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! 

Jaelan's Senior Pictures!

Jaelan is another cousin and I've taken a lot of pictures of him this year!  As per the title of this post, Jaelan is a Senior and he is also a member of the Reitz High School Basketball team that had a very successful year in the 2014-2015 school year!   The earlier part of this year a lot of our time was spent going to basketball games to watch Jaelan and his teammates work their magic!  Such a talented team!  I was able to give my camera a workout with a lot of sports action shots!  These players can JUMP and it would always amaze me when I'd get home, load my pictures, and see all the pictures of basketball players in the air!  What a fun season!  

Jaelan's dad had talked to me last fall about doing some senior pictures for him.  We decided to wait until early this year when it got warm enough to do the pictures.  We were finally able to get together last week to take the first part of Jaelan's pictures!

We decided to start off at Burdette Park for Jaelan's pictures.  I was excited to get to take his pictures and especially excited to take pictures of him with his car - a super cool Mustang!  I also had the treat of getting to take some of the pictures with his sweetie, Abbie!

After Burdette Park we hit the railroad tracks near there.  I had used the railroad tracks last fall for my niece and her boyfriend and their pictures turned out great!  I also love what I consider a "hidden meaning" in pictures with railroad tracks or a road, I think of it like someone is on a journey and in this case, one journey (high school and high school basketball) is coming to an end and Jaelan will be heading out on his next journey (college and college basketball) this summer.  

We got a lot of great pictures of Jaelan (and Abbie) and I'm hoping we are able to get together to take some more that we've discussed taking! 

Here are a few of my favorites, but as always, you can find more by visiting the 2015 - Jaelan's Senior Pictures album on my Capturing Your Precious Moments Facebook Page! 

Andrea's Senior Pictures - Take #1

So you may remember Andrea, and her sister Jessica, cousins of ours that decided to take some photos for a Mother's Day Surprise for their Mom!!  The day we took those photos we were actually out and about to take Andrea's Senior Pictures - Take #1!  My first "official" Senior Picture Photo Shoot!!    

When taking the pictures we visited a couple of spots and got some great photos!  In fact, last night when I was picking the ones I wanted to edit, I just couldn't stop picking pictures . . . .I love them all and am super excited about how they are coming out!!!  Andrea is so pretty and was so much fun to work with!  Her pictures are going to make a great addition to my portfolio!!  

Realizing that I could not edit every single one that we took (we took a BUNCH), I finally made myself narrow down the ones that I'd work on last night, which still ended up being a bunch and resulted in a very late night!!  

The day that we took Andrea's pictures was a bright sunshiny day and the photos really don't require much editing at all!  We picked a couple of really great spots to start with for her Take #1 of her Senior Pictures!  We started out at the Master Gardener's Plat (which has quickly become a favorite of mine)!  If I haven't said it before there are so many spots to take pictures there and right now it is really beautiful!  The second spot we hit was Burdette Park which has quite a few nice spots as well! 

Andrea and I are planning to get together at least one more time for more pictures which explains the "Take #1," her graduation is actually this week and "Take #2" is going to have to wait until after that as graduation week is a very busy time!!  

So, here are some of the pictures from Take #1!  Make sure to visit the 2015 - Andrea's Senior Pictures album on my Capturing Your Precious Moments Facebook Page!  And be watching for pictures from Take #2!  

Dylan's First Birthday Party!!

Dylan's Mom and Dad are relatives on my Mom's side of the family!  

As I am with all my photo requests, when Dylan's Mom asked if I would come to her first birthday party to take pictures, I was pretty excited!!  I love first birthday parties!!  Well, to be honest I love all birthday parties!!  

Being able to help capture the precious moments at a birthday party is great, especially first birthday parties!!  

Will they smash the cake or won't they???  You just never know!!!  

Dylan's party was Dr. Seuss Theme which seems to be very popular right now!  Her mom had decked the shelter house out really cute!!  

I'm glad to have been able to drive up to the party to take some pictures for them!!!  

A few are posted below in collages!  The full size photos, plus a few more can be found in the Dylan's First Birthday! album on my Capturing Your Precious Moments Facebook Page! 

 

The Wade Family!

If I haven't said it before, I will say it now . . . . .we have a lot of family!!  My side is what I would consider big - I have 5 siblings, some of them have kids, but not a lot of kids, and I have a few Aunts and Uncles but not alot!  Mike on the other hand, I wouldn't exactly say his family is big, I'd say it's actually what you would consider huge!!  The reason for mentioning that is that if you see a lot of posts about pictures for family you will understand why!!  I'm just thankful to have so many people to practice with!   

Joe is one of Mike's cousins on Mike's mom's side of the family!  I recently was given the opportunity to get together with Joe, Jamie, and their kids to take some pictures for them!  

We had originally talked about traveling up to the Azaela Path Arboretum & Botanical Gardens  to take their pictures but we ultimately decided on meeting at the Southwestern Indiana Master Gardener Associations Garden Plat on the Lloyd Expressway.  

