Senior || Morgan

Morgan is a beautiful and tall girl.

She is so full of dreams and ideas about what her future will hold, from running on the track team in college to being a teacher. She has such a huge heart for kids, which makes me so excited to see what kind of teacher she will be one day and how she will impact lives.

Morgan, thank you for letting me take your pictures. You are gorgeous and have an incredibly bright future!

VSCO Film 04

For almost a whole year, I have been a loyal VSCO film user. Starting with the 02 pack, I fell in love with the look it left upon my images and the ease and speed of which my images were edited. Earlier this year I knew I wanted to get another pack and was set on getting the 01 pack next. Then VSCO Film 04 was released. As soon as a glanced at the results I knew I needed it. The bold and bright colors popped off my screen and I fell in love with VSCO Film again.

I spent the weekend becoming familiar with the new set and worked through picture from my July trip to Petoskey with an old friend. After playing with it, and learning the "language" of VSCO Film 04, I give to you my take on VSCO Film 04.

Fuji Provia 100 F-

Fuji Provia 100F

  Fuji Astia 100 Balance Warm

  Fuji Provia 400X Balance Cool

  Kodak E100VS--

  Kodak E200++ Alt

  Fuji Velvia 50 Balance Cool

  Kodak E200 HC

  Kodak E100VS+

  Fuji Fortia SP +

  Agfa Scala 200 Contrast +

Newborn || Baby William

Baby William is a very special little man.

Not only is William a gorgeous baby, he was born into a loving family with plenty of siblings to play with and learn from, but he was also born with a special mark that tells the world, "I was made special." And I love it.

Taking pictures of William was my first venture in newborn photography and I loved it. I loved capturing all the little details and moments between mother and son.

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Family Portraits || The Kemp Family

The Kemp family is so delightful.

The anticipation of family shoots stress me out. I feel ill-prepared to pose and arrange all those people. And it does stress me a bit.

But, with this shoot, I took a step back and realized, "I am here to capture their story, not the perfect poses ever or how cute everyone looks. I am their storyteller." Which was the perfect way to approach this shoot, being laid back and asking them all questions, I truly feel I captured their story.

I first met these lovely human beings at our homeschool co-op. The whole first semester, they were new at the co-op and so was I. Being the new family in the co-op is never fun, especially if you are very quiet (like they were). During the winter semester, I finally sat down and started talking the Kaleb and Kaylee and I was able to grasp a sense of how wonderful this family was. And then, I started talking to Mrs. Kemp and there went my impression of them being quiet! I believe I am truly blessed to have this family in my life and am so very privileged that they chose me as their storyteller.

Portraits || Eastlyn

Eastlyn was my first pen pal. 

We found one another via the big wide world of blogging and found each other again on Facebook. Over the course of 3 years we have talked back and forth, getting to know one another better, cheering each other on in the Lord, and being there for one another. 

I always dreamed of the day I would be able to meet this wonderful human being, but was never sure when exactly it would happen. I knew eventually it would, but I wasn't sure when. Then, a trip to Indiana was planned over Memorial weekend and my Grandpa offered to take me over to Ohio to meet Eastlyn. 

Once the day was set, Eastlyn and I went back and forth about what we'd do when we met and I confided it'd be amazing to meet Lydia and Sarah (two other amazing photographers that I've followed and gotten to know on Facebook and who are also close friends of Eastlyn). Come to find out that they wanted to meet me as well, so I was going to meet my 3 photography gurus (seriously, when I have a photography question, they are my go-to ladies!) who are all 3 gorgeous and lovely.

I was ecstatic  I was so excited but afraid that it wouldn't really happen, kind of like a dream that is amazing and then you wake up and it isn't real. But, it truly ended up being real.

When we got to about 5 miles away from Eastlyn's house, I started getting nervous. I asked myself, "What if we can't think of anything to talk about? What if they don't like me? What if?" I seriously had butterflies in my stomach. We pulled in and I took a deep breath and walked to the door. I took another deep breath and opened the door. 

Standing there was Josh (Eastlyn's husband) with his huge smile and eyes twinkling. And then I saw Eastlyn. Standing there, also with a huge smile. Seeing these wonderful people in front of me and so very real was overwhelming. I seriously almost lost it. Really, right there in their kitchen. 

About a 20 minutes later, Lydia arrived (more about her in another post) and then later Sarah (and again, another post). As we sat around Eastlyn's table talking photography and life like we have known each other for forever. As we went out and took pictures, I was reminded that these girls were real people. Truly authentic.

It was kind of like meeting a celebrity for the first time. You think you know them, but there is this feeling of them being almost not human and being totally different than you. I mean, they obviously aren't aliens, but since you've never met them in person, they really seem like you or me. And meeting these girls and spending time with them, I realized that they are real people and not some kind of god. (not that I revered them as such before) It was a startling realization.

Eastlyn is amazing. She is so unbelievably creative and talented. Her photography has grown by leaps and bounds since I've first known her. She also is gorgeous and has a truly wonderful husband. She loves the color yellow and that is evident throughout her house. She desires to serve God and that has been such an inspiration to me. She was much quieter than I expected, but that doesn't mean that she has nothing to say, she does! I love her so very much and I hope to call her my friend for the rest of my life.