Foster Family (part II) | New Addition

On December 8th, the Foster's welcomed Emmalyn Gail ("Emmie") to their family!











She has two brothers to look after her and take good care of her! Isn't she just the sweetest?!?! Congrats Heather, Wesley, Luke and Ayden on your early Christmas gift!

PS- Emmie was the model on MLP's Christmas Cards this year. If you missed it click here to check her out!

Foster Family (part I)

You've seen this family grace this blog a few times by now. This is my dear friend Heather and her adorable family. Back in October we traveled to Nags Head for a few beach photos for her family's Christmas presents as well as a few belly shots of Heather carrying their newest addition. Heather, expecting a baby mid-December knew it would be cutting it close to get photos of everyone with the baby so she opted for individial photos for their card this year. We decided that we'd use photos of her boys from the beach and have the card designed and ready to go so when her new bundle arrived she'd still have time to insert a photo of the new baby and have her cards printed and ready to send before Christmas!

Here are a few images from our session at the beach:





See the faint rainbow in the background? Cool, huh?












I think the next photo is one of my all time favorite beach photos!



Stay tuned for Foster Family (part II)- their new addition arrived just in time for the holidays!!

Tamara Lackey Workshop | August 2010

Back in August, I went to another workshop by the fabulous Tamara Lackey! I have been to one of her workshops before where she taught with Laura Novak, Lena Hyde, and Audrey Woolard which was known as Learnfest. You can see my photos from that workshop here and here.

I was in the mood for another workshop and as I began searching, Tamara launched the dates for her one-day workshop to be held just 40 minutes from my house which was wonderful. This meant no airfare or hotel costs would have to be involved! I was stoked to learn more about her image making process, her work flow, and to see her studio!

We started the day off with a learning session. She went through a power point that was full of information as well as her stunning images. After the learning session we had some 'models' come into her studio for us to photograph. It was neat to see how her studio transforms just before a session begins. We started off shooting inside using her studio lights, etc. Here are just a few from that part of the day...





Then we stepped just outside of her studio and took a few more images. You'd never think this next photograph was taken infront of a business building would you?



A quick shot of Tamara hard at work!


After the in-studio portrait session we ventured over to Duke Gardens for an outdoor session. Here we met up with more models and got to see Tamara shoot even more. Her interaction with these children amazes me. She knows just how to photograph every personality!









It was an amazing day learning from Tamara. If you're intersted in a in-depth shooting and business focused workshop, I can't recomment Tamara enough! She's offering another two day workshop in March. You can read more about what is offered in the ad below. I clipped it from Tamara's website to give you a little background about what she'll teach but to also prove to you that I really was there! In the top left photo- that's me- in the purple tank top! :)

Camille turns ONE! | Garner Family Photographer

Remember this adorable one that arrived just before the holidays last year? She was certainly Mommy and Daddy's early Christmas present! I look back at her newborn session and remember how tiny she was. Now she's growing fast and is just as adorable as she was when she was barely 6 lbs!







Camille wasn't quite walking yet but decided to show us her standing skills, "look ma, no hands!" :)





After a quick outfit change it was time for a few photos of Camille with her Mommy & Daddy to come up with something for their Christmas Cards!















Thank you Laura & Nick for allowing me to photograph your family again. Camille sure is growing fast. Hope to see you all again soon!

Brayden

This little cutie has grown way too fast. I think the first time I photographed him he was about 6 months old. Look at him now! :)

Merry Christmas!!

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas!

7 Days of Gifts - Day #7: Journey Lockets

I LOVE these pieces of jewerly!



I wear mine all the time! I've had people stop me in the grocery store, gas station, and doctor's office to tell me how much they loved my necklace! I'm so thrilled to offer these to my amazing clients!



Above are the many styles offered by Journey Lockets! The double-sided glass lockets that used in the designs are a modern twist on a classic and timeless piece of jewelry.

Each piece comes with 6 colorful paper inserts and 6 photos from your photography session. Photos are optimized, cropped, resized, printed (in color AND black & white) and cut, creating 12 personalized photo inserts for each customer. Haven’t had a session with Megan Lane Photography but would love to have one of these necklaces? Email me 6 of your own photos and I will use those. I can even scan photos if you do not have a digital file of them. You can order additional photo inserts any time you like, as often as you like. We all know babies grow fast! You can update your photos of your babies several times a year if you want. A set of 6 new images is $5.00.

The possibilities are ENDLESS! Use photos from a recent vacation location, photos of pets, photos of a special memory, photos of a parent, photos of cool flowers or plants, old baby photos, initial inserts, show your school spirit, you can even cut out items from magazines and other place to create your own!

7 Days of Gifts- Day #6: Flush Mount Albums

Albums with attitude! Most bride's like to have an album showcasing their wedding day images, but its cool to do the same for a simple family session or child session. Here's an example of a 10x10 wedding album designed by MLP this year.










Small Brag Albums are also available and are great gifts for parents and grandparents!



MLP will design an album to fit your wedding day or session and then you can customize as you wish. Templates can be changed, you choose your pages options, spine options, cut or creased print spreads, cover designs, specialty covers, and unbelievable leathers.