A trail of dust, a muddy horse, and a laughing donkey

It felt good to finally get outside during our spring weather and take pictures of our happy animals as they they were let out into the pasture.  Both the horses splashed in the pond and got wet, but Ace decided to roll in the dirt after he got out so he got pretty muddy!  I had a hay day capturing our babies as they enjoyed their new found freedom!  Jane, one of the donkeys, was having so much fun you can see her laughing below! :)  I picked out my favorites from the photography excursion and have included them for your viewing pleasure!

Janelle's Studio Session ~ Cap and Gown

We completed Janelle's final session in the studio along with her cap and gown portraits.  I liked Janelle's choice of clothing as it went well with her skin tones.  We used four different backgrounds to compliment her outfits, and I must say I'm having a hard time to determine which ones are my favorites from her session.  I told Janelle that she was probably the most elegantly posed senior that I have ever photographed.  She was a natural! I have selected some from her studio session and included them for you to enjoy!

Anna at Mid-America Piano

Mid-America was so kind to allow us to take Anna's piano portraits at their business a couple weeks ago.  On one of my favorites poses, I replaced the background which is the first one shown below.  Anna looks so elegant in her portraits with the various grand pianos.  I caught her natural smile as she was talking to the owner in the sepia portrait below (second to last).  Her and my favorite was the last portrait taken as we were leaving.  There was a row of pianos in fluorescent colors and Anna was lit by beautiful window light with a colorful background.  It is the last one in this blog post.  Enjoy!

My favorite Valentines

Capturing the Moment Photography set up shop at Faith Tabernacle's Valentine Banquet at Riddle Hall on Valentine's Day.  All proceeds from the portraits were donated to Apostolic Academy's HS seniors for their upcoming senior trip to Branson, Missouri.  I teased some of the couples and asked them, on a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being less romantic and 10 most romantic, how would they rate how romantic they wanted their portrait. One spouse told me 0, another 15!!!  These two couples were included in my top 10 favorites from the Valentine portrait sessions shown below.

Aerial view of Arizona landscape

I recently flew to Phoenix, Arizona, to attend my first Imaging USA. Imaging USA is the largest annual convention and expo organized by pro photographers, for pro photographers.  I traveled light so I didn't take my DSLR camera, but my little Canon G9.  I had never seen the mountains of Arizona and was awed by the rugged beauty of the landscape.  These images were perfect fits for black and white so I converted my favorites and have included them for your viewing pleasure.  Enjoy!

Kim in the snow and the nameless cat!

We found some snowy areas in Kim's yard before the snow melted on this beautiful sunny day in January.  We didn't plan to do on any pet portraits but Kim's pet cat wanted to get into the act!  I would have added the cat's name but they have so many cats that they aren't named.  Kim picked most of the cat portraits as her favorites and I have included them for you to enjoy!

Wrapped up, tied up, tangled up sisters...

Gabriella and Alyssia were such good sports during their crazy photo session for their Christmas cards.  All of the props were planned except for the bean bag photos which the girls had a lot of fun with!  I had been wanting to do the last two images for some time and they seems like the perfect subjects.  Gabby seemed pretty happy about being taped up as you can see by the last image below.  I have included my favorites from these two silly girls' session for your viewing pleasure!