This is just a note to let everyone know that I will be out of the office until late Monday afternoon.  While I will have access to emails and voicemails I do not plan on returning messages until I return so that I can concentrate on my sessions (and get a little relaxation in)   🙂  Thanks and have a great weekend!

This past weekend I met up with the first of my “Fresh Bellies” from my casting call last week.  K. is 36 weeks pregnant (37 now I guess!) and is just absolutely GORGEOUS.  We got some beautiful sunset shots at Roger Williams Park which was just what I wanted.  I loved them SO much that I will probably head there again for my next one, too.  🙂  Enjoy!

Something a little different today.  We have a spider living basically right outside of our front door.  It has spun it’s scary beautiful web between the end of our mailbox and our brick.  It’s a popular spot – we had one there last year as well.  I have been looking at it for a few days now and rather than kill it like I really REALLY want to do (I am not a spider fan in the slightest), I decided to attempt to conquer my fears and get some cool photos of it instead.  I have this macro lens that I use for my newborns, so why not on something different?  I had used it to capture a baby bee a few days prior and got a really nice shot…so I set off to get the spider.  This involved me getting about six inches away from the spider.  Looking back, I must have been really focused on “getting the shot.”  Because I don’t know that I would get that close again.  And thank goodness the thing didn’t move because you would have heard me shriek wherever you are living.

Let me tell you, macro shots are a lot more difficult than I thought they would be.  (I am going to drift into photographer speak here for a minute so bear with me)  The depth of field is just SO so shallow shooting that close that to get the entire spider in focus I found was almost impossible.  Especially when the wind would blow the web.  Even the slightest little breeze would throw everything off.  I finally ended up shooting at f/16 for the last shot and even then I still didn’t get the entire thing perfectly focused.  Ah well.   I am still pretty pleased.  And I could have gotten closer and gotten even more detail but yeahhhhh.  Wasn’t happening.  So enjoy something different for a minute…starting with the baby bee to not freak people out right away.

I saw a friend post hers today and realized I should really do the same!  Due to travel sessions and weddings, between now and September 1 my only remaining availability is:

July 10 and 11

July 17 and 18

July 31

August 28

Please note that as of August 1 I will no longer be accepting sessions on Sundays in order to have more time with my family.  I might open a few Sundays when we get into holiday season but that will be decided later.  I will be accepting a limited number of weekday sessions on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.  And because I’m a photographer so I should include some kind of photo – some newborn sweetness from earlier this week!

The winner of the $25 gift certificate to Cucakerie (and a whole lot of delicious cupcake!!) is Alicia!!  Congratulations Alicia!  Email me at amy@amyrophotography.com with your address and I will send out the gift certificate to you!

Oh and to both Alicia and Elizabeth, I think I need recipes for those delicious sounding cupcakes!!  🙂