Sophia is ONE!

I had the pleasure of photographing Sophia for her 9 month pictures then again at her one year birthday.  I can't believe how much she had grown in just a few short months.  That first year just flies by!  Sophia's mom, Elizabeth really needs to go into the party planning business.  She knows how to throw one!  From the food to the decorations down to the candy table (the kids favorite) nothing was spared!  

YUM!

Dig In!

The photo props were a big hit too!

Happy 4th of July!

I'd like to wish everyone a Happy 4th of July!!  Today is one of my favorite holidays.  I just love family BBQ's, parades, swimming and of course the fireworks.  Our family celebrated our 4th of July a day early this year since the holiday fell in the middle of the week.  We had a great time eating, swimming and letting off some fireworks.  I took several pictures of the fireworks display, but this has to be my favorite of the bunch.  You can see the lighting off of as well as the burst. I even used my 18-55mm kit lens, so if you have a DSLR this type of image is easy to achieve in manual mode.

My settings were ISO 320, f/14 bulb exposure for 3 sec.

Canon has a great tutorial on how to take fireworks pictures.  Canon Fireworks Tutorial

Get out there tonight and experiment.  It's fun!  Post some pictures on my Facebook page.  I'd love to see your work.

Happy snapping!