Engaging for Everyone

A very good friend of mine asked me to take her engagement pictures last weekend. We had a lot of fun doing them and there were a LOT of laughs. One thing she had a hard time doing was being serious, so it was a bit of a challenge to get any serious or softer pictures of them. I had to be quick because I knew at any minute she would start cracking up. It was a fun shoot. We went all over downtown Coeur d'Alene to a few different parks. At nearly every park there were a few onlookers. One of them was a mom taking pictures of her little kids. She saw a pose she liked that we were doing and she commented to me that she was going to steal it. It was a kind of awkward, funny moment.

Carver Farms Outting

A couple weekends ago I decided to go to Carver Farms with my boyfriends' family to see what it was all about. At first it was a little awkward because my boyfriend wasn't actually there, but after a little while of hanging out with them, I felt like part of the family. The farm had so much to offer. In the spring and summer they have a lot different vegetables that you can pick yourself. However, by this time in the fall, they had all frozen and were rotting. Brandon(my boyfriends brother) and I were having fun throwing the tomatoes at each others feet, watching them explode like water balloons. Later on we decided to take a stroll through the corn field, looking for indian corn to decorate the house with. After that we wandered out into the pumpkin patch to pick out a few pumpkins and gourds for decoration. Most of the good pumpkins were gone, so it took a while to find one that we wanted. After loading up all of our goodies in the van, there was barely any room to even sit in there!

A Sunday Wedding: Take Two

A wedding is such an exciting day full of an array of emotions. The bride and groom are normally nervous, excited, giddy, and anxious. This past Sunday I was asked to photograph a bride and groom whose wedding had passed two weeks ago, thus attempting to recreate and capture that "once in a lifetime" moment. Their story is actually an unfortunate one. They hired a professional photographer to take their wedding portraits and also candid photos of the day. First off, he arrives an hour late, almost missing the start of the wedding. Second, he shows up looking a little too casual wearing ripped up jeans and flip flops. Lastly, when it was time to gather the wedding party for portraits, he failed to take any of the bride and groom by themselves. Hoping to get a few after they had some food in their stomachs, the bride and groom sat down to eat. About a half hour later the photographer leaves and sadly, no portraits were taken. Therefore, this Sunday I was asked if I would be so kind as to try and capture the way they felt that day. Although the couple may not have had all the same feelings that they did on their wedding day, the pictures still turned out well, showing their laid back and silly attitudes. I actually think that these portraits depict them better than ones that would have been taken with the whole wedding party watching.

Halloween Fever

The air is crisp, leaves are turning and falling, and the holiday season is soon approaching. With a little less than a month to go before Halloween, costume stores have started popping up everywhere. People are eagerly getting started on their search for the perfect costume. Although the spooky night is weeks away, many people aren't waiting until the last second. Even in the middle of the afternoon, costume stores are full of customers trying to get their hands on what they're looking for before the selection is too slim. There's just something about dressing up that's fun for both the young and old.For the young, they get to be whatever they want to be and for the old its like being a kid again. For everyone in between its just plain fun. Purple lights begin to adorn houses, along with giant webs with spiders inside. Neighborhoods go all out, trying to out spook each other. It is a fun time for many, and for others its just another night. I may or may not agree with it, but it still doesn't change one particular fact- there's just something spooky about those black cats.