Meet Family "S" Sneak Peak

Wow was this family gorgeous! They were so stylish and perfect for photos. If you ever wonder what to wear to a session... check out this session! Everyone was perfectly dressed and coordinated.

Hope you enjoy your photos!

Okay so here is the final proof for the family! But I will also include the original just for giggles! It's amazing what a little effort and photoshop will accomplish!

So here is the original photo! Quite a difference huh!

Love the candid tender moments!

 

You are a beautiful family! Thanks so much for allowing me to photograph your family! If you are interested in a family session let me know! Email me at stefanimariephotography@hotmail.com

New 12x12 Templates for Brides and Grooms

I am so excited to offer these beautiful 12x12 books to my brides and brides to be! They are so beautiful and can also be converted to 10x10 books if you would like. Please email me about pricing if you are interested at stefanimariephotography@hotmail.com

This is a fabulous way to display all your wedding photos and show off to family and friends your special day

Rocky Mountain Cheerleaders ~ Meridian

Where does time go? I have been reminded this month how fast time has slipped away. I just had my 10 year class reunion, both of my kids will start school this year, my husband is turning the big "30" in the next few weeks and I am not too far behind him... and then this photoshoot was just another fresh reminder that I no longer am a teen. These girls were so young, so beautiful, so talented... and although a lot of them cannot wait to grow up and begin their lives... I want to just tell them to enjoy every minute of it while they have it.

My mom would say how fast time would go by and I remembered thinking it didn't go by fast enough! I couldn't wait to drive, date, move out, get a job, make my own money, rules and life decisions. But what I didn't realize is that I would one day miss living a simpler life. Football games, school dances, friends, spending my hard earned money on "clothes!" and not bills!!

Thank you girls for letting me share this small time with you and to be able to capture your youth. Enjoy it, live it and love it because don't worry... soon enough you will be old like me! It really does go by fast!!

And check out this lucky man who was getting his Senior Pictures taken by another photographer! He did not hesitate even for a moment to get this picture taken with these hotties! LOL!

If you are an upcoming Senior and need pictures taken I am offering a Senior Ambassador Program. Click here for more information or email me at stefanimariephotography@hotmail.com. It is a great way to save money and earn free print credits!

Trying something new...

I discovered this really cool blogging header for free at MCP Actions. I actually downloaded it a few months ago and just now uploading it to photoshop. It is really cool and only took 30 seconds to insert photos. I wish I knew how to create these quicky headers like this!

This family session was taken earlier today. Daddy leaves for Afghanistan on Monday for 6 months. It would be so hard to be a mommy with two young boys and daddy being so far away. It makes you appreciate the little things in life that you take for granted.  I thank all the military folks who fight for my freedom and for all the military husbands and wives who are separated from their families while their spouses are fighting for our country. Thanks for all you do!

One day I will photograph them on their 50th Anniversary!

Sometimes a couple is just meant to be. This is one of those couples. Their wedding was picture perfect. They said their own vows, he teared up as he said his I Do's, they laughed, kissed, held hands and never left each other's sight the entire wedding. As a photographer you appreciate the tender candid moments and so many of these pictures during the wedding were just moments captured of this couple.

Here are just a few of the photos of the wedding!



If you are in need of a wedding photographer please email me at stefanimariephotography@hotmail.com.

Why is it important to do things right from the beginning?

Because later after a wedding shoot and you have over 700 images to sort through... you don't want to have to fix every image later! LOL!

I have been asked a lot lately how to control the Depth of Field in your photos and how to create a nice "Bokeh" (blurry) background. A lot has to do with aperature and also the type of lens you are using. Here is an image taken yesterday during a wedding ceremony. This image was left untouched by photoshop... straight out of the camera.
I used my Nikon D80   ~   Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens   ~   ISO set to 800   ~    focus was on the diamonds

Here is the image after I did a noise reduction in photoshop and then sharpened only the rings. I then did a soft focus on the image. Not a big difference.

Now here I used some textures that I got from http://www.lovethatshot.com/. I used the Verona texture and then erased the texture from around the rings so that focus is primarily on the rings.

Very simple edit and took me less then 5 minutes to complete.