Displaying your photos - Raleigh Photography

Love seeing how clients display their photos. This super cute frame set is from Pottery Barn, makes me want to go out and buy one!

Great Outdoor Location - Raleigh Family Photographer

Yates Mill Pond, a Wake County Park, is a location you may want to consider for your upcoming Holiday Family photo session. Yates has all of the things I look for when choosing locations. Lots of trees which means plenty of Fall color, a large pond with dock, and a beautiful mill surrounded by big rocks would all make great backdrops.

I would recommend this location for families with older kids. The walk from the parking lot to the photo sites is about 5 mins. a little far for little ones although there is a path that would allow strollers. The best area around the mill would be dangerous for toddlers and those that are not able to sit and stay : )

Email christa@mycreativeclicks.com to reserve your Yates Mill session this Fall!

Sisterly Love - Raleigh Family & Child Photography

Playing catch up today, these are way overdue! Had a great time spending one hot, sticky morning at the Raleigh Rose Garden with 3 beautiful sisters.

They were so photogenic to say the least, and even posed sometimes on their own. Of course we had to get a little silly and capture some of their true personalities.

My 5 year old takes great head shots - Cary Children's Photographer

I belong to an online forum and each week we have assignments. Last week's assignment was updating our headshots. I gladly took part in this challenge as I really don't have a headshot! And my website photo desperately needs updating. Part of the challenge was capturing these shots personally, using a tri-pod and timer/remote.
One afternoon last week I pulled out my stuff and attempted to capture my own headshots. With my camera remote not working I was forced to use the camera's 10 sec timer. Needless to say it didn't work very well! In fact it was very frustrating!
As I was finishing up my kids arrived home from school. Logann my 5 yr.old and future assistant, was anxious to help me. I kept the camera on the tripod, and gave her a quick lesson in focusing, zooming and composition (think that part might have gone over her head).
Anyway she had so much fun with my little project. She is really an amazing kid, listening to her as she plugged along taking shots of me, I realized she had absorbed a lot sessions from the sessions she had seen me do. Occassionally she is home when I have clients come over and she loves to watch.
Everytime she took a picture she would inspect its exposure, whether it was blurry, head chopped etc. She was so precise and determined. And only scared me half to death once by knocking over the tripod with camera attached.
Phew! Luckily no damage.
I think she did an excellent job. Of course there was a tiny bit of photoshop magic applied on my end. Most likely I won't look this polished when I show up to take your photos, I may have a few more wrinkles, and even some grey hair here and there. But why not use Photoshop when you can, it definitely takes the years off!







Sophia her older sister helped pose me...

she said she wanted a silly one of me, so she pulled out her jokes, toilet talk!

the team, Sophia, Logann, and me

Dylan - Six Months - Raleigh Baby Photography

in my next life I will have these eyes!


so cute how he started kissing himself



my toilet paper shot didn't exactly go as planned, he was more focused on ripping it off and eating it!

love the shirt!