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Alea~Lifestyle Portraits

Kelly — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:44:27 +0000

When I was 19 I had a perm, gigantic teased early 90’s hair (representing upstate NY well!) I was boy crazy, talked too much, and was selfish. Now I had great qualities too but when I think back to how immature and silly I looked, I cringe.

We got an email from a young lady, Alea, a few months ago. She was finishing up an internship with Walt Disney World and was driving home to New Jersey in May. She loved our style and wanted a lifestyle session worked into her travel agenda as she was passing through Virginia. Ummmm…yes please!

We met up with Alea and her dad on Saturday morning. It was a hazy, foggy, drizzly, dreary morning until the most amazing shoes emerged from her jam-packed car.

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Attached to those shoes was the most adorable, sweet, soft spoken NINETEEN year old!

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I’m gonna be honest, I would be a wretched bouncer. I would NEVER have guessed she was just a freshman in college and still a teenager. I would have guessed like 25 years old at least! ALTHOUGH…and this is the BEST although….she thought I looked 23. (taking a bow) I am just shy of my 35th b-day so that was literally the most amazing compliment ever! Apparently, my crows feet aren’t as obvious as I thought. I digress….

So Alea wanted us to give her two distinct looks for her shoot. An urban and a rural location. We started out in our humble little downtown to acquire the urban look first before she transitioned into her very feminine sundress and bare feet. So without further ado….this is urban Alea for you.

****Sidenote…we get asked often about how Ryan and I shoot together. Do we shoot differently? Can we tell our work apart? Do we favor different lenses? Do we process our images different? The answer to ALL of that is a resounding YES! We shoot very differently indeed. We can usually tell our work apart at a glance. He favors primes while I tend to shoot with adjustable lenses. I do 95% of our editing due to division of duties in Kellan but for this post Ryan pulled some of his own images and edited them in his own style. I am going to label our images with “Kelly” and “Ryan” ABOVE the photo for you to see the differences in angles and processing and lens choice.

“Ryan shot, Kelly edit”

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SCENE TWO: Rural abandoned cabin

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Ryan- he was using a softbox on and off during this scene

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I have to stop and give MAD PROPS to her father, Ralph. He generously lugged equipment and lighting and held the softbox for us. Such an unbelievably helpful and sweet man. You are amazing Ralph and mad our morning a 100 times easier!

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We moved to our friends farm adjacent to the cabin. They had a one week old lamb that Alea agreed to hold. He was a wet and muddy but cute none the less!
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So there you have it! I hope you enjoyed seeing the difference in shooting and editing style. It may seem small to pick up the different nuances but I assure you it is huge to us. That is part of the husband wife team we have had to work hard at…adapting a style that reflects both of us and is cohesive at the same time. And just for a fun fact, because Ryan is 16 inches taller than me, and our clients can attest to this, he frequently stands right behind me and shoots the exact same time. So I literally back into him and step on his toes all day long but we are still able to get the angles we want at the same time. That’s what our freaky height difference gives us…equal opportunity!

Alea, you were the bomb! You are fierce in front of the camera with your confidence and yet vulnerable expressions. You go from looking so intense to the SWEETEST dimpled girl within seconds. We had soooo much fun with you and your dad. Thank you for driving WAY out of your way to spend the morning with us. Here is one for the road.

Sunshine Barlowe Studios~ Portraits

Kelly — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:59:06 +0000

She is beauty, love and laughter, creativity and talent…. I mean her name is Sunshine after all! Not only was she blessed with one of the sexiest singing voices but the girl can paint! After much prodding from friends and family…Sunshine Barlowe Lewis is about to embark upon a business venture taking her private paintings and making them available for public purchase. We were so happy to be a part of her brand launching by providing a portrait session that would showcase a little of her work, a lot of her personality and a pinch of her in action. Keep checking back for her pending website, you won’t be disappointed! Enjoy our friend with the contagious smile and infectious laugh.

Candace Marie Design~ Headshots

Kelly — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:48:56 +0000

My dear, sweet and insanely talented friend, Candace Grahl is going on an adventure. She is jumping head first into the event design business. With an affinity for color, paper, fabric and baking….she is taking those passions and channeling them into Candace Marie Design. We, her friends, have been benefiting from her delicious baked goods, creative crafting, and decorating tips for years. With a gentle nudge from her husband and her friends holding up pom poms and banners…she is going for it! Her main focus will be on the dessert tables/small-time catering & the designing details like tags, ribbons, and things of that fashion. The finishing touches are happening with her website so stay tuned for her official launch in late spring.

She approached Ryan and me in the fall to grab some headshots for the site. FIsh in a barrel! Not only is she a looker, she has an insane range of facial expressions. Candace is one of my most animated friends which makes for some great photos. She also happens to think Ryan and I are pretty darn funny so getting her laughing is a cinch! Enjoy some of my favorites of her as well as a sneak peek at some of her work from our little friend, Ella’s, first birthday party.

***Yellow cupcake donated by my friend and baker extraordinaire, Beth from Taste Selects Confectionery***

Check out those gams!!! She was training for a marathon at the time. Literally running her butt off.

location change…little more rustic

such a Candace face

Now on to a Candace Marie event. This was a 1st birthday party for our dear friends Sarah and Nathans daughter, Ella Jade!

Check out the beautiful table…..

and the adorable birthday girl!

Ella actually had a violent reaction to the taste of frosting. She yelled and shook…then she realized she was CRAZY and enjoyed it.

So keep your bookmarks set for Candace Marie Design to see more of what Candace has cooking in the kitchen…literally!