Alison Waring: Photography Graphic Design

Say what!?! It’s coming up fast in March of ‘09.  BOSTON!!! Last time I was in Boston it was for the Secret Photography with Cheryl Muhr.  I got some totally rad photos from that shoot/learning session.  Just imagine what I can learn from over a gajillion classes at Photoshop World and that’s not all! They have a bunch of speakers. Like MOOSE PETERSON!!! He is a Nikon legend.  While I don’t shoot wildlife (unless toddlers count) his infinite knowledge alone of lenses, post processing and workflow would be invaluable to soak up.  So, if you are like me and multi-task by spending copious amounts of free time farting around on Photoshop head over to the Photoshop World Conference  site and check out what they have to offer.  You’re bound to learn something new!

Here’s another sneak peak from this past weekend.  Another newborn, only 2 weeks old.  Baby “A” was awesome, slept pretty much the whole time and let me bend him into all kinds of newborn fun positions.  Mom found a super cute knitted monkey suit for him to wear.  It was a tad big but we made it work.  Enjoy!

Mommy says he has puppy dreams.  Barks, kicks and smiles in his sleep.  I was lucky enough to catch it.

Happy (early) Holidays!

I had another baby shoot this morning and what a cutie! Little Miss “O” was a perfect angel.  Especially since she missed her naptime for me.  She was all smiles and cooing away.  We played dress-up with a half dozen outfits (all were super cute, hard to pick a favorite) and hairbows galore!  Here’s a little sneak peak of Miss “O” and her family.  BTW “O” stands for OhMyGoshSoCute!

Miss “O” in her oBow!

This melts my heart

It’s the Christmas season and things are starting to pick so get ready for a lot posting.  This past crazy weekend was filled with lots of picture snapping, a puppy and a missed wedding (sorry Nate and Drea!).  The Moss’ family has been friends with the hubs & I since we were kids at the local YMCA.  I had the pleasure of capturing a few shots for their Christmas card this year.  Enjoy!

I’m trying something new.  Portraits that I’ve taken that have had a bit of…um..ahem…*work* done on them, I’m going to hold a contest.  A contest to figure out what I’ve done to enhance them. 

I’ll take up to 5 winners.  The winners will be awarded with $100 off their session fee and 25% off additional purchases.  So get your eyeballs ready and keep your chin up! There are 2 adjustments done to the following image.  I’ll give 2 clues, it’s only the mom in the picture and nothing to do with color.

Please email me your answers: awaring@bellsouth.net
Winners will be announced in 2 weeks.
*Restrictions apply, discount cannot be applied with other offers, winners/contestants must be within 50 miles of Sanford.

This time for newborns! I’m updating my galleries and for some reason I’m getting an influx of toddlers and kids but no infants. So if you expecting soon or have a newborn (2 weeks or younger) please contact me for a super special limited time offer.

Click on the image below to see the details!

Yesterday I quick family shoot with my niece and nephew.  Sure they had school pictures done but they’re kinda “eh”.  So we did a mini-shoot in the backyard.  Nana was nice enough to be my backdrop holder.  I got some cute pictures of the kids for their dad.  He’s currently on his 5th (6th?) tour of Iraq with the Marines.  I hope he enjoys the pictures and returns back safely! Semper Fi.

Something you just don’t hear enough anymore.  I just attended a great webinar by HubSpot on maximizing the use of Twitter. I’ve been Twittering for a while now.  I tend to mix business and pleasure.  It’s fun, you should try it! If you’re already on Twitter then check me out I can be found @alisonwaring, don’t forget to add @hubspot while you’re at it. They’re cool!

This is actually a shameless plug for one of my favorite clients.  She has entered her superduper cutie into the most huggable baby contest.  So head on over to http://magic107.com/pages/hb_vote2.html to vote for little Landon.  PS he’s the 3rd Landon on that page and looks like this:

I had another high school senior shoot this weekend.  This time with a boy/girlfriend couple. “D” had the prettiest watered down blue eyes I have ever seen.  And they both were willing to cheese out for me.  Which is awesome!  I can’t wait to finish editing the rest of the images.  Enjoy these sneak peeks until then!!

Don’t drop the phone, don’t drop the phone!!

I {heart} “D”s eyes!

“Z”s not bad lookin’ either ;0)