{Vota and Barlow Girl}

I truly enjoyed capturing Vota and Barlow Girl.

I have to be honest and say that it was my very 1st Band capture.

I knew how to capture it properly, because I had captured so many weddings with 

NO FLASH photography allowed :)

....and some of those churches and venues are very dark!!!

Up until now, I just didn't have the opportunity present itself...

and then it did, and I had a blast.

I would LOVE to do it again! 

....and I will :)

these images were shot with only available light on the stage and I hand held while shooting!

I know, crazy huh....no camera shake or nothing.  THANKS to one heck

of an awesome lens!!  ....and one photographer knowing how to set her camera properly for exposure ;)

and if you want to know where I was while shooting....I was up in the balcony!  Yep, that is right!

These are just a very few of the many that I have...if you are a fan of the Vota Fan Page, 

you will see where  have uploaded the shots to their page...there are more to look at there

and on my fan page as well.

Vota, is hands down one amazing band!

Their message is so true and the amazing energy they share from God,

pulls you right in.

My kids LOVE LOVE LOVE these guys!

We blare Vota throughout our house and car...they completely rock and have a wonderful 

message in their music.

Barlow Girl, is an amazing group of women that 

share this wondeful life journey as well as super important messages to 

young women.

They are not only beautiful outside, but inside where it truly matters.

There were many times, I had tears in my eyes while I was trying to shoot and

see through my lens with glassed over eyes!  They just hook you and real you in!!!

{baby A & little E / Northwest Indiana Newborn Photography}

Recently, I had the pleasure of caputuring baby A.  He is such a little sweetheart.

His big sister, E was also there at the home and we were able to caputure a few tender moments between the two.  E, is a little doll hands down!  I can not wait to have the opportunity to capture her this spring/summer! Her wonderful grandma bought her the most rediculously cute tutu and I can not wait to pair that with a little jean jacket and cute tank! (not to mention, maybe some cute, sassy Lia Sopia jewelry!!! on this little miss!)   Her eyelashes are simply amazing!!!!

Every photographers dream to capture those kind of bright little eyes!

Now baby A...he is such a sweet little gent.  I wanted to stay and sit and hold him for hours!

He had that perfect new baby smell & was cute as a button all dressed up as a tiny teddy bear!

Tiny little toes and a sweeet little nose....ah, those brand new babies get me everytime :)

Thank you so very much Rachel & Mary for having me be part of this magical moment in his life, as well as with E.  I feel so very blessed that you allowed me into your loving home, 

to capture his tender young life!

  

God Bless, and thanks a million!

{New adventure...sharing the love}

I had the most fantastic time teaching local moms/women how to use their digital cameras to capture those fleeting moments of childhood!  I love seeing the light bulb turn on when the 

*get it*

Basic knowledge of digital photography

Basic lighting and God's gift of Natural light, that is oh so beautiful and easy.

Getting creative with children and on their level

some of the basic things I taught in this class

Every mom, dad, aunt, uncle, friend has a camera and is looking into 

capturing life in this new digital media age.

They simply are not sure how to use this new technology to its fullest.

Teens do!

They are all over photography and creating!

It was time to bring these moms up to speed :)

Thanks so much ladies for such a wonderful time!

Sorry the class was so large....we will work on that for future options.

I know you all would like a little more one on one, 

and with only two of us teaching that was a bit difficult!

Thanks for the offer of your homes and businesses for further informative classes!

I can't believe how that took off like it did!!!!

Yes, Rachelle...I will come to your home and teach you and your 12 friends who were interested!

Tonya, I will keep you posted on future adventures!

Tiff, when I get a chance I would love to do a session in your barn in Kouts...gather up your friends 

for the one on one class and we will figure something out!

After checking our schedule for 2011, we realize that we are pretty swamped with weddings :)
which is a good thing, but also means I can't get to all your requests for home classes.
We will do our best to figure things out before spring falls upon us and things
are really busy here!

At this time, we will not be able to add any more classes for Feb or March :(

To the ladies who signed up for our out and about on locations..we will be forwarding 

information to you shortly.

Our classes for Winter are for the following towns

Chesterton, In

Kouts, In

St. Joe Michigan

This is closed to the public at this time...unfortunately, we have more students than teachers at

this time!

We have 87 people signed up  and 23 on a waiting list :(

thought this was only going to be like 25...the professor Mike was way wrong!

Don't get me wrong..it was a delight, but we are a bit overwhelmed right this moment

with all the feedback we have received!  

Thanks for joining us and sharing the love of photography today!

