Raising the Bar

Okay, I'll admit I'm gonna dork out a bit, but I get so excited to take pictures. For awhile now I've really wanted to start raising the bar and challenging myself a bit more with new angles concepts, etc. My good friend Ashley is always up for being my guinea pig with my hair brained ideas. We went out earlier today and had a shoot. It wasn't till I got home and started to edit "just a few" that I got really excited about the shoot. I feel (personal opinion here) like I kind of raised my bar a little bit and that makes me really excited. So excited in fact that I'm going to share one of those images with you now:

Just a lil peek at what's to come...Stayed tuned for more!

Candids with My Niece

This past weekend my niece stayed at our house. I took the time to capture so more up-to date photos of her. She is a complete goof I realized as I chased her around the house and the backyard with camera in hand. Oh and I also became a purist this weekend, changing all my photos to black and white. Not sure how long this phase will last but here are some of the shots I managed to capture:

See what I mean about her being a goof?

She LOVED my nerd glasses!

{That's all for now folks!}

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Elena and Jordan

My sister Elena got engaged last month. Her (now) fiancee flew in and surprised with a proposal, and of course she said yes. They wanted engagement pictures done while he was here because if his crazy schedule, but unfortunately we did not manage to find time. However, I managed to snap a couple shots of them before the sun set completely on his last night here. These are NOT their formal engagement pictures, just a lil something to hold them over till the actually get them done. Here are a few of those shots:

This one cracks me up because they were both nervous about the car headed directly toward them, hence their nervous laughter seen here. As if I would really let them get run over...

So stay tuned for the real deal...probably months from now, and quite possibly not done by me, in the mean time hope you enjoy these. :D

Lynn and Sam Maternity Shoot

A couple of weeks ago Sam, Lynn, the baby bump and I set out for a maternity shoot. This was yet another session shot in Downtown, but I still love that place! They were both great to work with and I can't wait to see that baby girl of theirs who hopefully has Lynn's beautiful red hair!

And what would an Erica shoot be without a foot shot?

Thanks again Sam and Lynn. I wish you the very best with your lil baby girl!