Amanda McLeod Photography

A New Adventure....

2009-10-15T09:58:00.001-07:00

I knew this would be happening sometime "in the future." I just didn't expect the future to get here so quickly. In two short days I will be moving to Dubuque. My husband has been hired on at IBM. I am very excited for him as he gets to embark on the career he has been working towards. But, I am also sad too. I love living here near my family. I love that my name as a photographer is being passed around more and more. I have met some wonderful people while doing this thing that I love.

For those of you panicing because you wanted to me to do your family/senior/baby pictures but hadn't scheduled an appointment yet - don't worry. I'll be making time to come down to do sessions. Not so much in the next few months but in the spring and summer for sure. And I will have some time in November possibly - let me know if you're interested.

It's been a hectic couple weeks with house hunting, last minute sessions, and packing. Lots of packing. And that's what I should be doing now. Packing.

But before I go - some pictures from some of my sessions these last couple of weeks. :)

Cari, Adam, and Garrett

Stacie and Michael

Tim

Calleigh

Sylvester Family

And our new house! It's a rental...

Slacker.

2009-09-23T18:14:00.000-07:00

I feel like a slacker. My lack of blog posts is shameful. Especially with all the sessions that I have to blog about. But things have been busy... because of all those sessions and of course - life. That seems to take a lot of time as well. :)
Here's a tiny glimpse of all the things I've been meaning to blog but haven't....

Mike and Kelsie:

Emily:

Bethany:

Frescoln/Lennox wedding:

Double Rock the Dress Session:

Upcoming Sessions:
Engagement: Cari and Adam
Engagement: Stacie and Micheal
Family: Haines
Senior: Maggie
Double Senior Session: Martinez
Family: Sylvester
Senior: Kyle
Engagment: Casie and Adam
Family: Long

E Session: Tara and Ben

2009-09-11T19:36:00.000-07:00

Wednesday I had a fun afternoon hanging out with Tara, Ben and their two dogs: Baxter and Chloe. Their dogs are so CUTE!!! I'm more of a fan of big dogs but Baxter and Chloe could convince me otherwise.

These next few in the weeds are my favorite from the session...

And I love this one too!

And some more doggy love

Thanks guys! See you in April! Hope you had fun! :)

C. Family Portraits

2009-09-10T12:32:00.000-07:00

Tuesday I got to spend to an hour with a lovely family from Ottumwa. Mom's goal for the afternoon was one good photo of everyone looking in the same direction. Hopefully, I did a little better and got more than one picture that they will love. :)

I love little toes!!!

Big sister Charlotte (who didn't like to look at the camera!)

Baby brother Cooper

Charlotte and Cooper together

Mom and Dad

The whole family

Thanks for spending an hour with me! I had fun. I hope you guys did too. :)

E Session: Lindsay and Jeff

2009-08-15T00:01:00.001-07:00

I love engagement sessions. I don't know if I've ever told you all that, but I do. I LOVE them. Maybe it's all the "we're so in love" vibes that radiate from two people about to be married. Maybe it's just the fun of catching a couples chemistry on film (or memory card as is the case with digital photography). Whatever it is I really enjoy doing engagement sessions. I love them so much I almost require every couple who hires me to have one.

So, today was my lucky day because I got to take pictures of a couple with great chemistry and lots of those "we're so in love" vibes. The lovely couple was Jeff and Lindsay. They were both members of the bridal party at Nic and Alice's wedding. I got an email from Lindsay about a week after the wedding saying ... hey we need a photographer too! Jeff and I actually went to high school together. He was a senior and I was very shy and extremely dorky freshman... so he has no memory of me whatsoever but that's okay I won't hold it against him.

We started the shoot at Jeff's dad's house. They wanted to get a couple shots with Jeff's adorable daughter Addison.

After that we headed out to get some couple shots

Random semi becomes a prop!

I loved these shots so I'm including two... a little redundant but oh so pretty!

Last but not least.. probably one of my very favorite from the session..

Good luck with the rest of your wedding planning! I had a blast hanging out with you two! :)

KaLeigh

2009-07-27T12:10:00.001-07:00

A senior session isn't complete until you've battled killer mosquitoes and poison ivy. At least that's how it seemed yesterday. I had a session with KaLeigh who will be a senior at Ottumwa High School this fall. She's a super sweet girl with great taste in music (Tom Petty and The Black Crows are her favorites!) And, despite sitting almost directly in patch of posion ivy and being bitten several times by large mosquites - which she is allergic too, KaLeigh managed to keep a smile on and not complain at all. I thank her for that. :)

We started at her dad's motorcycle shop

And then we moved outside to the land of mosquitoes!

