Super Moon | KE365 | Day 120

I'm thankful my husband pulled over for me to get these shots on the way home the other night. I photograph the moon so often that it only makes sense that I should photograph the super full moon.

I was also lucky he picked a good spot to stop and decided to do a long exposure because the reflection on the pond was so beautiful.

Mr. & Mrs. King KE365 | D53

Introducing Mr. & Mrs. King!

I was thrilled to get to shoot these long exposures during Day 53 for Pam and King during their wedding reception. We managed to sneak away for just a few seconds and I'm glad we had the chance. The tiki lights provided just enough light to get the right mood.

Tim looks so proud standing next to his new wife, it is so sweet how they look at each other. They had a lovely evening for a wedding on their beautiful country residence, I'll have more images and info about the wedding when I post their sneak peek!

4th of July KimberlyElaine365 D40

Wow, I thought I would never get to this post!! Luckily I did, and catching up the rest of this weeks posts should be no problem. With the big event last weekend and several big client projects I've been working on I have somewhat let the blog posts go this week. I hate doing it, but it is so much more important to keep up on all my client images and designs and of course spending some quality time with the family is a must.

The 4th of July was perfect for just that, family time. It cracks me up that my daughter had just as much fun people watching at fireworks as she did watching the actual show! It was a great show out at Delco this year, the finale was excellent. Here is my daughter doing some of that nosy people watching she loves so much...

   I guess I must have been people watching too because I couldn't help but snap a couple family shots of the group sitting in front of us...

and of course the fireworks!

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I always love the simple moments. That sweet sleeping beauty, dreaming away. I love these kinds of images in Black and White, cutting down the distracting color makes it highlight the emotion of the moment even more.

My daughter is almost always awake before I go in to get her in the mornings. For Day 36 this was not the case. She has been up a lot later than normal this week because our schedules have been unusual while planning the Freedom event. So somehow I got into the room and stared at her for awhile astonished that she was still sleeping. Then it dawned on me, go get the camera. You think being a photographer that this would have been the first thought that crossed my mind but it was morning time, I'm allowed to be out of it every now and again. ;) The important thing is that I did think of it and got to capture these images of Kailyn that I love. Sweet sleeping beauty.

great wide open • valley storms KimberlyElaine365 D33

Even though there have been some crazy obstacles lately, it seems like there have also been a lot of opportunity which feels good. That is how I view kids, endless possibilities their lives are wide open for whatever they want to do. I always thought we should pay more attention to how children are, to how they view things. Kids minds aren't all clouded up with adult problems, they are so simple at how they view the world... more realistic.

Somebody definitely conquered her fears!

 I love this image of Joe & Kailyn...

and Ohio outdoes itself with some cool valley storm clouds! I thought I was done photographing for the day but then I saw that wall cloud Sunday evening.

 I spend so much time as a photographer trying to freeze action, this time I decided to do some longer exposures than normal to express how quickly these clouds were moving and the crazy wind that came with it. The trees were shaking back and forth violently.

These exposures (above & below on left) are between 2-3 seconds each. The next image on the right is as the scene actually looked with a normal exposure to freeze the clouds. It was a mean storm, but it was certainly beautiful. Everyone came outside just to stare up at the sky.

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What is great about this challenge is that it gives me plenty of opportunities to try out  different ideas and in this case, create a surprise for someone. 

More specifically, to surprise my brother and sister-in-law. Last year they bought their first home, an adorable home. So my husband and I drove out there to surprise them with some long exposures of their new home. The moon happened to be right above their house, which I know they will probably both appreciate being nature lovers.

Who knows what the next 300 and some days will bring, but it has been a blast so far!


So, surprise... love you guys ;)

Mr. & Mrs. Mosher KimberlyElaine365 D24

Congratulations Aubrey & Andrew Mosher on their new marriage and beautiful wedding today! It was held at Grace Crossing Church in Beavercreek. The church is only seven months old and this was the first wedding ever held in the church, to make it even more special Aubrey's dad was the pastor for the ceremony. Awhile back I shot their engagement session where you can already see there adorable love for each other.

They had fabulous luck with the weather, we have been drenched with rain lately in Ohio but their wedding day could not have been more perfect. Bright beautiful blue skies, and the feeling of love was definitely in the air. Aubrey and Andrew are a perfect fit for each other and it is obvious to anyone who meets them how much in love they are.

We were lucky enough to have just a few moments during the reception to head outside and let Aubrey and Andrew have some time alone together. These are a couple images from those moments. What I love about these images is they are not edited at all, they were just still- enjoying the moment and I was able to get some long exposures which brought this beautiful vibrant color.

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Well the long exposures and night photography happened sooner than I thought, which is a good thing. My husband Joe and I went downtown tonight and got some shots of the city lights. I find it silly that I have lived in Dayton the majority of my life and have done long exposures is nearly every downtown city in western Ohio... except Dayton. Until now anyway! I have photographed in Dayton and even pictures of the skyline tons of times, but never to the extent of taking the time to tripod it and work with my bulb setting on the camera to get some sweet colors. Nice to get some cool shots of my hometown for a change. ;)

The lights from the cars, and even the bus turned out awesome. I had almost forgotten how much I enjoy night photography, absolutely still one of my favorites activities. I had never seen the light show on the bridge before, Joe has told me about it but I'm glad we got a chance to check it out together.