Askew Wedding

Ryan and Leslie were married October 17th! I had so much fun photographing their wedding, it was quite cold outside but they looked fabulous, and everyone had such a great time during their special day! Here are a few images of their special day!! Textures in the first and second image were made by Julie Mixon.

Photo Safari!!!

Here are some random photos from a couple of photo safari's combined! I love to take my camera and go! Hope you like them, Let me know what you think if you want!

Trip to NYC!

Over the summer I went to NCY, some of you may have already seen these, but I couldn't help but share them again! Here are a few of my favorites!!

The Bass-Chen's

A few months ago the Bass-Chen's celebrated their 2nd anniversary. It was super hot outside but they were great sports! We explored the waterfront in Goose Creek Park, and ended the night in Washington, NC. Here are some of my favorites!

Piper Williams

So it's been a while since I have blogged, but that does not mean that I haven't been shooting! Piper Williams was born a few months ago, and I had the pleasure of photographing her at a week old. Seeing her now, it's hard to imagine her this little! Here are some of my favorites!

Henry's Fundraiser Day 3

Day 3 of Henry's fundraiser was a blast! It is so neat to see how many people love and want to support Henry and his therapy! It rained off and on Friday and I was thinking of canceling because it was so wet, but these families were troopers, they showed and had their pictures made in the wet/rainy weather. I had so much fun chasing the little ones around, and I think they had a even better time running away from me ;)

The Stanford Family



Byers


The Fergusons

Jenkins


Jones


Burke

Henry's Fundraiser Day 2

Day 2 of Henry's fundraiser was a blast! I met up with Chelsea and Eric in the morning for their shoot. When were were almost done it started to rain, and rained for the rest of the day. Here are a few shots from their shoot! Thanks Chelsea and Eric for a great time!

Day One of Henry's Fundraiser

I had such a great time kicking off Henry's fundraiser! Day one was a blast!! I had so much time running around after the little ones! I even came closer to overcoming my fear off birds, the ducks were having fun chasing us around. Here are a couple of shots from day one!

The Rollins Family





The Cutest McClure's ever!!






Meet Owen!






Eller






Clark-Miller

Henry!

Meet Henry! A couple of weeks ago I went to Wilkesboro, and West Jefferson/Jefferson to take pictures for a fundraiser for Henry. He is a sensational little boy with lots of love for everyone. He has had an overwhelming amount of obstacles to overcome in his young life, but he has taught me so much about pushing forward past what was given to him, and has taught me a lot more about living! Henry was born with CP, and has recently started equestrian therapy. I Love Henry so much and wanted to help raise money for him to go! Our fundraiser was a huge success! I can not wait to see more pictures of him riding Roo (his assigned horse). Here are a few of my favorites from our little photoshoot!

Courtney!

Meet Courtney! In my studio class we had an off camera lighting assignment and Courtney was my model! She was super fun. Here are a few images We came up with!! Leave a comment and tell me what you think!

River Park North

Today my friend Amy and I went on a photo safari to River Park North. It was such a beautiful day, so we grabbed our cameras and went for a walk! Here are a few shots I got of some flowers and a friendly lil bee. (I am just glad he didn't bite!). I am sure there will be more to come later!

This past weekend my friend Kim and I went on a photo safari in Bath North Carolina. I have never been there before, even though it is so close to where I live. One of the stops on our trip was St. Thomas Church. It is actually the oldest church building in NC built in 1734. I had so much fun exploring! Thank you Kim for being patient with me while I made 100's of pictures! Here are a few of St. Thomas Church.

Dad and Valorie

A few weeks ago I was working on a project for my studio class and I chose my Dad and Stepmom Valorie as my models! They have so much fun together, so it was quite entertaining to be behind the camera. I thought I would share a few of my favorites with you!

Puppy!

Meet Sassy! Sunday afternoon I went to my friends Kim and Robbie's house to see their new puppy Sassy. I do have to say she is some kind of cute!

Cheyenne

This weekend while I was in Wilmington I had the pleasure of shooting Cheyenne's pictures! She is such a cutie, and so fun to be around! It was nearly impossible to narrow it down to the few blog pictures! She is so dang cute!

John Phillip Strickland

A couple post back were Emily and George's maternity pictures. We all have been anxiously waiting for Johns arrival! Since he was born I have been chomping at the bits to get over there and get some pictures of him! He is sooo cute, and one happy baby! Here are some of my favorites!

Lights, Friends and More!

A few weekends ago I was able to bring the lights home from the school, so what better way to experiment, than to get friends together and shoot fun wacky photos, and a lil serious ones too! Here is a little preview of our Sunday afternoon!

Video...

