Sunshine Fields – Raleigh, NC Toddler & Child Photography

I have had the honor of photographing this little beauty for two years in a row.  She has the sweetest smile and the best belly laugh.  She is simply irresistible and I look forward to her session every year!  This is a very tiny peak into the last 15 minutes of her session <3<3

 

Sunshine, Fields & Rain Boots :: McKay Family :: Raleigh, NC Family Lifestyle Photographer

There is truly nothing more beautiful than looking at pictures of families in wide open fields, the sun dancing off the lens.  Fields are my all-time favorite place to photograph a family.  I love the undisturbed beauty, the chance to really be creative and free with my camera, the way I can play with light like in no other location.  But let’s face it – a field, although a childhood fantasy of running your hands across the soft grass as you run barefoot, is actually the home to many (and when I say many, I mean millions of) bugs.  And a little poison ivy.  And if summer is still in the air, mosquitoes (which around here are more like a small bird).  I fully explained all of this to mom when we were planning the location and she was all for it!  I leapt for joy, dusted off my goulashes, packed the bug spray and got ready for what happens to be one of my favorite sessions, ever!  You see, sometimes pain really is beauty!  And if you want a truly magical experience in front of the camera, you must put yourself in what I like to call the photographers ‘zone of creativity’ – even if it means you’ll have a few itchies the next day (and even if that means you skip the sandals for more highly fashionable boots :)  I could hardly narrow down my favorites for their gallery let alone this blog post :)  EnJOY!

 

Erica Mulford Photography presents The Organic Bloom | Raleigh Professional Photographer

I was thrilled to partner up with The Organic Bloom as a vendor for their amazing frames.  Recently they had an awesome sale on their Ready to Ship frames and I passed it along to my clients.  I am so glad that this family took me up on the offer because the final product is simply amazing!  The quality of the professionally printed and mounted images inside these to-die-for frames is beyond extraordinary!  And I cannot stress enough the quailty of professionally printed images.  I know the immediate response right now is ‘I want the disk’ but you could have an amazing order of prints to gift and display if you really took the time to think about how you want to use and display the images in your home :)

Here is a sample of their order!  Please note that I am not a product photographer!  There are (3) Lewis frames in white, 11×14, (1) Audrey frame in white, 11×14, and just to show size and color I have compared the Audrey in 8×10 and 11×14 (size of the print- as you can see the actual frames is much larger with beautiful character).  There is also (1) Ellie frame in white, 8×10 that I also used to compare the colors parchment & white.

Pricing post will be up shortly.  Enjoy!

 

As If By Magic | Raleigh Outdoor Photographer

I love spring for one a few TONS of reasons, but particularly because of the gorgeous Cherry Blossom tree that covers our front yard like an umbrella.  One day the tree is bare bones, not a sign of life, and then, as if by magic, every brand is filled with the most beautiful and wondrous blooms.  It gives the magical feel of freshly fallen snow, but with the warmth and cool breeze of spring.  And when those blooms start to fall to the ground, well for a little girl you might as well be living in a fairytale as they flutter down all around as you spin and twirl and dream beneath a veil of pink.  There is simple nothing.like.it.