God works in wondrous ways xoxo

Please give me a bit of time to add you to our facebook page...
we have a wedding this evening,
but will try to get to it by MID next week.
All of the added links for websites and info will be up there for you to
start working on!

AGAIN LADIES, IT WAS A TRUE JOY AND BLESSING TO SHARE WITH YOU!

{blogging}

Yikes, it has been way to much lately to blog, handle two facebook fan pages and then business!

So I am going to apologize right now for the lack of all three :)

I will do my best, but as my clients know...I will tag you in images on the 

client facebook page for you too see, and then of course your private viewing site as well.

IF you are friends and family, YOU will be privately tagged on my person fb page.

As far as our family and friends go, the facebook linky to the right of the page at top is for you 

to use :)  We will still put up our special offers, and a few images on there

when we get a chance, but you are family and friends after all...so you kinda know what is going on!

We started seperating the two, when I started getting personal message on the fan page :)

and decided we may need two fan pages, one for actual clients and one for people closer to me personally!

Ok, now back to work.

I have a few more orders to go through and finish for some Chicago photog clients and their images in order to get them sent to them by midnight via the good ol, net!

Sorry for the confusion on all the posting options! 

Wanted to clarify it, since I had a few emails on the matter!

SO Family/Friends...you have your own personal fan page, it is linked to this website

there are only 67 of you..so say what ever you like!

Clients, you know the fan page that you are connected to, it is the one you were given at our session 

together.  Just tag your friends and family in any images that you would like to share.  If you have any problems, feel free to email me..but I do think I changed the settings correctly this time :)

{Northwest Indiana Maternity Photography}

Maternity Creative Sessions:

$250

Includes session & 10 digital portrait images

(or)

session & $100 towards portrait order

If you are seven months along or further, give us a call for a beautiful winter 

maternity session!  Think of how cute that belly would look like

with a colorful scarf hanging around your baby bump showing it off!

We are ready to do some wonderful winter session!

Are you?

Grab a colorful scarf, fun mittens and a neutral or simple sweater and give us a call!

219.508.5020

one of the funnest Maternity sessions EVER...

Loved how little {j} was looking for his baby brother :)

{Lia Sopia}

I just had the most wonderful jewelry party with Mary Roman!

She is with Lia Sopia, 

and boy can she put on a great show for you and your guest.

I LOVE things that last, things you invest in and that will 

last a lifetime...Lia Sopia is up there with some of our 

favorite products that carry guarantees!

Just like COACH..they too guarantee their beautiful jewelry.

Brides can grab some wonderful pieces of jewelry for their bridal party,

and the best thing, that gift will last a lifetime!

Or better yet, you can have a bridal party theme 

with Lia Sopia and everyone can buy the 

BRIDE some fabulous jewelry pieces!

The possibilities are endless...

Hop on over to Mary's site and check her out

by clicking on LIA SOPHIA

Not to mention you could have a Mommy to Be party,

and by the new mom some fabulous jewelry to 

make her feel pretty after she has that little bundle of joy!

Every mom can relate to wanting to feel beautiful and stylish right after we 

give birth :)

*ladies Mary brings hundreds of pieces for you to look at and try on!

NOT your ordinary jewelry party at all!

{introducing our brand new Portrait blocks for 2011}

I am super excited to show you one of our

brand new products for 2011.

They are sold to photographers only, and are not

your traditional canvas wraps.

In fact they aren't canvas at all!

They are so yummy :)

I love the look and feel of this new product!!

I can't wait to start selling them to all of you.

We are preparing a new price menu for the Portrait Blocks.

Should be able to start selling them end of January!

the shelf is from Pottery Barn, they are great for placing portraits on of all different sizes!

This was just my 1st order...I went small at first with just an 11x14 in case I wasn't too happy with the results of the product...but I LOVED them and reordered this particular print in a 16x20!

I am sure all of you will love them as well :)

I just ordered some sample sizes for displays and to bring to sessions to show!

Personally, I feel that a 11x14 alone is too small for a wall.

We ordered (2) 11x14 with (1) 16x20 for our wall display.

Post pics later when they all arrive and are hung!

Enjoy this wonderful winter season

xo

UPDATE: PRICE MENU

Series (3) 5x5's or (3) 6x6 Portrait Blocks....$125

8x10 or 11x14..............................................$120

12x12...........................................................$140

16x16...........................................................$160

16x20...........................................................$180

20x20...........................................................$200

20x30...........................................................$250

*these prices will only be in effect until Jun 2011, at which time they will increase.

This is a special offer that we are giving to our clients

which will allow you to grab one or two or three of these yummy 

products for your own home today!

You may order one of these Portrait Blocks from a past session with us!