Home with the kids

DH brought home bottled cokes for the kiddos. N and his cousin H played hard with their chalk all afternoon and enjoyed their surprise!

Sweet Madeline... you know you can sing it, right?

I've been lucky enough to follow Linel and Matt through their engagement, their wedding, their pregnancy, capture photos of their newborn and now I had the pleasure of doing her 6 month photos. I LOVE 6 months! They are so awesome at 6 months!!!! Did I mention I LOVE 6 months??? :)
I am going to post some info about the workflow and photo itself. Cutest model!!!

For most shots with kids I use my 50mm, much like the totally awesome Kelley Ryden. I LOVE her stuff. The 50mm is easy on the wallet. You can get the 1.8 for about $100. I traded up for the 1.4 and the sharpness at 2.0 is amazingly more wonderful then the 1.8. They sell I 1.2 but I'd have to sell a child... a small one, but still a child. With kids I've found that keeping that shutter speed up is essential as they move like the dickens. Of course you want your ISO low for better quality. Here is a sample of the photo SOOC (straight out of camera, lol!) and with the adjustments made. I shoot in RAW so white balance is easily adjustable in post.

ISO200, 50mm 1.4 at f2.0, EV +1.3, 1/100 a bit too slow for awake children, but it worked. :) sb800 bounced manual (1/8 i think) + natural light fill.

Keeping up with it all...

Redesigning and keeping busy with the kiddos! The house is a wreck!!!

General Butler State Park

Bethany & Brad, congratulations!!!!!

General Butler State Park & Richwood Plantation

Never spent too much time in Carrollton, KY or the park there, but recently I had an engagement shoot. A very sweet gal I used to work with is getting married this fall and she picked some places out in the park. She and her man rocked it ;) I'll definately be using the park again! Plus, KY state parks are FREEEEEEEEE!!! Indiana is $5 (the pass for the year is about $35 I think, can't remember!) On the way back the sun was setting so perfectly and everything just sparkled. It was beautiful! The reason I fell in love with this place! I stopped and took some extra pics of Richwood Plantation, the old riding academy in Milton, KY and also at the bottom of the Milton-Madison Bridge, which is slated to be replaced here in a year or so.

Andrea & Ryan

February 12, 2011,
Our first wedding of the year! It was held across the river at the Richwood Plantation. It's a beautiful place! This is the second wedding we've shot there and the THIRD wedding where we've had the family puppy as the ring bearer! :) We love puppies too, so it was great fun. The bride's hair was done by the Aveda Salon on Main Street here in Madison, the dress from Rebecca's Wedding Boutique, catering by the Red Pepper Deli (rehearsal) and The Rolling Pin (reception). The DJs were excellent, must find they're info!!! It was too cold outside, so we did group portraits in the mansion. Really, that place is beautiful! Oh, and the bride and groom had the neatest guestbook. When guests arrived they signed a circle on a painted tree the couple had framed (initials carved into it of course!).
Here's the link until I get some favorite pics posted. Sometimes it's just so hard to choose!
http://kcusnem.zenfolio.com/p370566097

Hello 2011!!!!

I've been trying to catch up with photos and such. Most of my stuff ends up on our facebook page. There seems to be MUCH more space there for photos (kinda essential to a photo blog, right?) So, if you get a chance, look us up over there :)

We are expecting another boy in April!!!!!!! So, pretty much the spring wedding season is going to be out for us :( We have a few that were scheduled last year that we still honor, but I think with a new baby, full time jobs, full time school, and a photo business we might wait until fall to pick up weddings again. On another note - I can't wait for the one in October! It's going to be great. A dear friend of mine is FINALLY getting hitched! We've only been waiting YEARS ;) jk. We're very happy for them and can't wait for the day to finally get here. That wedding will be in Greensburg, I believe. It could be in Alaska for all I care, we'll be there!!! :)