3 families in 1!

Yesterday, we had the opportunity to take pictures of a very cool family! We had a great time with them! And they were so easy going! There is nothing like working with a family that trusts you and your pictures and will do whatever you ask them to do! They made beautiful pictures and we have sooo many pictures of them to share! But here are just a couple I edited as I was downloading them!

Thank you guys for allowing us to take such special pictures for you! We hope you enjoy them! :)

Arancha

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One more

Yes, one more! I had to and even though I was trying to keep myself from posting more than 2 pictures on a sneak peek, I had to do this! He is too cute! I'm sure you would have done the same :)

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The Puente's

A sneak peek of my cousin and his beautiful family! They are going to be 4 in a few months!!! 

The light was so great! And what a handsome baby! :D

A lovely evening...and a complimentary maternity sessions reminder

Today Nate and I had the opportunity to spend some quality time together! I love those times, and I can't believe how much fun I can have with him! We just never get bored together! We walked around in a lovely night, drinking some hot chocolate and just looking at some stores and the Christmas lights, and talking about our lives, our desires, our plans, etc. We didn't go with the mentality to buy anything, but we had been wanting to buy our baby his first clothes, and we just never found anything that fit in our taste for a newborn outfit! But God blessed today and we found a couple of things that we loved and that were actually really good deals! I'm usually really bad at shopping cheap and have never paid attention to prices! I never actually cared about spending too much on clothes! And I admit I sometimes have spent too much in the past... But I'm learning! And I know I can do better! So we found these cute newborn sneakers, and when we went to check out...they were $4!!!!! You can't find those deals shopping in Madrid, lol Our baby is going to be a cutie!!! And I can't wait to go to Zara and get him some cool clothes there!

By the way! I want to remind you all mom-to-bes about our maternity promotion! Just book a newborn session and get a complimentary maternity session with it! :)

And another reminder for those wanting Christmas pictures: this is the last week to get your pictures on time before Christmas so you can send them to your family and friends! So book your session soon! :D

Have a lovely day!!!

Arancha

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Our first FAQ post!!!!

Lately I have been struggling about what to blog about! (did that sound redundant?) I love blogging, but we are having really busy lives lately! And I know I always say the same...it has improved, and we're getting better and are organizing our schedules in a better way!  But thinking about things that I like reading about, I remembered something I LOVED to read about when reading other photographer's blogs! It helped me so much when I started photography, and is still helping me now. Frequently asked questions posts!!!! We have never done a FAQ post before! But I thought it would be fun to do and could help those people interested in improving their photography skills, or just learning about photography! We have been asked a few questions since we started our business, not only basic, but also advanced ones, and we decided to start sharing them here, starting with the most basic ones :) So here we goooo!

What is your favorite equipment?

For portraits, we mainly use our Canon 5D with the 50mm 1.4 lens. If I want to do a cooler effect with couples or groups, I'll use my wide angle (24mm 1.8), which gives really good results if shot at a 2.2 or a higher aperture, and getting close to the subject. I'm so happy with the results of these two lenses together, that I haven't felt the need to get a different one yet. But probably, when we buy our next lens, it will be a 50mm 1.2 or 85mm 1.2.

What software do you use for your post-processing?

It depends. I loooove Lightroom and how it speeds up my post processing. I love all the tools and the corrections I can do with it, but I love how much more meticulous I can be when editing with Photoshop. So depending on what effect I want to end up with, I'll use either one, or both! I have pictures that I have edited just with Photoshop, and pictures I've edited just with Lightroom. I'll show you some examples on the bottom of this post!

Do you use Photoshop actions?

Many times I do, and many other times I just do my own editing to produce the result I want on a certain picture. Sometimes I just have in mind the exact result I want for a specific picture (specially for studio pictures), and the only way to obtain it is by doing my own changes and corrections. You can create your own actions and presets and use them for future sessions! It speeds up your post-processing so much!  But we have some actions that we absolutely love and also use that we bought from professional designers!!!!!

If you have any question you would like for us to help you with, send us an e-mail and we'll be glad to prepare another FAQ post! We would like to be a blessing to you! :)

Have a great day!

Arancha

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And heres is an example of a picture taken with our 24 mm lens! This picture has been edited with just Photoshop.

Our fall pictures!

