choice for $65.  You can purchase additional prints or digital copies a la carte.  Don't wait until it's to late and book your session today so you can get those cards out to family and friends!

Better Late Than Never I Say!

So, my world has been going a mile a minute lately and I am just now getting to upload pictures from a wedding I shot with Aharon Hill Photography.  It was a great experience and I learned so much.  Who knew standing around for a couple hours taking pictures could be exhausting.  Any who, here they are... drum roll!

Big shout out to Aharon Hill- she is an amazing photography, teacher and new mommy!  Thanks for all your guidance!

love love love

I had the awesome pleasure of doing my first engagement shoot with a good friend of mine and her fiance. I think the pictures turned out amazing and they were so easy to shoot.  Not only are they photogenic, but they are so in love... I wish them the best!

Labor Day Weekend

At the present moment, I am blogging from the screened in porch of my friend's parents house on Anna Maria Island, FL.  This place is so beautiful, I can't get enough of it.  This place is very "local's only" and not at all touristy.  I love coming here because you really do feel like you are getting away from it all.  We are actually getting rained on at the moment but yesterday there was some better weather, here are some pictures of my good friend Alexis on the beach.

My friend Phileo

This past Sunday I had a little impromptu shoot with my friend Phileo.  This guy was amazing to shoot because he's so out going and down for anything! Hope you like!

Old School

It has been a while since I have posted on my blog.  When visiting my parent's house for my mom's birthday, I came across my first camera which is actually my dad's camera.  It's a Minolta 55mm f1.8-16. It's quite heavy since it's made out of metal.  I'm hoping to take some shots as soon as I get a new battery if I can find one!

My Constant Model/Inspiration

This past Sunday morning while I was cooking breakfast, I noticed the way the light was coming in my bedroom as Kona lounged on the floor.  I couldn't pass up the great lighting so I did a mini shoot of her working on some technical settings.  Here are my two favorites.  I need to branch out on subjects but she's just easy to photograph!

Callenwolde

This past Friday I had the pleasure of second shooting a small wedding at Callenwolde.  Callenwolde is an old house with so much history and wonderful architecture.  Everything about this place was gorgeous and it was a wonderful place to have a wedding. Now the mansion is an arts center where you can take all kinds of classes from art to dance.  Check out this old formal dining room!