First Mini-Session of 2009!
I’d say, despite the sudden cold wheather…Coast Guard bouncy house and a baby sister who just was not feeling her Diva side, we did ALRIGHT! Andy, Jacque, Hunter (aka Aidenater’s best friend) & baby Aubrey….Thank you guys so much for trusting me and for taking such good care of my little man! Hope you enjoy…..
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What are holiday mini sessions you ask?
Holiday mini sessions are 45 minute sessions designed for you to get updated images of your family for Christmas cards, holiday gifts, etc…
How much does it cost?
$125.00 for up to 5 family members. Add $10 for each additional member.
Where & When?
Howard Gilman Park (Downtown St. Marys) Saturday October 17th & 24th
What is included?
- A 45 minute session for up to 5 Family members.
- 50 5×7 or 5×5 (two sided) customized Christmas cards.
- 20 edited images in a password protected gallery for 7 days for ordering & choosing images for your cards.
- One 8×10 print.
- 10% off print order. (You must place your order during the 7 days that your gallery is active to qualify for the 10% discount)
This is a BIG discount, so sessions book quickly. To book your mini session, call 904.254.8248 to reserve your time.
Session fee is due within 2 days of booking your session.
We are going to have a fabulous time! I can’t wait!!!
After only 5 weeks of practice Meredyth attended her first swim meet. At first i thought I may very well be more nervous than she was, I quickly realized that wasnt true..=( My poor baby girl got so frustrated just warming up that she was in tears before her first race! Luckily with a little Coach Anthony pep talk, some daddy love and Miss Liz saying she would cry too if Meredyth didnt stop, she focused her attention where it needed to be.
She’s really nervous about being “on the block”….she kinda wobbles every time she stands up there and then doesnt want to let go.
But I was soooooo proud of her!! For her first event she swam the 100 yd Free Style….this from a child that just 6 weeks ago I was scared to leave at practice for fear she may sink straight to the bottom! She would try to hold her breath all the way across the pool because she “didnt like breathing on the side”.
Then she swam the 50 yard Butterfly and Backstroke. I dont even remember what “place” she was in. Just that she finished and I was so PROUD! 
Meet Devon, she is a Senior in High School this year. Whoo Hoo, shout out to c/o 2010!
She is absolutely famous for ALWAYS SMILING! So when I said okay I need your serious “Tyra Banks” model face, she laughed. Thats not what I was going for..lol So I said, how about you take a deep breath, and think back to how you felt on your first day of High School….yeah I know, I was terrified and excited. But as she thought about it, she relaxed and she I think began to feel a sense of relief even. So my contemplative moment for I HEART FACES this week is Miss Devon…little girl Ive watched grow since 1st grade….Varsity Cheerleader, Friend, Babysitter, Big Sister, A+ student, Oldest child, loved girlfriend, sister, niece and daughter.
Congrats Devon, I like so many others couldnt be more proud of you!
This weeks contest is for Silly Wacky Faces!
I couldnt help myself, I just had to post this picture and enter it into the contest! We were at the Jacksonville Zoo, enjoying some fun water time to cool off our scorching hot Florida Sun bodies, when I told the kids to make a funny face for a picture I would be framing for Uncle Art & Aunt Ditty.
This is what I got! I love these little monkeys!
Iheartfaces…..
I love this site!
They have the best stories and contest and this week they are giving away the lens Ive been drooling over for EVER!!!!!!
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I know right?! It looks huge….but I just couldnt shrink it down because I wanted the impact on you to be as great as it is on me! This lens is awesome and I would so love to have one!
Standing on a stage with a microphone in your hands. Thousands of adoring fans screaming your name. Loving you for what you do. I imagine this is as close as I’ll ever be to that, and that is FINE WITH ME!!!!
Meet Amy “worksafulltimejobhasfourkidsahusbandwho’sstationedinVa.andanamazingsmile” Anderson! When she emailed me last week asking me to take more family pictures I was so excited and nervous. But the kids were great, the weather cooperated and I can only hope that I wont let her down! Thank you Amy, for trusting me with your family portrait session. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them!
Military Family Special
At LAF Photography we believe in the love and strength of family. Family marks our milestones, gives cause for celebrations and lends unconditional support in times of need.
Family inspires us to go forward. Family sustains us in times of adversity. Family confirms who we are.
To honor families, I’d love to photograph yours. Call today for an on-location session at our special Military family discounted price of only $25. ($50 savings)
All in the Family Package
1– 11 x 14 Family Portrait
4– 5 x7s
4- 3 x 5’s
24 wallets die-cut
Free retouching ($75 value)
Until July 4th our most popular photo package is just $100. Receive a large 11 x 14 foam core mounted, ready to frame, portrait for your home, pictures for grandparents and lots of pictures for other family members and friends.
**Due to substantial savings on this package. Payment of Session fee and Package are due at time of photo shoot. Images will be posted in a secure online gallery within 2 weeks for you to choose what images you would like in each size.**
Okay….somehow I got left alone with myself for like 20 minutes today and realized something. It’s not that I dont think Im any good at photography….it’s that I dont think Im good enough to get paid for it! ahhhhh yes…why is it I feel like im less than worthy of being paid for my time and energy and dare I say it…(drumroll please…..) Talent???? I mean Im better than the average joe shmo with a DSLR…but I look at the work of people I admire and think, yeah right! I’ll never be that good. But is it really more talent? Maybe better equipment, that just means more money. Is it that they dont have 3 little kids running around painting the walls while they try to learn a new technique in photo shop. Is it the schools and seminars they’ve attended or the 100’s of gorgeous clients they have to choose from? Or maybe…just maybe…it’s the confidence they have in themselves to put it all out there on the line and say Im good, so this is what Im worth. Here are your photos….yes you actually have to pay me for them. Maybe it is that they have the good sense to know freelance, wedding, portrait or journalism…..it’s a job! So then I ask myself, where do I buy some of that confidence??
I need to find it…what kind of example would I be to my beautiful daughters (and son) if I couldn’t?
And what type of photog would I be if I didnt give props to one of my fave peeps who never complains that I have a camera in her face 
…luv u mel bel!!
Have you ever wanted to be good at something so bad it makes you cry? Not recognized for being good at it….not rich or famous or an international phenom. Just confident and strong and good at something you love doing. Maybe the seceret is to not care if you are good at it but to love it. I mean, I love love love my camera, I love the fact that even though I live life at “the speed of light” (so my doctor says) when I have my camera in my hand, everything slows down for me. I am not spazzing about bills or laundry or baseball practice. Im just me with a camera. I can see things and people for what they really are. It’s nice when people say “Oh Amber that is a great picture, she’s beautiful”…of course that makes me feel good. But what I see and what I hope to capture in a photo should make someone say, “Oh Amber…wow, look at how in love they are”, or “I can almost feel how happy they are as a family together”. Those are the things I see and feel when Im at a session. I feel like I wont really be good at what “I do” until I can really show the emotion of the situation. I’m not really sure what Im rambling about…..I just know that I want to take more photos…I want to get better, I want to never feel overwhelmed or frustrated by working with my camera. I love experimenting with, learning about and teaching photography. It’s my outlet, that thing I do when i feel like the rest of my world is going to fall apart, nothing is right and Im barely keeping myself together. (you know…what I really mean is when the kids are driving me crazy…lol..) So I guess I hope others will enjoy my photography also. But as for now it’s back to the crazy schedule that is my life, off to get the lil man from school..lunch…clothes…plant flowers…dinner…baseball and then maybe some cuddle time with Daddy!
