This is another cover image for the Bella Weddings Guide for Atlanta. This image was one of those images that you had to keep doing over and over to get. We wanted an excited bride in action with the midtown skyline behind her. This young lady kept spinning around and around. She had to stop a couple of times from getting to dizzy. It had to have expression, motion, scenery. The big deal for me was that in addition to all of that I wanted it to be rock solid sharp. I wanted no blur in her face at all. We would get it and then the dress was not the right swoop or her head was not the right angle. Sure glad we nailed this one. God is good.
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I still can't believe this shot. It was 58 degrees out and a gray sky December day here in Georgia. As I took this I thought wow it looks almost like it could snow if it were cold enough. I asked our model to raise her hands and look up as if she was catching some imaginary snow. Then I took the image into Photoshop and created this snowy day. Cool Huh!
Both of these images were taken on the same day. It was a gray sky day and the light was even and low and it was about 58 degrees out. Hot chocolate anyone!
What a great prop. I love to photograph old cars in a portrait. If you don't recognize it this is an old Ford Thunderbird. What a beauty. It was restored to mint condition. Would love to have this as a prop at the studio but they wouldn't part with it. Oh well.
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This session was done yesterday. It was a gray sky day. A day perfect for even lighting. The sky was just one big soft box like I use in the camera room but God has a better version than one we can make. This session was for two bridal magazines. Both magazines are related except one is in Georgia and the other is in Florida. These were done at a house in Chateau Elan. The blue sky was added as a photo merge from another image to make it look like a warm Florida day. We had the palms, rocks and water but just needed a blue sky with puffy white Florida clouds.
Wish I looked like this at 18! What a beautiful model for the cover.
Take a look at this session. You may have heard that photography in the middle of the day is terrible. With our schedule this week we had a session at 2:00pm! The height of bad lighting according to what we are taught in photography school. We generally try to avoid this time of day out on location. Our studio garden was designed by us for photography at any time of day but going on location is different. I feel that this engagement session is probably one of the prettiest we have ever done. My son Josh held a 6 foot sunbounce reflector overhead in several to give shade. Jessica and I both shot this session. I think this session is a great example of making lemonade out of lemons.
This image was done in the bright sun! Jessica shot this one. Love this image!
Sometimes you just want to have fun, especially when there is water around. I think BJ was having a good time getting Meredith wet.
This is our family of six. You are sure to see the children at the studio from time to time. They have helped mom by pulling weeds this summer and cleaning up the outdoors such as helping mom pressure wash and waterproof the arbor and shed. Todd my husband is also helping out at the studio when he is not too busy with his work. As many of you may know I lost my husband Ed to cancer a few years ago. Todd also lost his wife Tammy to cancer five years ago now. Todd and I were neighbors and friends. We also belong to the same church. We got married about a year and a half ago now. It has been a fun year and a half full of excitement and adjustment. The kids really get along wonderfully. It is so neat to see how God took two heartbroken families and made one out of them. "To God be the glory, great things He hath done."
These are a few images from a recent photo shoot in Destin, Florida. What an awesome place for a photo session! Just give us a call if you are looking for wedding coverage of a destination wedding. Have camera, will travel!
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This was one of those early overcast mornings at the beach. The kind of overcast we photographers love. The light was even, the colors where very saturated and the water beautiful. These where done around 7:30 am. The temperature was very comfortable at that time of day and the water was a bit cold, but hey I wasn't getting wet. Just Amanda and Justin! Ha HA!
This is is Toby. He is a 6 month old Apple Head dog. His mom, Kealyn Brown stopped by our studio the other day and we had the opportunity to see him and naturally we went nuts when we saw him. We asked Kealyn to come back in and let us photograph him. He was awesome and sat for his session and as you can see he is adorable! We are going to use him in some pet portrait ads we will be running. Thanks Kealyn and Toby!
This was a session of a little girl named Hannah. Hannah is the daughter of our new employee Chrissy. As I drove home each night I saw this field of weeds just off Hwy 124. I thought I needed to get out and photograph a child in this field before it gets cut down. It was so beautiful especially toward the end of the day. Take a look at some of these images. This one I made a watercolor painting out of. The original photograph I took is shown below.
Hannah was really good. She had fun with the tea party but was not interested in giving Teddy Bear any tea. One cute thing Hannah did was point to the sky when a plane went overhead and said "I love you Papa." Her mom said, grandpa is a pilot and every time a plane went overhead she would say that.
Needless to say, after this session I had to take some Claritin, but it was worth it.
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