Posted on December 29, 2008
Now it’s time for me to highlight some of my favorite professional photos I took throughout 2008. I spent this year really growing and learning as a photographer, so some of these were taken of family members, but because of the amount of knowledge I gained from the photoshoots I’m still considering them professional, since they helped me on my professional photography journey so much. I am a lot better about highlighting the professional images I capture on my blog so that my clients can have a sneak peek from the session as soon as possible, so several of my favorite images I’ve already posted here. I didn’t want to simply re-post older images that had already had their time in the spotlight, I wanted to find a few new ones, ones that I loved but for one reason or another I hadn’t posted. So enjoy these Top 8 images for 2008!
1. Timeless Elegance {January 2008}
This gorgeous girl is my sister. I took a trip out to visit my family for a couple months last winter with the plan to REALLY focus on photography. She is by nature a bit of a tom boy, or at least that was how I’d remembered her from when I’d moved away the year prior, but she sure had grown up and grown into a beautiful girl! I put her in this faux fur coat and heels and she totally found her inner elegance. We took this photo in my parents front yard by some cool weeds near their pond. One of the few decent backdrops I could find in the dead of winter in Oklahoma. LOVE that she and I kinda learned together. Me learning how to pose, find backgrounds, shoot in manual. Her how to let me pose her, rock her awesome expressions and overall just find the timeless elegance within.
2. All Grown Up {January 2008}
This is my kid brother. It’s so hard for me to wrap my mind around the fact that he’s all grown up! He’s not the little guy who used to be my constant playmate, my sweet little buddy who used to comfort me if I fell and scraped up my knee, the creative brother who used to help me figure out the best way to hang a tire swing up on a tree, my musical genius brother who used to sing 1970′s rock with me to the top of our lungs as we jumped on our trampoline. The comedic brother who made (and still makes me) laugh so hard my stomach hurts. Love him so much. I adore this image for several reasons. I love the catchlights in his eyes, love the expression he has, love how it’s so crisp you can see each hair on his beard so clearly, also this is the first picture I took of him where when I was later editing it the realization hit me like a ton of bricks, “He’s a man now”, makes my heart hurt just a bit that our wonderful childhood is over and we’re both in the throws of adult life. But he’s grown into a really cool man. Someone who is interesting, a hard worker, entertaining, fun, intelligent. I’m proud of my baby brother and look forward to seeing where his life leads next.
3. Blissful Family {February 2008}
This is by far one of the most genuinely loving families I’ve ever met. These parents love their son so deeply! There isn’t a doubt in my mind that they fully appreciate each sweet moment they have together as a family. This sweet little man was a little tired of picture time and wanted to run off and play with his football, but a little tickling from mom and dad cheered him right up. This image isn’t technically perfect, but MY GOSH I love it. Overall my favorite images are the ones where the subjects don’t seem to look like I’m there. I love when I can click the shutter button and freeze a moment of how people are when they go about their daily lives. Love natural shots!
4. Glamour {March 2008}
This is my other sister. She’s been a natural model since day one, so I wasn’t that surprised when I took her out for some photo shoots and she rocked it each and every time. What did surprise me is how once we got started it felt like we’d gone back in time. You see I was ten when she was born and I used to take my little living, breathing baby doll into my room and dress her in random things and take pictures of her with a little Kodak throw away camera. Fun times. She was only 1-2 years old at the time and my knowledge of photography was…well non-existant, but I had a blast anyway! So now that we’re older and I have a better camera and she has some rockin’ awesome hair and makeup skills it was so much fun to pick up where we’d left off 14 years prior. Love this image because it sums up a couple things I always strive for all my photos to be – crisp, clear and colorful. Love that the girl captured here is my beautiful baby sissy too!
5. One Year Wonder {October 2008}
This sweet little girl turned one and I got to take some photos of her to document her bit first birthday! This image rolls up so many things I love – babies, baskets, autumn weather and COLOR! I love the bright pink hat and sweater, love the gorgeous autumn leaves, love how amazingly she just sat there posing for me and letting me take as many photo of her as I wanted. Such a sweet little princess!
6. I Love, LOVE! {October 2008}
You know how you meet certain couples and their chemistry is undeniable? Well if not…just check out these two images and you’ll see what I mean. They love each other so much! Just check out the way he’s gazing at her…awww…this is the stuff movies are made of people!!! And I was blessed enough to get to capture them with my camera. During this session I had nearly endless images that I adored of these two alone, but I finally chose these two, cause they felt the most natural, the most un-posed, the most real. You see I love, LOVE, and these image just ooze with it!
