Give the Valentine’s Day gift that lasts… We’re offering a special gift package for Valentine’s Day gifts. These photo sessions are $99 for a 1/2 hour shoot and 2 5×7 prints. That’s about what a dozen roses and a box of chocolates will set you back (last time I checked anyway), and I guarantee your photos will last longer than whatever flowers or chocolate you buy.
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Mom and Baby in Natural Light
Last week I was asked to photograph this beautiful 2 week old baby at the family’s home in Charlotte. This photo of her mom holding her is one of my favorite images I’ve made. Maybe it’s because her expression reminds me of my own daughter; maybe it’s the natural light; maybe it’s just a sweet portrait of a baby with her mom.
Engagement Portrait (photo by kilby)
Are you searching for a creative Valentine’s Day gift? Wanna do something different this year?
For less than the price of a dozen roses, you can have a Valentine’s Day gift that won’t wilt in a few days. Why not book a special photo session with your sweetheart, spouse, partner, bestie, homie, friend, family, boyfriend, girlfriend, baby, special someone, soul mate or kindred spirit to commemorate the year?
We’re offering a Valentine’s Day gift photo session that includes a 1/2 hour shoot and 2 5×7 prints for $99. Book your engagement portrait session, family photo shoot or whatever kind of photos you’d like from now through February to take advantage of this offer. When you schedule your shoot, we’ll send you a gift certificate that you can print out to include in a card or whatever you’ve dreamed up.
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Please Note: Additional session time and prints can be purchased separately. A small travel fee may apply for customers outside the Charlotte/Fort Mill area. If you have questions, feel free to add a comment below.
I haven’t been shooting much in the last couple weeks. Here’s what’s coming up, though…
Some friends & I are setting up a photo workshop on the 16th. Looking to do a little creative collaboration and portfolio padding. Our location was gonna be a sweet junkyard in Charlotte. But it fell through, so we’re scrambling (a little) to get something else worked out. Got 5 photogs, 5 models, and a couple MUA/hair folks on the hook. So stay tuned for pics from that if it all gets together.
I rarely encourage models to sleep through photo shoots, but it’s perfectly acceptable for a newborn photo session.
This weekend, I was honored to capture some photographs of Jake & Nicole’s now 3 week old baby boy. We’ve come full-circle. A few weeks ago we were strolling through Fort Mill, SC shooting their maternity portraits. They’re proud parents with a handsome boy, and even though he won’t remember any of it he did great!
I shot these photos with my D300, 60mm/f2.8 and 2 SB-28dx flashes at the family’s home. One flash was on the camera. The other I positioned in random spots around the room, triggering it with my Pocket Wizard remotes. I’ve come to love the Nikkor 60mm Micro lens for portraits. The lens’ sharpness is perfect, and the macro focusing capability allows for tight, intimate people pictures. See a few more at Facebook.
New Family Portrait
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I’m frequently amazed by other photographers who are able to make a beautiful image out of a scene most of us wouldn’t look at twice. The images that most inspire me are those that might never have been taken. The little details we pass by every day, and sometimes don’t notice. Maybe they’re even inconvenient things, but an artist will take it and compose a thing of beauty.
I’ve always thought that one of my short-comings as an ART photographer was that I have a hard time capturing abstract images that turn an unremarkable scene into a striking photograph. My self assignment lately has been to slow down, and notice the beauty that appears within the mundane.
This image was taken from inside my car one foggy morning. It’s condensation that formed overnight on the windshield. In my haste to get to work on time I almost didn’t even shoot this.
Gray sky complements this pop of early fall red as wood and stone frame the display.
I may have found my new favorite sport to shoot… The image possibilities in kayak polo are sweet! You get intense competition, faces, player interactions and the dynamic visuals of a water sport.
This was my first time shooting kayak polo, but I managed to come away with a few good shots. The action is fast, but contained in a relatively small pitch. So it was simple shooting with single Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8. This club plays on Lake Wylie, and I was able to shoot from the deck that runs along one side of the playing area. Morning light was somewhat diffused, but at ISO 400 I was still capturing shots at around 1/500th to 1/1200th exposures with the f-stop between 4 and 5.6. Check out more of the keepers at my flickr page: http://flickr.com/photos/agoailam.
Baby Trace (and his mom and dad) let me shoot his first time in a swing. He loved it. I love this shot. It’s got the essentials, but I love it for what it doesn’t have almost as much. It doesn’t have any motion blur… doesn’t have any cheesy lens effects… doesn’t have a parent pushing him (not that his parents aren’t cool). We’ve all seen those photos. This is just a kid super-stoked in a swing. We’ve all felt it. We all like feelin’ it. And, Trace, we’re with ya in this one buddy!
