As promised, I have plenty of pics to share from the community Back-to-School Bash sponsored by our church. Unfortunately, about an hour into it I dropped my camera and zoom lens! I had forgotten they were in my lap, and stood up to look for my daughter. The lens worked for a little while longer, but then it froze up and that was that. Yikes! The lens I broke was not the one I use for my portrait sessions, but it went pretty much everywhere else with me and I really feel lost without it! Fortunately my wonderfully supportive hubby gave me the green light to replace it with a much-better walk-around lens that I'd been hoping to own eventually, and after much hesitation I hit the "submit" button on the order tonight!! Some of you may remember the 18-200mm lens I rented for our trip to Mexico, and that is the one I decided to go with. It will be nice to have for family vacations and community events, commercial jobs, and even some portraits as well. :) So, I'm pretty excited...and will be adding a "lens fund" link to my blog for those of you who wish to donate. Haha, I'm kidding, of course! (kind of)
Keep checking back; tomorrow I will post the last photos taken with my kit lens!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
It's Finally Here!
I now have a website!
http://stepstonephotography.com/
For all of my loyal blog fans, you can access the blog through the link on my homepage. :) Isn't that handy?
Be sure to stop by and check it out!
http://stepstonephotography.com/
For all of my loyal blog fans, you can access the blog through the link on my homepage. :) Isn't that handy?
Be sure to stop by and check it out!
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Maternity Sneak Peak!
I did a recent maternity session with this sweet couple, and just wanted to post a sneak peak for them! :)
Friday, August 22, 2008
Back to School
It's that time of year again, and tomorrow night is our church's annual community Back-To-School Bash on the courthouse lawn! It's a Saturday evening filled with free pizza for students, prizes and music from a Christian band, so should be lots of fun--and of course I will have plenty of pics to share! For those of you who are in town, be sure to stop by! (Who knows, maybe you will end up on my blog! hehe)
In the meantime, I dug up a few from last year...brings back the memories, doesn't it?
The band, Fallen Chains
The pizza tent
Since it starts at 5:30 PM and goes til after 8:00, most of my pics have that lovely sunsetty-orange glow to them :)
...and a personal favorite--can you believe they were this small only a year ago??
In the meantime, I dug up a few from last year...brings back the memories, doesn't it?
The band, Fallen Chains
The pizza tent
Since it starts at 5:30 PM and goes til after 8:00, most of my pics have that lovely sunsetty-orange glow to them :)
...and a personal favorite--can you believe they were this small only a year ago??
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Fall Mini Sessions
This year I will be holding a fall-themed mini session event!
The event will take place September 13, 2008, from 9-11 AM, and I am limited to five openings. This is a perfect opportunity to bring your child(ren) for a quick photoshoot!
Cost is $75 for the session package, and payment must be sent in advance to hold your reservation.
Session package includes:
20-minute sitting (one outfit)
Selection of 5-10 proofs in your online gallery
1 8x10
2 5x7s
10% off additional prints
For more information or to reserve your session, contact me at rmdphotography@yahoo.com.
The event will take place September 13, 2008, from 9-11 AM, and I am limited to five openings. This is a perfect opportunity to bring your child(ren) for a quick photoshoot!
Cost is $75 for the session package, and payment must be sent in advance to hold your reservation.
Session package includes:
20-minute sitting (one outfit)
Selection of 5-10 proofs in your online gallery
1 8x10
2 5x7s
10% off additional prints
For more information or to reserve your session, contact me at rmdphotography@yahoo.com.
Another Senior Sneak Peak
Just quickly posting a sneak peak for L., a senior girl whose session I did this weekend. I really enjoyed spending time with her. :) More to come!
...and a fun one with some funky processing :)
...and a fun one with some funky processing :)
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Our Vacation
I'm finally posting some pics from our vacation! This was our first family trip with the girls. We took them to Des Moines (to keep travel time brief!), and visited Adventureland, Blank Park Zoo, the Botanical Center, and the Science Center of Iowa. Lots of stuff to cram into just a couple of days! We had a really good time--the girls did very well on the trip and enjoyed themselves immensely! :)
I only took the point-and-shoot into Adventureland, because I knew we'd have to leave the stroller unattended a lot. Here is my super-cool daughter steering a boat at one of the games:
I noticed that most of the rides the girls could go on involved going around in circles. It was nauseating! They rode by themselves whenever possible, but since our younger daughter is 2 inches shorter than the minimum-for-riding-alone on most of the rides, one of us usually had to ride with her. We took turns...here I am riding the puff dragon. (ugh) Photo courtesy of her daddy:
Our older daughter desparately wanted to ride the train. The whole time we were there, she was keeping tabs on that train. Finally, she got her wish!