KaLeigh, don't forget to check out The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Pretty In Pink.
Oh and I still can't find you on facebook. :( Maybe you can find me?

Elizabeth

2009-07-25T09:58:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I had a session with the beautiful Elizabeth. She is going to be a senior at Van Buren High School this fall. Elizabeth is super sweet. She loves basketball, volleyball, country music, and most of all the KANSAS CITY CHIEFS! :) She and I and her entire family made our way through the state park near Keosaqua - including up and down the million and one stairs at Lake Lacey looking for good places to shoot. It was a fun session and Elizabeth did an amazing job in front of the camera.

Best of luck in your senior year Elizabeth!

Katelyn!

2009-07-16T22:48:00.000-07:00

Today I had another session with a little girl who is turning 4. That makes 4 (almost) 4 year olds if you're counting. This little lady is named Katelyn and a little lady she is. She is not a fan of bugs or dirt or wind. She is however a fan of: supper, Barbies, and Dora the Explorer. I had a lot of fun with her and she seemed to enjoy getting her picture taken. I'm always a fan of that! :)

I had a little bit of fun with the editing of some of these.

Jaden Turns 4!

2009-07-15T10:42:00.000-07:00

For the past two years I've had the privilege of taking family pictures for the Creech family. The Creech family consists of Matt, Brandi, and their cute little girl Jaden. Now, as cute as Jaden is, she hasn't always been the easiest to photograph. For the past two years she just really hasn't liked me or my camera. But, something magical happens when children turn 4. They start to like me. They start to not mind getting their picture taken. It's a wonderful thing. Jaden was no exception to the magical 4 rule.

And just to show how much Miss Jaden has grown..

2yrs ago

1yr ago

Eakin Family

2009-07-06T20:40:00.000-07:00

It was GORGEOUS out today. Blue skys and fluffy white clouds. To compliment a gorgeous day I got to photograph a wonderful family with a super cute and spunky almost 4 year old. These photos are my favorite so far this summer. :)

I love her expression in this one

Charbonneau Family

2009-07-04T10:28:00.000-07:00

This past spring I spent two months student teaching in a 1st grade classroom. It was a really great experience. I learned a lot, the kids were awesome, and I had a wonderful cooperating teacher named Mrs. Charbonneau. About a week and half ago I got to take her family portraits. Thank you Heather for having patience with me, teaching me, and becoming my friend! :)

Oh and check out the blue eyes on this family!

Hannah - the older sister

Emma - the younger sister

Upcoming Posts:
Sam and Pearl's wedding

Upcoming Photo Sessions:
Eakins Family - July 6th
Creech - July 14th

The Hormann Family

2009-06-29T11:29:00.000-07:00

My cousin Chris is an army man. Because of this, he and his family rarely get the chance to come to family events like holidays, reunions, and weddings. They spent a few years living in Germany and then they lived in Washington state. Next year they are moving to Texas. That's a long way from where the rest of the family lives (Iowa and Illinois) Right now though, Chris and his family are living in Kansas. This isn't nearly as long of a drive as before so they were able to come up for my brothers wedding. (pictures of THAT to come sometime soon!) Unfortunately though, Chris is being deployed to Afghanistan and is leaving next week.
So, while they were here for the wedding we did a family session! I was very excited to get to do this with them. Their kids are gorgeous and Chris and Charlene are two of the nicest people you will ever meet. Hope you enjoy the pictures!!! :)

Tyler, the youngest.

Lydia, the girl.

Calvin, the oldest.

Charlene, the mom.

Chris, the dad.

The Kids. :)

The Family.

Coming Soon:
Charbonneau Family
Sam and Pearl's Wedding

Adventures of a Second Shooter

2009-06-17T10:19:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I went to Kansas City with Kathy McCloy of Kathy McCloy Photography. I love Kathy's style so it was an honor that she even considered asking me to come along. I met Kathy some time last year. I randomly found her online and emailed her telling her I liked her stuff and that it'd be great to talk to her sometime about all things photography. And unlike a lot of other established photographers in our area, she emailed me back and was willing to share tips and information with me. She is seriously a nice nice person.

