Oh boy, I think that my maid needs to be fired after seeing all of the dust collecting around here! As you can probably guess, the wedding season and traveling combined have kind of kicked my butt. I’ve still been pretty good about getting images up on the Anna Lynch McClary Photography Facebook Page though. The ironic part is that I’m poking my head in here just to let everyone know that I’m jumping on another airplane tomorrow and will be out of reach for a few days. The next couple of weeks I get to travel to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Colorado, and even make a stop in Nebraska for weddings and senior sessions. I’m going to miss my bed and my kitties, but it should be a good time filled with lots of great photo opps.
Oh, and when I return, I vow to be a better blogger. To show my seriousness, here is one image from each of the sessions that I shared on Facebook today.
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Over the past month wedding season has kicked in and a crazy schedule has kicked off. Somehow this year, my wedding schedule is split exactly in half. With May, June and July mostly back west and August, September, and October mostly in Indiana. So, if you’re ever looking for me, your best bet is probably either Fort Wayne Internationl, Denver International, or on a plane. During last week’s trip back I squeezed in a Friday night engagement session with Bri and Braden.
You might say that I jinxed the day when I tweeted how beautiful it was the morning. It was absolutely gorgeous that afternoon, too. Then, about 15 minutes before our session was supposed to start a nice 30 mph wind kicked in. We took cover as much as we could, but I could not deny one of the locations that I scouted out. So they both totally bucked up and probably braced themselves for each gust. Not only did we have the wind to deal with, but because I had so much fun downtown, we were running out of light quicker than I could shoot. Here’s just a few sneak peek shots, but you’ll be seeing the full post soon and come the end of July their wedding images.
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It may be 2010 in the real world, but in my little blog world I still have lots to post from 2009. I find it so crazy that it has been 10 years since all of the Y2K worry, and even more how much has changed in a short 10 years. 10 years ago I was just discovering the freedom that being 16 and having a driver’s license could bring. I thought that life was incredibly hard and full of stress, if only I had known how easy it was. It is hard to believe that over the last decade I met some of my best friends, graduated from high school and college, moved enough times to make me never want to do it again, had my heart broken a couple times, went through some rough patches, met and married the man of my dreams, started my own business and found so much happiness. It really feels like all at once 2000 was a lifetime ago and a minute ago. I’m sure in 2020 I’ll have a million new memories to add to the list, and feel the exact same way.
A little note to anyone waiting on an email or call back from me, today is my first day back after about three weeks off. I’m slowly working my way through my inboxes so keep an eye out!
Now, to kick off 2010 right, with a blue eyed little boy who has grown an absolute TON since we shot these!
These eyes will break many girls’ hearts.
This could quite possibly be one of my favorite images ever. There is something just so timeless about Hudson and his mommy.
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From Thanksgiving to Christmas last year, Mitch and I lucked out and were able to spend that time back in Colorado with our family and friends. During that time, I of course decided to try to pack as many sessions in as I could. However, it was December, and the reality of the weather situation was that it was really cold. Because of that, quite a few of my sessions got pushed back into our last week there. The weather appeared to be cooperating, so what else could have gone wrong?
Well, Christmas night a sickness that stuck with me for almost two weeks hit, and it knocked me out! That next morning I was supposed to have a family session with the Schecks. So, sick Anna + two teacher parents + two little kids at the end of Christmas break, meant that we’d have to reschedule. I wasn’t terribly devastated though, as I knew that my next trip back would have to be much warmer. Little did I know that the next time that our schedules would align would be almost six months later! Ironic thing was, we got rained out on our first try! We ended up pushing it back to my last day in Colorado and for a little while the stars aligned, the weather was perfect, and there weren’t even any snakes in the field!
Just a couple of Annika and Brandon to tease you with, for now!
Try not to laugh when you look at this one!
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Last night marked the third session from this trip that we’ve had to reschedule. In fact, it could have just as easily been four, as I narrowly missed the morning storm that rolled through Julesburg yesterday. There is one fantastic part of all of this nasty weather though… the skies! Tuesday night all of the crazy weather went around Sterling, but came close enough that the storm clouds made for an interesting backdrop.
