Let Me See Your Hats and Heels

I can remember back to my Senior year of High School when I was on the prom committee.  I don’t remember when we started planning for the prom, but I think that the location was selected the year before.  Anyway, there were so many meetings that we had to plan out every single detail.  And though for many of us, we only attend the prom once, there are other events that involve just as much planning and preparation…  So for these events, it is good to have a professional photographer so that you can look back after all of that long, hard work and see how well everything came together (chances are, you’ll be too busy to notice on the day of the event).

Below are images from a recent annual Mother’s Day Luncheon, called Hats and Heels put on by the Sisters in the Spirit Foundation in Pennsylvania.

The Program

Handmade Flowers

The Model

A Few Ladies

The Singers

Dancers

Reading the Bible

The Preacher

Worship

Reaching across the aisles

Zumba 1

Zumba 2

All the Ladies

The Right Photo Adds Just the Right Touch

At least since High School (if not before), I have had a deep love for the camera and the beautiful images that it can yield.  I mean, I will photograph almost anything from feet and shoes to flowers and limbs of trees to people that are looking at me crazy.  I save all of the photographs that I take because I never know when I’ll need it for a graphics project (or gift).

By capturing just the right image in  just the right way, and with carefully placed words, you can make someone want to order some pasta with shrimp scampi, make a woman adjust how she applies her shadow, or even encourage someone to give to an organization. Perhaps its the marketer in me, but when I get ready to do graphic design work, I immediately think of what type of photography that I am going to need to convey my message. There are numerous stock photography sites that have a wealth of great images that could suit most anyone’s graphic needs, but recently when I was working on a flyer for a local church’s picnic, I immediately thought of an image I’d taken of some cupcakes a while back (you can see the full image under the desserts category).  The final product was just right (in my option, at least)!  We’ll know for sure when we see how many people attend the event.

Saver the date flyer for picnic with cupcakes

Like Mother, Like Son…

Earlier this week, I had an opportunity to photograph a mother and son Pastoral team in Downington, Pennsylvania in a headshot portrait session.  They were both beautiful people with beautiful personalities, which makes my job easy!  As they intended to use the photographs as graphics on flyers, invitations, and other print media, I brought in a large green background that I could knockout with a photo editing program, and then set the majority of the images on a white background.  Now towards the end of the session, I found out that their church was connected to a church I had visited in Delaware a few times before.  It is truly amazing how small our world really is… and how interconnected we are, but just don’t know it yet!  I have included some of the images from this session below.

Mother and Son

Pastor Kim in relaxed stance

Simply Beautiful

Pastor Kin with Arms Folded

Soft Portrait of Pastor Kim

Elder Tyson

From up above portrait of Elder Tyson

Something Natural - Elder Tyson

Up Close and Personal with Elder Tyson

Campus Harvest – Raleigh-Durham, NC

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to travel with students from Howard, Georgetown, and NOVA, as well as members of Grace Covenant Church to a conference for college students – Campus Harvest.  Among other things it was a great opportunity to meet more people and test out my new camera… this also serves as a disclaimer that I was not using the camera that I am well versed in… yet and still I was able to get some good shots.

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The Silly Pose

Looking Back (on the bus)

One of the praise team singers

One of the dancers..

Another dancer...

I absolutely LOVE the passion!


Without Jesus I suck shirt

There were so many of these shirts floating around this past weekend…


Students in worship

This is a photo of hands lifted in worship…


Finally, there was a baptismal ceremony at the pool in the Fairfield Inn.


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