In class today we watched this awesome inspiring video on Scott Kelby's blog and thought I would share it. It is a post by a guest on "Guest Blog Wednesday." For Feb. 18th. His name is Zack Arias. Here are his thoughts!

Special Olympics

A couple of weeks ago my sister Jessica's special Olympics team was in Greenville to compete in three on three basketball. I always love it when they are in the area, it is such fun to cheer her and her team on! Here are some shots I got from her games! I could not choose so I will post them all!!!!

M.I.L.K.

Recently I entered in a competition called M.I.L.K. (Moments of Intimacy, Laughter and Kinship). I laughed when I realized that my entry number was 12,155. These are the 4 that I chose to enter! The final judging will be around March 31st! Go check out their site if you want to learn more!

Ambient Exposure

In our studio class we are working on Ambient Exposure. We were supposed to make environmental portraits. Capturing the subject in their usual day to day situation using props within that setting to tell about the person. We were allowed to use any available light, but not artificial light (flash). I found that I had a hard time with not cropping close to the subject, it sometimes lost the essential elements needed to tie the subject in with their environment. Here are the shots I got..

Kim in her exam room..

Jessie at the Special Olympics

Jessica From Class!

This last one of Jessica, was taken with 35mm film. It was printed in the darkroom on fiber paper and scanned into photoshop so I could put it on my blog.

Girl's Night!!!

Friday night I was invited to girl's night over at Chris' house! We started the evening watching a little T.V. and chatting. Later Laura, Erin, Chris and I played a great game of Phase 10! Guess who won!! (i did! i did!!!). It was such a great night, I hope we do it again soon!


I think Laura was laughing at me because I was the permanent skip person..

Look at my phase #6! Woohoo! Guess that explains why I was permaskip girl!

The Stricklands!

I had the pleasure of photographing the Strickland family last week. It was a very bitter cold day, but they did well! I can not wait to see their little one when he arrives! Here are a few from their day!

Snow days and gradient maps!!!

It snowed here in Greenville a last week so I headed out the door to take some snow pics.. I didn't get very far because it was cold and wet, and I didn't want my camera to get wet.. so. I stopped right at the front door and took some pictures of the bushes! While in class today I learned how to make different gradient maps in photoshop. I have had so much fun this afternoon working with different colors. Here is a shot I got with snow on the bushes, using a gradient map layer....

Off Camera Flash fun!

Yesterday I met up with some area photographers to work on some off camera flash. Thanks to Julie Mixon for setting everything up for us! It was great fun getting together with everyone and learning fun new things! My friends, Kimberlea, Tina and Jeremy did a wonderful job being our models! Here are some of the shots from the day!

Riding around!

A friend and fellow student at RCC recently invited me to take a ride around near her home at Tot Hill Farm. A Great Golfing community here in Asheboro. I was hunting for photos for my portfolio. I had such a great time riding around with her!! A big thanks for riding me around in the golf cart!! LOADS of fun!!!

Pisgah Covered Bridge

Recently I went on a photohunt to find pictures for my portfolio. I happened upon this bridge by chance. Lots of students in our photography department try and shoot this bridge each year, so I was told not to go there. But.. You know me! I couldn't resist! I love the lines of the beams in the ceiling, and floor! I will defiantly be back in the future to shoot here!

Something...

I have been working on a special project for a bit with someone very dear to me. While I can't tell you what that is because it's top secret, I can share with you a shot that came out of the project. I took this picture of my nephew over thanksgiving weekend. He was such a sport!

In one word...

Hey All.. I am working on a project for school where I have to take a picture that can be described with one word. So.. I need your help. Please leave a comment and tell me what this picture is described as in one word!

Photo Excursion Part 2

Yesterday was one of the last days to capture the fall colors before the leaves fall off the trees. I think I have made my decision! Fall is absolutely my favorite season! Spring comes in a very close second! These two pictures were taken at Lake Lucas.. Very close to Camp Carraway, in Asheboro.

Photo Excursion!

Driving around Asheboro was fun today! I started out a little late in the day, but got a few shots before the sun went down! Nothing like the fall weather to make a person want to take a drive in the country! I found this place out near Camp Carraway. I do plan to go back soon!

Favorites!

Fall Leaves!

Technical Difficulties

Sorry for the small picture in the other post. My computer recently crashed, along with it were all of my photoshop actions I made for resizing the blog images.. Still working on replacing them!

Blue Ridge Parkway

Just a recent picture I made while I was in the mountains. I have been experimenting with doing panoramic pictures. Thought I would share.

Medium Format Fun!

This weekend was a wonderful weekend to go to the mountains! The weather was perfect! I decided before I left to take the medium format camera with me, so I thought I would do a little experiment..