My two superheros...

Tomorrow I have a photo session, so I decided to bust out the Halloween costumes today for some photos. James, of course, had no objections.








He looks bored, but trust me...he was so excited to be wearing his spiderman costume.





This is Colin saying, "TEN MINUTES IS WAYYYY TOO LONG FOR HALLOWEEN PHOTOS!!! PLEASE PUT THE CAMERA AWAY AND MAKE ME A BEAN BURRITO!!!"



Happy Halloween everyone!! Save your twix, kit kat, and snickers bars for me :)

Family Session: Pumpkin Farm

Last week I shot this wonderful family of three. I was excited when we tossed around the idea of shooting the session at a pumpkin farm...since I like to keep things unique and interesting. Special shout out to the owners of the pumpkin farm who gave us permission to shoot there. THANK YOU!



I try to keep my post-processing style consistent, but this image demanded something a little different...something a little less bright and a little more antique. It's always fun to sharpen photoshop skills trying something different.





Gotta take advantage of a cool sign when there's one around...

October Family Session: Longmont

I was scheduled to photograph this family early last week. Unfortunately for us, on the day of the shoot Longmont was experiencing hurricane-style winds, so we had to postpone the session...but only one day. Our schedules thankfully aligned and the weather-gods sent perfect photo weather.

Here're a couple-o-favs:





There's something about children's hands that I love. I also love his face--though blurry--you can totally tell he's rockin out.





Ummmmm...
I'm pretty sure I LOOOOVE this one!!

Tree-"Climber"

I shot three sessions this week, so I've got lots of fantastic images to share...
...but it's the weekend...and T minus 5 until movie night (which does not give me enough time to blog them justice)!

Here's a couple of shots of James "climbing" the tree in our backyard this week.

Katie, Levi, Jake & Abby: Family Session

Last week I did a family session for two of my friends from high school!! Now they're married with two totally amazing children. Here's a few favorites:



If only I could decorate my children's rooms as nicely as Katie does...



Wowzers!

Senior Portraits: Arica

I LOOOOVE shooting senior portraits. Here are few of my favorite shots from Arica's senior session last week:











While we were in the corn fields doing some shots, Arica mentioned the association of corn fields and horror movies....so then we did an awesome "terror in the corn" mini session.... :)






Seriously....LOVE this one:

Coming Soon . . .

Arica's totally amazing senior session . . .



Fun fall family session . . .



I'm due for a break, but I'll be back with more after the weekend! :)

Angie Wilson Photography Free Session: AND the WINNER IS...

Erika L.

Congratulations!

Thank you, everyone, for participating. I was absolutely flattered at the number of people who signed up.

To all of the participants: Be sure to check your inboxes--everyone who participated receives something special. If you didn't get an email from me, check your junk mail folder (though I would be INSULTED if your email provider mistook MY message for junk!) :) If it's no where to be found in your email account, give me a call or send me an email (a few of them bounced back saying your inbox was full).

That promotion was cake...fill out three fields and you're done. Next time I want to do something a bit more creative, perhaps something with a theme. Of course I can only think of artsy things since that's the way my brain works. Here are a couple of ideas:

a. submit a photo with some sort of theme to be decided....perhaps "something orange," since that's the Angie Wilson Photography color. I post my favorites, and the blog readers vote on the winner.

b. send in the worst-ever photo you can find from your past...whether it be the horrible prom pic, 80's glamour shot with white vignetting, your childhood studio shot standing infront of a full-out forest-river-waterfall fake background, etc. (again, to be posted and voted on by the blog readers).

c. too complicated! stick to the simple three fields and you're done.

What do you think? Anyone got any ideas for the next promotion???? Please share in the comments below.

Family Session: Kirsti & Mike

Man...I feel like I am wayyyy behind. I wanted to get a couple more photos up from the family session I did last week. Sorry it's not as long as usual. This week keeps getting busier and busier and the blog has been given the backseat (haven't you noticed??)


These brothers were so awesome...and cute!

Enjoy Today.

Last Sunday, Thomas S. Monson, the prophet of the church I belong to, spoke at the closing of the Sunday morning session of general conference, and I REALLY enjoyed his remarks (I will link to it later this week when it is posted online).

Perhaps my favorite part, was when he shared a quote from The Music Man. "Pile up too many tomorrows and you'll find that you've collected nothing but a bunch of empty yesterdays." It's a hard thing sometimes . . . sleep deprived, watching James and Colin repeatedly dump their toys across the living room, spill juice and crackers all over the floor, scream at eachother during nearly every car ride . . . to not just try and push through today in hopes of a better tomorrow (or in my case, a better three years from now). But too often I am reminded that all we really have is today. Enjoy today.

After conference ended we put Colin in his crib for his nap. Jim and I also laid in bed for our Sunday afternoon rest. Soon James climbed into bed with us, and snuggled up against me. I made a conscious effort to try and enjoy the moment. I watched as James' chubby little fists rubbed his tired eyes, and then rested his arm on my shoulder. It was such a wonderful moment, though sad at the same time. As President Monson also mentioned in his talk, change is constant. Some is sudden, but many times, change is subtle and slow. There will come a day when James is big and independent, no longer taking afternoon naps next to me with his arm on my shoulder. I suppose those days will have their own moments to be cherished, but for now . . . enjoy today.

Here's a photo from a family photo session I did last week (more to be posted soon). Talk about enjoying today. These two are oozing it... :)