I have always gotten a lot of questions asking for tips when it comes to taking good pictures of kids. From the type of camera/lens I use, to the settings, to just how the heck to get them to cooperate. And, obviously, some of those are easier than others. Since there are so many ins and outs, I thought it was time to document my tip[...]
We did our maternity pictures with the same photographer that did them before Ben was born and we are so happy with how they turned out. We took them 9/20, so just at the end of my 37th week of pregnancy. It was a bit humid, but she got them taken quickly and we barely broke a sweat! I am glad we waited until further along in my preg[...]
With our other two kids, we've opted to find our their gender during the ultrasound. For Blaire, the ultrasound tech just told us. For Ben, the ultrasound tech took Blaire outside the room and gave us a blue balloon so she could be the one to tell us. So for our last baby, we thought it would be fun to do a gender reveal. I did[...]
Anyone living in the modern age has struggled with the best way to backup your photos and videos. Before I had all of my files set up to backup automatically, I used to lose sleep over what would happen if I lost Blaire's baby photos or the videos of her first day of life. Knowing all of those memories are living safely on a cloud give[...]
Fall family photos are always my favorite. The colors on the trees make for the prettiest backdrop. Whenever possible, we like to do our photos back at the country club where we met. We did our engagement photos there in the fall, so it's just fun for me to see things come full circle. Knowing we were there at this time in 2012 taking pho[...]
We had family photos done back in May and they turned out amazingly! We just got them all back a few weeks ago and I'm still deciding which ones to print because I love so many of them. I won a mini session with By Mari Photography over a year ago and we were finally able to get something scheduled! We did the session at Franklin[...]