Sunday, December 14, 2008

My first family photo shoot

One of my good friends asked me if I would mind taking their family Christmas picture. Of course I was flattered! It was so fun taking their picture and I learned lots from my first official shoot. It made me super excited to practice more! I'm finding the more pictures I take the more I learn and feel comfortable with my new camera. Originally I'd wanted to offer friends and family a free Christmas photo shoot, but the month of November and early December were WAY too busy. So I'm thinking Valentine's Day or Easter I'll start offering my services for those that are nice enough to let me take pictures of your family or kids so I can practice. Just let me know! I'm still very much an amateur and have a LOT to learn. But I definitely love taking pictures!

Here are a few of my favorites of the L family. Of course a cute family makes for easy cute pictures!




15 comments:

Celia Marie (W.) B. said...

What about us procrastinators who haven't taken our Christmas photos yet? I've actually been meaning to ask you if you do family shoots (even before this post)...

-Laura- said...

I'd love to Celia!

Sarah said...

These are GREAT! I love them!

Shay said...

Those are great, Laura! You've really got some talent! Since you're into photography, you would probably enjoy checking out my cousin's wife's (cousin-in-law?) blog (the Thalgott link on my blog). She takes wonderful pictures, so I just love looking at them.

Seriously, yours are as good as the professional ones I've seen.

Hillary said...

So talented! These look really great! Miss you.

-Melissa- said...

You did a great job! I love the pictures.

Emily said...

Thanks Laura, it was so nice of you to take them for us, and they turned out wonderful!

becki said...

good job lou. the coloring and lighting look good and the subjects look great.

the duchess said...

The pics are great. Do you do action shots--such as, me cruising with the top down? ;o)

Sarah said...

they turned out fabulous laura! I love them!!

My biggest problem right now is not knowing WHERE to take pictures. It looks like you found a great place and they look great!

Crystal said...

They look great! I especially love that last one. Let me know whey you are ready b/c I'd love a photoshoot of my kiddos.

Anonymous said...

So excited to have ours done! You are amazing!

hoLLy said...

they are awesome! great job!

you'll have to see my blog:) i just posted ours- looks sooo similar. its so funny. joey has a pretty good camera and we asked melissa if she would come with us and help. she did a great job even though she was scared:) i told her to just push the button! i think its funny how we had the same idea and even the same color clothes but i swear we took ours almost 2 weeks ago! we didn't copy. :)

Ashley Canady said...

You did a great job! I would still love for you to take some pics of my kids soon.

emily said...

So cute!!! I totally need your expertise this spring/summer if you're up to the challenge. Maybe I could trade you for some vinyl lettering or magnet board or something. I'm due to have a baby April 1st and am dying to have a new family shot afterwards