7. Passionate {November 2008}
This is my most requested pose EVER. I have yet to do a couples shoot or family shoot without the client always requesting this pose, and with good reason, hello, it’s hot stuff! As I went through all the clients I photographed this year I came across this same pose again and again but I finally chose to highlight this particular photo for a couple of reasons. For one thing I love her hair…wait, that really has nothing to do with anything other than my own jealousy at how gorgeous she is! Hee-hee. Okay, let me start again. I love this gorgeous stone wall. Love that it’s literally in their backyard and something that is so personalized for them and their stay here in Germany. Love how really beautiful they both are and how sweetly they love each other. I guess you could say they think each other is pretty darn swell, no question about it! :)
8. Bubble Bath {December 2008}
I don’t post any images from the boudoir sessions I photograph because of their private nature, but since this particular shot doesn’t show the client in anyway I had to include it. I’ve had this concept of including some bubble bath photos into a Boudoir session for awhile now, but this was the first time it worked out and I LOVED taking these images! Boudoir photography is seriously one of my favorites! I love that I can play a small part in making a woman feel good about herself! To present her with gorgeous images of herself that she can then give to her husband. Love to make a woman who might feel like just an average wife and mom feel completely glamourous for a day! So here is an image from a shoot conducted in a bubble bath (and for my grandma who might be reading this…no worries my client had on a bathing suit underneath the bubbles, I PROMISE! Hee-hee).
So there you have it, a small glimpse into some of my favorite professional images from this past year. For all of my clients who gave me the opportunity to capture you and your families, THANK YOU. I appreciate each and every one of you. I look forward to hopefully working with all of you again.
Happy 2009!!
Posted on December 10, 2008
This is my friend Ashlie and her two precious kiddos. This is a Mama that truly loves her children and I think these candid photos capture that so perfectly.
Check out the expression Aiden had after he kissed his mom! So cute!!
Love these sweet images, natural candid shots of them all laughing and having fun.
Aiden is a classic nearly 3 year old boy – on the move all the time! I was so excited to see I got not only one but TWO clear images of him, he likes to make me work for the photos and I usually have to run along side him to get clear ones. Such a handsome little man!
As usual while Aiden and Kate were running around getting into things Kamryn sat perfectly still and posed so pretty for the camera! She’s a natural model I tell ya!
This is a pose Ashlie suggested and I love how it turned out!
…and as always I save the best for last, this is my far my favorite from the entire session. Love the wintery, foggy (classic Germany) backdrop and the sweet relationship between this mommy and daughter. And as a fun side note, this is the exact same park that we used when we captured
Miss Kam’s One Year Photos. Boy how the scenery changes in two months!
Posted on December 1, 2008
I had the pleasure of meeting this awesome family last week and photographed their beautiful family. I really loved photographing this sweet family because it reminded me of mine a little bit. You see, I’m a big sister and I love my younger brother greatly, and seeing this sweet big sister with her baby brother just made me all warm and fuzzy inside. They seriously were a completely fun family. Love how animated big sister is! She posed for the camera like a PRO!
Check out her rockin’ jumping skills here, while mom and dad were sharing their sweet moment she was hamming it up for me! LOVE THIS!
Look at the difference in expressions here…they were taken within mere moments of each other but the first one is the epitome of adorable orneriness and then the other is the epitome of sweet! So cute!
Look at her beautiful eyes!
Sweet little guy leaning into his Daddy.
German photography = awesome gates!
And now enters the sexiest picture of all time! Look at the expression on her face, it’s incredible!!
Thanks S Family for the great afternoon. I loved meeting you!!
Posted on November 29, 2008
Yesterday I met up with this precious family. I gotta say my heart was stolen by their three handsome little blue eyed boys. Three of the most handsome, personable sweet little men in the world! I was greeted the minute I walked in the door with their sweet faces all eager to “take pictures on a walk in the woods” Awwwwww!!! Mom even had them dressed perfectly coordinating. They were even great sports and posed great even though it was really, really cold outside! Here are a few of my favorites from their session.
And finally one of my favorite family photos that I’ve ever captured. Love all the personality captured here!
Check out how sweet and protective this brother is. Hugging his brother to keep him warm! Awwwwww!
Thanks S family for allowing me into your home and your lives for the morning to capture your sweet family!
Posted on November 14, 2008
This might take awhile to load, but I’ve been itching to create a slideshow option for my clients. I created this one for the beautiful family I photographed last weekend. I apologize for the small window…still working out all the kinks in order to present this in the best way possible.
Posted on October 13, 2008
Since I posted my photography advertisement a couple weeks ago with my pricing and a few of my photographs I’ve had some requests for more examples of my work. So I’ve decided to create some layouts that highlight specific styles of the photography I love to capture and over the next few days I’ll post them so you’ll see my style when it comes to various types of photography (family photos, child & infant photos, teenager photos, etc.). First up is Family Photography! I really do love capturing the love between family members, weather it’s the love between parent and child, siblings, mom and dad, or anything in between. Nothing is more pure and beautiful than that love.
Contact me at annie_pennington@mac.com with any additional questions.
Posted on September 29, 2008
Posted on July 16, 2008
Recently had another family photoshoot. This is my buddy Susanne’s family. She took some photos for us, I took a few for them. Nice swap! Susanne’s hubby just got back from deployment so they are kinda all over each other as you can see from the two favorites of mine.
Posted on July 7, 2008
This weekend I got the great opportunity to photograph this beautiful family. One of the really great perks of living in Germany is there are literally ENDLESS amazing backdrops for photos. I met them at their house and we just wandered around their village finding all kinds of cool background treasures for photos. Love that these are personalized for them too…that this isn’t just any German town, it’s THEIR town.
Here are a hand full of a few sneak peeks I wanted to let them see:
…and then my personal two favorites from the shoot:
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