A Beautiful Princess

I had such a fun photo shoot this morning.  A friend of mine contacted me about doing a photo shoot for her daughter with the plan to get some black and white headshots to build a storyboard that was similar to one that she has for her son when he was younger.  I was so excited about this project - trying to find the right lighting, background, borders etc. I love this family, so I was so excited to have them over this morning for my first photo shoot at my house.  I have known this family for several years now and so this beautiful princess has been my "girl" (since I only have boys).  We had a blast - but really for her, it was all about the Saturday morning cartoons at Ms. Holly's house.   I put these pictures to a slide show as a fun way to share them - isn't she such a beautiful little girl?  Enjoy the pictures!

Sneak Peek - Senior 2011

I had a blast on Saturday taking pictures of this BEAUTIFUL High School Senior.  We had so much fun.  I will post more pictures later, but here is a little sneak peek.

Photos of Me!

Well, every photographer has a hard time getting in front of the lens.  We are so comfortable behind it, that is  out of our comfort zone to switch rolls.  But it is important sometimes to experience it, so we are reminded what is going through our clients minds or in this case mine,  (does my hair look right?, is my shirt hanging the right way?, is my smile too big? ..... etc.)  I needed some new pictures of myself to update my website, so I turned to my great friend and co-shooter for many, many years.  We work the same way behind the camera, so I new that she could catch me as I am - and she did!!!  Thanks JC!!

Life is about doing what you Love!

You know my photography started with sports, so I love when I get the opportunity to photograph someone doing their sport.   I have never photographed horseback riding or hockey.  But had the pleasure this fall to do both.  These pictures are of a brother and sister doing their sport.  Their Mom contacted me in the fall about her wonderful idea to capture pictures of her children doing their sport as a gift for her husband for Christmas.  I know her husband loved his Christmas gift because each child's love for what they did came out in every picture.  I cannot even describe in words what a wonderful experience I had watching these children as they do what they love and capturing that love and joy for their sport on camera.  Every time I see these pictures I smile because this is why I started my photography business and where my heart is - and that is to capture a moment  that shows who you are, tells your story by bringing out the very best in you and capturing it in a way that you will cherish forever.

Getting Caught up

Still working on going back and adding some more pictures from the shoots that I did before Christmas.  I have been using my downtime (defined as: not photographing - because I really don't have any "downtime") to study, ready and learn more about the technology and the business.  So I am working on getting the flow down, but for now there might be some late posts to the website/facebook, but I am working on getting everything updated and going back to update some photos.  LOVE these photos.

You will love these pictures.  I posted Dad and Baby in the Fall, but this is the whole family and some of my favorite shots.  There is nothing like family photos in the fall.  We had a blast taking these and enjoying each others company.

The New Look of Holly Hodges Photogaphy

I finally finished all the paperwork (taxes - yuck!) on my desk and my last monster photography project, so I am ready to face the new year.  So, my first project is to update my blog and my website.  I have so many sessions that I haven't even shared with you yet and I need to refresh the look of my website.  To begin the "refresh" project, I started with my logo.  So, here is the new look of Holly Hodges Photography.  I will be working on and  rolling out all the "new" in the next couple of week.  I think this must be the start of spring fever - cleaning up and ready for the new growth of Spring time.

Beautiful Inside and Out

This was a fun photo shoot. It had been really cold on Monday and Tuesday of that week so being in the 40's felt warm. We are great friends so we had a blast just being together like we always do. I don't think there is a bad picture of this family - they are beautiful. I think they all could be models. They are not only beautiful on the outside, they are the most wonderful people you will ever meet - so beautiful on the inside too. Loved the pictures from this shoot and loved their Christmas card that they made from these pictures.