Beautiful Baby Contest

I was just feelin' a contest yesterday and since I love babies, I figured why not do a beautiful baby contest?! So... here we go!

Post a picture of your baby on the elizabeth K photography Facebook fan page wall (there should be a link on the right hand side of the page). Whoever has the most "likes" by the end of the contest wins! Contest begins 6/22/11 at 12am and ends 7/6/11 at 10pm. The pictures with the most Facebook "likes" is the winner. Winner will receive a free hour long photo session with elizabeth k photography and a picture package that includes 1 8x10, 4 5x7 and 24 wallets. Contest open to babies ages 0 to 24 months old. Person posting the picture of the child must be 18 years or older and the legal guardian of the child. Legal guardian also agrees to signing a photo release form at the time of the session for promotional purposes. Open to Michigan residents only.

Ready, set, GO! If you have any further questions please feel free to give me an email! elizabeth@elizabethkphotography.com

Kasey + Jon = Adorable :)

I have this, what some might consider to be annoying, habit of cheering for myself when I know I'm getting amazing photos. This really has nothing to do with me celebrating my mad camera skillz, but more to do with my truly amazing couples. Oh, and I use the term amazing so much that I have pretty much beat it to death. Another annoying habit to many, I'm sure. But back to my electrifying (yes, I totally Googled thesaurus for amazing...) couples. They completely rock my world with how they just let loose in front of my camera and then make me look like some rockin' photographer. YOU GUYS MAKE ME LOOK AWESOME!!!! And that brings me to my latest session with Kasey and Jon. They claim that they never take pictures together which completely baffles me. Seriously, this session was effortless for me. All I did was tell them to move around a little bit and what do I get? Some of the best engagement pictures to date. I cannot wait until I get them in front of my lens come wedding day! Thank you Kasey and Jon!

Lara & Alex

It is no secret that I love people. I do. Really. People are fantastic! And when fantastic people are part of your family, well, then you're really blessed. Lara and Alex are just those people. And for a photographer, they're a dream. I didn't pose them really at all and they just rocked this session like nobodys business. Love you both! xoxoxoxo

Alli and Scott With Lots of Supermodel Wind

I have just learned to go with it. What do I mean with it? Just all of it. Life it. Weather it. Whatever it. So tonight was a weather "it" with lots of wind and good chance of rain. I had a cute umbrella just in case, but I didn't want to have to use it. I didn't have to thankfully, but there was the wind. What do you do with wind? Call it supermodel wind and go with it. Also, I had amazing models/people who don't mind sitting in wind. It was a great session with great people. My eyes are burning from fatigue, so we're just going to end "it". Enjoy this fantastic couple (as much as I do)! And also, a special thanks to Dorothy Buchinger for the usage of the tandem bike, my mom for the usage of her antique blanket that looked stunning and the neighbors to my mom and dad for their tire swing that they have no idea we used :) This isn't nearly all the pictures, but I can no longer function properly today. Bed please! More to follow!

When Taking Pictures...

A little advice for my fellow photographers. No matter how cute your kids, never - I repeat NEVER take photos of your own children. There will be whining, possible tears, temper tantrums and attitude by the truckloads. And that is just from you. However, if you have adorable nieces and nephews, click away. Hire someone else to tackle your kids. I have heeded my own advise (with the exception of having another photographer deal with my kids and therefore have no up-to-date pictures of my offspring) and had a quick 10 minute session with my sister's kids and look how gorgeous they are!

Naples in Photos {Libby Style}

Have I mentioned how much I love Naples? I think I have, but please allow me to reiterate... I LOVE NAPLES! So beautiful and just for my fellow Michiganders, it is so warm and so sunny! Here are some photos of my walk around the village on the last day.

Pool at the gorgeous Bellasera Hotel in Naples.

Joanna and TJ

For every photographer there is a dream location with a dream couple to photograph. Well, I'm living the dream! It is currently between the ceremony and reception with just enough time to chill in my room and give you a little tease from my amazing day so far.

I worked with Joanna a few years ago and just love her. I met TJ about a week ago and realized right away that they were perfect for each other. The ceremony was set on the beach and emotions were running high. Absolutely gorgeous was the setting, the weather but most of all the couple. Congrats Joanna and TJ! I'll post more pictures later. :)

The Rockin' Assistant

I think it is a great time to introduce my assistant/second shooter/ friend Jenny. Many people when they see that I offer a second shooter want to get to know a little bit about her too and this is the perfect opportunity since I took some pictures of her and her boyfriend the other day.

Jenny and I meant when I was working the typical 9-5 job with her mom. Jenny would stop in once in a while and we would chat photography. What better way to get her some experience than to have her tag along? Fast forward a couple of years and here we are. Working side by side and having a TON of fun together. For some reason, she is not completely embarrassed by me and my dorkiness. Or bless her little soul, just won't tell me that she is mortified by having to hang with me :)

Jenny is sweet, loving, kind and talented. Not much else you need to know. She runs around and gets all little extra things that I am not able to get all the time when I'm the only photographer. She is my runner, my paper holder, my go-getter, my back-up and soooo much more, but mainly she is my have coffee with, gorge on pizza with, starve until dinner because we don't have time to grab a bite to eat while shooting a wedding with, friend. :)

Referral Program

I'm so excited to announce that I have set up a referral program for my fantabulous customers! Referrals are the BEST kind of compliment and work way better than any advertisement ever would and I totally recognize it and so appreciate it! So... for all my peeps, now you'll receive these referral cards after you have done a session for me.

When I receive one back from someone that you've referred me to and they book a session, you'll get $20 put towards future purchases! I'll keep track of it on my end, so all you have to do is pass them out!

Keep smiling!

~ Libby

Little Man

I had such a good time with this cutie! He is so sweet and look at those eyes! If he doesn't melt your heart, then I don't know what will. Thank you to his mom and dad who let me invade their home for the afternoon so I could pay a visit with my camera :)

Keep smiling!

- Libby