My Best Photo for 2015!

Every time I look at this image, I get tickled at the expression I was fortunate to capture.  I would love to tell you that this was a planned shot; however, I was going for a totally different image of several horses lined up against the fence.  After realizing that I wasn't going to get what I wanted, I dumped all of the horse treats over the fence for the horses and sat on my overturned empty bucket watching the horses gobble up the treats.  Since the weather was recently stormy, the sky was a beautiful backdrop for the scene. As I sat on the bucket and shot upward at the horses eating the treats, I captured this hilarious image of the horse as if he was actually laughing! My plans are to order this photo as a metal print at Social Print Studio.  That would be an awesome way to display my best photo for 2015!!!

Outdoor family portrait and a 6-month-old happy boy!

I wish every family portrait session went as well as this one!  Mikey is such a happy baby. Though he endured three outfit changes, he still gave us his pretty happy smile!  Thanks Mikey for bringing in your parents and making my day special!

A boy and his grandpa

Cowboy, rancher, hunter, and animal lover are a few of the characters displayed at this outdoor session at his home and on some newly acquired property in the country.  And the session wouldn't be complete without grandpa in on the act!  I've narrowed down my favorites from this fun session and they are included below for your viewing pleasure!

 

Three Superheros and a Family Portrait

When the superheros arrived for their session, our horse Ace happily greeted them by bucking when they drove up.  After we entered the studio to start the session a Great Blue Heron decided to pay a visit outside the studio and our superhero dad said he didn't mind if I took a moment to capture him before we started the session. The heron visitor can be viewed at our Smith Ranch blog here.

We actually started with a family portrait which is shown as the last image shown below.  After this portrait, we quickly changed the background while our superheros dressed in their superhero attire.  The totally cool superhero session was such a blast thanks to our three superhero stars and I have listed their favorites below for you to enjoy! 

 

Uniqua and Gabriel's Wedding

Uniqua and Gabriel celebrated their marriage with their friends and loved ones at Faith Tabernacle Apostolic Church on a beautiful autumn day.  Their chosen colors of navy and gray strikingly adorned the church and their reception at Riddle Hall.  Uniqua (better known as Me-Me) had everything planned out to a tee which allowed me plenty of time to capture the bride and groom in several settings at the church before the wedding and at Homer Pond after the wedding.  I so enjoyed this awesome wedding that was full of joy and laughter!  I loved seeing the bride give her whole heart in song as she sung solo to her soon-to-be husband!  My favorite images of this special day are included below for your viewing pleasure.  They were also featured in June's issue of Wichita's community voice newsletter here.

Me-Me and Gabriel, thank you so much for allowing us the pleasure of photographing your wedding.  I wholeheartedly wish you both the best!

Fabian's studio session

Fabian needed an image for the JCHS yearbook so we did a studio session with three outfits and four backgrounds.  Since Fabian was game, we also did a fun portrait with him holding a lens with an inserted image of his face in the lens (first image below).  This image and the one of him against the white background are Fabian's favorites. Below I've included a few of mine and Fabian's favorites for you to enjoy!