A couple of weeks ago, we went to the Portland headlight. I had never seen it before! I had been wanting some family pictures there, and we have friends that live close to it. So we asked them if they could take some pictures of us, and we could also take some pictures of them :) Of course, I love taking pictures of couples, specially if they are our friends! So I'm always happy when they allow me to take pictures for them!!!

They did a great job! The pictures turned out great! They were patient with us and would retake any picture if needed (my baby was not cooperating that day hehe) Here are some of the pictures we took of them :)

The day started off with bad news, but we stayed on the positive side. We had a fantastic time with them. We ate at the Lobster Shack, took pictures, tried some yummy cupcakes from East End cupcakes, and walked around Old Port. We saw the biggest cruise I've ever seen there. It was a great day, and I'm so thankful for such great friends like they are! They are being a blessing and encouragement to us :)

Sorry I'm being the worst blogger on earth...But like I've mentioned before, I post pictures and update my status on Facebook more often. So make sure you follow us there!

Have a wonderful day! Enjoy what the Lord has given you and rejoice in Him always!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Portland Head Light photography

Awwww, I love romantic pictures :)

My little ministry :) - Downtown Athens Photography

I know I have mentioned this before on my Facebook page. I know...I barely use my blog, but I think Facebook updates on my photography page took over my blogging time! Photography is something I love and enjoy doing, whether it's for clients, for myself, for family, or just to be a blessing to somebody else. I have noticed since we started deputation, that my little photography business is turning into a little ministry. It's still part business, but I'm loving what it is becoming! I have had the privilege to photograph many missionary and pastor's families, and I am just so happy to be a part of their future memories, even if it just means being the woman that recorded their memories in pictures :)

This is another missionary family I've been able to photograph! They are pros! This was their 3rd session with us, and they absolutely knew what to do. It made my job easy :D I love their style, and I love seeing them play and laugh together! And what I like the most: they are going to be serving God in Spain! Ministering to my people! God is going to bless them greatly for being such faithful servants of Him, and surrendering to His calling. I can't wait to see what God is going to do in their lives and how He is going to use them for His glory!

Here is a sneak peek of their session! There was a car show going on at downtown Athens! So it was nice for a couple of romantic shots :) And to top it off: some sunset pictures right before the sun is going away :) Enjoy them!!!! And if you would like to, feel free to leave some blog love... That would be make my day!!!!

Have a great fourth of July!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, and Family Photography

Senior season! We are starting with a beautiful senior girl :)

Who doesn;t like a little bit of variety right? At this session we were able to go to 5 locations! And she had perfect outfits for all of them! We found a very old thrift store made of barnwood that made really unique settings. We found a little field perfect for some cowgirl shots. We stopped at a bridge on the way to downtown Madison. And of course, downtowns are my favorite¡ We finished our session with some dressy elegant images in the middle of the street :) Oh, and a truck! Something new to me! But I can´t wait to edit those! The good thing of seniors? They always know how to pose :) It makes my job so easy! And they always know what to wear! So the session was easy and fun! And having my seniors`moms come to the session always help! More than what you think! Specially when the photographer forgets a very expensive lens by the railroad... oops!

I cannot wait to post more!!! And I´m really sorry if I´m rambling a lot! I have a handsome one year old pulling my skirt and fussing cause he wants some attention :) and I can´t say no to that little face! hehe

Have a wonderful day!!!!!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, Senior, and Family Photography

The most beautiful girls ever :)

Here is a part of what we do on deputation! We are loving every part of our deputation journey (maybe except the long drives... but it's getting better!). We get to share our burden for Spain, we get to meet wonderful people, we get to encourage people to be a part of missions, we get to serve God in different ways, we get to visit new places, and sometimes we get to do pictures for pastor's families and in this case, the youth pastor's family. :) Being a missionary is the best! And I am so thankful for the many blessing and the wonderful experiences God is allowing us to have!

Taking pictures of a big family is always a challenge. Getting everybody to look at the camera at the same time is always an almost impossible task. Somebody either blinks, or looks somewhere else, or cries...here, the very first pictures I took were a pose of the whole family. And they all looked at the camera! And that makes it all so much better! These kids did great allowing me to take their pictures, specially after I took out the big lollypop :) I didn't know it would help so much! But even before, they did so good! If you are a photographer, don't tell me you would not looooove to photograph these kids with these beautiful eyes :) I got to take many close ups where their eyes just pop! Beautiful bright eyes. I'll post them some other time, but here is a sneak peek for now!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, and Family Photography

Our new workshop!!!! E-mail us at info@nateandaranchaphotography.com for more info!

Playing with sunrise light at a pier by a river! I enjoyed playing with this light! It sure was early, but so worth it :)

A few pictures of the senior photo session I took yesterday and today! I don't take pictures of many guy seniors, so it is always a challenge for me!!! Specially if Nate can't come with me! But I enjoyed it and we were able to take a loooot of pictures! I love them all! He was so calm and posed so well! :)

Oh, and the first time I take cap and gown pictures outdoors!!!! :)

Have a blessed day!

