BC Visuals

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  • Madison [Lakeland High School Senior Photography]

    Last fall I was fortunate to meet and spend a couple of hours with one of the members of the Class of 2015.   I had so much fun working with Madison for the 2 hours we were together.  She is a gorgeous girl with a beautiful personality, and great style I might add! 🙂  I love how all these images turned out…and was excited to play around with my off camera lighting a little bit.

    Wanted to mention that the chair in these pictures belonged Madison’s grandparents.  I love love love when a family incorporates a sentimental piece like this into their session.  It makes them that much more special.  Thanks Madison for being the perfect model!

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  • The ‘R’ Family [Lakeland family and teen photography]

    I’m thinking it’s now safe to share more fun family sessions that I had in the fall….everyone’s Christmas cards should be sent out by now. 🙂  It’s January 5th and I’m so excited to say that even mine are done and were sent out a week ago as well!! I think that’s a record for me!  (I’ll share my family’s images soon too.)

    This family is near and dear to my heart….friends from church first, and now clients and small groupies as well.  This mama and I even formed our own band in 2014….but that’s a long story. 🙂  I just love this family and had a blast with them again this year with their family session.  I think this is one of the fastest sessions I’ve had….the sky was threatening rain…it was dark and dreary.  We got in, got the shots, and went to dinner.  My kind of night!  Here are a few of my favorites.

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  • The ‘E’ Family [Lakeland/Orlando family photography]

    Happy New Year everyone!! I really can’t believe it’s 2015 already.  The older I get, the faster time flies I think.  🙂  The fall has been as crazy as ever for me with family sessions for the holidays.  I actually stayed in town for Christmas this year, so work hasn’t really slowed down yet.  I had the priviledge of photographing several families that had all their relatives in town for Christmas….something I don’t usually get to do when I’m out of town for Christmas.  So I’ll be spending the next couple of weeks playing catch up, and during that time I hope to share all the amazing families I got to meet over the past couple of months.

    This first family I’d like to share asked if I could meet them at one of their favorite hotels over near Disney.   I love exploring new places, so I was very excited to meet them at the Waldorf Astoria in Orlando.  What a gorgeous hotel!  We had a blast walking around the lobby, the golf course, and the pool deck.   They really wanted some posed family shots as well as some journalistic style candids that captured them just enjoying their time as a family.  Mom is due to have a baby any day now, so they really wanted to capture their life as a family of 3 before it all changes.  🙂  Hope you enjoy looking through these images as much as I enjoyed taking them……

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  • The ‘J’ Family [Lakeland family and children photography]

    The bulk of my sessions this time of year are family sessions.  I love family sessions! I love getting to know these families and watching the family dynamics and interactions.  Even though we are only together for about an hour, I really do feel it a privilege and an honor to spend that hour capturing these parents and children having fun and just being together.  This family was no exception.  Although, in a way they were an exception to me.  It was as if all elements came into play perfectly, which resulted in some of my favorite images of all my years in business.  Their outfits were great, they were a beautiful family in a beautiful setting, and we had the most amazingly gorgeous light.  A photographer’s dream.  Thank you ‘J’ family for choosing me this year!!  Can’t wait to see these all framed and hanging in your home!

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  • The R Family [Lakeland family photography]

    So…I realized today that I never shared the images from this family session I had with good friends from church.    Looking at the date stamp….um….we did these in (cough, cough) November (cough, cough).  Woops!!  Better late than never I always say!!  🙂

    Like I said, these are great friends of ours from church who we really just got to know well last year.  I had never spent a lot of time around their boys before this, and I had so. much. fun!  Really, they had me laughing pretty much the entire time we were together.  We met at Florida Southern (where we all happened to have graduated from college).   Loved their outfits, loved their family banter, loved them.  Not much else to say. 🙂

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  • Keyton c/o 2014 [Lakeland High School Senior photography]

    I was so happy to shoot several high school seniors this year.  Would love to do more!!  Keyton was great to work with.  We met on location first, and then moved to the studio for a few shots as well.  His brother and puppies even jumped in some of the shots.  Better late than never Keyton – but congratulations on graduating and good luck with your next chapter of life in the fall!!

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  • The W Family [Lakeland family photography]

    Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting up with this hilarious and super fun family.  Forecast showed evening thunderstorms, so we moved their session up an hour – which was HOT!!  We were all a hot sweaty mess, but we still had a blast together.  We started with some shots with Dad’s sweet car and ended with a friendly game of football.

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    This is what happens when you aren’t specific about what you want from a couple of brothers. I think I said “Hey guys, wrestle for me” – too funny!

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    When they told me they wanted some “football” shots, I wasn’t sure what to expect.  I’m no sports photographer, but I tried to keep up with them! 🙂

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    I had the brilliant idea to lay on the ground while they “huddled” above me.  It was worth every drop of sweat that fell on me! 🙂

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  • Emi [Lakeland teen photography]

    Emi was so fun to work with.  This was a “just because” session…which I love! You don’t always need to wait for the big milestones (like graduating high school) to have an excuse for fun pictures.  I think the “official” reason I got to photograph Emi was because she got her braces off a while ago.  I was just happy because one of my favorite subjects to work with is teens!   Emi was no exception.  Can you believe she’s only 14?!  Super sweet and beautiful….thanks Emi for being a great model!

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  • Nick c/o 2014 [Lakeland, high school Senior photography]

    Meet Nick…class of 2014.  This guy was so nice and so easy to work with.   We met at a new location that I just loved…. such a handsome guy, and a great basketball player.  Congratulations Nick on being so close to the finish line!  Wishing you the best as you begin the next chapter of your life.   (Warning…image overload! Couldn’t decide on just a few…there were too many good ones to share!). 🙂

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  • Arielle [Lakeland portrait photography]

    A few months ago I was out exploring new parts of Polk County with my family.  We found this great new location that I just knew would be an amazing spot for a photo shoot.  I could immediately envision how the images would look and what kind of lighting I wanted to try.  It has been in my mind ever since.   Finally I decided I needed a model and I just needed to get out there and do a fun session just for myself.    Late one night, I sent a message to my friend Arielle asking if she was up for a “just-because” photo shoot.  Lucky for me she said yes!

    Arielle is such a beautiful young lady, inside and out.   She has one of the biggest hearts of anyone I know!  Her passion is for the country of Uganda.   I highly recommend reading her blog to find out all about what God is doing for her ministry.  It’s inspiring to say the least.  www.oweittograce.blogspot.com

    Ok, now for the images.  There are a lot because I couldn’t pick just a few favorites.  It’s so funny, she and I were both so nervous for some reason.   I was anxious to try out some new lighting techniques and had so many ideas I thought my head would explode.  And she was just nervous about modeling.  But as you can see, she was a natural.  Arielle -THANK YOU so much for hanging out with us that night!  I so enjoyed spending time with you.   Thank you for allowing me to capture the beauty in you and in the nature surrounding you that night.

    I love the diffused light from the cloud cover in these….

    Then the sun came back out…

    So I set up my off camera lighting that I’ve been wanting to work with more… Such a different look isn’t it?

    Time for an outifit change…I just loved the softness of this dress, especially in contrast to the boots…

    Some details….

    Gorgeous!

    What you can’t see in these shots is my daughter Sydney standing to my left.  I asked her to be silly and make Ms. Arielle laugh.  So she pulled out every silly noise and silly face she could think of.  She’ll make a great assistant someday!

    I’m so thankful for the beautiful sunset we had that night.  These are the images I’ve been wanting to get out of my head for months now!  I could not be more pleased with the final result….

    This was literally the final shot of the day.  Perfection!