by Kay
on October 18, 2010
Young teens are one of my favorites to shoot! It’s such a cool age. Not quite child, not quite full blown teenager. It’s like depending on which way they turn, you have a teen or a child.
In my quest to update this site with photos from my old blog, I thought I’d update this new site with some of my favorite teen photos I’ve taken over the last year.
This was actually taken at an off camera flash course, but I pulled them over into some beautiful natural light coming in the window and grabbed this shot of these two friends. They are so cute!
This was one I took when I was first learning to use off camera flash. It’s the daughter of a very talented St. Charles Photographer, Laurie Nowling. She’s so pretty!
This shot is the daughter of a fabulous graphic designer, Kim of Madilu Designs. She was fun and cute and a great kid to photograph!
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lacledes landing photographer,
st louis teen photographer
by Kay
on October 16, 2010
It’s finally here! Nichole Van’s Lighting Workshop in a Box. I’m so excited, that I’m going to do an unboxing post and show you all the cool stuff. I’m kind of nerdy like that!
As expected, Nichole has outdone herself on the beautiful packaging of this Lighting Workshop in a Box.
See the luscious leather box the workshop comes in?
She doesn’t miss a trick on making her workshop look wonderful. From the pretty bow on the box, to the faint damask pattern of her branding on the box.
Inside the box are all her goodies for this workshop.
I’m sure I’ll miss telling about some of the goodness, but here are just some of what is in the workshop. The manual, of course. Oh, I love the size of this one. Much easier to hold than the size of the original workshop in a box manual. Yay! The DVD of lots of goodness. A gift certificate to her online shop. A envelope of vendor specials. A troubleshooting guide and lighting practice cards. Pen, stickies. Well I’m sure I’m missing something.
I’ll post a review after I’ve had time to read the whole workshop and work with more with off camera lighting. While I have played around some with off camera flash, it’s on my list to really master next.
I did go to Nichole’s in person professional workshop and it was the best workshop ever. She’s an amazing teacher and I’d recommend her workshops to anyone who wants to take their photography business to the next level.
Well, I’m off to immerse myself in the workshop.
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nichole van
by Kay
on October 12, 2010
I’ve recently revamped my web presence to just a blogsite instead of a blog and website. The website wasn’t very iphone/ipad/cell phone friendly, and I’m just not a big lover of flash sites. I also changed from Kay Pickens Photography to kaypickens.com. So if you could indulge me for the next few weeks, while I repost some of my photos from my old sites, to give you a taste of my photography style.
As the mother of 5 boys, I adore the chance to shoot little girls. Aren’t they gorgeous?
Loved the hat! This little girl’s attitude was sassy in a cool kind of way, you know?
This was a shot of a photography friend, Tracy Tisdale‘s son. I know, he’s going to be a lady killer when he grows up, isn’t he? These shots were taken when I went to a fabulous workshop in Dallas and got to meet up with some great photography friends.
I’m also making changes to the blog, so if you come back here and it looks different, well, that’s just me messing with the blog.
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St. Louis Children’s Photographer,
west st. louis county photographer
