photo shoot: liam

I took these photos f-o-r-e-v-e-r ago of my friend's new not-so-little baby.  

Remember Claire?  This is her little brother.  

Anyhow.  

I've had a hard time getting them ready.  I think I was expecting to end up with newborn-newborn pictures.  Which I've learned, really only work when the baby is under 2 weeks old.  Liam was 1 month.  And HUGE!  So my *posing* was not great.  And then the editing.  I wanted to smooth him up a little, but I'm not the best at editing and every time I pulled some out and went to work, he ended up looking like a porcelain doll.  I wanted him to have this gorgeous baby smooth skin, but realistic looking skin...I hope I struck a good balance.

  

And of course some seventies action going on...  I think I love this action so much because it naturally smooths out the skin. ;)

Love this one... Yeah, I'm big.  And I'm tough.

photo shoot: the masons

Our friends asked if I could take some family pictures of them so of course I jumped at the chance.

And yes, the pictures are all very similar...;)

And I don't know why, but my pictures don't always post very clearly.  Kind of annoying...click on them to see them clearer.

So again, let me know what you think!

photo shoot: claire

This is Claire.

Man alive.

Is she not gorgeous?

Look at those eyes.

She was a typical 2 year old however.

Not too interested in posing for a picture.

But I'm use to that. 

 

I am not a professional photographer. 

But I want to be.  Or something of the sorts.

I don't have a great camera.

But I have a decent one.

I am not a great editor.

But I do have some tricks.

I offered to do this little photo shoot for some friends in our ward (the baby's pics are coming soon-hopefully).  

And funny story.  Well, not really funny.  Just interesting.  

We knew them from the single's ward in Ft Collins.  

Nick's grandpa gave me my patriartical blessing and Leigh had business classes with Joe at CSU.  

So it was fun that we moved into the same ward as them here.

Anyways.

So I could use a little feedback.

Let me know what you think.

How's the lighting, the angle, the clarity/focus? 

Too bright?  Joe thinks so.

(Click on them to make them bigger.)

Be honest.  I want to get better.

And which is your favorite; basic color, seventies, or bw?

(I am currently in love with this seventies action...so I could use some other input.)