Creative: Vicki - Part II

Now on to Part II of my Creative Just Because Session with Vicki

I'm really pushing myself to find a few presets in Lightroom that are really going to define my style and artistic take on my images.

I'm really liking one called PH Surreal Moment for the colour photos

and Pretty Presets Brown for the dark brown/sepia type finish for the remaining photos.

What do you think? Too bold? Not bold enough? 

All feedback appreciated :)

 You know me and a yummy brick wall...I know totally not outside the box for me at all. But what can I say I'm loyal to what I love :)

Just like Chicken Soup

What a difference daylight savings time and warmer temperatures can do for one's spirit.

Just like Chicken Soup....Good for the Soul!

Happy Friday :)

The Hunger Games

I love to read.

And lately, the last few fictional strictly entertainment books I have attempted to read have been horrible. I can barely get started, let alone finish them. I hate not completely reading a book.

The most recent being a book that I had for 6 weeks and no matter how many times I picked that book up I never did get past chapter 3. It was like pulling teeth...I just couldn’t get into it, at all.

So I returned the book to my local library and instead borrowed The Hunger Games 

I’ve had it less than a week and already into Chapter 4.

If you’ve read this book or the whole trilogy for that matter, please don’t ruin it for me...but I must say so far I’m really enjoying it.

It’s about time that I find a good book.

Again as always suggestions or sharing of what you’re reading now are always welcomed :)

The Love of Music

Who knows...we might just have a future musician on our hands

Creative: Vicki

In January I had this bright idea that I wanted to push myself creatively and do a winter Just Because session.

I had a few motivations behind this...

a) I wanted to keep shooting so not as to get rusty over the slower winter months

b) I've only really ever done one winter session and wanted to push myself professionally

c) I wanted to try some techniques in both shooting and editing and figured the "off" season was the best time

I called up my dear friend Vicki and asked her if she'd be willing to model for me, thankfully she was :)

I loved this creative session because it forced me to deal with a few challenges that I haven't really experienced before.

1) it was sooooo cold that my hands kept going numb to the point that I could barely tell if I was pushing the shutter button

2) it was so cold that by the end of the session, even my camera was hesitating to shoot on demand. Yep even the camera felt numb and had a delay

3) the brightness of winter snow on a sunny day was definitely something new to learn from a lighting point of view.

And now...Part 1 of my Just Because Creative Winter Session.

 

There's a reason I asked Vicki to model for me....simply because she's BEAUTIFUL!!!

 

Rawr.....

Love the shoes!

Technical notes for you fellow photographers

All images were taken on RAW format

All images were edited in lightroom using presets

Mommy & Me

In light of Mother's Day which really is only a couple of month's around the corner....

I thought I'd mention that I'm now booking Mommy & Me sessions.

The idea is for the Mom who's always behind the camera, to have a session completely dedicated to photos of her with her children.

A few special poses as keepsakes to remember herself and her kids, as they are, here....right now.

Also a great idea for a Grandmother who wants the same experience with her grandchildren.

If this is something you might be interested in, please email me at christa@christahann.com

Dads....this would make for a GREAT Mother's Day gift for both your Wife and your Mother :)

This was Jesse & I last Mother's Day

This was us then, in that moment.

And this one, it's not 'composed' perfectly but who cares, I love this cause it was us

Life as we know it

Life has been busy.

But life is good.

Here's a quick photo of part of Jesse's nightly routine....reading books :)