The workshop went great! It was very cold, so I we decided to stay inside for most of the shooting practice. Which I thought was great, because my studio is not a natural light studio..it only has 3 medium sized windows….BUT…what a great situation to learn in! What help would I be if I was trying to teach in a well lit area! Although, we did venture outside for a short bit as well. We had lots of models to practice on…Ryan & Holly, a k-zoo photog team, posed as our engaged couple…and did a great job! Kristen a local photographer was our bride, and Tina, another local photographer brought her 3yr old daughter for us and threw on her dress for a few as well. Then Anne brought her 20 month old and 5yr old daughter for a few at the end! phew! I told you we had a lot of practice!! Practice makes perfect! I really didn’t have as much time to “shoot” as I normally would…I was helping all the workshop ladies! I did happen to grab a few favorites though..here they are!

Any of the attendees….if you have any comments about the workshop or questions about these photos…. feel free to share below! Please email your favorite photo if you want or any photos of the group shooting as well! (photos of me being your guinea pig–not wanted–!) Thanks everyone for coming and I hope I have set you in the right direction!

There are more coming….a beginner and an intermediate (where you get to come on a live shoot at someone’s home – or DT) stay tuned!

More snow….how have I been so lucky to have sessions on days where they’re are big beautiful flakes?! oh wait..we have that all the time!! I am so glad that Jessica & Bert referred you!! I am sooooo looking forward to shooting your wedding in Lake Louise Canada in April!! Here are a few favorites…of course we did a few in studio before my shutter finger fell off! Enjoy!

Coming….Chris & Maggie, Tim & Sara, Dan & Ashley…

Another great wedding! They had their ceremony at the First United Methodist Church downtown, and then their reception at the BOB. Their centerpieces were a beautiful variety of fresh bunches of flowers…and they’re cake was by the fabulous Sweet Cakes…delicious! …and I actually saw a friend from my childhood at their wedding~small world. Still more to come!

Ok, I have almost posted all of august…only 2 more to go! This wedding was fabulous! They had a catholic ceremony, and a reception at the BOB…and some pics around downtown. Kelly chose to have cakes for all of the centerpieces, which is always fun for the guests and their table numbers were wine bottles with custom made labels from a local winery. Joe is a GR police officer, which explains why the SWAT team showed up during the reception…a little scary at first! More to come…on workshops….

WOA! I have plenty of options now….you guys really do read my blog….I feel the love! will get back to you later this afternoon!

ok…so the hardest age to photograph is around ages 1, 2, 3….so of course I am trying to teach that in my workshop this weekend….do you have any cute ones?? I need one…for like 20 minutes on Saturday. Send me a quick pic if you have one. I will give you what I shoot! Any bride wanna climb back in her dress for 15 minutes? I wanna see how many mini sessions I can fit in my workshop…the more practice the better. I do have three dresses (don’t ask why-i collect them) but there around a size 10, 8, and 6. Let me know! I already have a newborn~ thanks to my friend Betsy!

Chris from “Bless You Boys” contacted me about shooting their band….of course I jumped at that. You may have heard their music on X 96.1 and if you haven’t go check them out on their website or grab one of their album on iTunes. They even have a free download of the song you’ve probably heard of…”Tina Fey Glasses”. They will be in concert again at the end of the month…you should go and check ‘em out, I’ll definitely be at one. A HUGE thanks to Ryan Prins, who i instantly asked him to help me out on this one. Despite our ‘electronical’ issues…you wouldn’t believe them all if we told you~seriously….I loved the way they turned out. Here are a few of the favs…and I’m sure you’ll see a few more on their site, check it out!
Next showtimes…..Intersection Jan 30th, BOB Feb 12th, Billy’s Feb 19th

ok…so she’s been married for a while and has three kids, but her wedding was in the winter and she hardly had any photos….so this is her make-up…her photographer would be sad he missed out on these….is she gorgeous or what?! Beth is a photographer who is just starting her business and came to a workshop of mine last year, she has huge potential in photography & modeling apparently! Here are a few of my faves and a link to her **slideshow** ! This was way back during the first snowfall of the season. Enjoy!

….straight from the source….he says it best…I agree 100%  

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…here they are with a 6yr old and a set of twins…isnt’ this a great way celebrate being together! Here are just a few from their session back in October! ..yes, I know I am way behind on blogging…more weddings to come this week!