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Summertime Photo-shoot!

Summer has finally reached its peak and I have finally had an experience of taking pictures.

A friend of mine recently asked for me to get some pictures taken of her and her boyfriend, and children in their family.  I was very thrilled and excited and said 'YES' to the big opportunity!  I finally was able to capture some beautiful pictures other than just my family.

 This is my good friend Amanda.  We have been friends since high school and she is now a co-worker of mine. 

 

   I absolutely LOVE this photograph!  I had been reading in my photography books that a white-umbrella would make for a good prop and help with back lighting (aka, the light behind the subject), as time was ticking down I was unable to obtain a white umbrella for this photo-shoot.  As it worked out, unplanned, my friend had decided to wear the same color purple as the umbrella I keep in my car!  How awesome is that???  I actually liked the purple so much better, it brings out so much more color in the dress and my friend.  I think if I had used a white umbrella the photograph would have had too much white. 

These are another two pictures that I took...I LOVED the accent of the park bench and the trees in the background.  

This is another picture I absolutely LOVE!  This is the wonderful couple together, and the smiles are just charming...

Another great pose from our beautiful couple!

I like to do some different-out-of-the-norm poses for my lucky couples.  Since Amanda and Jason aren't engaged yet, a nice change was to celebrate the love of each other  by using a gift given by Jason.  He bought her a bracelet she had wanted for quite some time so I told her to wear the bracelet to her photo-shoot.  How much more romantic can you get than getting a picture of him putting on the bracelet around her wrist???  The expressions say it all!

Had to get a side view of the bracelet pose! 

This is by far my favorite  picture!  By this point the couple was very relaxed in front of the camera and this expression says it all!  Amanda and Jason were great models!  Of course the heart necklace helps accent everything as well.

Had to end the photo-shoot with a kiss!

This photo-shoot was a lot of fun and the weather was perfect!  We went to a nearby park, and all together it took about 3 hours to get done. 

There were 5 other children involved.  Each child got thier picture taken single, and with each other.  They posed on the swings as well as other playground equipment (and what more fun is that for a kid???) Each child posed with Amanda and Jason alone and in groups of two.  They also did some poses with my wonderful couple...

So far I have found a couple photo shoot to last about 1.5 or 2 hours long.  Poses are very simple to come up with as well as a lot of fun to do.  

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Summer in full swing!!

Summer is quickly passing by, I can hardly believe that we are almost halfway through July and will soon be into August.  Back to school shopping, labor day weekend, and the start of the beautiful fall season (yikes!)

I recently have been getting into some more serious work as far as my photography goes.  I was very fortunate to be the lucky photographer at my sister-in-law's one year anniversary party, and to top it off I was able to do some basic couple photography with the lovely couple.  (waiting for some model release signatures before I post some pictures...)

Since then a good friend of mine is in need of some family and couple portraits.  When she found out about my sister-in-law and saw her photo's online she was thrilled with the idea at getting her photos done on a budget and in a timely fashion.  I am so excited to have another photo shoot, not only will I be photographing her and her wonderful boyfriend but I will also be photographing her family and children. 

I still am avidly furnishing my skills as your personal photographer.  I have just completed a book on 'People Photography', and a book on "How to Photograph Children". 

Here is an update of some recent work of mine:

Daddy and baby...cuddling quietly.

An example of Portrait Photography

A child's joy..riding on the swing.

More pictures still to come...but it's been a busy few weeks at DLWM Photography!

Why you need a Photographer at your next party...

This weekend was a fabulous weekend to pull out the cameras and get excited about photography.  There were so many photogenic opportunities as well as reasons to pull out the camera just because.

Over the 4th of July weekend I did quite a few things.  For starters I celebrated my daughters first birthday, which of course included a party!  Following that there were quite a few thunderstorms which was even more of a reason to pull out the camera (the lightening is just awesome if you can manage to get a few photos on your camera), and then of course we had the actual 4th of July holiday which included fireworks (another famous photographer favorite) as well as the annual 4th of July parade.

Many people have asked me, "Why should I hire a photographer for my next party?  I can take pictures myself."

My answer is simply.  When you hosting a party, it is very hard to be everywhere at once.  Decorate, Food to make/set out, say 'hello' to all of the guests, make refills on the food if needed, and of course in the mist of all party planning you have to be there for the gifts as well as clean up the mess, set out the cake, cut the cake, and everything else.
Speaking from experience, I know it can be hard to carry the camera around with you to be there for all of those moments, plus get pictures of all of the guests.  I tried to carry a camera around, and it made it hard to catch everything I wanted to.  There was a few moments I didn't capture, thankfully since it was a first birthday party other people did.  Normally those special moments would not have happened...if it hadn't been for someone to spacifically take pictures. 

Especially with the holiday, you don't want to miss out on those awesome moments where aunts and uncles are playing ball with the kids and so forth. 

Another great opportunity for pictures over the holiday was at the parade..everyone was dressed in matching shirts and everyone was in a happy mood...

I have many pictures taken..I hope to post some soon!!!

Always remember, have DLWM Photography apart of your next party to help keep some memories around for a lifetime!
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