She was welcomed into this world with open arms on July 7, 2010.

She came weighing 6 lbs 8.3 oz and measured 18 inches long.

She was perfect as could be and was named the most beautiful name,

MIRA CHRISTEL

When I seen the pictures Sandra has posted of her beautiful little girl I couldn’t wait to get my hands on here and take pictures! She slept like a angel and photographed wonderfully. There’s no doubt in my mind that my heart is going to grow fond of this little girl pretty fast! Like her big sister, Leona, she’s as sweet as can be and I can’t wait to photograph her again! For now enjoy some of my favorite shots from that day!

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First class plane ride to Los Angeles, California…

Being on the beautiful sandy beaches of California and experiencing my first California sunset, breathtaking…

Walking the street’s of the Los Angeles Farmer’s Market…

Visiting Estelle Getty’s grave at Hollywood Forever Cemetery…

Standing on top of the Hoover Dam…

Visiting the beautiful Red Rock Canyons…

Playing slot machines at Caesar’s Palace and actually winning…

Watching the breathtaking Bellagio Fountain do it’s thing…

Amazing food in the Eiffle Tower Restaraunt…

Trying to blend in the Venice Beach area (not happening)…

Losing my sweet grandmother May 28th and trying to cope with her death…

Vacation with my perfect husband, a week of sunning, swimming, and fishing…

My life has been upside down, bitter sweet, fast paced, and one adventure after another.

I promise to plug back in this month, but I must say, it’s been nice being unplugged from this social world.

I hope everyone had an amazing 4th of July weekend and was safe.

Love,

Brittany

I remember many moments shared with her, we grew as neighbors, she was always a hop and a skip away living across the street. I can remember countless hours of recording ourselves singing on my boom box and many fun four wheeler rides. As we grew up we drifted apart and my younger brother and her became closer. They were the best of friends for the longest time, and I swore that one day I would call her my sister in law.. Heck, our whole family had bet’s that one day they would be man and wife. Sadly, and I say that with no joy, they still aren’t married. I guess I was wrong, but when Ashli contacted me about taking pictures of her, I couldn’t wait. It had been so long since I had talked to her or even hung out with her. One thing hasn’t changed over the years and that’s Ashli’s beauty. She is one of the prettiest girls I have ever know and when you talk to her it’s as if she sucks you in because her personality makes her even prettier. I hope you enjoy these images and who know’s maybe one day my dream will come true and I will always get the sister in law I wanted! lol,,, Yall don’t be mad at me Josh and Ashli, ,,,

I posted this picture on facebook the other day as a fun way to show the difference photoshop can make to an image. I had no intentions of it spreading like wildfire and starting a discussion. I am overwhelmed at the amount of messages I receive and the stories I was told. Have you ever found yourself in a situation where it doesn’t matter where you are and the angle you are shooting that you can’t avoid that big ugly exit sign at the back of the reception hall, right behind where the couple is doing their first dance, or even worse that beach ceremony with all of the people in the background, the people that are half naked and laying in neon pink plastic lawn chairs with big bulky coolers next to them? How can you capture that special moment and all of the details that your bride spent so many sleepless nights working on, if these things are distracting and taking away from the value of the image. With that said this post strictly relates to fellow photographers, it’s not judgement so please do not perceive it that way, and it’s not an open forum for your negative response but I would like your feed back. I am simply going to throw this out there and I am not asking you to run with it. Yes, I a newer photographer when it comes to the wedding industry but I feel I have earned the right to ask this and my questions is, Would you give unfinished images to your client? Now what I mean by that question is, let’s say that your client orders a disc with all of the images from the wedding, so that they can print their own prints and use the images for social networking sites, are you going to put unedited images on that disc and send it off? I recently ran into someone who was telling me about their experience with their photographer, he was well known, an all around great photographer, great work to show off in his portfolio, but when the bride received her disc 50% of the wedding reception images were blurry and no red eye correction had been done, even some of the images from their wedding (formal shots) were underexposed, so dark you could hardly see what was going on. Would those be images you would give your client? After talking to several people about this I have realized that some photographers do not do any post processing of their images, except for the 5 or 6 they post online and when the client receives the cd or prints the rest are all unedited. Is this normal procedure? Am I wasting countless hours behind the computer starting at lightroom and photoshop to edit out that hawaiian print bright yellow purse that grandma left on the ground that is standing out like a sore thumb?What I would like to know is your standard proceedure, how do you handle those situations, and what should your client expect from you in these situations?

***After reading your comments I thought I should include my post processing techniques… I don’t know if this is the best or right way, but it’s what I do, and it seems to work…

1. I load all images into Light Room for proofing and post processing.

2. I go through the images and delete every image that is unfixable. (Blurry, exposed incorrectly, duplicates)

3. I do basic edits such as color correction, exposure correction, cropping, red eye correction, etc.

4. I go through and tag images that score a 10 on a 1-10 scale.

5. I import the images that scored a 10 into photoshop for additional post processing, a more intensive editing process, with fun actions and lot’s of changes. Those images will then be the images I use for my portfolio, facebook, or the blog…

This is what I do.. Just thought I would share!