I am still working out details for having pictures with bunnies and chicks. I kinda thought I would do it as Easter, but I hate to take a picture that is limited to a holiday display. So I am thinking I am going to by pass the whole prop set up inside scene and just take regular photos of your child playing and having fun with fuzzy little critters outdoors.
Spring time will give us all a chance to be outdoors, enjoy some green, flowers, fresh air and allow the kids to move around more and give you a fun memorable portrait that can be used for more than an Easter display. Keep an eye out for more information on this. I am thinking around May, this will give us more predictable weather and make for nicer outdoor pictures!!!
Monday, February 22, 2010
My beautiful Nieces
Here are some pictures of my Nieces. My intention was to pick them up for a sleep over. When the girls get to my house they love to play in the studio. They found the box of dress-up stuff so they had a great time playing dress up and of course I had to get the camera out!!
They both had a great time!! We did lots of pictures Sunday night and first thing Monday morning, Courtney had the tutu back on and ready for more pictures! These are 2 little girls that I have a hard time getting pictures of, so we definatly had a great time and got some awesome shots!
They both had a great time!! We did lots of pictures Sunday night and first thing Monday morning, Courtney had the tutu back on and ready for more pictures! These are 2 little girls that I have a hard time getting pictures of, so we definatly had a great time and got some awesome shots!
Spring Foto Fling!!!!
I will be offering a free sitting fee for the month of March, free 8x10 with your order. PLUS..... your name will be entered in a drawing to win a free photobook of your entire session!
The custom designed book is a hardback custom designed with your favorite photo's from the session.
$100.00 value
The free 8x10 will be your favorite picture from the session.
$18.00 value
Free sitting fee....you can choose and individule session or family session.
$40.00 value
Contact me for more information. atteberry73@yahoo.com or 217-322-0035
The custom designed book is a hardback custom designed with your favorite photo's from the session.
$100.00 value
The free 8x10 will be your favorite picture from the session.
$18.00 value
Free sitting fee....you can choose and individule session or family session.
$40.00 value
Contact me for more information. atteberry73@yahoo.com or 217-322-0035
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Okaw Valley
Here are some pictures of Jessie, he is our daughters boyfriend. Jessie plays for Okaw Valley High School basketball. We have been watching Jessie basketball this month and we have enjoyed every minute of watching him! We never knew we liked basketball so much =)..... I love those kind of shots you get that make you laugh when you go back and look at them again. Okaw Valley will be going to regionals this next week so I am hoping to catch some more great shots! Good luck Okaw Valley and keep up the good work!!!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
A cold Senior Session!!
This is Jessica and she was such a trooper!!! It was a cold snowy day and she would continue to keep that beautiful smile on her face! Good thing there wasn't any wind with all that hair!! =) Thanks Jessica for hanging in there with me in the cold, you did a great job and the pictures are beautiful!!!!!
Monday, February 15, 2010
My photography
Work was crazy a few weeks ago and having time to sit and talk to Craig has been limited. The other night reminded me how much I miss talking to him and how well he really knows me!
Craig and I were coming home from our daughter's boyfriends basketball game. Among different conversations going on in the car, we got on the topic of photography, among different topics we get on the topic of being a business person. We came to the conclusion, I am not a good business person! Craig is pointing out lots of facts about me that completely opened my eyes! He was also appreciative that I don't spend money to do photography, after I reminded him of the poor business person I am. =)
When I decided to start doing photography for other people it was because I couldn't see asking these people to pay so much for a portrait that will find its way into a closet or behind closed doors at some point. Not only did I love being creative with my own family portraits, I wasn't about to pay a high price for a picture. Photography has come a long way, and now adays it just doesn't require so much to do it and everyone is doing it. In my opinion it is just a huge cycle of lots of people keeping their eye on another photographers work, keeping their prices competitive with another photographer, and slamming another photographer to get to the top. When in reality someone else will be picking up a camera tomorrow. Everyone loses track of their passion and love for photography because they are more focused on the business part of it. The conversation between Craig and I made me realize, I still have the passion and still love doing photography. I don't have thousands of dollars invested in photography, I am not out buying the next new big thing photography has to offer. I am the one sitting here proving to myself, I can make it work instead of spending hundreds of dollars and making it work is half the fun! With that being said it allows me to look back, appreciate myself, the hard work and say I did it and I didn't have to buy it.
I do weddings for people I love because I have fun with it and it's out of the kindness of my heart. I can't charge someone thousands of dollars when I know it doesn't take thousands to do a wedding. That is not to say there is a lot of work in a wedding, because I know there is. I pondered a lot about doing weddings but the headache of the thought process wasn't worth it. I'd rather help and have fun shooting a wedding then be on the business end of it. A price on a wedding is mostly figured by the "competition and going rate" and how many extra things they can throw in there to keep their prices high and have their customer wanting more. The weddings I did do, I didn't offer anything but me, my camera and their prints. If they wanted extras, I would build them extras, but didn't use the extras to make a "nice pricey package". Craig looked right at me and said "You know it doesn't cost that much to do a wedding and your not the kind of person who will charge someone that much to do it" he then smiles and says "Guess that makes you a crappy business person" So I guess it does =) Relieves a lot of headaches for me, lets me focus more on why I really got into photography (being able to give people a professional captured memories at a reasonable price) and doing what I love.
