My Photography Journey - I like it clean and you?

Hi there!  Well, I hope that those of you that got to know me via my craft and digital art aren't getting tired of my photo sharing.  I promise that I haven't left behind my other hobbies just have been doing a lot of online classes in hopes of learning as much as I can on photography.  I wanted to share with you how my obsession is slowly headed in the right direction.

I love, love, love seeing other photographers photos and at first I was doing the whole are mine as good yet?!  Will I ever get there?  I love how there are so many styles to photographing and editing.  As much as I love when I see photos with extreme color saturation added in it doesn't seem to fit my style but in so many photos I see out there I do love it.  For me I keep going back to a more clean natural look with a little pop.  

Here is what I'm talking about, I like to think that my edit doesn't look too over the top.  As you can see the top that Moses is wearing has some really bright colors and didn't need much pop.  What I do still need to work on is learning how to work on the reflection that clothes gives on skin some times.  If you look at his lower right cheek you will see how the red bounces off his face.  Still working on it but I'm getting there.  What say you?  Does it look too over done?

*ignore my poor body cropping! ooops! that is another thing I need to work on!

The Jakemeister!

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This little guy is a gem! He loves to smile!  I truly enjoy snapping photos of him and love that his mama  is like minded in that we love the lifestyle photos.  I enjoyed showing up minutes before this sleepy head woke up and in such a good mood I might add!  We hung out and although we changed his outfit a few times we let him play and I simply snapped away.  Being his personal paparazzi these past 6 months has truly been a pleasure!  He is helping me on this photography journey of mine!  How can photos of this cutie not turn out good!  With the exception of a few "too soft" shots I was content with what I came away with.  I am getting SO much better at in camera editing that I don't have to do much tweaking later on.  Who knew I would end up learning about White Balance, Exposure and manual mode only!  Seriously, I feel blessed for the time that I get to snap photos of my friends!   I am looking forward to my long photography learning journey!  So much still left to learn and a forever learning process right!?  Happy Weekend friends!!

Her Little Sailor Boy!

Sweet Jake!  If you are a regular then you know this precious one belongs to my friend Christina whose maternity photos I took.  I still am so flattered that she has chosen me to photograph some important times in her recent life!  She is who I get my most practice on and I appreciate her for that!  And how could I not enjoy snapping photos of Jake, right!?

He has the neatest highchair and so when he was having his morning snack of yogurt and carrots I couldn't resist snapping photos!  And those eye lashes of his! I die!

After his messy yogurt he got cleaned up for just a few moments before digging into some crackers.  As you can see the lighting in their dining room is fab and my photos turn out very much to my liking.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a great week!