Video of Natural Hair Styles

Hi my lovely readers!

I wanted to post this video of a fellow natural who loves to do different styles with her hair! I absolutely love all of the styles that she did so I am planning to try a couple in the new future!

Enjoy!

Ten months "AuNaptural"

Well it has been about a year and 4 months since I last put a relaxer in my hair and it has been 10 months since my "Big Chop". I must say it has been a journey dealing with this hair but I wouldn't change a thing. As I always say, it was the best decision I ever made pertaining to my hair. 

This morning I did a quick twist out which resulted in a lot of shrinkage. Shrinkage is definitely an enemy of mine...I truly hate it but...what can I do! ***shrug***

When I hit my 1 year mark I'll do a blowout so that you can see how much my hair has grown. But for now here's a few photos from today!

Hair Type:
 4A

Hair Style: Protective Style | Twist Out

Natural Time Length:
10 months

Experimenting with Print Layouts

Well I am continuing to learn more and more in my Digital Publishing class. The other day we studied the measurement system of InDesign. It's pretty easy and awesome. And makes placement so much easier.

I am experimenting with making layouts so right now my experiments are not to its full potential..

Again...I am still in the learning process..But I'm getting there!

My Cuquipie is Thirty!

Quote of the Day:

"Best Friends are siblings God forgot to give us"

So my best friend Sandy turns 30 today! If you looked at her you wouldn't think she was close to it! 

She is an amazing friend and I am so thankful to have her in my life!

We have been through ALOT together! 

We have fought...and made up...and fought...and made up ....and fought..played silent treatments for months...and then made up...LOL

We've been through it all..but one thing is for sure I know this girl would be there for me for any and everything. That's why I love her!

Those individuals who have Sandy in their lives should be thankful that she is.

 And if they are not...

GO KICK ROCKS!!!!!!

is all I have to say!

Sandy would definitely say that but in more piercing words...LOL

Gotta love her Puerto Rican Spice!

Thank you Sandy for never judging and always being there for me! 

LYF!!!

Quote of the Day

"Where there is love and inspiration, anything is possible."

Self-Portrait

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Whatever the struggle, continue the climb. It may be only one step to the summit.”
-Diane Westlake

Photo Taken: Monteagle, Tennessee 2010

Continuing to Learn

I must say I am enjoying my studies into Digital Multimedia!

Yesterday's digital photography class we studied on Lighting and Perspective! We were in the studio the entire night shooting our classmates with different lighting techniques. It was awesome. Once done, we headed back into the classroom and made our Contact sheets for our instructor to go through and critique. 

I love it!

Anywho, my instructor is over the South Florida Camera Club, so next week his club is having a guest photographer by the name of Rick Sammon. So our assignment for next week is to attend the workshop with him! All I could think of was...

FIELD TRIP!!!!!!

Onto one of my other classes.......Digital Publishing!

We are currently learning Digital Publishing with InDesign. I am learning SO MUCH in this class. From Magazine Page Layouts to Web Layouts for web designs, layouts for advertising, and a number of other things. Its amazing how so much detail goes into publishing a single layout....

During the process of learning, I am starting to just experiment and create SIMPLE layouts for my business to help.
Here is one that I have experimented with. 

Again...experimenting...

I am still in the learning process.

But I think I did a pretty dern good job! Woop Woop! ;)

Let me know what you think!

Quote of the Day

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."

- Henry David Thoreau

Photo Special

Miami Heat Game with the Boys

Yesterday we had a family night out to go watch the Heat vs. Buck play at the American Airlines arena here in Miami, Florida.

Even though the Heat lost the experience being there surrounded by fans was awesome! All three of my loves LOVED it! 

We watched the game eating bottomless popcorn (Popcorn refills...lol)the entire game! 

Hate that the Heat lost but hey, you win some....you lose some!

A Little Diva in the Making

Today I shot a gorgeous little diva named Lala! 

Lala is the daughter of Music Artist "Silowett", whom I have worked with numerous times and love working with. 

She was great during the shoot! Her mommy and little brother were there supporting her the entire time!

 She has that "Diva" mentality already in her blood so it was easy for her being in front of the camera! ;) 

She has the same drive as her mommy! I love it!

