Beverly & Steve's Engagement Session

Here are some highlights from Beverly & Steve's Engagement session. They are an adorable couple and have puppy love written all over the way they interact with each other.

They enjoy a laid back and casual style and both love nature and wanted their engagement photos to reflect that. We went to some locations near the studio with some picturesque settings that showcased the natural beauty of the area.

They will be getting married in June and I am honored to have the opportunity to photograph their wedding. This will be my first wedding assignment but I feel like I have been grooming myself to shoot weddings. I am extremely excited to document the wedding and turn out some breathtaking images. Thanks to them both, they are an awesome couple.

To see more photographs from this session please click the title link above.

~ Grace

Trout Children's Photo Shoot

Mom really wanted to get some shots of all the kids together for the family as well as several headshots and candid shots that caugh the kids natural personalities. Some would be sent into modeling and talent agencies and the rest would be cherished by the family.

Mom brought Cassett in the end of last year to get some shots to include in her modeling portfolio and for sending out to agencies and competitions. I am happy to say that Cassett has been doing quite well. She just turned 3 and landed a job modeling for Boscov's, and won a local pageant competition and will be heading to compete in a State pageant this coming summer. She is really a huge personality in a cute little package and I am glad to be one of her sponsors.

I met the 2 adorable brothers for the first time and they all did extremely well. I was able to get several different great shots with all the kids together which can be quite challenging when you have several 3 or younger. But I love the challenge of working with little kids and with the help of big brother, Mom and bubbles it turned out just great.

Here are the 3 individual shots that have been submitted into the Child & Baby Portrait Contest that is running through June 1.

Grace

It's Portrait Bash Time!

A Portrait Bash is a social event either added onto an existing party, event or gathering or the focus of the entire party itself. It is a fun experience in where the host and the guests enjoy mini professional portrait sessions, by your's truly, in the host's home, our studio (or other location of choice).

The benefits are huge in that there are absolutly no session fees, no minimum orders, we bring our studio to you, no selling at the Bash and the Host has the ability to earn free portraits based on the total order of her guests. It is really a no lose situation and an extremely fun experience for the host and guests. The resulting final portraits all enjoy the same level of high quality and attention to detail as portraits from a normal professional session.

So if you enjoy throwing a Bash and love the idea of offering free professional portrait sessions for your family and friends, get in touch with us for details and availability!

For more information you can click on the following link http:/./www.gracelightnerphotography.com/portraitbash.htm

Lauren, Sage & Meredith

I could not be happier with the results of this photo shoot. Meredith who get's her children's portraits done every year around their birthdays had come to me last year for the first time for some family pictures and came back this year to have me do her children's portraits.

She came with some fabulous ideas which resulted in some amazing action shots including one of my favorites below. I love photographing people in costume, or in this case uniform. Those types of images just tend to captivate you and your brain starts asking questions and growing in curiosity.

Our football player Sage LOVES wearing his football uniforms and would gladly wear them every minute of everyday if he could. Mom was able to get this entire uniform for him and once he was in it he was instantly in the game.

This is also one of the images from this shoot that I entered into the Baby & Child contest.



Lauren pictured below is just a natural at posing. A demure and beautiful young lady she did incredible in her interaction with her brother and family and towards the end started throwing out some very creative shots.

The image below was submitted into the B&C contest so good luck to their families in winning, I think the potential is great.


There are many many more great images from the shoot including some great interaction shots with mom & a pillow fight (another one of Mom's excellent ideas). For more wonderful images from the shoot, be sure to check out the slideshow from the session at http://www.gracelightnerphotography.com/galleries/meredith/meredith/meredith.html .
Sincerely,
Grace

Red Hat February Calendar Shoot - Valentine's Day

We try and get a shoot in once a month with some or all of the member's of this Red Hat Social Group to get a picture for the "2009 First Class 59er Red Hat Calendar".

This shoot was for Fabruary and of course we celebrated Valentine's Day. And since I didn't have any Valentine's props, I asked them to bring some which they did. After setting up the props, the shoot was a breeze, the ladies did awesome. I especially love how giggly Red Hatters tend to be.

And since it was so short I showed them the film right on the laptop so they could let me know right there if they didn't like any of the shots. (I normally don't do this unless the shoot is pretty short).

And then we did some individual shots of lovely Frances for her kids.

Here is their favorite shot which will go up on the 2009 calendar.

Blogging out,

Grace