Lexie Hitting The Greens - 50 in 50 - #3

Lexie is my niece and I love any opportunity that I get to take pictures of her pretty face!  Whether it be a family get together, school activity or an actual photo shoot!  

Lexie is in high school and is very active!  I'm not sure there are any academics or sports that she hasn't at least tried!  

She's been playing golf for a few years now but I just recently was able to make it to one of her golf events.  It was high school sectionals so I didn't hang around long as I didn't want to distract her but I was able to get a few great shots while I was there! 

Something to think about with this blog post is that it doesn't have to be a professional, posed photo shoot, it can be a sporting event, school activity, birthday party, family get together, etc. Like my cover photo says "Photography Is A Big Scrapbook Of Your Life" so you won't just see the posed photo shoots here, you're going to see the what happens in every day life shots too!!  

So, let me introduce you to Lexie - Pretty Face #3 In My 50 Faces In 50 Days Photo Series!  

Best Friends Maternity Shoot - 50 in 50 - #1 & #2

I've been lucky enough to be able to take pictures of Stephanie a few times now!  She is such a sweetie!!  As I've blogged before, Stephanie is a relative on my husband's side of the family!   

When she asked me about doing a best friends photo shoot for her and her best friend, Michelle, I was super excited!

Stephanie and Michelle are long time best friends and it turned out that they were both expecting at the same time! 

They decided that they wanted pictures together to capture their friendship as well as the future friendship of their babies!

What a special time in your life to be able to share with your best friend and what a perfect idea to document it with pictures! 

Let me introduce you to Stephanie and Michelle - Pretty Faces #1 & #2 In My 50 Faces In 50 Days Photo Series! 

You can see more photos from our Best Friends Photo Shoot by clicking one of the following links FACEBOOK ALBUM  or  PIXIESET GALLERY to visit my Facebook Photography Page or Gallery Collections on Pixieset!  

50 Faces In 50 Days!

One might say that I've dabbled in a little bit of everything, I'm 45, going on 46 years old and I'm fairly sure I'm not done dabbling yet!!  

At one time many, many years ago I dabbled in selling  Mary Kay, for a brief period of time.  Mary Kay used to (I don't know if they still do or not) but they used to challenge you to make over 30 Faces in 30 Days!!  

A while back I decided I was going to photograph 50 Faces in 50 Days!  Of course, with our usually crazy, busy life, I hadn't found the perfect time to get started with my own, personal challenge until recently!  

So, here I am closing in on my 50 Faces in 50 Days!  My plan was originally to wait and blow you all away with these 50 beautiful faces all at once, but I'm not sure you all can handle all these pretty faces at one time!!  So, I've decided to space it out and post a few here and there!!  And, in all honesty, I just can't wait any longer to share them!!  I do promise not to take 50 days to share them all!!  

So be watching, I plan to share the first two faces this weekend!  I can't wait to share with you what I've been up to!!  

And, it's not too late!  Even though I'm almost at my 50, I will be taking more!!  The trees and landscape are beautiful right now, there are so many great locations to take pictures!!  But the clock is ticking as the temperatures will continue to drop! 

If you're wanting pictures taken please let me know as soon as possible so we can make sure to find the time to get it done!! 

Stacy 

(812) 453-2850 - call or text

stacywagnerphotography@gmail.com 

Well . . . .I Guess It's Time To Make It "Official" With An "Official" Name!

Since I got my new camera about a year and a half ago I've been on a quest to improve my photography skills, build my portfolio, and learn all that I can about taking the best photos that I can! 

And, although I believe photography is like anything else, you never stop learning and the more practice you get, the better you get, I believe that I've progressed enough to give myself a "name."

I've been taking pictures and posting under "Capturing Your Precious Moments Photography" on my Facebook Page.  I will continue to use "Capturing Your Precious Moments" as my tag line because that's what I love to do, capture the moments that are precious to you!  But I've decided to go with "SW Photography."  I want to thank Joe Ashworth Designs for putting together my first, "official" logo!

Anyone who knows me knows that my handwriting and signature are not the best, even going from my very long maiden name of "Stacy Herrenbruck" to my shorter married name of "Stacy Wagner," I still can't seem to take the time to have a nice signature, so shortening it up even more and using "SW" was an easy decision for me!  Plus, I love the idea of using my name so that anyone who sees one of my pictures will know I took it!

So, here's the first "official" logo of SW Photography! 

I'll be putting together many more blog posts in the next couple of weeks to let everyone know what I've been up to and you'll be seeing my logo alot!  

