Fourth of July Teaser

Here is a little teaser from our Fourth of July at The Ridge in Longview, Texas. More to come soon!!!!

Storms last night...

Weatherford got hit pretty hard with some storms yesterday evening. I took some shots from our porch of the storm as went right by us, not evening dropping a tenth of an inch of rain at our house. Yes I realize I am becoming obsessed with the 70's looking edits....I can't help it I just love it.

Random Things

So it has been a while since I posted some of the random pictures I take, just for the sake of taking them, and I decided today would be a good day for that, Mondays are just full of randomness anyway, so why not add some more. I took this picture during Kelsy & JJ's engagement shoot of the Old Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells. I really wish someone would restore it, it is just amazing. This picture was taken this weekend during my photo shoot with Cigi for some promo pictures to use on my website. I really like this and camera to the right was my grandmothers old brownie hawkeye, that apparently still works. Stay tuned somtime soon for some pictures taken with it. I looked into ordering the film yesterday. I am really excited about that!I took this picture about a month ago while we were working cows, it is of my lovely husband, I just love the way he has his eyes cut over to the camera. He really doesn't like having his picture taken, so its actually a small miracle that I got him in a shot anyway.

This last one I took just playing around for some shots for my parents new website. I liked it, although it looks a little obviously staged...but oh well.

I have a bunch of shoots coming up in the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned for lots more posts, and yes it is that time again, the Lipan Junior Rodeo will start this month, YEA YEA!!!, so look for those posts to be coming soon!

Random Donkey Picture

I took this picture this morning, and just really liked it. Mrs. Kramer rocks the shot, don't ya think? I know Random. Lots and Lots of Blog posts to come over the next few weeks. I am almost completely booked for Christmas Cards, so book now if you haven't already! I have a fmaily session this afternoon and will post a sneak peak soon! Have a great Sunday!

November Hootenany - Lipan, Texas

Last night after working on getting our kitchen window installed I went up to the local community center for the monthly Hootenany. I just love that my town has a Hootenany! When I first moved here it was being held at the local grocery store, it has since moved to the community center where there is more room, however it is still a packed house. Here are some of my favorites from last night!

Our New Addition

This is our new dog Willie! He actually has been ours for about five years but he has been living at Bobby's mother's house. He came to live with us full time two weeks ago, but I finally got him to sit for a photo shoot this morning. He is actually the grandson of Bobby's favorite dog Pearl. He is a little needy and nuerotic, but getting used to his new digs and his new brother and sister.

Before & After

I have not posted a "before and after" before, so it is about time. Editing is a huge part of a photographer's job. It is one of the many reasons you use a professional, it can take a so-so picture and make it a WOW!

Last weekend I shot the Lipan Jr. Rodeo and during the editing process one picture just haunted me. I just couldn't get it to work. Well yesterday I got a new editing software and amazing enough I got the image to work today! I just knew that somewhere inside that BAD picture was a GREAT picture. The first image is the "before" - image taken straight out of camera with absolutely no editing.

The next two are edited, one with normal color saturation and the second with low color saturation.

House Moving

I spent most of the day yesterday being a nosy neighbor! Our neighbors sold their house, just the house, not the land. So the house movers were here yesterday getting the house. This has been a really long process, they have been working on getting it ready to move for weeks! They thought they were going to have to come across our land to move it, but ended up going another route. So of course I grabbed my camera and recorded the process, however I don't think my neighbor Gretchen will ever want these pictures, she may never forgive her husband for selling the house. This house is/was the oldest house in town, I think ours may be the oldest now. They lifted the house up on these jacks, and then put the beams under the house. They had to cut the house into two pieces, this one being the larger piece with the part of the living room and the bedrooms. This is where their front porch used to be.....sorry Gretchen!

This is the smaller part of the house that got moved down the hill first, it is the mainly the kitchen.

Not the smartest/safest place to be....
The larger part coming through the second fence, they are actually going to have to reset the beams under this portion before they move it off the property completely, because it is so unlevel! As you can see there was some roof damage during part of the move due to some really big trees. They are supposed to finish moving it next week, hopefully I will be able to catch them as they drive through town with it, would love to get pictures of that! Thanks Gretchen for letting me hang out with you yesterday!

Saturday Night!

Last night we went to a little party at our friends David and Amber's house. Good Food, Good Music and Cold Beer, can't beat it! That's Jeff (above) I promised him he would be an internet superstar!!!

One last picture of Jeff!!! He is hilarious! Thanks for inviting us David and Amber and we will see you next time!

My New Shoes!!

I love love love my new shoes!!! They are so cute, I thought I would share!

I am going to the Zoo tomorrow with Lauren and Carter!!! Those pics will be up as soon as I get them edited!!! I love the Zoo!!

Dove Hunt 2008 - Warning PETA members, don't look!

This Monday was opening day of Dove Season. I was 'allowed' to go hang out with the boys in the Dove Field on Monday to get some shots of them in action. I had a really great time, these guys have been getting together on opening day for the past nine years!! They are so much fun and really good guys! We started the morning out really early in some plowed fields, but for the afternoon hunt we were in the middle of a large sunflower field. I am only going to include one picture of carnage! These were from the morning hunt, I bet there were twice as many in the afternoon hunt!! This guy wasn't with our group, but was hunting the same field Monday morning, I just couldn't resist getting a picture of he and his dog. Her name is Vegas, and she got so excited, she was a lot of fun to watch!!!

Guys, Thanks a lot for letting me tag a long! I had a good time!!