I've never been a second shooter at a wedding before this. It was definitely a new experience and a great learning oppurtunity. The fun thing about second shooting is that I don't have to worry about processing all the photos. Instead of coming home and thinking "Oh my, how am I ever going to get through all these pictures" -- I just give all my pictures to Kathy. Then I get to go home and pick out pictures that I like to edit. Just for fun. For my own personal satisfaction. I can have some fun with the editing. :)

Anyway..

The wedding took place in small little town outside of Kansas City called Pleasant Hill. The downtown area had so many cool little spots for pictures. And the bride and groom scheduled two hours between the wedding and the reception for the purpose of getting pictures taken.

Note to future brides -- if you want great pictures you have to take the time to do them.

Our day started out at 6:30 in the morning at the brides parent's house where we took pictures of all the girls getting ready.

Jennifer the bride

The girls had two hairdressers and a makeup artist.

Random picture of one of the hair dressers..

There were two super cute flower girls. I don't have pictures of the other girl edited yet but here are two of one of the flower girls. :)

When the girls were almost finished getting ready I had to go downtown and do some pictures of the guys. They were a fun bunch.

More kid cuteness..

Now for these formals -- I did NOT set them up. Kathy did these and I just took them from a different angle.

This next one I did some wierd editing on. Not my normal style really...

Thats all I have for now.

Kathy, thanks for taking me along. I had a good time and I think I learned a lot!

Shay Got a Hair Cut and a New Dress!

2009-06-07T22:00:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was spent shopping for clothes to wear to my brothers wedding with my mom and my sister. While we were out shopping Shay got her hair cut - and I don't mean a trim. She chopped off a good six or seven inches. It's really cute and makes her look rather grown up. She also walked away with TWO new dresses. One she got on sale for 17 bucks. I wish I could find something super cute for super cheap. Anyway, today we went out and took some pictures of her new hair and her 17 dollar dress. :) Enjoy!

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I don't know if I've ever mentioned this before but - I hate my sister. Well, I don't really hate her but I am totally jealous of her and her beautiful eyes.

E Session: Sam and Pearl

2009-06-06T00:01:00.000-07:00

My little brother Sam is getting married in three weeks. I'm really excited for their wedding. It's going to be super fun. I'm also looking forward to photographing the wedding. I did some engagement pictures for Sam and Pearl this winter but it was cold and we didn't take very many. Now that its summer we went out and got a few more today. Here are a few shots that I really liked. :)

My brother is always trying to ninja kick stuff. He's such a kid.

They are going to make me some cute neices and nephews some day!

Seriously, their kids are going to have the most beautiful eyes

Quite possibly my favorite from the session...

My other two favorites:

And a couple more..

To see their first session go here.

Little Jazzy turns 4!

2009-06-04T10:49:00.001-07:00

This month my cousin's daughter turns four years old. So, of course we had to do some portraits. Jazmyn wasn't too thrilled about getting her picture taken but I think we got some cute shots anyway. Here are a few of my favorites:

Jazmyn's favorite look to give me when I asked her to smile:

Oh and this look too...

But occasionally she'd pull out a real smile:

We had a couple helpers who tried to get Jazmyn to brighten up. They were able to get some smiles out of her. But, they couldn't get her to jump. This picture cracks me up. Jazmyn is just kind of like: This is ridiculous. I'm so not jumping up and down.

And a cute picture of one of our helpers:

E Session: Alice and Nic 2

2009-05-31T22:07:00.000-07:00

As promised a few more of Alice and Nic! :)

E Session: Alice and Nic

2009-05-30T18:47:00.000-07:00

Wouldn't this make a cute save the date card??

Today I photographed Alice and Nic. They are getting married in July (as you can tell from the above picture) in Keosaqua. These two were both in a wedding that I shot last June. So if they look familiar... thats why! Their session today was lots of fun and they were super easy to photograph. It of course helps that they are both gorgeous! It is really hard to pick favorits from their session but here is a super quick sneak peek. I'll try to post more of my favorites later.

And a classic head shot...

Alexis and Aleah

2009-05-23T09:12:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a photo session with two adorable girls. Alexis who is five and Aleah who is 3. They were very sweet and friendly. We had a lot of fun taking pictures! It was hard to pick my favorites but here are a few!

