I Heart Faces- Smile

This week one of my favorite websites, I Heart Faces, is turning 2 years old! To celebrate their contest theme this week is: SMILE!

I can't wait to see all the amazing entries!

Here is mine from a recent family session. This sweet little girl had a blast!

LOVE her smile!

{M} Mini Maternity

I had my first mini-session the other day. My friend, Renae is due to have her 3rd baby any day now! (gender unknown- not for lack of trying)

Our schedules are so busy that we finally were able to squeeze in a mini-session at her home this week. I'm so glad we did, they turned out beautiful!




So dramatic and beautiful!


Gotta love selective coloring in these moments!

Renae had the most wonderful red chaise. We definitely had to use it!




Who knew 9 months pregnant could look so great!


One last shot of Renae and her youngest child.

I can't wait to meet their newest little one!

Pixel Perfect Blog Hop

Phew, it's been a while since I've entered Monica's blog hop over at Pixel Perfect. Thankfully, I have a moment and a nice picture to share!

A few weeks ago my family and I went to a local nature preserve. Every time I've passed this creek, I always wish I had my camera with me. Thankfully, this time I didn't forget!

Before:

After:

I have Lightroom 3 now! Woo Hoo! So I did some minor adjustments to the vibrance, saturation and blacks. That's it....no Photoshopping involved!

Hope you're all having a wonderful week!

52 Week Project- Week 1

This is the first week of a 52 week photography project over at Dana's Blog.

This week's theme is: NEW

There are so many new things at our home now, thanks to Christmas and 2 birthdays! But my daughter's 2 new loves are: horses and the movie Cars. So when she started playing with them together I had to grab my camera!

The new things at my house!

Head on over to Dana's blog to play along...you're not too late, it's only the first week of the year!

MY NEW WEBSITE

Ok, I said I'd share the news here first.....

My new website is up and running!!!

Michelle Travis Photography

I've been working very hard on getting it just the way I envisioned and I'm SO happy with it!!! The template is from BluDomain and it couldn't be better!

Please check it out and let me know what you think!!!

Thanks so much =)

Finding My Holiday Joy!

I'm so excited to make an album out of the images I've captured during Kelly Willette's Finding Your Holiday Joy class! Here is a sampling of the pages I've created so far! (the background is white, so it does look a little strange ;)


















I'll definitely be posting some pictures of the album when it gets here!

Welcome to a New Year!

That's right everyone! As you all know it's 2011! Hurray! Now, 2010 was an amazing year for me both personally and professionally. My family and I moved from Florida to Oklahoma and I started my photography business. *phew*





I believe that 2011 is going to unbelievable too! I have some exciting plans for this year already!





First of all............I'm getting my own, real website! Woo Hoo, I'm SO excited! The site should be up and running in the next few days. I'll be sure to break the news here first!





Secondly, I'm also very excited to be participating in Dana's 52 Week Photo Project! My friend and fellow photographer, Dana Suggs is starting a 52-week photography project. Each week will have a new theme. The goal is to post a NEW photo that fits that weeks theme! The project starts this week and the first theme is: NEW.


Please check out Dana's blog for more information and to link up (on Wednesday).



I have also completed Kelly Willette's Finding The Holiday Joy class. It was a bunch of fun and I have a post coming up with the pages I've made that will be created into a 2010 Holiday album!

But the great news is that Kelly is offering a FREE Valentines class in February! Check out Finding the Joy of Love and sign up!

Hope you all had a fun and safe New Years and welcome to 2011! I can't wait to see what it has in store!!