Huseman Wedding

We went to Bluffton, IN last weekend to shoot a wedding (both video and photography).  Doug and Christina are probably two of the nicest people I have ever met or worked with.  Not only were they great, they are so much in love with each other and with life.  Here are a couple of pictures I have just started editing, a more comprehensive group to come later...

These were taken at Doug's homeplace...beautiful!

Krier/Lothamer Wedding Part II

Color/Black and White

I'm not a fan of desaturated backgrounds with colored subjects, I never really have been...so as I was editing this evening, my husband walked by and said, "hey I bet that picture would look great with the background desaturated..." Trying to prove him wrong, I quickly ran a desaturation brush over the background..but you know, I kind of liked it. So here it is...what do you think?

Krier Wedding

Last night we did the photography and video of Jim and Shannon Krier at the Oak Hill Mansion (Carmel, IN) they were such an awesome, fun couple to work with and their wedding was beauitful (even in the rain!) Here is a little taste of some of the photos, I have so many to go through and edit, once done, I will set up a chronicle order of events in a new post...

Baker-Stiles Wedding

We had the opportunity to travel to NY to do the wedding video of a dear friend of ours, Jim Baker, who was really my mentor when it comes to photography. While there, we met Sheena Stropas, a photographer from CO who was photographing Jim's wedding and we were her assistants with the photos. Seth and I both took pictures (although I'm doing all the post work) Here are a few I just finished editing...

Bryant Wedding

An older wedding, I actually uploaded these because I am trying to get some other photos up from my previous shoot, but it's not uploading properly. This was a test blog, I do like these pictures however, they were a wedding I did at the Brown County State Park about a year ago.

Daven and Jill

My "little" brother is engaged...here are a few pictures from a photo shoot I did with him and his fiancee. I have tried and tried to upload more pictures into the blog, but it keeps coming up error. Here are more pictures from the photo shoot: http://www.carpediemvideos.com/photography/Daven%20and%20Jill%20Engagement%20Pictures/index.html

Playing

I know that Ligthroom cannot create a true HDR image, but I found a video online on how to create an effect that is very similar...here is one I played with...

Which came first, the chicken or the egg...

Obvious not a picture of a chicken, but a cool one (at least I think so). this is on the bridge over the Ohio River from KY to IN.

NEW CAMERA!

I am soooooo excited. We went to Lousiville, KY today to get our new camera, the Canon 5D Mark ii. It is even more amazing than I could imagine, we went ahead and picked up a 24 - 70 mm lens (2.8f L ) With the little battery we had I took a couple of pictures...

Back to Africa

I know this isn't reeeaaalllyy about photography, buuttttt...it could be!

The Lord is asking Seth and I to go back to Africa. I'm not sure where we will go, whether it is back to Kabula, or to somewhere new. We ran into a lady at Fairhaven church who was telling us about an organization called Into Abba's Arms, it brings in orphans and cares for them. I looked at the website and it really tugs at my heart. Perhaps we are to create a promotional video for them? I had an idea of taking pictures and creating a calendar to sell, with all proceeds going to ICODEI, but maybe here is where we will be?? I'm not sure, I just keep praying.....

A few more oldies...

Waiting...

I can't, can't, CAN'T wait until I get the new camera!! There is a video out that was shot entirely from the camera, an added bonus (it does shoot high def. video as well). Just think, being able to shoot video using a photography lens!! Seth is drooling at the possibilities. I'm hoping to have it by August 23, which is Jim Baker's wedding, and able to throw in some clips in his wedding video to test it out. Here is the link to the video: http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2326

Some of my work...

Here are a few samples of work from the past...