This one was set up by Alexis. :)

Gage: 6 Months

2009-05-19T17:11:00.000-07:00

Be prepared. This post I am about to bestow upon you is full of super cuteness. I took pictures of the cutest most adorableist little six month old today. (I may be biased as he is the son of my cousin Nikki) Without any further ado - Gage!

A Senior Shoot and Some Shay

2009-05-06T21:12:00.000-07:00

I had a senior session on Monday with Chris who is a friend of my sister's. Chris brought along his friend Willy(the blonde guy at the bottom of this post.) They cracked me up the entire time. It was fun. :)

Here are a few from his session:

And of course a headless photo... because I like them.

Today in order to not waste a perfectly gorgeous afternoon, Shay and I went out to take pictures (as if I don't already have a million photos to edit.) Here are a few from today.

Sonya and Jenni's Wedding :)

2009-05-06T10:16:00.000-07:00

On Sunday my cousin Sonya married her long time girlfriend Jenni. It was a super sweet wedding. And a whole lot of fun. Sonya and Jenni met in a karaoke chat room online in 2001. They both love to do karaoke and keeping with that theme they had all of their friends from the local karaoke bars provide the entertainment at their reception. They have some very talented friends! :)
Here are just a few pictures from their wedding and reception.

The wedding was held at Pioneer Ridge in a beautiful red barn.

2010 Seniors

2009-04-29T20:22:00.001-07:00

Getting back into the game.....

2009-04-18T17:46:00.001-07:00

Oooooh it's been so long since I wrote in here!! That's because I have been on a major vacation from photography. For the past four months I have been student teaching in first and fifth grade. This coming week is my last week of student teaching and I'm looking forward to getting into the photography part of my life once agian.
My frist wedding of the season is in two weeks. I can't wait. Not only am I super ready to get back to taking pictures but its the wedding of my cousin Sonya to her girlfriend Jenni. They have been togther for around six years and now that gay couples can get married in Iowa they are tieing the knot! :)
As for the rest of my summer... I have a wedding on June 20th in Ottumwa between Teresa and Adam. Then I am photographing my brother's wedding on June 27th. (I'll add some of their engagement pictures at the end of this post.) I have two weddings in July as well. July 11th is the wedding of Alice and Nic and then on the 18th is Maranda and Doug.
August is wide open... so if you're looking for a photographer in August - give me a call!

Now for the pictures of my brother Sam and his fiance Pearl!

I can NOT wait for their wedding!

Nov. 29th Wedding!

2008-11-30T11:46:00.000-08:00

Here is a sneek peak from my second wedding wedding this month! :) Congratualtions Aubrey and Brian!

The wedding was held in a gorgeous historical house in Fairfield Iowa...

Pope-Coleman Wedding

2008-11-11T21:55:00.000-08:00

So, this month I have two weddings. This particular wedding was held on the 1st of November. The weather was very well behaved which was a good thing. You never no what to expect of Iowa weather in November. Here is a tiny sneak peek of the wedding!

The Rings....

Getting Ready...

A few formals...

I'll post a few ceremony and reception pictures tomorrow! :)

Good Weekends and Photographing Photographers

2008-11-09T22:55:00.000-08:00

I had a wonderful weekend. I haven't had a good fun relaxing weekend in what seems like forever. Saturday was my dad's 50th birthday and we had a surprise party for him at my house. He had NO idea. Which was great. The party was a success and I think my dad really enjoyed it. Then today I got to watch movies and just relax. Ahhhhh. It was nice.

Anyway, this past week I had a photo session with the McCloy family! Kathy McCloy is an awesome photographer out of Ottumwa. I came across her website randomly one day and decided to email her. I really liked her work and I think it's important to network with other area photographers. So, we've emailed back and forth a couple times and then she asked ME to take some family photos of her. Which made me really really nervous. Her pictures are basically what I want my pictures to look like someday!

So, we did the session on Wednesday and she has the cutest kids ever. Grady is 4 months old and Cooper is 2 and a half. Cooper wasn't too interested in getting his pictures taken but Grady didn't mind a bit. And, even though I was way too nervous and didn't give any directions what so ever we still came out with some very cute photos.

Thank you Kathy for giving me the opportunity to meet you and photograph your family!

On to the pictures!!!!

Cooper wanted nothing to do with me and my camera.

The coolest part about photographing a photographer... THEY want to take their couch outside. So fun!

