Kaela Ann Photography: July 2012

Monday, July 16, 2012

Newborn Photos :)

Between finishing school and my trip to Seattle, very little organized photo-shooting has been happening. This week was my first shoot since my "day in the life" shoot back in the middle of June. Feels like a long time. As I sat down to open up my photo folders on the computer, I realized how much I had missed it. Not only did I get to jump back in this week, but I got to do newborn photos, which are just so fun :)
This photo shoot actually took course over a few days. One night we met at the park to do family pictures, and a few days later we met to do individual baby pics. Both turned out better than I could have asked for.
That being said - I have one more thought to add before I share some photos. This is rather random - but I just LOVE summer photos. The ability to do all of my photos outdoors - even newborn photos - is incredible. All natural lighting, no worrying about flash and too-high-ISO and lightbulbs that make all your pictures look yellow - none of that. Of course, learning outdoor lighting is not without it's challenges, but I would take outdoor over indoor any day. No question.
Now that I am done ranting... enjoy!

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Seattle

I finally did it. After months of studying, practicing, fundraising, photo-shooting as a fundraiser, and more studying, I went all the way across the country to Seattle, Washington. I went with the Bible Quiz Team from my church, and we met at Seattle Pacific University to compete with teams from churches across the country. To those of you who are not familiar with Bible Quizzing, it is a youth ministry where teams compete on biblical knowledge, using questions and memory verses to test knowledge. It is an fun way to incorporate competition and Bible memorization all in one, and the amount of Scripture stored in the minds and hearts of the youth has had life changing impact on kids and adults alike. If you are still confused, you can check out an article that was done on quizzing a few years ago, at the link below:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/july-18-2003/bible-quizzing/5136/

This is my sixth year being involved in quizzing, and my fifth year going to Bible Quiz Nationals. This year was so different from any other before it (and also the farthest away), and I loved every minute. Everything - flights, sight seeing, fellowship, and quizzing - went extremely well. I think that I am in love with the city of Seattle - it is just a beautiful place to be. And yes, my camera went with me. Everywhere we went during the past week, my camera went with me. I thought maybe you might like to see what we did throughout the week - especially if you did photo shoots as a part of my fundraiser for the trip. So here they are, and with them is a big "thank you" to all of the people who helped make the trip possible.