Tiffani and Chris Willamette Valley, Oregon Maternity Photographer

I am nearing the end...almost done editing, but I just wanted to add a few more pictures from Friday's session. (I was going to add only one more, but couldn't decide which one.)

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~Friday's Session~ Willamette Valley, Oregon Maternity Photographer

First of all....where did this weekend go? I had big plans to get some more pictures posted, but apparently it wasn't meant to happen. We had soccer games all day on Saturday and were blessed to spend some time with friends in between games. Then on Sunday after church my husband needed to dive into his homework, so my editing area was tied up until late last night. Enough about that...

On to the family and couple shots from Friday's session. I am really excited about finishing these edits. This is one stinkin' cute little family.

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Sweet glimpses of today's maternity session...Willamette Valley, Oregon Maternity Photographer

These are just a few shots that I could wait to post. I met with Tiffani, Chris and Colton this afternoon to take some maternity photos. Tiffani is one of the most beauftiful pregnant women! She was so fun to work with too! I am excited to post the family and couple shots tomorrow!

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Fix It Friday

Fix It Friday at I ♥ Faces. This week they have an adorable little baby. I was really excited to work on this one. I tried really hard not to look at the edited versions so I could use my own ideas. I managed to only see one (which I loved!). So here is my take on this photo. All edits were made with Photoshop 7.

Original Shot

Rotated 45 degrees, and cloned in the blanket to fill in the voids. First I lightened the image. Then ran an action to make the eyes sparkle. I also added a texture called "sandstone" to blur out my changes to the blanket. Then I used the history brush on the face. Then I used "rounded corners" action, just cuz I like it. :)

On this picture I did the same as above, except without the sandstone filter.

This one has the "Seventies" action that I love so well. I change the layer opacity a bit to tone it down some.

On this shot, I ran the sparkly eyes action, then I lightened the picture by about 2 more steps. Then I converted it to black and white. This one is my favorite of the edits.

Brooke, Rae'ven & Sg. Dad Willamette Valley, Oregon Family Photographer

Brooke and Rae'ven are two of the sweetest girls! Their mom, Michelle, and I are good friends, so I was excited when she asked me to do a shoot with the girls and their dad when he arrived home from Iraq! I felt honored. Derek just returned from a 15 month tour in Iraq (which I believe is his second!)

So I am editing away on this session. I wanted to post a few pictures while I finish working on the rest.

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Finished Willamette Valley, Oregon Engagement Photographer

I just finished up the engagment photos from last week. I enjoyed editing these a lot...there were so many great shots though, it was hard to choose my favorites. I put together this collage just for fun so I could post more than a few pictures.

Click on the image to view a larger version.

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Just a quick preview...Willamette Valley, Oregon Family Photographer

I'll post more pictures of these sweet girls and their special daddy tomorrow!
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Fix it Friday at I ♥ Faces

I finally get to try Fix it Friday again...I have missed it for several weeks. This week is a picture of a little one with some rocks. I love the blurred background look, but the subject is a little bit blurred too. So I tried to boost the colors and sharpened the image. The first image I left vertical, but I wanted to try a horizontal image as well. So on the second image and I cropped the picture and stretched the canvas. Once I had some blank space to the left I cloned in the rock to fill up the rest of the "frame". Check out the other "fixes at I ♥ Faces.

Original

Engagement Session

Engagement sessions are my absolute favorite! And the most recent one with Crystal and Austin was no exception. The only downside to the sessions is when it comes to editing. Almost every picture is just perfect, I don't know how to pick a favorite! I am only about 1/3 of the way through so far, but thought I would post a few that I like. I may have to do a couple more posts, or maybe I'll make a collage of my favorites when I get done. We'll see!

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Crystal and Austin ~Sneak Peak~ Willamette Valley, Oregon Engagement Photographer

I had such a fun time with Austin and Crystal today, shooting some engagement pictures! Austin is on leave from Iraq and I felt privilaged to share a few hours of their time together with them. I just had to post one shot I got...absolutely love it. The focus worked out perfectly, the lighting, the kiss, everything is just perfect! The two of them were sitting on the rocks and I was sneaking in from the other side of the water and captured this picture between some reeds. (click on the picture to view it larger)


We got so many great shots, I can't wait to go through all of them! I'll post some more tomorrow afternoon!

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Willamette Valley, Oregon Family & Infant Photographer

This next picture just makes me smile. I love how it turned out and the look on baby's face is just priceless to me. If I were witty enough I would come up with some sort of humorous caption, but I don't have anything. I love the raised eyebrow and questioning look!

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Baby Love ~Willamette Valley, Oregon Family & Infant Photographer

What a cutie pie! I had a chance to take some pictures of this sweet little girl. I had a maternity session with her parents just a week or so before she joined us. (here & here) We had our session just a few hours ago, so I have some work to do...but just wanted to post 1 sweet image that caught my eye! Hope you like it!

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Happy Birthday Baby Girl!!

I can't believe my "baby" is 4!! Time is just marching right past me...I almost can't stand it! She was so excited to take her "birthday pictures" today. What a ham...she did most of her own posing on these too!

I thought this picture was going to be a waste...I was playing at the moment I took it, just trying to decide on lighting, and used the flash. It totally washed it out. When I was processing my raw files I decided to try it black and white, I like a really light b&w sometimes. Well, once I played with it a bit, I realized how much I loved the picture, so I went back and processed it in color as well. I can't decide which way I like it better. It is definitely more washed out then I typically like my colors to be, but I like how the background colors are so deep.

I think it went from a "waste" to adorable! (Helps that I had an adorable subject!)

~4 Months~

Adorable Miss M had her 4 month birthday (yesterday I think). She just couldn't be any cuter. She was a little bit serious this month, but we'll coax some smiles out of her next time! :) Here are just 2 that I have finished so far...I am feeling swamped and way behind at the moment!

You just gotta love those eyes!!