Tiffany's Sweet Sixteen Photos

2008-10-31T09:51:00.000-07:00

I have known Tiffany since she was a little girl. Her dad used to live next door to my parents and she and her sister would come and stay for a few weeks in the summer. I babysat their step brother and sister so when Tiffany and her sister came I got to babysit them too. In fact, I did her sister Ashley's senior pictures a couple months ago and her sweet sixteen photos a couple years ago.

The weather was PERFECT for picture taking. We had blue skys and it wasn't cold!

Anyway... Tiff's sweet sixteen pictures ---- (changing up the logo again... bare with me)

Tiffany also brought her boyfriend along. They've been together two years and are SO cute together.

I love this picture. :)

Mackenzie's Senior Photos

2008-10-31T09:39:00.000-07:00

Mother Nature and Miss Mackenzie don't really get along. We had a photo session scheduled back in ooooh June I think. But we got lots of rain and our town flooded and we decided to wait to do her session. We finally rescheduled for a day this month. And on that day it rained. It seems like this happened one other time too but I don't remember for sure. Luckily though this Tuesday was a nice day - a bit chilly but at least the skys were blue.

Mackenzie is a boxer and she has bright pink boxing gloves. We had fun with those.

Some more of the beautiful Mackenzie...

Not only did Mackenzie bring her boxing gloves but she also brought her boyfriend. We took a few with him and then sent him away. He was was making Mackenzie nervous. :)

New website, New Photos, New Month

2008-10-31T09:20:00.000-07:00

First.. Happy Halloween!!!! May you all get lots of treats! :)

October has been the busiest month of my photography "career" so far with seven sessions - three seniors, two families, one engagement, and one 16th birthday session. Now if only i can DOUBLE those numbers. :)

November is going to be a busy month as well but not because of picture taking -- though I do have two weddings and a family session scheduled. That will keep me plenty busy on the editing end. What will be keeping me MORE busy though is school. I am in my last term of classes at BV before I start student teaching in January. I am taking two very work intensive classes AND I have a 90 hour supervised participation thing to do. So those things will be keeping me very busy during the week. This month is my dad's 50th birthday and my sister's 16th birthday... and we are having parties for both. Those things added to my two weddings this month leave ONE open Saturday ---- so if you want pictures and it needs to be a Saturday November 22nd is open.

I kinda like being busy.

Now, my third bit of news is that my new website is up and running. I've been working for the last month to get it all perfect and ready to go. Then I had to deal with the hassle of switching from one company to the other. Not very fun. But, it's finally done and I now have a much more professional looking website. And it's a nice, warm, friendly website - at least thats how my friend Karen described it. :)

Go check it out: www.amandamcleodphotography.com

Stephanie's Senior Portraits

2008-10-26T11:02:00.000-07:00

The weather was GORGEOUS Saturday. Blue skys, colorful trees, hardly any wind, no rain, no snow, decent temperatures. Perfect picture taking weather.

Stephanie is a senior at Cardinal. Super sweet and extra giggly. We had fun and we went out to a new picture spot I've been wanting to try.

Here are a few of Stephanie's pictures:

And here are a few from the new spot...

OH - and a couple just for fun pics...

Courtney's Senior Session

2008-10-26T10:53:00.001-07:00

I had four sessions scheduled this weekend but two were canceled because of the weater - rain on Friday afternoon and EXTREME wind today. At least it didn't rain ALL weekend which is what I was afraid of!

Before my Friday afternoon session was cancelled I had a Friday morning session with Courtney, a senior at Ottumwa. We made our way through out town and even with the bike trail which I haven't used much lately as a picture spot. Here are a few of her pictures!

Strong Family

2008-10-19T15:59:00.000-07:00

Yesterday afternoon was spent traipsing around in the woods behind Indian Hills with a very fun family. These guys were all in a wedding I photographed in April so I was really looking forward to seeing them again. They are a lot of fun. This is a just a small sample of their session.

And just for fun...

Upcoming stuff...

2008-10-19T15:51:00.001-07:00

Run down of the rest of this month.....

October 20th - School - start of new term.
October 21st - 22nd - Out of town!
October 23rd - School
October 24th - 9:30 am - Courtney Senior Pictures
4:30 pm Mackenzie Senior Pictures
October 25th - 4:30 pm Stephanie Senior Pictures
October 26th - 4:30 pm Porter Family
October 27th - School
October 28th - OPEN
October 29th - OPEN
October 30th - School
October 31st - Rehearsal/ Halloween!
November 1st - Wedding!

