If you’re looking for Joel & Erin’s wedding pictures, just scroll down a bit to the next post!
NEWS: I’ll be in the Nashville, Tenn. and Bowling Green, Ky. area July 25-30. I already have photo shoots planned, but if you contact me quickly, I think I can squeeze a few more in. That’s for families (mom + dad + kids) or couples or siblings or best friends or high school seniors or just you needing some pretty pictures of yourself!
Click on this link to see a variety of portraits I’ve made:click me!
Speaking of portraits…when I was in Northern California last month, I went with some friends to explore and I took some portraits of everyone (kind of unlike me actually, I don’t take my camera EVERYWHERE)…
Uncle Binh.
Matthew.
Steven. Look at this picture of us when we were babies, haha!
Steph.
Dave.
Rose.
Michael.
The Chapmans.
Me…thanks to Steph.
Categories: Portrait · Random · Travel
Joel and Erin were married in Allentown, Pennsylvania a few weeks ago on a beautiful June day and it was another wedding that I feel honored to have been able to document. And it just so happens that one of my nieces was a flower girl and one of my nephews was the thumb-sucking ring bearer and I got to take a lot of pictures of them because THEY ARE SO CUTE. And the beautiful bridesmaid in one of the pictures above is their mother! For curious minds, Joel raises pigs and the bridal party sort of surprised Joel and Erin by donning pig snouts during the pictures. Also, how about the super-cute grandparents on the dance floor?
EDIT: If you’ve attempted to e-mail me and it hasn’t gone through, please just try again at laura@laurahinely.com, thanks! It was posted incorrectly before (of course if you use my gmail address, I’ll get that too).
Categories: Portrait · Travel · Wedding
That’s right, those are pig snouts. From a wedding in Pennsylvania…I’ll explain more about that later! I have an outrageously large number of images from lots of different things to post and things have simply been a whirlwind as I wrap up some commitments and hang out with my family and friends in Tampa and Orlando before heading out to a couple more places and then finally, out West! (Longest sentence ever.) Look for photos from this wedding tomorrow.
Categories: Random · Wedding
My brother Mark, and his wife Jenn had their second baby, Madeline Faith on July 2nd in Tallahassee!
Categories: Documentary · Random
Before I move to Denver, you have the opportunity to book portrait sessions during this month (Happy July, by the way). I’ve really grown to love the simple and low-key atmosphere of a morning or afternoon of shooting portraits of a couple or family or children. And I have a lot of ideas up my sleeve I’ve been wanting to use for some more theme-inspired type shoots if you are interested. I already have a couple sessions booked, so please contact me ASAP for prime spots (like on the weekends). This is one of those times where you can REALLY think ahead for things like Holiday cards, presents etc.
I have this little flyer in PDF form if you want it e-mailed to you to distribute to family and friends! I’m also working on being available for a few days in Nashville, so stay tuned.
ALSO–I updated the website recently (weddings and portraits) with stuff from 2009 if you haven’t seen new stuff lately: www.laurahinely.com
Categories: Portrait · Random · Travel
The most massive wedding to-do list I’ve seen.
CUTE.
Ditto.
Kristen’s parents look on admiringly.
The beautiful bride!
I think each guy is looking a different direction in this picture. Way to go.
More cute.
Lovely coordinators.
Their eyes are very tightly shut here and Kristen wouldn’t let Will hug her so he wouldn’t know what the dress looked like, but they had a little chat before she walked down the aisle.
One of my favorites.
Just sitting on Ralph’s lap, as per usual.
Baby Samson.
Maybe my favorite group picture I’ve taken? Minh faces and all.
I was loving everyone’s expressions during the slideshow. And the light was real nice.
It was such an honor to be a part of this wedding for two of my friends. And it was FUN. I combed through so many pictures to pick out a few that showed the beauty and happiness that was that day and I hope these show part of that! Of course…many more where these came from! Xoxo to Kristen and Will!
Categories: Portrait · Travel · Wedding
It’s late. I just got back from an unexpected overnighter in Denver (scoring free Southwest tickets and a chance to see my new place I’ll call home this Fall) on my way back from Northern California and I need to repack for this weekend. So here’s just ONE tiny glimpse of Will and Kristen’s wedding. SO so many images(I think I shot a near-record amount, second only to Kennon and Chris’ wedding in Germany last year). To whet your appetite, the light was perfect, the weather was perfect, the high ISO on my new D700 was perfect (nerd alert) and there are like 500 pictures of people laughing.
But for now, I’m off to Allentown, Pennsylvania…
Categories: Travel · Wedding
Lotsa packing going on around here tonight. Moving, trips, finishing projects and I’m pretty excited about all those little octagons on the map because they are places I’m going in the next few weeks before hitting that big spot up there (Denver!) I’ll have some news soon about some shoots in the Nashville area in July if you are interested in family/couple portraits.
And, trying to be as un-nerdy about it as possible, I must say that I not only “like” my 3G iphone I got over the weekend, but LOVE it (all caps)…and I’m sure I don’t even know all it well yet. Favorite things so far:
-Pandora app that I allows me to listen to a huge variety of music anywhere (driving in my old car plugged into my tape deck even)
-Holy Bible app. Yes I did. Used it this morning.
-Browsing the NYTimes and a million other things while I’m waiting on something/someone
-The voice mail setup…I might actually check them now!
-Easy usability. I don’t read directions and I feel like I’ve still figured out everything super quickly.
-Checking my e-mail because I’m expecting something important or need to reference something.
The last couple of days I was shooting a bunch of volunteers doing improvement projects at the college. I got kind of obsessed with this window where I could see the silhouettes of people landscaping outside.
I’m off to northern California tomorrow and I will try to update from there!
Categories: Random · Seeing · Travel
When the decision to move to Denver was finalized, I knew I had to work on a personal project before I left. It’s something I think about everytime I drive down 301 (to get anywhere around here.) I have never lived this much in…the country, let’s say…until these last few months of living with extended family. My cousin came along yesterday as we scoured the highway, churches, a cemetary, and a trailer park, armed with cameras.
Categories: 301 · Seeing
About half an hour ago, a man in brown delivered my new (additional) camera, a Nikon D700. I’ve been renting and borrowing when I shoot weddings so I always have had backup, but it was time. I rented the D700 for Joanna’s wedding and that confirmed that I was ready to purchase. The following were all shot at 24mm at 2.8 with my 24-70.
My friend Randi’s wedding invitations–with really cute fabric on the back!
I promise I didn’t style this picture. All these things were on the kitchen table in these very places.
This is a board by the kitchen table where my aunt puts little messages all the time and then later we switch the letters around to make dumb messages or inside jokes. This is an homage to our recent Trixie Belden craze.
My pillows on my bed. I think my aunt made the bottom pillow-case.
I think these shoes have made an appearance before.
The last few weeks we (my aunt and cousin and I) have had occasional “art sessions” here we get out our medium of choice and draw/paint. These were done with pen and ink and water-color pencils.
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