Arancha

Huntsville Baby, Children, and Senior Photography

Textures is something I have never really been interested in when dealing with post-processing. I must say, I like colorful real images with a little touch of vintage, and I don't like to overdo post-processing. When I saw other photographers edit their images with textures, I loved the results, but it just was not my cup of tea...till I heard about the Florabella textures. Once again, I really wasn't interested in textures! But then I watched a video tutorial where she taught how to apply these textures. I would see a straight out of the camera shot and the after result with just textures and a couple of basic touches (saturation, contrast...). I could not believe what a difference it made! Then we shot a wedding in February where we had a limited time for all the family, bride and groom, and wedding party shots. It was dark, and we couldn't go anywhere due to the lack of time. So we really didn't have many backgrounds to play with, even though the church itself was great! I must say...it wasn't as hard as I thought and we were able to capture some great shots of them together, just being sweet to each other, happy and joyful that they were married, and looking forward to living their lives as a married couple! And honestly, just working with a just married couple makes photography a whole different world! Once I saw them together, the backgrounds didn't matter any more! I realized it wasn't about the backgrounds. I just had to capture their love! And once I found these textures, I decided to play around with them and try to add a little bit more of creativity to the images and make the backgrounds a little but more interesting! I love the results. Maybe a overdid it a little??? Yes, I probably did :) But it's ok! I'm enjoying just playing around with them!

I also wanted to take this opportunity to thank this couple, their friends, and their family for all their help taking these pictures! We had a blast! And it was an honor to take them! She is Nate's pastor's daughter! Such a sweet godly family :)

Have a wonderful day!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, and Family Photography

For this Mother's Day we are now offering gift certificates at a lower price!

It is a great gift for mommies or even for yourself! I have enjoyed seeing my clients' response when they did photo sessions as gifts for their moms in the past. Here are the prices!

Regular session gift certificate: $150

Mini session gift certificate: $100

Both sessions will include all the images on a cd.

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, and Family Photography

I did it! After years looooving these cute little pictures of babies in tea cups, I decided to try it myself! I borrowed our good friends' daughter :) And she just smiled big for her daddy! I have sooo many pictures of her with a cute smile! But I decided to post this one because of that cute little I love daddy face!

Have a great day!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, and Family Photography

Erin Rachel: Photography session in Tuscumbia, AL

After years of talking Erin Rachel over e-mail, Facebook, etc... I finally met her this month on our way back from a trip to Bay St Loius! (Looove being a missionary). She treated us to shrimp po-boys (wow, I want more so bad!), and we talked and talked! She told me she was coming to Alabama in a week, and she would be willing to do a family session for us! All my family sessions are either taken with the tripod and self-timer, or asking a family member to shoot for us and I prepare the shot. So being able to have a photographer taking our pictures, and just relax and enjoy was great!!!! And she does such a great job!!! She kept the session fun, flowing, and I just had a great time!!!! And afterwards, I was able to take some pictures of her! :) She is beautiful! Look at her eyes! There is many more to come!

Thank you Erin for taking such great pictures of us, and being such a blessing!!!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, and Family Photography

Having fun using textures!!!

My editing will never be the same now that I've tried editing with textures :)

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy this beautiful weather!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, and Family Photography

Check out my stork pouch from bpdesign.etsy.com! She is amazing!

My Beautiful Cousin!

I'm loving taking pictures for kid's 1st birthdays!!!! And I love the look that balloons give to these pictures! :) Here is a beautiful girl!!!! More to come!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Children, Family, and Baby Photography

This beautiful soon-to-be toddler girl is going to be 1!!!!! I loooove all her outfits and hair accessories. You should see her coming to church. She is one of the cutest girls I've seen! :) And we had a lot of fun taking her pictures. It is not hard to make her smile! Specially when she sees her daddy!

Have a great day!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Children and Family Photography

I can honestly say that this has been one of my favorite weddings :) The colors, the decoration, the buttonniers, the bouquet, the cake (multi layered), the red velvet cupcakes... everything was done with a very exquisite taste. My favorite part at every wedding is the bride and groom portraits :D That love, joy, excitement that they have after saying the "I do" really shows in the images! This couple specially was the cutest couple ever! And they love each other sooo much! I LOVE THAT! And I love to see them enjoy getting their pictures taken as newlyweds!

I cannot wait to edit all these pictures! It is going to be fun!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Family, and Wedding Photography

One of my favorite pictures :) We really appreciate her parents! And her little bro is Alex's best buddy! I can't wait to see them all grow and play! And serve God!

Have a wonderful day!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, and Family Photography

Found the perfect field!

Last Monday, we spent the day in Knoxville with my sister-in-law. She had been wanting us to take some pictures of her co-worker and her girls for a while, but it seems like every time we go to Knoxville, we have super tight time. But finally, we made it! And I'm so glad we did! I had been wanting to use a field for pictures but I never found the perfect field. Well, right in front of her house, here it is! It was great! The girls were so good and the mom and girls did great at posing and interacting to capture some candids! I hope you enjoy them!

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, and Family Photography

Last week we headed to Maine to take pictures of Nate´s pastor´s daughter´s wedding. It was a winter theme wedding with a lot of lights and white trees. They also had a lighthouse theme reception :) They both love lighthouses and something important happened in their relationship at a lighthouse! I love it when couples use things they have in common for their weddings! We were also able to bring some Dunkin Donuts coffee cups to use as props!

Due to the cold and the light, we had to take the pictures inside the church building. It was something I was worried about, but it ended up turning out great! I prayed really hard and prepared and brainstormed a lot the 2 nights before :) God blessed!

They were one of the cutest couples I´ve seen! I loved seeing them interact. Honestly, they were too cute! I cant wait to see them again!

Also, while in Maine, we were able to share our burden for Spain at the church. At every meeting we have, our burden and desire to go to Spain increases. We cannot wait to go to Spain! We have so many plans and ideas to start a church there! The church in Maine was a huge blessing to us! We are truly thankful for all the words of encouragement, prayers, and everything! God is blessing us in a tremendous way!

We hope you have a wonderful weekend! :)

Arancha

Nate and Arancha Photography-Huntsville Baby, Children, and Family Photography