Back in Vermont

I'm back from Louisianna. It was so great, what a perfect workshop to pick for my first one. The workshop was taught by Tim Babin, master of lighting and posing and was held at Kirk Voclain's training center in Houma, La. Wow...two amazing photographers. The people I met were awesome, coming from all over the country to learn the technical side of lighting and more. We started class early in the morning, got a lunch brought in to the classroom then talked well past midnight about photography - for 3 days! Talk about intensive!

It is so nice to be home though...although I did get pulled over driving home from the airport at 12:30am grrrrrr (just a warning, luckily). Since it was so late I didn't get to great the kiddos but their expressions when they saw me in the morning was priceless!

Here is a picture of Ella I snapped this afternoon (it's full size so click on it to see her amazing eyes.) She let me put her hair into braids for like the first time EVER (such a funny girl). So I just had to get a picture but this one was my favorite of the series and you can barely see her hair, oh well! Now that I have learned a great lighting technique, I can't wait to use it. I needed a reflector for this picture but just didn't have the extra hands, it's an OK pic but would be great with a reflector. Next time hopefully.

Special Shoot

These are from a shoot I had on Monday. It was so fun and the girls were adorable. Big sister led the way and 'lil sister followed suit. It was the first time they had had studio pictures taken so I hope that they enjoyed themselves. I'm still in the middle of editing but here are a few.

PS. I won't be posted for a few days. I have my first ever photography workshop being held in warm sticky Louisianna. Who goes to Louisianna in late July? ha ha!! I guess I do!

Pretty in Pink

No boys allowed in the studio today! I recently bought coral paper so we had a little session in the pink studio. The girls loved it. Here are a few.

Camels Hump

These are some photographs that I took on July 16th. My mom was staying with us for a few days and we were able to actually go on a hike. Every day we look at this mountain (Camels Hump) but we have never been able to climb it the whole time we've lived here. Having 3 kids will do that to you! The first picture is just a snapshot I took this evening, it is the view of the mountain from the bottom of our driveway.

I don't have the actual stats on the mountain although I'm sure my husband knows. I am used to hiking in Colorado where everything is SO high. We frequently hiked mountains that were over 14,000 feet. Well, in New England we are at sea level so nothing is that high. But the difference between New England mountains and the Rocky Mountains is that in New England they just don't believe in switch backs! You start at the bottom and walk straight to the top with no curves or turns inbetween no matter how steep!

Our hike to the top was full of roots and rocks, all the way to the top. It is the highest point around so we were able to get a panoramic view of the whole area. It was really amazing to see the ski resorts that we ski in the winter, Lake Champlain which is the huge lake between Vermont and New York and various other landmarks. We had such fun hiking and now we're looking forward to our next one...maybe that will be in another 3 years!

New summer flowers and friends

Just some nature shots today. The sun is shining (finally...we've had a bunch of rain lately) and it's a beautiful day. The butterflies and bees are out in full force. I had to stop Griffin from grabbing the butterflies and even at the bees! They are so concentrated on getting the nectar they didn't even move when a grubby 18 month old hand came lurching towards them!

All three and more!

Here are a few of the kids....black and white just seemed better today. My mom has been visiting from Colorado so I had help getting the kids attention. And.... she actually got a couple of me too!

Fun Family Reunion

I photographed a family reunion today. I think there were around 25 or so people. It was fun, especially since my husband came as my right hand man! We got all the formals then right at the end the 6 sisters agreed to let me do a fun shot and it is by far my favorite!