Archive for the ‘Portraits’ Category

My beautiful, awesome & funny friend just climbed down off a mountain.  A literal mountain almost…she just got back from hiking the Appalachian Trail.  Yep, that’s 2181 miles.  She walked from Tennessee to Maine.

Recently she did some more climbing when we climbed down a rocky, sandy bank to get these shots at Little Talbot Island.  It’s a lovely place, p.s.

We didn’t carve that heart but I like that someone did.  I turned the following picture upside down to give this effect.  She was looking up at me after I climbed back up the high bank.  As I took the photo my camera strap fell in front of my lens and made that red tint on the top of the photo.  I liked it so much that I did a few more using the strap and this is my favorite.

I love this one.  I’m a sucker for the close-up.

I know there are a lot of photos but they are all so good I just had to share them.  The next is my favorite image. I love how the tree looks at the bottom of the photo and leads up into Stephanie.

She says she was cold in this one.  I think she was just being wimpy.  ;)

May your path be filled with wonder…and lots of pretty views.

Have a wonderful week!

~ Carmen

This week when I saw the photo challenge I was really happy.  One of my favorite things was to be the subject…flowers!

When Dan contacted me about this photo shoot and told me it was for his wife for Mother’s Day I said “awwwwwwwww” several times, just like during the shoot.  Aaron is such a sweetie and he loves to play with any kind of ball more than anyone else I know.  We took some pics at the park and at the playground nearby.

Look how cute he is…

He loved the tie idea.

Okay, not really.

Aaron’s dad set up this cute table with a chalkboard and chair…

But Aaron ran away.

He wasn’t having any of that sitting stuff.  But he came back.

and barely stayed still long enough for me to capture this:

I have a lot of great photos from this shoot but I can’t put them all in a short blog.  Hope everyone is having a great week!

~ Carmen

This photo shoot started out as a photo shoot for Brighton.  As you will see, Lindsay was the one that ended up getting the most photos taken {not that I am complaining because she is adorable.  Why, you ask?  Well, Brighton cried a very large portion of the time.  I think he was camera shy.

Here’s a few photos of Lindsay.

See? Adorable.

and stylish…

I sure am glad she wasn’t crying!

Brighton still took a good picture even though he was not happy.

And for the record, the only way he would stop crying was if he was lying on his mother’s chest.

How cute is he?

And I managed to get a cute one in of him while he was taking a break.

This last shot was worth all the fuss.  Literally and figuratively.

Thanks for checking out my blog!

~ Carmen

P.S – Lindsey you are adorable.

P.P.S – Brighton it will all be okay.

P.P.P.S – Cant we train babies to stop crying when we say the word “treat”?

Amanda Ayres recently contacted me because she’s creating a new website and she wanted some photos of herself sporting some “different looks”.  She is an actress and has been in several different things including The 48 Hour Film Festival in 2009 (where she won best actress).  Check out her IMDB.  She has also done some commercials for Pepsi, McDonald’s, and has done some ad’s for Hospice and many many other things!

Meet Amanda.

You think it was hot in this hat & coat ensemble in Hemming Plaza?  It was 77 degrees.  The show must go on?

This one was taken in the lobby of The Carling.  Hot for teacher?  Or secretary…?  

this photo had a vintage feel to me so I edited as such

Standing on rooftops…

I really really really think she looks like Penelope Cruz in this photo!  (some guy was yelling at us in the background)

Thanks for viewing!

~ Carmen

P.S. – I never really know how to end these

P.P.S ~ Stay tuned for the Black Swan photos we did right after this series of photos