The Turner Twins

I had the best time photographing the Turner twins for their senior portraits. Their mother, Amy, was hilarious- making funny voices saying, "Oh Michael, you look SOOOOO handsome!". Isn't Meghan gorgeous?

I'll end with this one. I can see it printed huge. I've fallen in love with the movement of lines and moodyness of it.

Photoshop Skills

I had a bride ask me if there was any way to remove the guy standing in the isle from this photo. To be quite honest, I wasn't so sure I could do it. But I love a challenge. So I got right to work with my clone stamp tool and the results were... ... not too shabby.
Never would have known he was there!

Christmas Photos

Here are some pictures I took of Andrew and Maya over the holidays. This session literally took me only 15 mins. They are such good little posers!His eye may be a little squished, but it's one of my favorites.

I've decided that I think I should take more photos of my children. I could do so much fun stuff and I'm missing oportunities. This is a skill I should share with myself a little more than I do. Any suggestios for fun little kid sessions?

Martin Luther King Jr Ball

Last weekend I had the pleasure of photographing the MLK Ball for Bethel AME and invited guests. The theme this year was red white and blue.

The committee that put the event together.

This is the new pastor at Bethel in Carlisle with his wife.These young ladies get serenaded each year with a Happy Birthday song. Her jacket is not falling off by the way, it was part of her dance move.

"The Lord is GOOD"You may remember Ruth and Marcus Hodge from their 50th wedding anniversary I photographed in September.My favorite part of the night is the traditional Soul Train!
I also did posed photos for families and couples.

I'm sorry I don't have photos of me dancing, but that is the beauty of being the photographer :)

Loktah

If you follow my blog, you have heard me mention them before. Loktah is an awesome, environmentally friendly company, from whom I buy my wedding CD cases. They just came out with a new line of cases. I really love them and want to buy a bunch of them for this season. Leave a comment below telling me which one you like the best! You can check out all of their products by clicking HERE. Definately check them out if you are a photographer who offers CDs- it's a beautiful way to present your product showing that you care about your work, your customer, and the environment.

This is my favorite from the new line.

Dusk

And these are my 3 favorites out of the entire line.

WhiteCranberry
And all black.Leave a comment!

Baby Julia

I just love working with newborns. The final product is always SO cute. It seemed that Julia cried the whole time, but we still got a ton of great shots of her during her peaceful moments.

Being born so close to Christmas, I thought this was a cute idea. A little package from God.

Julia's mom and dad were awesome. It's amazing to see the unconditional love parents have for their children. It reminds me of when my children were babies and how I never could have imagined feeling that way about anything unil I held Andrew for the first time!

I'd like to thank my parents for letting us take over their home to do the photo shoot- you guys are great too.

The Vink Family

Meet the Vink family. We took their photos at my favorite spot. Ryan looking adorable.
This little guy was a handful! He kept running away from me and seemed pretty scared of the camera. Only after I told him to NOT sit in my little wooden chair that I brought for him, did he sit down and smile. Hahaha!

The whole family.
These guys were so cute that I had to zoom in for a shot.

Thanks Vink family, I had fun!