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Felix Wilson

I have been waiting and waiting to enter this picture.  I missed the last Pet Faces and am beyond excited to enter my photo this time.  Enjoy!

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Liz and Will

       This is just a tease from Will and Elizabeth's wedding on June 16, 2012.  The wedding was at the Noah Liff Opera Center and it was beautiful.  They were both so very happy (as seen below).  Special thanks to Jessica for her creative help and Maggie for being my assistant!  The shot of Will during the ceremony and the wedding party looking over the balcony are both credited to my assistant :) Enjoy!

Chelsea  :)

Happy Mama's Day

The kiddos were great artists and painted these canvases.  Mary has a pretty yard to take pictures in and they brought their beautiful smiles.

Happy Mothers Day!

Hands.

m.florita jewelry

 

 Jessica's friend Marrah hand-makes fantastic jewelry and she was selling it at the Porter Flea Market in downtown Nashville near my old middle school.  I have been trying to start taking more pictures to make a portfolio and also just to get experience.  I figured she might also want pictures of her beautiful creations so Maggie, Mom, and I went out to the flea market.  It was so neat to see all the awesome hand-made things she and other people had put their hearts into. 

 All of this jewelry is made by Marrah and can be found at http://mfloritajewelry.com/. 

Isn't she awesome?!

Jessica and Mark got Hitched!

On July 2nd Jessica and Mark got married in a beautiful old mill.  The decorations were minimal yet beautiful, the ceremony was short but meaningful, and everyone had a blast.

I have also been trying to work on a portfolio just in case anyone ever wants to look at it.  I wanted to post more wedding pictures also but I wanted to edit them, so more of that later.  But for now, enjoy these!

Gettin creative

 Because of all the goodies I received from Christmas (photoshop, lenses, filters, books...)  I have really been trying to brush up on my photography skills.  What I have tried to focus on mostly is shooting manually.  Why have a camera like this and not take full advantage, right?

I have really been focusing in the f-stop, which in my words, is a way to focus more on one area, while other areas that are near are blurred.  For example, if I had not changed the f-stop manually, the picture of the paint brushes would be focused on the brushes, water, and cup.

Again (although I need more practice on moving subjects) Jules' ear is blurry while her eye is not because I manually changed the f-stop, or aperture.

And here is just a picture I painted.  The background is a two-tone type of technique I tried.  First, I painted purple on the blank canvas.  On top of the purple, I painted green.  Then, I laid a paper towel with a neat texture on top of the canvas, and then pulled it off which exposed the purple underneath with the neat pattern intact.   Although it is much easier to see the texture in real life, it looks very neat.  Enjoy!

Wedding!

By Chelsea

 Maggie and I had the opportunity to take pictures at a REAL WEDDING thanks to a good friend of ours!  These are a few of the unedited/uncropped shots that we liked.  It was such a great opportunity for us to go and get practice.  I especially love candid shots and I think Maggie does too, as you will see.  Here are a few of our favorites.  Enjoy!

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By Maggie (She had just talked to her sister, who was late, and told her how it was going to be haha)

By Chelsea--Showing off his shoes

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By Maggie--about to throw the boquet

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By Chelsea--Her and their daughter dancing (wish she would look at me!)