On one of my recent photo shoots my "client" who happened to be my sister, said "you need a logo and business cards" to which I replied "it's already in the works!"

This last week and past weekend was loaded with photo shoots and I figured that today would be the perfect time to roll out the new logo for everyone to see! 

Heather's Senior Pictures - Summer Session!

Being new to the "semi-professional" photography world, my first two Senior picture sessions were taken the Spring of this year, right before the Senior's graduation time.  We got some great photos of Jaelan and Andrea but I would have loved to have had time to take more!!  Of course, I can never take enough, I like for my subjects to have a lot of pictures to choose from!!!  

The way Senior pictures were done way back in my day, we went to the local studio the summer before beginning our Senior year and did indoor and outdoor photos and that was it.  The trend now days seems to be several different sessions at different times of the  year, a trend that I absolutely love!! Capturing moments of their Senior year at different times of the year, during the different seasons, different activities, different events, what a great idea!

So with my most recent Senior, Heather, North High School Class of 2016, we got started early by taking her first session, a summer session, at the beginning of her Senior year!  This will give us lots of time to take more pictures during Heather's Senior year!  

Heather is a relative of ours and was so much fun to work with.  I'm looking forward to getting her in front of my camera again soon!!   We had a great day for her first picture session and we got some really great shots!  

I've shared a few of my favorites here on the blog but there are a lot more so make sure to visit the 2015 - Heather's Sr. Pics - Summer Session!  album on my Facebook page!!  And, new  to my photography business, you can also check out Heather's photo gallery on my SW Photography page by clicking this link - 2015 - Heather's Senior Pictures.  

If you or someone you know needs Senior Pictures, have them contact me, there's still time for that "summer session" and I'd love to get them in front of my camera!    

  

Shaun & Stephanie's Maternity Photos!

It's been a while since I've posted on my blog so tonight I decided it was time!  Although I've not taken a lot of pictures recently since I've been so crazy busy with non-photography business, I have had a few photo shoots!!  I've got a few more on my calendar in the next few weeks so I thought I'd better start getting my blog caught up with the pictures that I have taken but haven't blogged about yet!!  

Today we celebrated the rapidly approaching arrival of Baby Carter!  I had the privilege of taking some maternity photos for Baby Carter's Mom and Dad a while back!!  Carter's Mom, Stephanie, is a cousin on Mike's side of the family.  I was thrilled when they asked me to take a few pictures for them!  

No different than any of my other photo shoots, I was a nervous wreck before meeting with Shaun and Stephanie to take their pictures.  I think I get so nervous because I know how important pictures are!!  I worry about my photo clients being disappointed with their photos.  I think that's why I tend to take so many when I do get together with someone to take their pictures!!  I want to make sure to have a lot to choose from when we go through their pictures!  

I love the way their pictures turned out!  It was a great day outside of being a tad bit warm and being swarmed by bugs!  Lesson learned, carry bug spray in your equipment bag!!  

Today was a great day with lots of family and friends celebrating the upcoming arrival of Carter!

Here are a few of my favorites from Shaun and Stephanie's maternity session.  Make sure to visit the Shaun & Stephanie Maternity Pics  album on my Capturing Your Precious Moments Facebook page!  

  

Stephanie & Shaun's Baby Gender Reveal!

I've never been to a Baby Gender Reveal Party so when our cousin, Stephanie, said that they were having one, and asked if I would be willing to come and take some pictures for them I was super excited and of course I said YES!!

It really is very cleaver the way one of these can be set up (of course there are many different ways you can do this)!

Shaun and Stephanie had their ultrasound that would reveal the gender of their little one.  The hospital tech put the photo that revealed the gender into a sealed envelope which was given to Stephanie's mother who then took the envelope to the party store along with the box that they had prepared. 

The party store filled the box with balloons in the color matching the gender revealed on the ultrasound and sealed it up.  

Then all you have to do is get your friends and family together to open the box to release the colored balloons to reveal the gender!

So what did the balloons in the box reveal??  Check out the pictures below to see!!  And, as always, you can see more pictures on my Capturing Your Precious Moments Facebook Page by visiting the Stephanie & Shaun Gender Reveal album!  

It isn't just the posed family photos, the posed senior photos, or the maternity photos that you want to capture, it's the things that most people don't think to call a photographer for, the gender reveal parties, the first birthday parties (actually any birthday party), the retirement parties, etc., those are the things I'd love to help you capture!!  Congratulations Stephanie and Shaun and thank you for letting me be there to take these pictures for you!