Natalie's Senior Portraits in Lincoln, Nebraska - Class of 2011!

Natalie was a lucky girl: she got two photo shoots! Actually, the first time we went out, a storm rolled in and ruined the light after about 30 minutes. So we decided to call it a night and go out again later.  Natalie was so much fun to work with!  Her plan after graduation is to open a kids' bookstore! Isn't that cool? And just check out how photogenic she is!  It's impossible for my to choose my top favorite, sohow about 18 of them? :) Both times we visited East Campus in Lincoln. This is the first time I've done photos there, and I realized it's pretty much a hotspot for portraits. I saw at least 5 other photogs there on our two trips.

Vacation Photos from the Pacific Northwest

Whoo-hoo! We are so glad to be home after such a whirlwind trip! 11 days, 8 states, four national parks, one smelly cooler, and 4,250 miles, to be exact.

Photographically speaking, I was SO VERY GLAD for my circular polarizer on this trip! It is the one little gadget I've come to absolutely depend on for outdoor shooting (and even some indoor).  It's a little piece of magic that makes the clouds look 3-D, the grass look greener, and lets you look into water instead of seeing a reflection.  If you don't have one, they aren't super expensive but can really add a lot.

With so many landscapes on bright sunny days, I also felt very badly the need for a graduated neutral-density filter. The top part of the GND filter is dark, and the bottom is clear, with a very graduated level of darkness.  Very often when shooting landscapes, I just have to either underexpose the land or blow out the sky, or try to get something in-between. I don't do much landscape stuff around here and never thought to get that filter before I left. It was pretty tricky business without it.


But anyways...here are a few of the photos I took!  You can see some other ones on my personal blog, Moore Than Fine. 

The famous Tetons.

Here's Old Faithful. I loved how the clouds, far up in the sky, seemed to mirror the mist coming deep out of the earth.

Michala's Senior Portraits in Lincoln, Nebraska - Class of 2011!

Some people feel uncomfortable in front of a camera, and their personalities fizzle away when I need them the most. Other peoples' personalities naturally come out in front of a camera. Michala was definitely the natural sort! She posed herself almost intuitively, and clearly enjoyed being in front of the lens. You can really tell through the photos that she loved the shoot. As a result, her fun, sassy, and unafraid personality came through!  Which, of course, makes for a really fun and smooth session.

Chris and Natalie's Outdoor Wedding in Lincoln, Nebraska

Hmmm...it's been a while since I updated. (Lamest blog intro, ever.) Really truly though, I've been busy taking pictures, reading reviews and shopping for new equipment, working on my website, trying to design some business cards, and the zillion other tasks that go along with getting a viable business set up.  It's all coming together, slowly but surely!

A little while back, I wrote about my experience shooting Chris and Natalie's wedding, and promised more photos. So here they are! These ones are some of my favorites...although there are about 500 more that I could have chosen, because there were so many fun images!

Mike & Jill! Engagement Photography in Lincoln, Nebraska

I can hardly say how much I love sunset light. It makes people glow!


After months (seriously) of rescheduling this shoot because of poor weather, we finally made it out on a gorgeous weekend evening.  I guess it was worth the wait...the evenings don't come nicer than this! Mike and Jill are going to be married this August in Seward, and I'll also be shooting their wedding...so this was a great chance to get acquainted with each other a little bit before their big day. We visited a couple of places in Lincoln and quite perfectly ended with the sun going down. Almost like I planned it that way. ;) 

There was lots of kissing going on, since that seemed to be a very natural expression for Mike and Jill. They didn't want to run and squeal and bounce and jump around like some people do, but they instead demonstrated a simple, sincere affection that was very evident in this shoot. And, obviously, kissing=good photos. :) Okay, so I am somewhat of a closet romantic. Don't tell anyone...