So, I have afternoon slots open on the 27th and 28th!

I can't believe October is almost over.

E Session: Angie and Brandon

2008-10-05T22:30:00.000-07:00

Today I had an engagement session with Angie and Brandon. They are super fun. Their wedding is Nov. 1st in Fairfield at this gorgeous spot in the Jefferson County Park. I'm really looking forward to it. These two are very cute together and I'm betting their wedding is going to be very fun.

These are my favorite. I love having couples whisper something to each other. :)

This one cracks me up.

Family Session: October 4th

2008-10-05T22:12:00.000-07:00

This weekend was gorgeous. Which was great because I had two sessions to do. Saturday's session was with 5 very cute kids at a park in Fairfield. Two three year olds, two five year olds, and a nine year old. :)

A sneek peek...

Shay - Septemeber 30th.

2008-10-05T22:06:00.000-07:00

It's always when I am the most busy that my little sister decides that she just HAS to have me take pictures of her. Last week was no exception. It was nice to take a break from editing and actually take some pictures though. But then of course.. I had to edit these. :) Well.. actually I just edited a few. The rest are in a folder waiting until I have time. Just like all my pictures from my vacation to South Dakota.

Anyway... some pictures of Shay.

Miss Laura

2008-09-29T21:32:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was my 5yr college reunion. I can't really believe that it's been that long since I graduated. :) Anyway, my friend Laura stayed with me Thursday and Friday and then we drove up to Cedar Rapids for the Homecoming game and class reunion on Saturday. While she was here we did a photo session just for fun. :)

Miss Laura:

Jody and Russ Wedding Preview

2008-09-29T21:29:00.000-07:00

A quick preview of the wedding I shot on Septemeber 20th.

E Session: Maranda and Doug

2008-09-29T21:22:00.000-07:00

On the 16th of this month my husband Shannon and I drove up to Des Moines to do engagement photos for Maranda and Doug. Maranda and Shannon went to high school together and found each other on myspace a few months ago. Shannon, awesome husband that he is, suggested me as a photographer for the wedding.

We had a fun time hanging out and doing pictures at the Des Moines Art Center. I'm excited for their wedding next summer.

Doug is rather tall. Maranda is not. :)

Ashley's Senior Portraits

2008-09-29T21:15:00.000-07:00

At the end of August I had the privilege of doing Ashley's senior portraits. I used to babysit Ashley during my summer breaks from college. She has grown up to be a fun and beautiful girl. Later this month I get to do photos for her sisters 16th birthday. :)

A few from Ashley's session.

Josh and Krystal

2008-08-26T15:04:00.000-07:00

On Sunday I had a photo session with Josh and Krystal. I did Josh's senior pictures last fall. He and Krystal have been dating for nine months and are NOT engaged. (Krystal's mom was concerned that they were going for engagement pictures and just weren't telling her) Anyway, I had a lot of fun doing their pictures. And we had "picture perfect" weather. A few of my favorties...

"Look Mom, No Engagement Ring"

And a couple just of Krystal... She has amazing eyes.

Shay was my assistant for the day and she snapped this photo which I really liked.

Brittany's Senior Session

2008-08-26T14:52:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday I had the privilege of doing senior portraits for Brittany. She was a lot of fun to work with and isn't afraid of poison ivy, jumping off of things, or walking into a shoulder high field of weeds. Every photographers dream! :) Here are a few of my favorites from my session with Brittany.

July Fun

2008-08-01T21:55:00.000-07:00

Aside from seniors and families and engagement shoots this past month, I also got to do some shooting just for fun!!

I did two shoots of my sister Shay...

The second shoot with Shay included her best friend Kayla

I also did a few pictures for some of my sisters other friends...

July

2008-08-01T21:31:00.000-07:00

July was a good month. I had a lot of fun sessions thats I am totally behind in posting about! One session was of my Aunt Kate's kids. They are adorable. Unfortunately it was over 90 the day we decided to go and do some photos. Even though we had hot temps and cranky children I think we got a few good shots and the kids even had some fun!

Annabelle and Levi

This is my Grandma with little Annabelle

Can you say ornery?

The next session I had was with my cousin Sarah. She is going to be a senior this year. Which is completely unbelievable. Time FLIES!

