Welcome to the blogYay! I'm so excited to be adding to my blog design. As you can tell, I have this nifty new "welcome" post up at the top of the blog now. This post will always be at the top and it will let you in on the latest and greatest here at Cherry Street Photography. It will be where I announce studio happenings such as contests, model casting calls, special promotions, vacations, etc. If this is your first visit to my blog, Welcome! The blog is where I post all the sneak peeks from sessions, the latest happenings going on with the biz and tidbits here & there about my life. Feel free to hang out and browse around. All the navigation is at the top of the blog. You can subscribe to the blog via RSS, check out the main website or even email me! If you click the "links" page at the top you'll find links to my facebook & myspace page and lots of other great photographers blogs around the country. To the right you will see a little green box that contains my twitter updates. If you don't know what twitter is, it is a very cool social networking service where you can update what you're doing at any given moment. It's a fun gadget! If you are on twitter and want to follow me, just click the link below the dialog box. As always, if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask. Thanks for stopping by and fyi...I LOVE comments so feel free to comment on your own post or just say "hi"! ;) | |
remember this cutie? | cherry street photography {kids}
January 30, 2010 | Filed Under Biz, children | 1 Comment
Wowza, I am SO behind on blogging. The beginning of 2010 has been super busy and I can’t believe we’re already at the end of January! I figured I’d share this little cutie before it’s time to blog her TWO year photos. Yes, I’ve really been holding out on this blog post for THAT long!
you might remember her here at 12 months…
This time around she’s a little bit older and if possible, she’s gotten even cuter than she was! I had a blast photographing her as usual and she was her perky happy self the whole session!
meet Manny…
December 12, 2009 | Filed Under Biz | 2 Comments
he’s our new elf! This year we started a new Christmas tradition. It’s called “the Elf on the Shelf”. Each night Manny flys to the North Pole and reports to Santa whether the kids have been naughty or nice and when he flys back he always picks a different spot in the house to land. The only rule is that the kids aren’t allowed to TOUCH him or his Christmas magic might go away. They are encouraged to tell Manny their wish list, but don’t expect him to talk back. He’s under strict orders from Santa that he can’t say a word to the kiddies! He can, however, talk to us adults.
Manny has landed in all sorts of places. So far he’s been on top of the Christmas tree, hanging from the sconce in the foyer, sitting on the blender on the kitchen counter and this morning the kids found him on the indoor basketball goal. Who knows where he’ll end up next!
Here are a few pics from Manny’s first night at the house…
Super cool camera bag….
December 11, 2009 | Filed Under Biz | Leave a Comment
A little blog to spread the word about a super cool camera bag I ran across today. The KELLY MOORE BAG! They just started taking orders and you won’t get it until mid-late January, but it looks like an awesome bag! Uber stylish for us gals and looks to be very functional too!
Check it out!
www.kellymoorebag.com
Jax Shoot Club | cherry street photography {models}
November 22, 2009 | Filed Under Biz | Leave a Comment
It’s always a blast when you get to chat and hang out with fellow photographers. Back in September the Jax Shoot Club had another meet up and this time our focus was “portraits”. Apparently word travels fast and there were a whopping 80+ photographers at our shoot out that night, compared to 30 the month before. It was craziness! But fun craziness.
A huge thanks to Faythe Mesic for the awesome make-up and Sonia Garza for all the models’ hairstyles!
Thank you to all the models as well! They did a fabulous job!
- Models: Sally, Lauren, Arielle, Brekke and her dog Macey (in order posted)
memories…
November 16, 2009 | Filed Under Biz | Leave a Comment
You know all those things that happen daily that are just part of life, but don’t seem like anything special? I got reminded recently that EVERY moment is special in it’s own way and even though they seem ordinary at the time, you will cherish them in a few years when everything has changed.
It all started when I decided to transfer our home videos to the computer to save them in digital format. While I was so happy that I have some video of the kids when they were younger, it also made me sad. Sad that time passes way too quickly and sad that I didn’t video more every day life moments. We always think we have to record the big moments…Christmas plays, graduation, etc. But out of all the recordings, I cherished the normal every day moments the most….the way they talked, their mannerisms, what they liked/didn’t like, how they danced/sang, what they looked like. I get teary eyed just thinking back to all the moments lost to time. So, instead of dwelling on what a I should have done, I came to the conclusion that I can’t turn back time and record more of their childhood, but I CAN start recording more at the ages they are now!