Nate and I finally got our fall pictures taken! It wasn't a planned thing. It was more like a: we're going shopping but since the leaves are falling already, let's take the camera in case we find a cute tree to get a couple of shots! Hence my jacket having to be on, because I despised my sweater for the pictures, lol and my hair, totally undone! (it was supposed to be our lazy saturday, so that included not styling my hair...) But really close to our house, we saw a cute area with trees and decided to take a few shots there: of course, with a tripod. It's getting harder to do, since I can't run as fast to go from the tripod to the pose area when I set the timer (you should see me holding my belly to do this). So we missed a few poses and got some shots where the poses where totally me breaking a basket, Nate and I looking at each other with confusion looks, etc etc, but the results of those we cannot share, hehe Anyways, we're hoping to get a professional photographer to do our official maternity pictures, but we get so busy that we don't know how it will work! So we might have to end up doing more tripod experiments! We're going to have to start workshops teaching about self-portraits, lol

Let me add that today was a wonderful day! We reserved this saturday as our special family day to just be together and not worry about anything. It's something we don't get to do very often! We love our lives but we have to admit that we don't get days like this very often and sometimes we miss them! So we have decided to take more days like this. We took it really easy in the morning just having fun with one another, ate ice-cream as our afternoon snack, took a nap, studied and did devotionals, and then decided to head out to do some shopping and eat supper. These last few weeks I just have loved eating bocadillos, paninis, and sandwiches, so that's all I felt like eating today! And then we were able to work it out with a 2 hour walk of just shopping or looking at things for our baby. And we found the cutest outfits for him! My maternity clothing search was not that successful! I'm having the hardest time! To end the day, we found the perfect candle to add a Christmas scent to our house! It smells yummyyyyy!!!And here I am! I can't get over how fun, calm, and exciting this day has been! How much I love my life, my family, God, and thanking Him for giving such an amazing husband that does anything to make me feel happy and good!

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Maternity sessions!!!! As a courtesy of Nate and Arancha Photography :)

After prayer and thinking, we have found a way to be a blessing to our clients! In this case, the clients that will be mommies soon!!!! When you book a newborn session, you get a complimentary mini maternity session!!!!! :) You have to keep memories of the before and the after right???? And to us, it is just as important!

You have two choices: you can do your maternity portraits (you and your cute belly, of course), or an in love maternity session (you and the future daddy, which is personally our favorite choice). Maternity in love sessions will also include pictures of just mommy and baby belly, but most of it will focus on the love between mommy and daddy and their excitement for the upcoming child! I just loooove the feeling of it! And to us, photography is about feelings; feelings shown in images to portray your most exciting times in life!

Just think about it, give us a call, and set your appointment!!

We are actually enjoying these sessions ourselves! And we want you to be able to enjoy yours!

Arancha

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A few more pics of baby Amahia

When I finished editing these pictures, I saw a few that just made me meeelt!!! I love the peacefulness and calmness that baby pictures transmit! And I cannot wait till my sweet little baby is born to take his newborn pictures! Oh how I'm going to love it!!!! :)

Just look at how sweet her mom (my really good friend btw) looks and how calm and cute the baby just stays receiving the kiss :)

Fall is almost over!!! I need to get some pics asap for the record! I never get tired of maternity pictures, because it is something I will get to keep forever :) to remember the fun times of expecting Alex!

Have a wonderful day!

Arancha

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Fall Festival!

Just an update on how the fall festival went! I was so looking forward to this day for years! Since I had always been in college around this time, I had not been able to see it! But now I'm graduated and we are living here in Huntsville! So I was happy to be a part of it and see it and.... of course... play some games to get some candy :) Somehow every conversation or comment I say lately has to do with food! This is terrible! How did this happen? lol

Nate had the opportunity to help a little bit at the basketball booth/game/stand, I helped judge a contest...and we also played some games and won fun size chocolates and a 2 little bottle of coke. They drew names to give away all the goodies that other companies and church members had donated. I loved seeing people win prizes, and I won one!!!! (I've never won anything till I came to the US, so winning little prizes make me too excited!) And I also loved being able to see somebody win our gift certificate! We can't wait to take their pictures! But it was just great to see all the little kids participate, having fun, getting candy... I can't wait till we can take our little baby there next year! :)

Our baby is doing great, by the way! Kicking very strong and moving a lot! It's one of the most wonderful feelings one can feel and I'm enjoying it so much! Who said pregnancies are not fun? I'm loving it! I just wish it was March to see and enjoy my little baby! wohoooo!

Have a wonderful day!

Arancha

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