Make sure to look out for this little girl in the future!! 

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Quote of the Day

“When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes.  But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls!”  ~Ted Grant

My client absolutely LOVES black and white images!

 So what my client LOVES my client GETS!

Black and white photos, depending on the image, can make an image very strong and bring out the emotion being portrayed!

 Since I have started in my studies for digital media & post production one thing that is truly important to a digital image is LIGHTING! 

I am becoming quite good with the lighting inside the studio as well as in my location photography. I make sure I always take my softbox with me wherever I go. As in these photos I took of her the natural light plus artificial light that I used made the photos come out AMAZING!

I have improved ALOT in my lighting positioning and techniques. 

Still have TONS to learn but I am slowly but surely ridding my images of shadows..unless I want them..LOL! 

I am striving to improve for YOU!

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Image in Color

My Preggo Model

One of my models, the lovely Diadra Mosley, that I have shot before has been blessed with a healthy pregnancy and will be delivering this March 2012. I am extremely excited for her. Diadra contacted me to be her photographer for her maternity shoot and of course I could not say no to her!! ;) I was so excited to do her shoot. I had a great experience with shooting her Commercial Shoot last year so I knew this session was going to be amazing! 

She is the cutest....and SMALLEST preggo that I have ever seen. Nothing but belly! I was super jealous! She was absolutely glowing and beautiful for her shoot today! 

I want to thank her for choosing KLM Photography to capture the beginning of starting mommyhood!

I can't wait to shoot her and her newborn baby boy when he gets here!!!

Congratulations Diadra!

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

We create our own world with the ingredients we put into it, so take care with your recipe.

- Greg Phillips

♥ Make sure to throw in some RELAXATION TIME into your recipe this weekend! Enjoy everyone! 

Quote of the Day

"You only live once so make it worth it; live your dreams, never say never and be fearless."

-Unknown

I never thought I would EVER go whitewater rafting but now I want to actually do it again!! 

So NEVER say NEVER! 

If there is something that you want to pursue...GO FOR IT! 

You won't regret it!

 The only time you will regret it is if you DON'T do it!

This is my mom, dad, husband and I whitewater rafting up in the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee on our family vacation back in March 2010! If my parents can do it...you can do it...LOL!

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Action of the Day

I make sure that I send a text to my husband every day to let him know that I love him and I am thinking about him daily! 

So I decided to share an:

ACTION OF THE DAY:

"Send a letter, email, tweet, or text message out of the blue: Email someone you haven’t spoken with for a while, or text someone you see every day just to be nice. Maybe they’ll respond, maybe not – it’s beside the point. They just need to know that they’re important to you. It can make the biggest difference in the world!"

Jenifer's message to her fiance King! :)

I can't wait to capture their wedding day April 2012!

Quote of the Day

‎"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has courage to lose sight of the shore."

- Andre Gide

Photo Shoot and a Puffer Fish

It was a beautiful day for a photo shoot. Even though it was cold, it was bright and sunny. It was a perfect day to use my handy dandy Reflector. 

I had the pleasure of shooting the lovely aspiring model April Preston. For her first photo shoot I must say she did an awesome job. She listened well and as soon as she got more comfortable in front of the camera it was a done deal...she was posing her behind off! The photos came out amazing! While shooting there were a few fishermen there at the beach "fishing" of course...and he happened to catch a Puffer Fish. So we stopped the shoot to run over and see it..lol! It was crazy...It started to puff up while I was taking pictures of it....I guess because it was in defense mode and I got a bit nervous thinking it was about to explode on me or something so I backed up. That was my first time seeing a Puffer Fish in person. It was pretty neat. 

Here's a couple photos of it...

Anywho.......

So after being amazed at the fish...like I've never seen a fish before...we got back to working. We got some stellar shots in and I have to thank April again for choosing

KLM Photography.

Here are a couple preview photos. 

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Photographer|Director Chase Jarvis

We watched this video in class last night! One word: AWESOME!! I got an adrenaline rush just watching the process to get the photos and how it all goes down behind the scene with this particular shoot! Love Chase Jarvis! I'm excited to be learning this side of photography!!! I will be sharing a piece of information from each class every week so stay tuned!