Summer Days

Last summer we spent our family vacation on the shores of Lake Michigan.  I wanted to get portraits of the girls at the beach so I made sure to bring dresses for both of them.  I remember this day very well.  We drove into Pentwater and had dinner out on the deck of a restaurant in town.  It was nice eating outside and listening to the entertainment.  There was a local girl singing and playing a guitar.  She sounded great.  She had a stack of her cds that she was selling, so I bought one as we were leaving.  We later found out, she was on the show America’s Got Talent.  To hear her music check out her website, Debra Romer.

After dinner the sun was beginning to set so we went to the beach to get some pictures.  The girls had so much fun playing in the sand and being little models.  They thought it was so cool to play in the water with their dresses on.  We got lucky because on the shore was a blue boat that matched their blue dresses.  The sunlight was perfect.  The setting was perfect.  The girls were perfect.  I was able to capture a lot of great memories.  My daughters will only be young once and I intend to enjoy every minute of it.

If you are thinking of getting portraits taken this year and you love the beach, you might want to have those portraits taken on the shores of Lake Michigan.  Contact me to set up a session.

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Week 9

March 27th, 2011

Reflections

1/125 s f/11 ISO 200

Ariana and I went to a park in Commerce this evening for our weekly photo shoot.  We weren’t there too long because it was so cold today. I know it’s Michigan, but was kind of hoping for a warm spring. We didn’t bring our gloves and our hands were freezing.  This park is a nice place to go and there are always people there walking. I actually did family portraits there last fall and they turned out great.  You just have to watch out for the geese droppings.  Ewwwwww.

I like this park because of the trees.  They are in the swamp and are dead.  It’s like being in a tree grave yard.  A couple years ago when I first took pictures here, there were a lot more trees standing.  I didn’t see any trees that captured my eye like I did a couple of years ago.  I did however capture this nice picture of the bridge.  The bridge is a another highlight of the park and it leads you to the trees.

Spring Day

1/60 s f/4.5 ISO 200

I like this picture better than the following picture because of the lens flare.  Most of the time you do everything in your power not to get lens flare but in this instance I think it adds a creative artistic element to the picture.

Spring 2

1/320 s f/4.5 ISO 200

Before & After

Us Girls

I was going through my pictures the other day and realized I never finished editing my vacation pictures!  I am really bad at that.  I am very critical of my own work and it takes me awhile to like my own pictures.  I always look for how I could have made them better. When I first got back from my trip I only liked a few.  I edited the ones I really liked and passed over the others.  Now nine months later when I looked back at my vacation shots I realized there were many great pictures I passed over.

I always loved this shot that Trevor (my husband) took.  I didn't like all the extra distractions in the background though.  I knew it would take some time to edit this one and that is why I held off touching it up. I would have loved to have had this shot taken with no people on the beach.  But let's be real, when would a beach during the summer not have any other people there.  Especially at sunset.