I feel so lucky to work with such strong, confident & amazing people …
The preview of this session is up on the site – click HERE to see the rest!
~Kathy
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Nags Head Day One
Hello again Monday!
Had a fantastic weekend – glorious fall weather, and two photo shoots on Saturday. I almost had another on Sunday, but decided to take a ‘day off’ with my family. SO glad I did!
Up this week – traveling to SW Florida to second shoot the wedding at the Ritz Carlton Naples. Ahhhh can’t wait to experience shooting a beach wedding … and can’t wait to work with the talented Rachel Durik. She is one of the first photographers I’ve followed since starting this journey years ago, so I am beyond thrilled!
Attempting to catch up ‘round here … lol x 2.
Here’s some pics from Nags Head a few weeks ago … from the first day (Yes, I have that many – of course!)
The Nags Head Pier
(we stayed at a little cottage right next to this –awesome!)
The ocean was SO calm & lovely…
Perfect for skim boarding:
“Mom, I want to take surf lessons.” I heard this several times this summer
Smile!
It is hard for me to believe she is almost a teenager.
Light winds perfect for kite flying!
Girls can fish too … and this one is ALL about it:
My blogging time is up. Off to wake up the kiddos for school.
Have a great Monday!
~Kathy
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
100,000 Miles Young!
Things are chugging right along here… in the heart and the midst of the photography busy season!
Today my car rolled over 100,000 miles. To me, it’s a big deal. We bought this car new (my first!) and have loved it and experienced a lot of life in it for the past 6 years.
The kids made this sign this past weekend, and we’ve had it in the car ready for ‘The Moment’. ‘The Moment’ was slightly staged tonight, as I only had five miles to go. Loaded up the kids and headed out! Stopped right where it turned 100,000. Propped the camera on someones mailbox stand (forgot the tripod of course) and took a snap.
Here’s me as a young girl … the reason for my own family photo above :
Um, I’m the ‘girl’ (amongst three brothers) with the pixie cut standing in front of my Dad (Magnum PI? John Lennon?). I remember this day, this moment, and how excited we were. This picture takes me back, and I love it SO much just for that very reason.
Pictures are such an important part of life, don’t believe anything else!!
LOTS of Nags Head trip photos coming very soon!
~Kathy
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
The Day Wedding
What an incredible experience it was to assist the very talented Todd Nichols with this wedding. I definitely learned a lot, and gained a lot of confidence which will be quite useful for the wedding I am shooting in November!!!
I have a full blog post up on my site … click HERE. I apologize for sending you over there, but I honestly don’t have enough time to do both and will most likely stop posting here the end of the year. I’ll keep you ‘posted’!
I assisted 90% of the time, and got to shoot the other 10%. Yes, I wanted to shoot (a LOT) more, but I was also able to absorb what was going on without any pressures.
Here are my two favorite images that I captured:
This was taken right before entering the ceremony. Since there were no side isles in the ceremony room, Todd asked me to catch these pre-walking down the isle moments. YES I was nervous, but pretty pleased with the image.
I also got to shoot at the reception, which was kind of hard because of the set-up of the room. The table of honor was long, thin & directly in front of the dance floor. And there was a wall behind it! It was also hard not to jump out there and start dancing
I creatively cropped this image of Pat Day and his very very sweet mother, to remove a lot of distracting elements from the background:
Aren’t they adorable?
Next up I am second shooting a wedding with the fabulous Rachel Durik of Savor Photography at the Ritz Carlton Naples. I am way beyond exited for this … I’m pretty sure you all know how much I like shooting on the beach!
Well, that’s about a full blog post. I got chatty … lol!
Have a great Wednesday evening ya’ll … off to the bus stop I go.
~Kathy
Monday, October 3, 2011
Oh, the Outerbanks!
The OBX was very good to me this past weekend. The skies were sunny and the air was salty. We started with a warm day on Friday, and ended up in the upper 50’s on Sunday. We packed for it – and loved every second of it!
Sunday was my birthday, and here is a shot that I took while sipping my coffee all snuggled under my sweater poncho :
There was quite a swell that morning, and the surfers were having a ball.
P.S. I love to watch surfing!
Lots more coming - the clouds were amazing the entire time … can’t wait to share.
~Kathy
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Thomas Headshots | Raleigh Cary Portrait Photographer
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
My Girl in Green
I think she should model, or at least be on TV or in ads. She has no interest. I think I am going to send some pictures in anyway… I have plenty of them, that’s for sure!
f/1.8 1/320th ISO100
Really working on nailing the eye focus – although you can’t really see it on blogger most of the time! But the prints do tell…
~Kathy
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