I am so excited about this post of Ashley. Ashley and her mother are a wonderful team. I just loved them both. Ashley is a very accomplished young women. She will be graduating a year early…Yes I said a year early! Now I have a daughter in high school and I know how much it work it is just keeping these teenagers on track, let alone getting them to graduate early! So, although I know the hardest work has come from Ashley, I will have to commend her mother on this one as well!! Excellent work from both of you and you should be quite proud! Ashley loves football and when her mother suggested the idea of taking some pictures in a football field I was all for it! I really love when we can incorporate personalities in portraits and do something unique! We had to get special permission from the high school, but they were very accommodating. I enjoyed taking photos of Ashley so much we had an extra long photo session…I know she was so tired, but she was so much fun to work with I just kept coming up with more ideas! So the result…alot of wonderful images to chose from! I love photographing seniors, it is such an important and wonderful time in life and what an honor for me to be able to capture this special time.

My new ordering system is up and running! Here is the link www.newsimplicityphotography.net

Once you have selected your images for your image disk I will post them online for family and friends to order prints and numerous other products. You simply select the photo or photo’s you want to order, pick your size and you even have control over the cropping on some images. You pay by credit card and within a few days your prints will be mailed directly to you. Please contact me for any questions…and please also keep in mind I also offer a personal tutorial and lab printing information on all image disks purchased.

I will be posting all of my recent wedding galleries as well.

Katie is a dear sweet young lady. I really enjoyed photographing her. Our first day was rained out, but we were able to do her drape shot. We met later in the week for the remainder of her session. I looved photographing Katie. First of all, I enjoy being around sweet and polite people like Katie and her mother. Secondly, Katie’s eyes are wonderfully captivating. I don’t think I have ever seen a color quite as clear and turquoise blue as hers. I am not even sure my edits are giving them justice. Katie is just a beautiful person inside and out. I am loving how her images came out! It has been so overcast here, it was wonderful to actually have some sunlight to give these images some pop. I am feeling extra creative tonight, so I am experimenting with some new texturing techniques. They are turning out really fun!

Some of you may wonder why it’s takes a week, sometimes longer for me to post your galleries online. Well, here is a sample of an image directly off my camera..or what we photographers call sooc (straight out of camera) versus an images that I have fully edited. I use two programs to edit all your images…Lightroom and Photoshop. I remove the  flatness of the image, add color pop, color correct and ajust the levels. This is the first edit I do. Once you have made the final selection for your image disk or your prints, I then go back and do the final edits for each image you select. I might do skin (acne) touch-ups, lighten eyes, dodge areas (lighten), burn areas (darken). I usually spend anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes or sometimes longer per image ,depending on the image, for the final edit. It is a step-by-step process starting with the time I spend to shoot the session. Then I edit out the ones you don’t see (eyes closed, funny expressions, ect.)  Next, I do a preliminary edit on each and every image you view in your gallery and then I make the final edits once you have made your final selections. Actually, digital photography is alot more time-consuming than film ever was. However, digital photography is alot more forgiving than film ever was.

Erica was indeed a pleasure to photograph. She was so natural it was very easy to photograph her. Once we got into the groove it was just easy picture sailing after that! It seemed to me in the short time I was with Erica that she is a kind and generous person. I suggested shooting at a newer location since I was ready for a change. So we went out to Senoia to do our shooting. I actually could have shot there all day. I had forgotten about all the wonderful picture taking spots out there. I could tell she really wanted to go to Line Creek, so we were able to squeeze it into our morning. (I also forgot what a long drive it is out to Senoia.) Anyways, I just love how here pictures turned out. I especially love the ones we did in the stairwell! The lighting was amazing! It was wonderful to receive a sweet letter a couple days later from Erica’s mom thanking me for taking the time to take her pictures. It always warms my heart when I know I am appreciated.