introducing miss glitterhips...|boise photographer

well normally, i like to keep things on this blog family friendly, you know, disney style and all. but i was asked to participate in the beta testing of some new textures (pardon me laymen readers, as this is "photog talk.").  the textures are affiliated with a little group called TOTALLY RAD ACTIONS. That's right, T      R      A     , eveh hoid of dem?  miss andrea roberts of andrea roberts photography was selected to beta test the new textures, and graciously invited me to contribute one of my images for the test! cool! wait, what's that? you're only reading this post because it had glitterhips in the title and hinted less than family friendly content? well, i'm getting to it. the name of this new set of actions is "dirty pictures." andrea roberts won the opportunity to beta test them because she entered and won a contest to see who could come up with the best stripper name (ahhhhh, i'm blushing...strippers and dirty pictures, lets just say are NOT part of my daily routine).  

That name was Roxie Glitterhips.

The texture used on my image is named Maxi Mercer. I don't know what that means, and I don't think I want to. Consider me prime material for prank calls from Bart Simpson. 

What I REALLY want to tell you, is that if you want to see a BUNCH of super rad pictures with TOTALLY RAD textures worked into them, just go ahead and click that andrea roberts link. I think one of the main benefits of using textures in one's images is the depth and interest they add to a photo. now back to wedding week!!!!

THIS WEEK AT YAN PHOTOGRAPHY....

i just licked my finger and stuck it in the air, and you know what i felt? CHANGE. that's right. its in the wind, its in the rain, its in my HEAD. first on the change agenda is something you may have already noticed: yan weddings. they. are. happening. wellll,,,,,,sort of. the last wedding i posted just below was a yan wedding. but the OTHER weddings you're going to see this week,

these ones:

pa-pow!

pow!

pow-pow!

ppppppppppppppOW!

(pow),

ha, ha, pow!

and piz-ow!!!!

well, these ones are not mine, exactly. or at all.

basically i've been privileged to second shoot with some of my favorite boise photogs (check out the amazing gifted cyndee of ashki photography and the fabulously talented jayme, of lucid design), as they're second in command. also known as second shooter, but i figure i sound more fierce when i put it the former way. what it means is i am not the primary photographer AT ALL but i get to happily shoot shoot shoot away, and turn over my pictures to the head honcho of the day. i also get to post the images i walk away with on my blog.

neat.

so that's what i'm gonna do. THIS WEEK. but how did it get to be wednesday already? sigh. well, you know what they say, wednesday wedding day. oh come on, 5th graders do too say that. they do still, don't they? (echo, echo, echo.....) =)

lemon yellow, aqua blue part 2 | boise wedding photographer

so maybe you don't know a little something about me. i like to take my wedding couples out on the town (or field, or abandoned building, or any other fancy location) for a "just them," session. this can take place the morning of, morning/evening before, morning/evening after the ACTUAL WEDDING day. its just a way to get to shoot at some really cool places and get some really cool pictures without the understandable pressure of, "can we hurry this up, the guests are waiting." so this is briana and david's "just them." we met downtown at hotel 43, and kept to about a 2 block radius. and we had a lot of fun. and we had a lot of lemmons. and we had a lot of love. thanks for looking. i welcome all fun and fresh bride and grooms to give me a call for the same experience. and even if you're not particulary fun, and a little less than fresh, still, give me a call. =)

Belly Love | Boise Maternity Photographer

i loved this family. no really, i LOVED them. we had a mission to capture one young miss finnley's adorable adoration for her mother's pregant belly. but you know how two year olds (even really sweet ones) can be, "oh, what? you WANT me to go hug and coo at  mommy's belly like I do about 10 times every hour except this one? but the squirrels are soooooo fascinating right now...." hahahahahaha i should confess i'm slightly exaggerating to increase this post's interest level. finnley was actually quite agreeable. let me show you.

the finnley you see on the left is the true finnley. the finnley you see on the right is the finnley who wants to know why no one asked her if she wanted to spend her evening with a wacko carrying a camera.

this is finnley at her sweetest, obviously.

and here she is translating to her mother what the baby is saying...

whoa, what? you didn't realize finnley's dad was around for the shoot too, did you? there he is, sneaking into the frame on the left. this was unplanned, and i LOVE it, as in i love THEIR love.

and finally one of the lovely mama (well most of her) sans finnley and hubs. 

i am MAKING myself stop there because i want to see what happens if i exercise some self restraint and not show ALL of my favorite photos right away. but i hope you got a taste of this sweet family because they. are. golden.

lemon yellow, aqua blue | boise, idaho wedding photographer