TammyB

Quote: Originally Posted by Emily&Matt how CUUUUUTE! What beautiful pictures too! Great photography. I love his little face peeking over the fence. Thank you.. It helps when you have an adorable puppy to take pictures of. :-)

Jackie when the heck are you going to be getting your pics from Juan? OMG I check every day to see if you posted them. lol

Hey ladies & gents, It's that time of the month again, to start a new siggy challenge. I thought that since Summer is almost over, that it might be fitting to see some pictures of the highlights of your summer, IE, wedding, engagement party, AHR, a family trip, or your new baby. Let's title it "Summer 2008".

I had a very small wedding, only 6 guests. I hired my photographer for 3 hours and let me tell you it was very rushed and I wished I had hired him longer. We did a couple shoot before the wedding and then after, I didn't have time to do getting ready shots and he only took pictures of the cakes and the toast. IMO I would go no less then 4 hours and keep in mind that your still going to fell rushed. If you want either getting ready or reception pics then I would say between 4-5 hours. OH BTW for the 3 hours I hired Juan, I had almost 700 pictures. Their is no way of knowing how many pictures you'll get. Each photographer shoots a little different then the next.

I used him and he's worth every dime.. He's very personable, and will go above and beyond to get a great shot.

Thanks Mel.. Ya know I have been debating getting one printed, but I haven't made up my mind yet. I'm also mad at myself for not taking pics of his paws, I thought about that this morning. Would have been a cute picture.

Maura you were so beautiful and looked so happy. Everything turned out great. Congrats again.

Those are great trish....

Quote: Originally Posted by aeroo totally adorable! great job on the shots! what lens are you using? For the outdoor shots I used my 300 mm zoom lens, for the indoor ones I used a 50mm. Here is another picture of him on the stairs..

What about a Boston Terrier, their like minature boxers.. :-) I would also suggest rescue, since you'll know the temperament of the dog and know if your getting a hyper one or a moderate.

Quote: Originally Posted by carly OMG. So cute. And I love puppy breath!!! I love the pic of the pup on the white fence, might have to make that my desktop today... Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan "puppy and the evil bone" is my background Hmm now your making me want to change my background... My boys are being kicked aside.. lol

Quote: Originally Posted by becks Tammmmmmyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!! Okay, wow, your photos are fantastic! And holy moley he is SOOOOO cute! When I finally get a puppy, promise me you'll come take photos?? lol, thanks... Hmm ya know... I've never been to NY :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by ErinB OMG! How cute is that baby! Tammy, I don't know how you do it. I could never give the puppies up! I'd be the crazy dog lady! And your camera skills get better every day! You need to open a pet photography studio! ha ha, well I'm not fostering this puppy, so that helps. :-) Thank you for your kind words. Each photo session I do, I'm learning what things I need to work on. so it's helping me.

Take a big deep breath in, can you smell that? It's puppy breath.. :-) Yesterday I went to visit a puppy that DH's aunt is fostering.. Oh how I miss puppy breath.. These are just a few... Isn't he so freakin adorable?

From a personal stand point if you don't know how to edit pictures then I would choose to get the high resolution CD. Some photographers may offer the low resolution to keep the prices down and editing pictures could take a long time depending on what they do. Also a thing to think about, is the photographer offering some prints in his/her package? If not and you get the low resolution CD then you'll be forced to order the prints through them and probably at a much higher rate then what you would pay through say MPix..

Quote: Originally Posted by kacie3344 Hey Tammy... Those are awesome pics! Are you a professional photographer? If not, then you should seriously consider it... Um, and can I just say that you pup is so precious! Awe thanks... Nope not a pro yet, working on it. Right now I'm just taking pictures to raise money for the rescue groups I belong with. But hopefully one day... Quote: Originally Posted by jpitts78 Great pics. heehee... I love pet pics. What kind of camera did you use? I'm on the hunt for a new camera. I have a Sony Alpha DSLR. I know many people prefer the nikon and Canon SLR cameras but I have to admit I like my Sony. But over all I think any of those three would be a good choice.

Quote: Originally Posted by Abbie tam those are fantastic! i love the one of big al looking thru the railing, like hes in jail its so cute! That's exactly what I thought as well. It's so fitting for him too because he is such a handful.. :-) Quote: Originally Posted by becks Wow Tammy!!! I've said it before, but you have such a gift! I love the one where they are both looking out at the lake - so classic! Thanks..... That picture is my favorite.

Quote: Originally Posted by Alyssa Tammy - WOW!!!! those are great! i LOVE, LOVE, LOVE big Al behind the tree with his tounge out - he is too cute!!!! when are you going PRO? ha ha, yeah that picture of Al cracks me up.. I still need to register my business name, make business cards, fix a few things on my blog and iron out a few more details but hopefully soon I'll start taking on clients. I'm going to be doing a photo shoot of Cain's Ma and her other dog "Rocky" (Yorkie) soon. So who knows really, still have a lot to do but in the mean time just trying to get more experience.

Cain humored me yesterday and let me take pictures of him with his fur-brother "Big Al" (his Ma's dog) Here are a few of my favorites: And the swan I took while we were out...

***F & G TIME**** Come on guys don't fail me now.. :-) where is everyones pics? This wee is F & G.. Here are mine

Maura, you look beautiful. Congrats and glad you are back, we missed you.

Quote: Originally Posted by Abbie first of all i love all of them because i am a crazy cat lady. but i picked #3 causei like how you can see him looking at something, like you caught him fish tank-watching or something is that morris? he is so cute i have an orange boy who is my big fat baby boy, i heart him so much, he is a big lover! Yeap, that's Morris. He is such a good cat and let me take pictures of him.. Of course it wasn't too long before he started licking himself.. lol

Hey Jay, I haven't used the tripod yet, I was trying to catch a bug and the only bug I found on a flower, the pics turned out super dark and I ended up having my ISO too high and it had way too much noise. I did have my setting on AP, but I think the problem I was having is the ones that were good Aperture I ended up having bad lighting, so it was like I was battling between the two settings. I was debating using a flash but I think it would have over exposed the pics. Hmmm maybe I was shooting at the wrong time of day, maybe the sun was too harsh and was effecting my pictures?? Maybe you and Karen need to take a trip to MI and we can do some photo shooting together. :-) Yeah that sounds like a plan, go ahead and set that up.. lol

Thanks Rebecca. BTW I miss our daily emails, you need to hurry back from AZ.. :-)

OK, I re-attached #'s 2 & 3, hopefully that worked and you guys can see them now. Thanks for the comments guys. I also edited out his eye boogies out of a couple of the pictures. I need to do that to all of them.. :-)