Thursday, April 23, 2009

Batty Family in a Boxcar. What? That's totally normal.

Ok Batty Family.....after 6 hours of switching people's eyes, smiles, bodies, faces, you NAME it, I finally put together ONE picture where everyone is smiling (except Uncle Devin), has their eyes open and are looking at the camera.

This took a lot out of me! 30 something people all looking good and smiling in a picture is almost impossible to do without Photoshop! (ahem, Sutton's body and face had to be re-constructed from 4 different pictures so that he wasn't frowning, squinting or appearing to pick a wedgie).

Hope you guys like this one cause I don't want to spend another 6 hours piecing together a perfect family picture!
I think it turned out pretty darn good!
(By the way, for all those not in the Batty family, this is my family so I can talk to them like this.....I would never demand that a client stop picking their wedgie).

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Engaged! Chris and Ashley!

These guys have been sooooo patient! Even though they aren't getting married until September, we took their pictures over a month ago (just to get them done early) and I have been super busy/slacking to get their pics up on the blog!

SO, here is installment #1......the blog post!
#2 Coming Soon.....there are wayyyyyyy more where these came from. Another 100-some odd more awesome engagement pics to check out on Collages as soon as I'm all done with them!

I hope you all enjoy these as much as I did! I gotta be honest, this shoot was a dream! We got to experiment with some engagement stuff that I have never done before, but always wanted to.
The time period stuff was so fun! And the horse, of course, was unbelievable! A little scary at times (he's a rowdy one!) but so beautiful and sweet.
Ash and Chris worked it all day long (and it was a long day) but I feel it was totally worth it!

Take a minute to check these out and please, feel free to leave a comment because I always appreciate the feedback!



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Love Mr. Ed's random sneeze here........
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Not gonna lie........I think this might be my favorite engagement picture yet! It resembles completely an old vintage photograph where they can't smile, or move, only show off their awards!
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This one, of course, is Chris's personal favorite......I won't tell you what he has entitled this picture.....
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I'm sorry......don't pretend like you wouldn't pull over to the side of the road and take a picture in front of this sign!!!!
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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Randi and Tyler got hitched! YES! Woohoo!

Talk about an awesome wedding and an awesome couple......this was the most relaxed wedding I have EVER done!
Everything flowed so smoothly, everyone had an awesome time and the bride and groom pretty much glowed the entire day.
Weather was perfect, the schedule went perfect, the bride looked perfect........

Randi and Tyler, I hope you had a perfect honeymoon too!

I did get a little sunburned though.....me and both my assistants (that wasn't perfect, but I think we really needed tans anyway!)

Enjoy the pictures everyone......you'll get to see all of them next week! Yeah!

Thanks again, it was such a pleasure!

(p.s. the song choice is a tribute to the chair dancing and Tyler's Italian heritage!)
If you are having any issues with the slideshow, I recommend playing it all the way through once and then starting over to let it buffer properly. Those of you working on computers with slow internet or just slow speed period, it may take a bit longer to load. But be patient, it's worth the wait!




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