I started off helping people with photoshop (digital effects) and would just spend my free time helping on a forum, well then you find more and more people wanting something for nothing. I had several comments made to me about about how crazy I was for helping so many other people who wanted to do photography. Craig even spoke up and reminded me that people don't always scratch your back when you scratch theirs and that I needed to stop and worry more about myself. My phone was seriously ringing every single day, someone with a question about photography. Craig also reminded me that I worked hard to learn this on my own and the information is out there for everyone if they want it bad enough. I researched and learned out of determination and I'm not going to just give it someone who 9 times out of 10 won't give you anything in return. So I have stopped and focused more on myself and have looked back and seen things for what they really were.
I truly got got so wrapped up helping people that when I sit back and think about it I realize people are out for themselves only. Just one example .....A friend, (so I thought) pumped me up, bragging me up one side and down the other, asking me to make her digital things for her family (and I did for nothing because I loved it and wanted to help), she made me believe I got first chance at being "top photographer" listed with her business. Turned out, she went somewhere else for her photography needs. I do see now that she is had her business face on when all along I thought it was my friend talking to me. Yeah I am a little naive sometimes when it comes to helping people, but I'm working on that =)
It just feels good to refocus, throw the truth out there and take a good look at myself and remember why I started photography in the first place. I think throwing all these feelings out there is a reminder to myself and my passion. It is what makes me a great photographer who loves and will always love what I do!
Craig and I were coming home from our daughter's boyfriends basketball game. Among different conversations going on in the car, we got on the topic of photography, among different topics we get on the topic of being a business person. We came to the conclusion, I am not a good business person! Craig is pointing out lots of facts about me that completely opened my eyes! He was also appreciative that I don't spend money to do photography, after I reminded him of the poor business person I am. =)
When I decided to start doing photography for other people it was because I couldn't see asking these people to pay so much for a portrait that will find its way into a closet or behind closed doors at some point. Not only did I love being creative with my own family portraits, I wasn't about to pay a high price for a picture. Photography has come a long way, and now adays it just doesn't require so much to do it and everyone is doing it. In my opinion it is just a huge cycle of lots of people keeping their eye on another photographers work, keeping their prices competitive with another photographer, and slamming another photographer to get to the top. When in reality someone else will be picking up a camera tomorrow. Everyone loses track of their passion and love for photography because they are more focused on the business part of it. The conversation between Craig and I made me realize, I still have the passion and still love doing photography. I don't have thousands of dollars invested in photography, I am not out buying the next new big thing photography has to offer. I am the one sitting here proving to myself, I can make it work instead of spending hundreds of dollars and making it work is half the fun! With that being said it allows me to look back, appreciate myself, the hard work and say I did it and I didn't have to buy it.
I do weddings for people I love because I have fun with it and it's out of the kindness of my heart. I can't charge someone thousands of dollars when I know it doesn't take thousands to do a wedding. That is not to say there is a lot of work in a wedding, because I know there is. I pondered a lot about doing weddings but the headache of the thought process wasn't worth it. I'd rather help and have fun shooting a wedding then be on the business end of it. A price on a wedding is mostly figured by the "competition and going rate" and how many extra things they can throw in there to keep their prices high and have their customer wanting more. The weddings I did do, I didn't offer anything but me, my camera and their prints. If they wanted extras, I would build them extras, but didn't use the extras to make a "nice pricey package". Craig looked right at me and said "You know it doesn't cost that much to do a wedding and your not the kind of person who will charge someone that much to do it" he then smiles and says "Guess that makes you a crappy business person" So I guess it does =) Relieves a lot of headaches for me, lets me focus more on why I really got into photography (being able to give people a professional captured memories at a reasonable price) and doing what I love.
I started off helping people with photoshop (digital effects) and would just spend my free time helping on a forum, well then you find more and more people wanting something for nothing. I had several comments made to me about about how crazy I was for helping so many other people who wanted to do photography. Craig even spoke up and reminded me that people don't always scratch your back when you scratch theirs and that I needed to stop and worry more about myself. My phone was seriously ringing every single day, someone with a question about photography. Craig also reminded me that I worked hard to learn this on my own and the information is out there for everyone if they want it bad enough. I researched and learned out of determination and I'm not going to just give it someone who 9 times out of 10 won't give you anything in return. So I have stopped and focused more on myself and have looked back and seen things for what they really were.
I truly got got so wrapped up helping people that when I sit back and think about it I realize people are out for themselves only. Just one example .....A friend, (so I thought) pumped me up, bragging me up one side and down the other, asking me to make her digital things for her family (and I did for nothing because I loved it and wanted to help), she made me believe I got first chance at being "top photographer" listed with her business. Turned out, she went somewhere else for her photography needs. I do see now that she is had her business face on when all along I thought it was my friend talking to me. Yeah I am a little naive sometimes when it comes to helping people, but I'm working on that =)
It just feels good to refocus, throw the truth out there and take a good look at myself and remember why I started photography in the first place. I think throwing all these feelings out there is a reminder to myself and my passion. It is what makes me a great photographer who loves and will always love what I do!
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