I usually like to drive by a day or so before to check out where I'll be taking pictures, just to see how everything looks!  Given the last minute change in location I didn't have a lot of time at the location prior to our shoot.  I had driven by once about an hour before our shoot and was totally disappointed, it didn't look from my car that anything was in bloom . . . .but once I returned and actually got out and walked around, I found it to be beautiful and pretty much in full bloom!  

I must admit, I was a tad bit disappointed that we didn't travel to the Azaela Path as I'd never been there and have been wanting to go, but a trip to the Master Gardener's Plat is always a good trip too!  In fact, I used the spot again last week for some Senior Pictures that I took - my first "official" senior picture photo shoot!  Be keeping an eye out for those photos in the next few days!  If you've never been to the Master Gardner's plat, you really should check it out!!  There are so many spots to take pictures!  

So, here are a few of Joe, Jamie, Ethan & Emma's photos!  You can see more by following this link to the Joe, Jamie, Ethan & Emma  album on the Capturing Your Precious Moments Facebook Page! 

2015 - Bosse Prom Group!

Another cousin, Andrea, asked me to take prom pictures for her group too!!  It just so happened that Andrea and Kayla (2015 North Posey Prom Group) and their groups were planning pictures at the exact same time, in fact, in two different states!!  Andrea and her group planned to first meet up at Audubon State Park then head down to Haynie's Corner in downtown Evansville!  

Not having the ability to be in two places at one time I made arrangements with one of my photographer friends to take care of Andrea's prom group photo shoot for me!  My plan was to meet up with them after I was done with Kayla's group so that I could watch my friend Rhonda in action!!  It turned out that Rhonda was not able to make it to the second location and I had to step in to take pictures there.  

My friend, Rhonda, has been taking pictures for a long time and she did a fantastic job on the Audubon Park photos!  It's nice to know that you have friends that are willing to step in and help you out if they are able to!!  I have several photographer friends that I know I can call on if ever I need to!!  

I work just minutes from the Haynie's Corner area but I've never been there to take pictures and I'm glad I had the opportunity to do so!  It's a really neat area! 

I am thrilled and grateful that both Kayla and Andrea asked me to take photos for them!  What I love most about my prom photo taking filled day was that the two photo shoots really were completely different and didn't have anything in common other than that they were both prom photos and they were both for family members!  The settings for the photos were completely different as was the style of the photos!  It was a day that kept me hopping but I loved every minute of it!!  

Here are a few of the photos from the second prom group and you can check out more photos by visiting the 2015 - Bosse Prom Group album on my Facebook page! 

2015 - Prom #1 - North Posey

Mike and I are North Posey Alumni!  My sister, brother-in-law and their girls live in Posey County and they all go to North Posey!  When Mike's Aunt and Uncle moved out to Posey County with their two kids, Kayla and Jacob, adding two more North Posey Vikings to the family Mike and I were thrilled!!  

Mike's son, Josh, lived with us and went to North Posey, we were very involved with his sports, events, etc. so when he graduated, it was a bit of a change not having to run up to North Posey for sporting events, etc.  Thankfully the Sanford Kids and the Fifer Girls are all very active in school and give us plenty of opportunity to visit our Alma Mater!! 

When Kayla asked if I would take prom pictures for her this year I was thrilled!!  I hadn't taken any prom pictures since Josh was in high school!  

Kayla let me know that there would be 5 couples going together as a group!  We discussed a few different locations to take pictures and finally decided upon taking them in our yard.  It was a close location for the kids that wouldn't require them to do a lot of driving before prom!  

The evening of prom, as soon as I got home, I began editing photos, I can't help myself after a recent photo shoot!  I love going through the pictures and editing them!  Unfortunately, after editing quite a few photos my laptop died and all the work I had done was lost.  But, thankfully, the original pictures (thank goodness for those memory cards that will hold 8,000+ pictures) were still on my camera!  This week is catch up week after falling behind due to the laptop crash! 

Last night was working on photos from Prom #1 - North Posey!  Here are a few pictures of the Group!  You can find more by visiting the 2015 - North Posey Prom Group album on my Facebook page! 

Mother's Day Surprise!

Andrea, a cousin of ours, was my first official Senior Photo Photo Shoot!  

Andrea's sister, Jessica, came along with her for the photo shoot!  We decided to take advantage of that by taking pictures of the two of them to use to put together a Mother's Day Surprise for their Mom!  

The girl's selection of pictures was a little different from the ones that I edited but I've often times heard that sometimes what catches the photographer's eye may not be what catches the client's eye!   

With a photo shoot with me, you get both - your favorites and mine!  

After your photo shoot, I go through the photos and edit the ones that catch my eye!  I then give you access to both the edited photos and the unedited photos to go through the unedited ones to pick your favorites (in case I missed any)!  I then edit your favorites and give you everything (my favorites edited, your favorites edited and all the unedited originals) on a cd to do with what you choose!

You can order prints, save electronic photos to your computer, email them, text them, post them on social media, etc.!  They are your pictures to do with what you want!

These wild and crazy girls and I had a lot of fun taking these pictures!  Their photo selections really should not have surprised me one bit!!  

I've posted a few of them below but you can see more by visiting their album on my Facebook page:  Andrea & Jessica's Mother's Day Photo Shoot!   

And make sure to check back in a few days for Andrea's Senior Picture Album!