The Woodlief Family Portraits

This is the Woodleif Family. We had to reschedule because of rain for their first appointment, and this weekend, the weather was threatening again! We had a few sprinkles, but the clouds mostly held out for us, and I just love the way the light is on overcast days! It’s absolutely the best for taking pictures!

They were all great in front of the camera and just did their thing while I snapped away. Perfect scenario, if you ask me.

The boys were all “boy!” and I don’t think they stopped running for most of the session! Those are the kinds of sessions I like! I got a good one every now and then in between their sprints! Look how handsome this one is!!

When a parent just wants to pose and do “cheese” smiles when all the kids want to do is play, it’s not nearly as much fun for anyone, including me! Luckily, these guys were pretty easy going and even agreed to let me give them a treat. Try to look at this picture without smiling. I dare ya.

Cheap Talk

Eph 5:7 "Talk is cheap, like daydreaming or other useless activities. Fear God instead."
Wow, I really talk too much (just ask my husband!) Often when I talk to God, I can just babble on and on, and "useless" is the perfect word for it. When I'm chatting it up, I often forget to praise Him. Anything that doesn't glorify Him is essentially futile, ending in boring routine or dying out with other trends. When I chatter, I don't leave my quiet time with His peace or joy like I do when I just "be still" and stand in awe of His presence. The creator of the universe. The savior of my sins. How wonderful You are! Thank You for giving me grace for all the complaining and false promises I give to You and for loving me enough to tell me to shut it.

What do you talk too much about?

Daniel & Megan: Lawrence Wedding Photography

I decided I’d put up just a couple of “teaser” images of this wedding before I do a little bigger sneak peek. I remember being a new bride… what a wonderful giddy feeling! These two were so excited about each other, I could just feel it in the air! Congratulations, Megan and Daniel! Hang on to that excitement! It’s the stuff life is made of and it makes for some really great pictures! Thank you for letting me photograph your wedding! 

more pictures coming soon!

Amy and Jeff: Engagement Pictures

I met Amy a few months ago, and I can’t think of a time when I haven’t seen her smiling or making someone else smile. She has one of those contagious laughs. Aren’t those the best??  Makes me want to tuck her into my pocket and pull her out on rainy days. And even not so rainy days. She’s just fun to be around, so when I heard she was engaged, I couldn’t be more excited.

Until she said I could do her engagement pictures! We had a lot of fun doing these, as you can tell from this one.  She "hooked him!"

A hailstorm was threatening our skies just as the time for our session came around, so we had to last-minute reschedule to this little nifty place downtown. I love the atmosphere at Warehouse Row, but the lighting was WAY different than what I’m used to, which is mostly full-on, blind your eyeballs kind of sunlight. This was directly overhead, spotty, dim, sometimes green and sometimes reddish light. Not at all the natural light I've grown accostumed to. It was fun experimenting with different lighting, even though it was more than a little outside my comfort zone. It was nice to lighten up (pun!), take the lighting for what it was, and challenge myself to appreciate it for how it gave these photos a totally different feel and mood from my others. With or without weird lights, I think the couple made the pictures in this case. Aren’t they just the sweetest??