Later that week I had senior pictures with Brett. I've know Brett since he was just a little thing. Now he is all grown up!

I also had two engagement sessions this month. One was on another over 90 degrees day so we cut that short and are rescheduling when its cooler. The future bride, Teresa mentioned something about snow... :) Here are Teresa and Adam. I am shooting their wedding next June!

Luckily when it came time to do Heidi and Pat's engagement pictures the weather decided to cooperate. I think it only barely reached 80 degrees that day. We had a lot of fun with these pictures.

After the more traditional poses we decided to have some real fun:

Jayden's 3yr Pictures

2008-07-04T00:24:00.000-07:00

Did pictures of little Jayden this week. She just turned three and is just about the most adorable thing in the world.

Claire and Brian's Wedding!

2008-07-04T00:18:00.000-07:00

Claire and Brian got married mid June on a gorgeous day. The wedding was beautiful and my mom and I had a great time shooting their wedding.

Aubrey and Brian's Engagment Photos

2008-07-04T00:12:00.000-07:00

Aubrey and Brian are a super fun and quirky couple. I can't wait for their wedding in November which is going to be done quaker style. I think it is going to be very unique and special!

Cloke Family

2008-07-03T23:44:00.000-07:00

At the beginning of June I had a great time hanging out and taking pictures with my cousins children and their grandma. They are three very adorable kids!

Nikki's Senior Pictures

2008-07-03T23:34:00.000-07:00

I did senior pictures for my cousin Nikki awhile back. Here are some of my favorite shots!

Claire and Brian

2008-05-16T08:29:00.001-07:00

I did Claire and Brian's engagement session on April 25th. We thought we were going to be rained out but then the sun came out and gave us a gorgeous morning before hiding away for a very stormy afternoon. These guys are a lot of fun and I'm really excited for their wedding.

Seymour Wedding

2008-05-16T08:17:00.000-07:00

I'm a little bit behind with updating this photoblog. I suppose thats okay because I don't think that I really have any readers yet. ;) I've had a wedding, an engagement shoot, and a trip to Chicago since my last post.

The Seymour wedding went really well. I think I got some great pictures. I'm half way done with the editing. (normally i would be all the way done but i took two weeks off to spend time with my husband while he was home!) Here are a few of my favorite photos from the day (that i have edited anyway.....)

Congratulations Mandy and Rob!!!

Kayla's Senior Pictures

2008-04-10T16:59:00.000-07:00

I had a senior session this Wednesday with a very fun and spunky girl! She was my guinea pig for a couple props that I purchased over the weekend. I bought a red umbrella at Wal-Mart and I happened across a rummage sale with some very pretty antique chairs so I bought those and the table that went with it for 30 dollars.

Anyway, here are a few of my favorite pictures.

Had to get a shot of her converse and colorful bracelets!

A random dog came to visit us while we were doing pictures at the bike trail. Kayla is an animal lover so it was a welcome interupption.

There are a ton more that I really like.. these are just the ones that I resized for web!

April

2008-04-08T10:41:00.000-07:00

April is turning into a very busy month for me! Between photo shoots and school and my husbands impending return from Iraq I'm feeling a little bit crazy! But not in a bad way... I'm certainly not complaining about all the photo sessions. I do tend to complain about the school stuff though. :) No one likes homework!

I do have some extra available time for photo shoots if anyone out there is wanting to schedule one! Tuesdays and Wednesday are very open.

The rest of my April looks like this:

9th - Senior Photo Session
10th-12th - Class
13th - Family session
14th - class
15th - OPEN
16th - OPEN
17th - Class
18th - Rehearsal Dinner
19th - Wedding
20th - Proofing
21st - Class
22nd - OPEN
23rd - OPEN
24th - Class
25th - Engagement Photos
26th - Praxis Exam for school
27th - Husband gets home for his 2 week vacation!!!!!!
28th thru end of the month - catching up on editing and spending time with my husband!!!!!

Website Info and Pictures!

2008-04-04T10:45:00.000-07:00

Exciting things going on! I finally have a real website. www.amandamcleodphotography.com! Be sure to check it out. I'm still working the kinks out so if you spot any problems please let me know! Also I have some senior packages worked out and will be posting those soon.

I did an engagement session with Mandy and Rob last week. I'm shooting their wedding on April 19th. Here are a few of my favorite shots.

And then a couple days ago I took my sister Shay and one of her best friends Kayla out to do some photos.