Special Effects for Photographers

After I take pictures, I love spending time with them to enhance them and make them beautiful pieces of art. One of my favorite actions is a Color Pop by NicholeV. She also offers some great educational material that I hope to win :) or at least purchase sometime in the future. She is also an amazing photographer! So my photographer friends, you should definitely check out her stuff for inspiration!

Palmer Wedding

Kelly is a friend of mine from high school and she asked me before I had ever even photographed a wedding to be her photographer. I appreciate to this day her trust and faith in me. I can honestly say it would be very hard for me to hire a wedding photographer for my own wedding who had never shot a wedding... so, I really cannot thank her enough for taking that leap of faith. Fortunately for her, even though she was the first to ask, I was able to shot a few first. =)

The day turned out to be beautiful with a little rain. There was a short sprinkle during the ceremony and it started to pour towards the end of our session before the reception. The reception hall at Elk's Lodge in Chillicothe was beautiful! It had these amazing stain glass windows all along the sides and beautiful hardwood floors. Williams Catering from Waverly did an amazing job with the catering and decorating. SugDog provided the fun music and Hailey Zimmerman did a wonderful job with the hair and makeup.

Here are a few of my favorite images from the day:

The Parks Family

Again, another session of a family from school. I taught Evan Kindergarten Enrichment last year and I have his brother this year. They are such a wonderful and fun family and I enjoyed my Wednesday evening with them at a local park.

Zoe and Leah

I had such a fun Saturday morning with Zoe and Leah for their session. I am Zoe's teacher and have known the family for a couple of years now. I felt so bad when her little sister started crying but with some easing and time, she brought out the biggest smile when I held up the camera... it was incredible!

Jade and Raf's Maternity Session

Jade is one of the nicest, sweetest persons I have ever known and I have known her since junior high. It was such a privilege to capture this very special time for this wonderful couple. I have to say I was more nervous during this shoot than any other since her due date was bumped up and she was pretty much on bed rest. I was so worried about wearing her out or pushing her too much and despite the heat, she stayed incredibly positive. Here are a few of their pics:

Really??....

It's been 3 months since my last post! Wow... Sorry guys. Let me dig through my pics and upload some sessions.