Fun Photo Assignments

In the last month, I have been asked to do a couple really fun "photography assignments" that I thought I'd share. The first one was for Barrister Winery, in conjunction with Beacon Hill Events, where my sister works. Barrister needed some photos done for their website, so my sister called to see if I'd be interested... um, yes please! :)

If you've never been to Barrister Winery, you should go. They do dinners, First Friday art walk each month, wine tasting, and amazing events. I absolutely adore the atmosphere there! I think it would be such a cool, intimate setting for a wedding reception. Anyway, here are some of the pictures I took there...

My next fun assignment was when Jordan and I went to Pullman a few weeks ago to watch the WSU football game. My friend, Theresa, who I met through my cousin, Megan, asked me to take some pictures of the Palouse and the WSU campus in Pullman for her. Theresa and her husband, Jim, are die-hard Cougar fans (click here to check out their blog), and they are redecorating their guest room and wanted some WSU inspired prints to hang in there. I had so much fun taking these pics, and was so flattered she wanted me to do it! GO COUGS!!

This last one was my attempt to be creative by layering a couple of the pictures, but I'm not quite sure if it worked out... I REALLY need PhotoShop! :)

Stay tuned for a sure-to-be-hilarious post on Halloween coming up this weekend! Jordan, Maggie, and I have some FABULOUS costumes... :)

McMurray Family

Our dear friends, the McMurrays, asked me to do some family pictures for them a couple weeks ago. The McMurrays are by far one of my all-time favorite families on the planet!! Check out their blog by clicking here.

Darcy was a bridesmaid in my wedding and has coached me in volleyball since I was 12. We were able to both coach together at Whitworth the last couple years, which was a blast! Aaron was the officiant in our wedding, and their twin boys, Keagan and Kinkade were our ring bearers. Keagan and Kinkade are also my parents' godsons. Since our wedding, the McMurrays have added two of the cutest little girls EVER to their family, Lucia and Emery.

Did I mention how much I love this family?!

My mom came with me to help out with the photo shoot, and we had so much fun!! They wanted to do their pictures up at Green Bluff, so you might notice a few similar backgrounds to the pictures I did with Nicole and Marc a few weeks ago. This farm is such a great place for pictures, so I totally understood when Darcy wanted to do pictures there!

As you'll see, this is the most beautiful family, and you'll also probably notice that I could NOT choose when it came to picking my favorites to post on the blog... so there may be about 3o pictures posted. Whoops. :)

Starting with the newest edition, Miss Emery Pearl, who is about 7 months old. Emery single-handedly makes me consider wanting to have kids because she is the sweetest, most calm baby I've ever met...

NOTE: You can click on any of these pictures to make them bigger if you want!

I just adore this expression on her face below. It makes me laugh every time I look at it...

Now onto Lucia, who turned 2 in June. Ummmm, the majority of the pictures I took were of Lucia... I told Darcy I was sorry, and she laughed and said she has the same problem. :) You'll see why. Seriously, Lucia might possibly be the CUTEST human being I've ever seen, and she has some serious spunk! I still think she could be a Baby Gap model...

This series of her on the green chair out in the field may be some of my favorite portraits I've taken to date...

If I looked that cute in a tutu, I seriously might wear one. But I doubt anyone would find a 25-year-old, 5'10" girl in a tutu very cute...

The next round of pictures are of sweet, thoughtful Kinkade. I can't believe him and Keagan are almost 7! Time flies!! These two boys are such amazing big brothers! Kinkade was totally into posing for the camera... I think he's been trained well by this point. :)

And now for Keagan's pictures. Keagan is always smiling, and his personality matches his bright red hair! Like his twin brother, he knows how to work it in front of a camera. :)

This picture of Keagan below might be my FAVE out of the whole bunch. Look at those unbelievable green eyes!

Finally, here are some pictures of Darcy and Aaron together! Honestly, could they be any hotter?! I secretly hope Jordan and I will be this hot someday. :)

Love, love, LOVE this one of them on the fun chairs!

The rest of the pictures are a random mix of the family together in different combinations...

I think this one of Darcy and her girls together is so sweet...

I just had to post this one of the McMurray kids being sassy... so fun!

I have to admit, I was nervous going into this photo shoot because I didn't know if I'd be able to get a decent picture with all 6 of the McMurrays together. It wasn't easy, but I think there are a few keepers! :)

Thank you, McMurray Family! You guys are the best.

Anybody have any favorites... or ten?! :)

Flat 4 Photography

I know it's taken forever, but I can finally post my business name and logo since it's all finished! So, as you've probably already figured out from the title of this post, the name of my business is going to be Flat 4 Photography.

I wanted the name to be edgy and urban, and I also wanted it to have some meaning behind it. Our address when we were living in London was actually Flat 4, and since I truly fell in love with photography when we were there I figured it was the perfect name! I really love it, and I LOVE my logo too!! The amazingly talented Alycia Staggs created it for me -- she does incredible design work as well as awesome websites, and I really just admire her as a person. :) And she deserves a trophy after working with my crazy indecisiveness and randomness! Check out her website by clicking here. I hope to have her do my website down the road once I save up some money!

So, without further delay, here is my business logo!

I am slightly retarded and couldn't figure out how to post the images she sent me of the final logo, so I had to convert it to a JPEG, which made it a little less clear than normal. But you get the gist!

Any thoughts, comments?! Let me know what you think! :)

Jackson

Before I even decided to do my own photography business, my friend, Carey, asked me if I would do some 6-month-old pictures of her adorable little boy, Jackson. I was thrilled, but slightly terrified since I'd never done baby pictures before... and, let's be honest, I'm a little scared of babies! :)

Carey and I played volleyball together at Whitworth, and she is one of the sweetest, strongest women I know! I ended up doing two shoots with Jackson, one indoors at my sister's loft, and the other at Manito Park about a month later. Jackson is a great little man, and you can already tell he is going to be smart and thoughtful like his mama.

Here are a few of my faves from the two shoots...

Seriously?! Look at those eyes!

I'm pretty sure this one below is my absolute favorite of the bunch!

Thanks, Carey and Jackson, for being my first baby shoot!

As always, any feedback from anyone would be greatly appreciated! :) And I promise, I am only a few days away from posting my business name and logo, so check back soon!