Melaina – Anytime Portrait

Melaina and I wanted color – lots and lots of color but I didn’t want to drive all over town looking for it and we were quickly losing the light, so we parked once and walk within a block to find all these locations. I love finding an old part of town and just using whatever we find close by… her red hair helped with the whole color theme!

This was a special occasion since Melaina’s best friend, Heather, is leaving for California and she wanted to get pictures with her before she left. Beautiful friends!

Even though the goal was to get pictures together I also captured lots of them individually.

The rain does not stop the Little Mermaid. We found some awnings to duck into…

And stayed close to the walls…

This series had so much color I didn’t want to change them! But I do like the 70’s look of this next one… the grain, the coloring, even something about the look on her face in this image made me think 70’s. Click to enlarge… LOVE it!

Never a dull moment…

Can you believe that this location was just across the alley from the others? I might use this area again. Finding new places to shoot gets my creative juices flowing!

Couldn’t have asked for a better day!

Come on, what could be better than taking pictures with great subjects and my hubby next to me? Oh, wait and let’s not forget Lucy Dog… Melaina’s Puggle (Pug/Beagle).

Pure joy!!

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Just for Fun – Random Photography

I used this black ice cream chair in Karly’s shoot. It used to be in my room growing up, but it was white back then. My sister has the matching one.  We shared  a room growing up, her side always clean, mine messy… it used to drive her nuts!  She would be proud of how clean I keep my room now :).

When I am on a portrait shoot there is no guessing on what else I might take a picture of.  Sometimes it is only the subject, but many times there are other things that catch my eye and I have to get a quick shot.  I have used many past images for cards and others, like these just sit on my computer and no one ever gets to see, so I thought I would share with you (and maybe make some more cards with some).

Beware, I take pictures of things that strike me as funny, even if it is on you! Hee hee

I love the look of rusted iron.

I know it’s just a traffic light, but I like it.

Joe doesn’t even know when I sneak a pic of him.  I captured this during the shoot of Joely and Steph.

And sometimes he does… I love the Canon 70-200 2.8L lens for these types of shots. I always use that lens when shooting railroad shots too.  I think Joe must be the only guy from high school that has MORE hair than he did back then!

Things like this just jump out at me.

I make anniversary cards from images like this one… the gum wall in Seattle’s Pike Place Market.

Amanda comes along occasionally… sometimes she lets me take a picture and sometimes not!

Abby had these great red shoes, so we had to get creative with them.

I thought this was funny while on a senior shoot with Kayla.

Sometimes it’s of people I don’t even know… just because… shhhh, we will just keep that between us, K?

I LOVE animals, so I have lots of images of dogs, cats, birds and squirrels.

Hope you have a great day!!
{{Hugs}}

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Amanda and Bailey – Child Portraits

Bailey is my daughter’s friend. She is a kind, loving child and is always laughing. Her and Amanda love hanging out together. Even though it was pouring rain all day we took advantage of a few minutes when it wasn’t raining and took some pictures of them.

They are both ballerinas and I thought it would be fun to get some shots away from the studio.

Love this one!

Before the rain hit, we also managed to get a few other images captured.

We had a great time together. I love that Amanda begs to go on photo shoots! It wasn’t that long ago that she dreaded me dragging her out, so I stopped. Now, she is begging ME. Nice change of events! Now to get that to happen with my son, I don’t think so!

I will end with a typical Bailey… happy and laughing! The movement in this image helps tell the story, don’t you think!

Thanks girls! xoxoxo

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