So Euber

Last week I got to hang out with a couple of awesome guys - Casey and Dhon - some of the euber creative forces behind the Kings and Monarchs (and yes, euber is a word I made up or at least cannot find by my spelling but I've grown attached to it so there you have it. Euber = super, extremely, awesome, amazing, too cool for the word cool.) to capture some fun shots of their teamstore (which, if you haven't seen, by the way, definitely warrants a visit to check out the 'euber' adidas box design on the outside - a genius idea, as I understand, by another one of the Kings and Monarchs euber creative forces, Heather Vaughan). In any case, these guys were up for some creative shots so we had fun playing with different set ups, angles, etc. Casey, I'm posting these " money" shots especially for you! :)

Life as seen through the eye of the camera...

Like most photographers, I look at life through the eye of my camera - even when my camera is packed and put away. I can't help it - I'm constantly evaluating light, composition, setting. I continually see moments, smiles, small details - times when I would just die to have my camera in my hands! As it is, I walk around - probably way too much - with my camera. It's my addiction. I can't help myself. :) Fortunately for me, my spouse is extremely supportive and even appreciative (!) of me lugging around my camera attempting to capture every amazing moment in our lives and in our kid's lives (even when our mini weekend getaways together turn into a photo shoot with us pulling over every 5 minutes because I see something I have to photograph or an afternoon playtime outside with our kids turns into a photo op or first thing in the morning - when we're all looking lovely -and there is this gorgeous light streaming through the window and I just HAVE to grab a photo of it falling on my kids as they play....) Living with a photographer can be a bit tedious at times, I'm sure!
So, of course, I had my camera handy while visiting my in laws after Christmas and captured this fun little series of photos taken of my son Isaiah and my nephew Nick as they played together. Since Isaiah is the hardest subject to capture in my house it was fun to grab these of him just being a boy and having fun. And girls, isn't my nephew adorable?! He's a firefighter too! :)

My Fun Inlaws!

I am so fortunate - I have the best inlaws a girl could wish for. I have to share a couple of photos from a recent session with my brother-in-law and his family (who I have been wanting to photograph FOREVER!) :) I just love their goofiness - it's so much fun (as you can see). These are just a quick sneak peek as I have many more to edit...

An Afternoon in Wine Country with the Seebecks and Salmans

I love family sessions! What isn't there to love? Family spending time together, laughing, joking together...they are always so much fun. In any case, it wasn't hard capturing this family having fun together especially when you add a little wine - made by the Salmans - into the mix!

Good Things in the New Year

Happy New Year!! This year some good things will be happening at Laura Lynne Photography...

• Going Green. I will be changing out my current packaging products with 100% recycled material. It won't happen overnight, but it will happen! Personally, I just bought Essential Environments: Discover How to Create Healthy Living Spaces by Janie Quinn to educate myself on all the ways I can make my living space a better place for myself, my family and the environment. Small changes make a big difference!
• Squash the Smoke - a campaign I'm starting to show kids that smoking truly is not cool. I'll be recruiting non-smoking teenagers and adults to be role models in posters I plan to send out to as many schools as I can. It'll be a fun, hip campaign highlighting some of the reasons smoking is one thing you'll never regret not trying in this life.
• Weddings! I'm expanding my business to include wedding photography services. And what a great way to kick it off - I had the pleasure of photographing a beautiful couple on December 1st. You can catch some of their wedding photo highlights on the homepage and a soon-to-be Wedding gallery.
• Commercial Photography Services. In addition to now offering wedding photography, I'm also offering commercial services. I'll be adding a Commercial gallery shortly!

I'm sure this list will grow as we go but for now, I hope everyone had an amazing New Year and I look forward to working with you in 2008!!

Calvin and Violet

Talk about cute kids! This is an adorable brother and sister I had the pleasure of photographing last weekend. We met for an early am session and even though it was a bit chilly we had a great time. Little Violet wasn't too sure about the whole photo session thing at first but as you can see, she got into the swing of it and was so cute with all her expressions (check out the homepage to see more).

Bad Blogger

I have so neglected my blog! To be honest, I still need to get into the swing of this whole blogging thing. :) I have a bunch of sessions to post and tons of editing still to do so this is just a brief update to say I hope everyone is having a great month and enjoying the holidays!