Tuesday night was also the first part of my session with Alie for her senior pictures. I’ve said it before, but I absolutely love senior sessions. They are up for anything and while they might think that I’m crazy, they at least don’t show it and they go along with it.
Just a couple quick sneak peeks from Tuesday evening and this morning’s session. There are plenty more coming from this session!
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I just got to Sterling and it is PERFECT out! I couldn’t help but jump out of my rental (by the way did you know they still make cars without cruise control?!) and run to my parents’ backyard to get a couple quickie shots. My last few trips I’ve had the worst timing in the world as far as weather goes. I came in last month to a blizzard, while Fort Wayne saw the first nice days it had seen in a long time. This time the thermometer is hovering around 75 here, in Colorado, while it has apparently been raining off and on back in Indiana. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the rain holds off for the TinCaps game tonight, though.
Look for some new ballpark shots up here tomorrow. I have some great sessions planned for this week and then Saturday get to finish the trip off with a wedding that I’ve been looking forward to for quite some time. Not only is it going to be a super fun and beautiful wedding, but it is one of my closest friends. I can’t wait!
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I had almost three months at the beginning of the year, where I had to force myself to sit back behind my computer and do all of the little, not as fun as shooting, businessy things. Luckily, the majority of that time it was too cold and gray out for me to even want to go outside. Don’t get me wrong I did a little shooting for myself in that time though.
However, when it came time for me to shoot an awesome senior, on a beautiful sunshiney day last month, I ran with it. When I say I ran with it, I mean I shot and shot and shot. Editing Matt’s images down to a somewhat respectable (meaning not massive) number was hard (I may have failed there). The moral of the story was that a cold dreary winter + an awesome senior + a beautiful Spring day = lots of images!
You can check out Matt’s sneak peek here.
Class of 2010 Seniors, just a quick reminder to check our Senior Rep. Program. For the next week only, all seniors who apply (even those who aren’t selected) will at minimum get their session for half off! To check out more pricing and rep. info click here.
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It seem like lately we’ve been living split lives, mostly because we kind of are. Through the end of next month Mitch will be working at both the field in Ft. Wayne and the field in Gary. Which of course means lots of driving (it is about a 2.5 hour drive). Don’t worry about us though, driving is what we do. We are even getting R.C. conditioned to enjoy it.
The thing that has been a little frustrating for me is not having internet at our Ft. Wayne apartment. It makes checking email, updating my blog, and continuing to work on my website a little tough. This is why this post is coming to you from the beautiful Allen County Public Library. Apparently it just finished a few years worth of heavy duty remodeling. Let me tell you, it is a beautiful library!
The other thing that has made life interesting is the time changes. Last Wednesday I was on Colorado time, hopped on a plane, lost two hours, was back in Eastern time (I flew into Indianapolis), drove an hour and a half northeast, and was in Central time, and have since gone back and forth from Central to Eastern four more times. I’m quite positive my body has lost its sense of time completely.
Well, I had better get back to my stack of emails before my time is up. Expect some new pictures from me in my next post!
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I’m coming back in October and am already booked up for the 4th and 5th, but will be taking as many sessions as I can fit in. I’m needing to book my tickets by this weekend and am pretty open on days. So, shoot me an email at anna@annalynchmcclary.com if you’re interested in a session during this trip. Outside of the Christmas mini sessions this just might be the last chance to get a full session before Christmas. Right now I’m leaning towards coming back September 30th to October 7th, but am still completely flexible on that. Knowing CO this is probably the last shot for the year to get images without snow (at least I would think so).
Also, if you want to look over a pricelist before settling on a session, let me know and I’ll shoot one over. I have a few different packages to make everyone happy, or if you’d rather build it all up on your own, you can do that too.
Have a great week!
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I got carried away downloading these images. I usually will download them and peruse them, but I usually try to work in order of sessions. Well, I saw a few of these right away that I just wanted to get up.
With my weddings I include an engagement session, but Emily and Garrett already had their engagement pictures done, so we did a day after session instead. We got some really fun shots. I hope you enjoy!
Emily could easily be one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever photographed.
We finished off the night under the sprinkler. Luckily the water wasn’t too cold, but Emily was a trooper!
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