Baby girl

This is Madison. She just turned 7 months old. I know seven months is not that big of a deal but I couldn't resist photographing this little beauty. Look at those cheeks!!

Oh Baby!

Look at that face!!

Welcome everyone!!

Welcome all!! Some if you may know me but most of you don't . 2009 I decided to take a leap of faith and move away to start school in Photography. I moved all the way to Santa Barbara to attend Brooks Institute of Photography. I had a blast. Every moment of my days were taking photos and talking about photos. What's not to love. I have learned so much and gained confidence that I would not have gotten anywhere else. Now I have moved back to my home town and am launching my new business Samantha Michelle Photography. My vision as a photographer is to capture what most might not see. To capture those moments of laughter and love. I have always had a heart for photos and photography. I love to tell stories and be a part of people's lives with my camera. I could not imagine any other thing I would rather do. I am pretty broad with my photography subject choices. I love nature, stock, and lifestyle. I mostly enjoy working with people, which is lifestyle photography. People interacting with each other, families sharing laughter and love. I also love photographing children, they are such a joy, you can't help but smile when you look at a child's face. If you are interested I would love to photograph and document your special moments. Feel free and look around my blog. This is only a small portion of my work. I hope you enjoy it. If you would like to get a hold of me you can email me at: smphotography20@yahoo.com

Favorites

These three photos are some of my favorites. I was just playing around with my camera and they turned out to be my favorites.

Month six

Madison:

Alright....alright

I am warning you now that this is going to be a long post. I have been falling behind on my posting days. I was waiting to edit my photos but the longer I wait, the more photos I get. So I apologize now for posting unedited photos. Please try not to notice :0)

A lot of things have been going on lately. School is great. I am learning flash now (I will post pictures of them later). I have been visiting family. Getting ready for the holidays, and now my Grandparents from Kansas are in town. Busy, busy, busy.

Here are some photos from school assignments.

This is my parents (about 5 min after shooting this it started to hail). The assignment was called Love.

I know these two look the same but they aren't.

This a self portrait, the assignment was Hot. I wanted to viewer to be in the oven.

This is my single light portrait assignment. I was photographing an artist in his environment.

Alright, that is the end of my assignments. Now for the fun stuff..

This is a photo-shoot I did for my sister and her family. I happened to be home and thought it would be fun to take photos with the changing leaves.

They were great. My niece is so funny. I am so glad I got to shoot them.

Okay, I know that I said no more assignment photos but I have always been wanting to do these type of photos. The assignment was Humor. Since I started school I have been wanting to do a book of all funny portrait photos. Who better to get it started with then my funny dad. The whole time I was shooting we were both laughing. It was so much fun. Thanks dad for being my guinea pig. :0)

Thanksgiving. We a good time. Not all of my family could make it but we had a lot of fun seeing people that don't get to see everyday. I am so thankful for my family. They made me who I am today.

Sorry I don't have more photos. I was busy eating and sharing time with my loved ones. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving day.

Madi is getting older everyday. Since it's almost Christmas we decided to document her ever changing months with in her special holiday dress.

This shoot got me so excited for the holidays. I cannot wait to have a break from school and bake. There is nothing like Christmas time. :0)

On another note this is what I always look like during Christmas. Sweatshirt and Queen Anne cherries in hand.

My grandparents came to visit us out here. They are from Kansas so we don't really get to see them very much. I am so glad that I was able to get away from school and visit. My grandpa photographs really well so I decided to just photograph him watching a ball game.

He is so adorable.

I seem to have some weird fascination with Christmas ornaments. I am very sentimental about tradition and things of the past.

This ornament was my grandma's when she was a little girl.

Same with this one. She gave us these last year and I love that she shared her memories with us.

These other photos are just some of my favorites.

Madi was so cute today. I couldn't resist taking a few photos.

Alright, I promise next time my post will be shorter. Happy Holidays everyone.