At the zoo, photo opportunities abound!
In the Discovery Center they have a rope bridge that goes across a little stream. I was sure there would be no amount of coaxing to get them both to go across, but turns out they loved it and crossed it several times!
Getting a closer look at some turtles
I love this shot of my oldest...it was so fun to look at the fish with her!
This was really neat--there were quite a number of baby ducks in the water, but they all came scrambling up the bank and surrounded us! At first the girls were a bit skittish about it, but then they got a real kick out of feeding them up close. So fun!
Lots of colorful carp. We travel for hours to go to a zoo, and the girls get most excited about the ducks and fish. Hmm...
Stopping for some lunch. The light was perfect where we were sitting!
My younger daughter happily went into the tunnel to see the prairie dogs...
I digitally removed from this photo the arm of a boy who came running through and shoved her down immediately after this pic was taken :(
Here our older daughter is pretending to be eaten by a hippo (actually a water fountain)
Yes, I got roped into riding a camel! Oh goodness, was that um...interesting. LOL (photo again courtesy of hubby)
Before we left we let the girls play on some of the play equipment. Our little one loved going down this slide over and over!
The next morning began with a trip to the Science Center, where we did all kinds of interesting things. Again I only took the point-and-shoot there, since I wasn't sure how much light we'd have inside with all of the exhibits.
One of the things the kids most enjoyed was building a fort with them caged inside. Come to think of it, we liked that part too :)
We also built rockets. I would like to take this opportunity to point out that I built my rocket in half the time it took hubby to make his, AND mine went further. Every time. :) (smug expression here)
We stopped briefly at the Botanical Center before heading home. By this time the kids were a little crabby and we were exhausted. It was nice to walk around the gardens for a little bit, though!
Resting :)
They had a sprinkler going on the lawn, so daddy thought he'd be funny and call the girls over to look at something right when the sprinkler was about to hit that spot. They were so surprised when they got wet, but they of course giggled hysterically and wanted to stomp in the puddle and got wet again!
...and a quick pic of the whole family before we left!
I only took the point-and-shoot into Adventureland, because I knew we'd have to leave the stroller unattended a lot. Here is my super-cool daughter steering a boat at one of the games:
I noticed that most of the rides the girls could go on involved going around in circles. It was nauseating! They rode by themselves whenever possible, but since our younger daughter is 2 inches shorter than the minimum-for-riding-alone on most of the rides, one of us usually had to ride with her. We took turns...here I am riding the puff dragon. (ugh) Photo courtesy of her daddy:
Our older daughter desparately wanted to ride the train. The whole time we were there, she was keeping tabs on that train. Finally, she got her wish!
At the zoo, photo opportunities abound!
In the Discovery Center they have a rope bridge that goes across a little stream. I was sure there would be no amount of coaxing to get them both to go across, but turns out they loved it and crossed it several times!
Getting a closer look at some turtles
I love this shot of my oldest...it was so fun to look at the fish with her!
This was really neat--there were quite a number of baby ducks in the water, but they all came scrambling up the bank and surrounded us! At first the girls were a bit skittish about it, but then they got a real kick out of feeding them up close. So fun!
Lots of colorful carp. We travel for hours to go to a zoo, and the girls get most excited about the ducks and fish. Hmm...
Stopping for some lunch. The light was perfect where we were sitting!
My younger daughter happily went into the tunnel to see the prairie dogs...
I digitally removed from this photo the arm of a boy who came running through and shoved her down immediately after this pic was taken :(
Here our older daughter is pretending to be eaten by a hippo (actually a water fountain)
Yes, I got roped into riding a camel! Oh goodness, was that um...interesting. LOL (photo again courtesy of hubby)
Before we left we let the girls play on some of the play equipment. Our little one loved going down this slide over and over!
The next morning began with a trip to the Science Center, where we did all kinds of interesting things. Again I only took the point-and-shoot there, since I wasn't sure how much light we'd have inside with all of the exhibits.
One of the things the kids most enjoyed was building a fort with them caged inside. Come to think of it, we liked that part too :)
We also built rockets. I would like to take this opportunity to point out that I built my rocket in half the time it took hubby to make his, AND mine went further. Every time. :) (smug expression here)
We stopped briefly at the Botanical Center before heading home. By this time the kids were a little crabby and we were exhausted. It was nice to walk around the gardens for a little bit, though!
Resting :)
They had a sprinkler going on the lawn, so daddy thought he'd be funny and call the girls over to look at something right when the sprinkler was about to hit that spot. They were so surprised when they got wet, but they of course giggled hysterically and wanted to stomp in the puddle and got wet again!
...and a quick pic of the whole family before we left!
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