My last post was at the end of October. The beginning of November brought a baby shower and a trip to Texas. While in Texas, I had the awesome chance to take my aunt's family's pictures. They are so fun, and I'm so lucky to be a part of their lives, from 1500 miles away. I also got to co-shoot with my aunt while doing my cousin, who is like my little sister, Danielle's maternity shoot. SO fun. Love them. Below you will find some of the Texas trip pictures.
Right before I went to Texas, I also shot one of my besties, Amanda, her maternity and family pictures, in case baby Poppy arrived before I came home. Here are some from that shoot.
When I got home from Texas, I did a mini shoot with Caleb and Penny for Christmas presents. Too adorable.
December was a very busy month at The Hitching Post! Our gift cards were welcomed into Costco just days before Christmas! Such excellent timing, and an even better blessing. I didn't do much shooting in December. HOWEVER, this little angel arrived very early on December 30th, and I was very honored to be there!
10ish days later, I shot the "official" shoot of Poppy and her family!
Just before Christmas, my uncle proposed to his girlfriend Angie, and guess who was hired as the photographer? ME! :) A week after doing Poppy's shoot, I did my first engagement session. Here are a few of my favs...
With my last two sessions, I've noticed my external flash has not been working properly. If you know anything about photography, you may know that the actual flash on your camera is like a flash light, not a very good one. So I had a lot of lighting issues becaus of that. I was going to put off getting a new one for a few weeks, but then I was offered an excellent opprotunity by a local childrens clothing store. Beach Babies in Grover Beach wants me to be one of their "in house" photographers! I would actually be the one to do outdoor shoots of the kids since I prefer non statue like pictures! All in all, SO awesome. So then I determined that to proceed, waiting to get a flash was non realistic. So I got one, a Canon Speedlite 430. And it is AMAZING. I'm also looking at a phenominal new lens, but that little puppy has to wait!
So that is my update! I'm hoping I get to go back to Texas soon to meet Baby Rylan who was born on my Grandma's birthday :), and do a shoot with him!
Goodnight!
