The Abed's Furry Family - A Portrait Session

I have known the Abed family since the first grade. They are the kindest people and the biggest animal lovers so of course we had to include the whole family in the pictures!

Moon Wedding

Big Sister Olivia

ahh....I can't get over how cute and smart she is. Olivia's story telling skills and creativity are going to come in great when she helps take care of her new baby brother.

Clayton Marley

Little baby Clayton only 12 days after entering the world.

Viviana

Dark in the Light- Nina

Last night my friend Nina and I got to talking about doing a photo-shoot that was more dark and edgy than all the bo-ho frolicking in a field pictures you see these days. While we were going through fashion magazines getting inspiration we struck out.... It is surprising how hard it was to find dark emotional images. After looking through these magazines for a while we decided to just start taking pictures. I am still getting used to my 'new' camera and having a 'muse' allowed me to practice in very low light setting. The shoot started with holiday ambiance and ended in tears on the bathroom floor.... literally.. that is where we ended up taking most of the pictures (shhh....no one has to know) I only had my 50mm and we were in a pretty small space so I was forced to practice with all my manual settings. My New Years resolution is to spend more time on my photography, learning about my camera, lighting techniques, styling etc. I am so used to capturing the raw moments and must work to be confident on the posing and styling piece. Editing will be 2015 ;) I need to build my confidence so if you know anyone who wants to play and have their pictures taken let me know. Anyway... here is the Ninch(aka Nina)

Madden Turns Three