Location is Key

When your stumped at where to go to get your pictures taken for the first time by a personal photographer, the thoughts about location can be confusing.

Where are we allowed to go?  Where should I go that is important to me/us?  Where is there a place that is scenic?

These are common questions my couples, more so ask me when they schedule their photo session.  Your photo opportunities are endless, you can pretty much go to any public place like a park, for example.

I recently took some pictures of my church for my church.  The scenery was beautiful for the spring, and this would have been an ideal location for my husband and I since this is where we met. 

As  you can see, this location you have the gorgeous sky, the beautiful building, and plenty of plants to pose by.  Had I not gotten engaged in the wintertime, this would have been top priority on my list of locations to go.  Imagine this scene at sunset.

This is one of my other favorite locations to take couples.  I used my church before as an example of one of the locations I'd choose.  This is a local park that my couples enjoy visiting, as well as spending some quality time together while I snap pictures.  What more can you ask for???

Next time you want to find more options about where to go for your photo shoot...contact DLWM Photography today.   DLWMPhotography@gmail.com.

Some Friendly Fun!

Last weekend two of my good friend's asked me to do a photo-shoot for them, they had never experienced a personal photographer and were looking forward to the experience. 


First we picked our location, which was a local park that I had known of and gone to before.  Then we picked a date and time.  

My beautiful couple looking onto such gorgeous waters...

The beautiful Victoria...

This happened to be a total candid shot, what a beautiful smile she has!

Two friends enjoying the view.

A perfect Pose!

Just having fun....

I edited the photo to add a touch of color too the sky, but to bring out how happy the girls were.

Looking out...

Wonder what she's thinking about? Her future maybe?

A black and white edit of Victoria...

Another beautiful smile!

This photo shoot was such a blast!  Everyone was so relaxed, and so many photos were candid. 


Just think of how beautiful your pictures will come out!  For more information about this session, or one like it..contact me at DLWMPhotography@gmail.com!

Fall Is NowUpon Us

Summer has quickly come to an end, and Autumn is quickly coming and going!  As fast as I noticed the beautiful colors on the trees starting to change, I have seen so many of them now off the tree and preparing for winter.

I recently have participated in taking some landscape photos for some fun, and to enjoy the scenery.

One of  our local news studios does a 'Photolink' share every Friday night of pictures taken during the week from viewers.  Since my photography class in the Spring I have been avid to get a photo up on the weekly slide show.  I can gladly say that in the last month I have had 2 pictures selected by the news station to air on TV.

Flower Photo Selected

A fall path.  The second selected picture.

  I've really been enjoying taking the photos, I have a fall session tomorrow!  I cannot wait...more pictures to come!  (including more fro this fall session shown above)

Summer Fun Photo Shoot!

At the end of Summer, a close friend asked me to take some pictures of her daughters.  The first time we planned a photo shoot it rained, so because of the location we scheduled a 'rain date'.  Had it been over the holiday season we would have chosen to take the pictures inside, but because of the season we chose to set a rain date due to wanting to be outside.

I was able to accomplish pictures of both girls by themselves, and then I did a few photos of them together.  I did a mix of some black and white and some colorful photos, as well as mix in a few props for each girl.

 

The first picture is the oldest daughter, our lovely Sierra.  I LOVED the patterns and how well they blended.  Because of the mid-day sun, as usual, a good prop is an umbrella.  

A close up of Sierra

I loved the picture as well.  Sierra came right down to eye level to tell me a story w hen I snapped her beautiful picture!

This is Sophia, the youngest daughter.  She was vibrant and very excited to get her pictures taken!

This is my absolute favorite picture of Sophia!  I think the way she was looking down makes her look simply angelic. I did a black and white edit also, and I have to say as an unexpected capture, this turned out beautiful!

  

As the photo session moved forward, I had to think of ways to keep both girls occupied during the session.  

Sophia wanted to go pick out a favorite toy, on her way back out of the house I snapped the picture!  How beautiful, and the background matches perfectly!

The sisters together....

  

These are just a few of the many photos I took during this photo-shoot.  I got many close-ups, black and white, and of course other favorites.  These are just the tip of the iceberg...

The photo shoot was very easy and A LOT of fun to do!  Defiantly a great way to end the summer...

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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