Hubers Orchard

We recently had a visit from a certain poppop and 'manny' (grammy) at our house and had an outing at a local orachard/winery.  Baby girl exhausted everyone with her excitement over her visitors but we all had a great time...

waiting to ride the horsey!

we didn't catch anything with xander...i guess he didn't taste so good....

yuuummmm....

fishin with poppop

and she got her first fish!!!

leftovers...

these are some leftover side photos from various times that i've taken pics....


what i was going for before the grasshopper joined me...

this leaf got a little crowded...

my princess and her new princess dress...

aaaaand again...

and some more of my lil model's pics with her bear...

and i leave you in peace with a shot of my very active pup...

Sunny Evening

All day today we had rain and clouds and just dreary weather.  I'm one of those people whose moods are affected by weather greatly!  So i was in an odd mood, but in the evening the sun finally made its way out and i headed out to take some pics of the flowers and bugs and stuff.  Kenzie made her way out and asked me to take her picture.  Ironically she never wants her picture taken and thus won't look at the camera...but i got a few anyways...



Gigi (Gee-Gee)

Gigi is our kiddos' grandma, Joel's mom.  She lives not too far off so we hang out pretty frequently.  Today we were just doin our normal stuff, running errands and such and i noticed that GiGi and Xander matched quite nicely in their white shirts and thought it was a good day for some pics....so off we went to an exotic location far far away....my front yard.

my children have GOT to be the least cooperative young children for photos...

Natural Light

I love using natural light in all of my photography.  If i happen to have my camera in auto mode and the flash pops open, i usually shut it and switch to manual mode.  I haven't invested in flash equipment and have no plans to.  A reflector would be nice, but nevertheless...i use natural light in everything i do.  There are a few reasons for this...a flash takes time to perfect and in the moment that i am working with fast moving children i don't want to worry about flash levels and distances and strengths and types etc etc.  I would miss too many shots if i wasn't able to just click away at kiddos sometimes.  I also prefer it because it is such an even way to light everything in the photo.  Using outdoor spaces a lot of time you'll get over exposure on some parts and under on others, but as long as my target is exposed just right, the background can be fixed or sometimes it just works.  My third reason is eyes.  Outdoors, children's eyes just light up into the lens.  Now granted i happen to have light eyed children so it's even better, but the way that eyes look with purely natural light is my favorite thing.  All of this to say...blue eyes, in natural perfect evening light, is what i love most about photographing kids :)