Senior Portraits - Erin - taken in Sea Cliff, NY Part II

I wanted to post a few more photos from Erin's photo-shoot, but I caught a fever on Sunday and it seems to be finally gone today, so now I can sit up straight and post!

Here is the link to the first post for Erin:
Senior Portraits - Erin - taken in Sea Cliff, NY Part I

I am thinking I will do one more post of some Erin favorites, she is my cousin after all! The next post will be more of the "artsy" ones that look more like magazine shots than senior photos (in my opinion), but ya never know! Maybe out there in Washington, "artsy" is "in" for senior photos. Hope you enjoyed the photos!

Senior Portraits - Erin - taken in Sea Cliff, NY Part I

Senior Portraits 
This is my cousin, Erin - she lives out in Washington state, but was in New York with her family for my brother's wedding and a nice vacation visit and asked if while we were both there I could take her senior portraits - to be used for her yearbook and to give out to friends and family and such.

I only was in New York from Thursday night to Sunday evening, so Erin was a little nervous we wouldn't be able to get her pictures done...but fear not, we did! We took the photos on Friday in Sea Cliff, NY - a nice, quaint, older Long Island town that is just 1 square mile. Lots of Victorian era homes and buildings. I love Sea Cliff and my camera does too. This charming village has SO many great photography spots to choose from and since this was my cousin, we chose any and all we had time for! She and the girls (my wife and sister) had to get their nails done afterwards so we had quite a bit of time, but not unlimited. 


I loved how a lot of the photos came out, but in the end had to choose some favorites. There are ones that are more "Senior-photo-y" and then ones that look more like magazine shots. As you are about to find out, Erin is quite photogenic! Most of the magazine shots are not in this post and I actually haven't edited them yet. As always, I am a "light" editor, meaning I don't use photoshop and put crazy effects and made-up sunlight or anything like that. Just some minor tweaks using Digital Photo Professional by Canon. However, I am looking forward to upgrading to Adobe Lightroom.

Enjoy!

Stay tuned for a few more "best of's" from Erin's photo shoot!

Lauren's College Graduation Portraits

Well, I know that a little time has gone by, but I wanted to share these photos I took of my sister the day of her graduation - towards the evening. I pretty much made her do it, but hopefully she enjoys some of the shots at least. I'm sure I'll be able to tell if one of them becomes her Facebook profile photo. Anyways, they were all taken in her neighborhood (well, old neighborhood now) and Wingaersheek Beach, in Gloucester, MA - near Rockport, Beverly, Wenham, etc. It was still a little chilly, especially on the beach!

 Though I think her face is a little dark, Lauren
preferred this one to the one where the sun is in 

her face!

And what would this collection be without a lovely finish?!

Congratulations to Lauren on graduating! If anyone has favorites, please share!

Lauren's Graduation Part II: Family Photography

Looking towards Gloucester/Rockport peninsula -

Saw this lighthouse on a walk we took around

Lauren's neighborhood. Lauren insisted I take a photo.

Mom, Lauren, and Dad on the beach

Mom and Dad on the beach

Kyle striking a pose...

Me, Lauren, and Kyle on the Beach - I think between

graduation for Lauren, my wedding, and Kyle's wedding,

there will be plenty of pictures to choose from of
the three of us!

A lovely photo of Mom and Lauren!

Some senior portrait style photos of Lauren
will be next and last of this series!

Weekend Wedding: Palm City, FL Part III - Reception

So I went up to Massachusetts to good ol' Gordon College for my sister's graduation - so before I post those photos I have this post and one more of the family wedding from a week and a half ago! Enjoy!

 

 Kyle preparing for his bestman speech!

Kyle delivering the speech to the newlyweds!

Our last wedding being engaged!

Almost sisters!

Future daughter-in-law and mother-in-law!

 

Hummel cousins

Many of the ladies in the family doing a dance...

Mom and Aunt Robin

Mom and Lauren

Grandma and Uncle Kurt

A Quick Poll: What time of day was this photo taken?

So if you had to guess, what time do you think the photo below was taken? (you can click to enlarge if you want)

What time of day was the photo taken?

It's OCTOBER?!

Took some shots today...was nice to be back in the photography zone today! Christina and I stopped at this cool park right near Reagan Airport where the planes fly right over head. Also, there was a decent amount of wildlife around - so I caught the wingspans and flights of both!

Let me know what you think!






Liked this shot of these two ducks heading out to visit the other two ducks. I waited to catch the blue feathers of the male duck on the rock - really cool blue color.






Nothing like seeing water droplets on a duck's feathers.


It's fun waiting for a bird to spread its wings...


...and just as fun to catch it twice!


My favorite plane shot of the day.


What a cute couple.


Seemed like a wagon wheel of sorts...though definitely not a wagon wheel.



Hope you enjoyed!