Blizzard in April!

I give this bride the "Best Sport" award! I've seen brides fall apart because it was too breezy or too hot on their wedding day. Laura is one tough chick. She braved whipping wind, torrential downpour, freezing temperatures and blinding snow. Even though the weather did not cooperate, the pictures still turned out great. It's crazy though, by the end of the shoot, Laura and Adam still looked fantastic and I looked  like a drowned rat! It's a good thing I was on the other side of the camera. :)

Beautiful Olive

Little Olive has the most hair I've ever seen on a newborn! Cutest baby with the coolest mom, it was such a fun shoot! I used natural light from my windows and I did some in the studio as well.

Beautiful Backlighting

A classic "rookie mistake" of photography is facing your subject directly into the sun. Next time you are taking pictures of people, either place them in the shade or have the sun at their back (just make sure the sun isn't causing a glare in your lens). Then use a fill flash or bounce the light back into their faces with a reflector, which is what I did with these bridals. (If you don't have one, use a white poster board, they work great) The backlighting gives the "halo effect" that is really quite beautiful!