Here are two gems from when my babies were 5 yrs old & 2.5 yrs old…
Hayden talking with mommy
Caitlin & Hayden dancing in the living room to Hilary Duff…a song Caitlin knows by heart now and was one of her favorites when she was in voice lessons!
gorgeous family | cherry street photography {sneak peek}
November 15, 2009 | Filed Under Business | 1 Comment
I got to spend my morning with this gorgeous family! Thanks so much for braving the cold and getting the brood out & dressed so early! Baby Z & Bruno (fur baby) did so awesome!
sweet sisters | cherry street photography {sneak peek}
November 14, 2009 | Filed Under Biz | 1 Comment
What could be better than a session with pink cowboy boots & tutu’s?! Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing two adorable sisters. Miss E is full of spunk and loooooves the outdoors while Miss C was the pensive one with the doll baby eyes. Here’s a little teaser for mom. It was so great meeting you all. I can’t wait for you to see the rest!
Let’s pretend…
November 12, 2009 | Filed Under Biz | Leave a Comment
I think I’ll just glaze over the fact that I haven’t updated since September! Yikes! I have lots to catch you up on so for starters, we’ll pretend Halloween wasn’t 2 weeks ago and I’ll share some personal photos of my two monkeys at the pumpkin patch.
awwww, my girlie…
I ADORE this shot of my boy! I got a real smile and no squinting…it’s a miracle!
You would not believe how hard it was to get this shot, but I love it!
Jax Shoot Club…
September 10, 2009 | Filed Under Biz, Photographers, love, wedding | 4 Comments
The sky was dark and the thunder was making it’s presence known. Not a good sign when I was about to be outside with my camera in a few hours. Luckily the clouds parted and it turned out to be a gorgeous night for the first ever Jax Shoot Club meet-up.
I have to thank the two uber talented photographers, Kara Pennington Photography & La Dolce Vita Studios, who had the great idea to start up a shoot club here in Jacksonville. They planned everything from the location & models right down to the bridal bouquets to complete the shot. There were a lot of local photographers (& some a little far from home as well) to mingle with, we had several fabulous models to shoot and equally fabulous vendors! “Team Awesome” as they affectionately referred to themselves, did an amazing job of organizing this super fun event and I very much look forward to the next one!
Before you look at the shots I got that night, take a peek at the generous vendors that contributed to our get together…
• Makeup and Hair was provided by Faythe Mesic: http://www.faythemesic.com/
•Bridal Bouquets were provided by Anything with Plants & Flowers: http://www.anythingwithplants.com
•Lauren’s Dress and bridal attire was provided by Solutions Bridal of Gainesville: http://www.solutionsbridal.com/
Her dress was by designer Alvina Valenta (style #9700) and her veil was by Lori London (style #VM95)
A big shout out to our models for the night as well seeing as we wouldn’t have had anyone to photograph without them! 
Julianne and Greg (engagement couple)
Kelly & Chris (bride and groom)
Lauren (solo bride)
Lauren, our mock bride, was the first model my group shot so I have the most images of her. She was stunning and so working it for the camera! She was such a trooper!
techie talk : these two images were shot with external flash on-camera in manual mode. I’m still trying to figure out this whole flash thingy so I had fun playing and trying to get the output to look the way I wanted.
One of the gorgeous bouquets from Anything with Plants & Flowers…
After the sky threatened our shootout with rain, mother nature ended up playing nice and giving us one wicked awesome sunset. It made for a gorgeous silhouette of our married couple, Kelly & Chris. Kelly, btw, was a real trooper as well. It’s hard work to stand & model for a million photographers while wilting in the FL heat in a heavy bridal gown, but she did a great job!
techie talk again : this one was shot with some fill flash as well
Our smokin’ hot engaged couple. Check out the foot tattoo! Gorgeous!
First day of school…
September 8, 2009 | Filed Under Biz | 2 Comments
Yeah, yeah, I know their actual first day wasn’t today, but it was some kids’ first day so I figured it was fitting since I’m late posting and all. So, for the first day of school I decided I was going to go all June Cleaver, who I definitely am not, as those closest to me can attest to. I was up “before” the kids and made them a hot breakfast! Caitlin’s breakfast request was pigs in a blanket….easy enough! Hayden wanted pop tarts…he’s such a little stinker. Our morning went smooth like buttah and I wasn’t even rushed getting pictures. Got lots of my little model Caitlin, but Hayden did not cooperate so well. Soooo, when you see like a million of Caitlin and 3 of Hayden it is not because I didn’t try!
Without further adieu, here is my big 1st & 3rd grader!
