Anwen Elizabeth Photography

As you probably already know, Lifestill Photography is a thing of the past, and now my business is called Anwen Elizabeth Photography.

From now on, you can go straight to www.anwenelizabethphotography.com to see my blog posts. As of today, the site is undergoing some construction, but within the next couple of days it will be up and running and good as new!

I’ve moved…sort of…

I’m still new to this whole web site thing, so I just realized some of you may not be seeing my new posts! Up until now, you could go to www.lifestillphotography.wordpress.com, or www.lifestillphotography.com, and you would get to this site. Now, I am hosting through GoDaddy directly, so you MUST go to www.lifestillphotography.com to see my new posts. Everything will look the same, and old posts are still on there, but you can no longer go through the wordpress.com link to get to my site.

Confusing? Yeah, a little. But totally worth it, because now I’ve got customization options galore!

The Whens, Wheres, Whys, and Hows

I’ve always been a curious person. I was probably that two year old who discovered the word “why” and proceeded to drive my mother crazy with it. Now I have a lot more curious words I use…when, where, how…you name it, I’ve probably got a question that starts with it. Questions that I want answered, that I need answered, that have been rolling around in my head for awhile.

I feel like this week will be a turning point for me. I’ve got a couple of meals planned this week that I’m so excited about. I’m going to get to sit down and pick the brains of two people who are already where I want to be someday…they have answers to some of my questions, and they’ve overcome challenges I’m constantly coming up against. I’m so grateful that these people have taken the time to talk to me. I admire both of these women for what they have accomplished, and I get to ask them some of my whens, wheres, hows and whys. Um…YAY! That’s what I have to say about that.

Also, I have some pretty exciting stuff coming up this weekend, that I will share with you as soon as I can. Until then, I’ll just leave you wondering…just know that this week is gonna be gooood.

And with that, I will leave you with a photo I snapped while in the field with Tina and the girls this past weekend. I guess they are just weeds, but I love them! I call them “those wheaty things.” I love those wheaty things!

I Love Game

It’s Tuesday. What’s special about a Tuesday? Not much, if you think about it. It’s one step above a Monday, but it’s still not quite the middle of the week. You still have way too many days left until the weekend. Tuesdays used to mean LOST, but I missed the first couple of episodes this season and haven’t caught up since! Yes, I know, this is terrible. It’s the final season, and I’m really worried someone is going to blow it for me when they finally explain everything. Without LOST, Tuesdays are once again somewhat mundane.

So, listen up now everyone…

First, please DO NOT tell me about what’s happening on LOST, or I will go into the future, watch your favorite show, and then come back to the present and tell you how it ends. Yes, I’m so sweet, aren’t I? Don’t mess with me and my LOST! I’ll catch up on it eventually.

Second, DO play this fun little game I have for you today! Before I started doing photo shoots with people, I took a lot of photos that tended to be more abstract. I once attempted to take a photo every day for a year (didn’t last more than a few months and it was sporadic at best), but it did force me to look at the world a little differently, find a new take on something I pass every day. So, rules for the game: Name what the object is in each photo I took below. Some are probably pretty easy, but I think a couple are kind of hard! Leave your answers in the comment section, and on Thursday, I’ll announce who guessed the most right. The winner gets…well, alot of love from me and the knowledge that you are just that good.

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Tina, Alaina, and Aubrie

Tina is one of my co-workers, and she is fabulous–for many reasons! First of all, she loves her little girls so much. I only met them today, and I could tell immediately how much they adore their momma, and how much she adores them in return. There were smiles all around, even when we were getting stuck by prickly weeds and almost blown away on a gusty day. Second, this lady loves photography too! I’ve seen some of her own shoots with her girls, and she definitely has an eye for a good photo. And third, she is gosh darn creative! She knew what location she wanted, and she brought that gorgeous antique chair, and she picked out those outfits. (She even bought those awesome yellow shoes just for this shoot!) Um…I loved it all! It’s so much fun when a client has a vision for their shoot, because then we get some creative collaboration going and I get even more excited.

All in all, this was a really fun shoot, not only because I had a sweet, beautiful family to work with, but also because the shoot was a new challenge for me. I usually pick a location that has a lot of different spots to bounce between. This time, I shot only in this small little clearing in the field (the spot with the least prickles!), which forced me to think outside the box. It was actually really fun being outside of my comfort zone. Nate and Jacyln of the The Image is Found once challenged themselves during an engagement shoot to stay with 50 yards of where they started throughout the whole shoot. I am so impressed with the amazing images they created in such a small area (their images always knock my socks off), and it was exciting to give it whirl myself! I felt much more focused on the interaction between Tina and the girls, rather than worrying about where to shoot next. It was actually somewhat freeing!

So, with no further ado, here are some lovely ladies!

Once the little girls had had too much of the prickles and chilly wind, I spent some time focusing on Tina. She smiled effortlessly, looked stunning, and even braved some really intense prickles just to get in position for this first shot, which ended up being one of my favorites from the day.