Something to say...

Wow what a busy week!  All I have to say is THANK YOU Pennsylvania for keeping me busy!!!

This little guy kept me laughing, he had SO MUCH to say!!!  I heard about all of his favorite movies, toys and his good pal Mater from Cars.  The following pictures are of the smiles I caught in between the stories.  Most of the pictures are of him talking, which brought out so many expressions...they are so darling Kathleen, I can't wait for you to see them! I will post more as I edit.  

I have had many people ask me why I shoot in RAW + JPEG instead of JPEG only.  Here is the reason.  More times then not I get the lighting completely wrong and my white balance looks terrible!  With RAW I can adjust the white balance, exposure, color correction, crop adjustments, etc. before editing in Photoshop (PS). Here is a before and after...

Christmas Cards...

Hello Friends,

I have received many emails asking if I will be designing Christmas Cards. The answer... YES! Although, I will not be printing this year. If you choose to purchase a card design the cost will be $20.00 each for the copyright on a cd. I also have envelopes available for 10 cents each.

When I went public with this blog, I took all my card templates off this site because I didn't want my customers names exposed to the world. If you are interested in a custom card design please send the following to christina.cosby@gmail.com

1. 1 -6 Pictures

2. Information you would like included on the card (names, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, etc.)

3. 4x6? or 5x7?

4. Any special requests (card design, colors, fonts, etc.)

For all my friends in far off lands I will ship!! ;)

Thanks everyone for keeping me busy.

Christina

BUGS

I have been so excited about this photo-shoot.  The weather tried to put a damper on our fun, but with some rescheduling we were blessed with a GORGEOUS day!  This photo-shoot lived up to the excitement and we had fun searching for bugs, and playing hide and go seek!  Kid shoots are the greatest, especially with a cute little red head!!!  Here are a few of my favorites...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

This family is so dear to me. One thing I love about photography is it freezes people in time. This Friday this family will be moving away to start another chapter in their lives. I feel honored to have had the opportunity to capture a small part of their lives here in Pennsylvania. During the shoot I noticed the "Mom" necklace. This little necklace really created a vision in my mind of a photograph I wanted to take of this beautiful family. For those of you who do not know I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Recently, we had our semi-annual General Conference, where we had the opportunity to learn from the prophet, apostles and other church leaders. This was all done via television, satellite, Internet or in person in the conference center in SLC, UT. This conference is always uplifting with MANY inspiring talks. After hearing the prophet, President Thomas S. Monson speak I had a storyboard of these photographs in my mind that I wanted to create. While browsing the church website I found this "Mormon Message" which comes from the same talk given by President Monson. I hope you enjoy listening to this short message. I believe it applies to all of us. As well as puts into words how I feel about this story-board I created for this family.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYhDhiojBPA

BTW I couldn't get it to post. So I attatched the one on YouTube. Enjoy.

Thanks Harrison Family for everything, you are such a beautiful family and you will be greatly missed by many here. Good luck... We love all you!

The Caboose...

It wasn't too hard to get this little guy to smile, with the help of his big sisters teasing techniques.  You can tell he is the pride and joy of all of his family members.   Not to mention he is the cleanest little boy I have ever met...could that be from all the female influence?!?

Attention Utahns!

I have to say I come from a pretty awesome family. Two of my first cousins are INCREDIBLE photographers. I have learned so much from both Kara and Brooke. It is nice to have family to bounce ideas off of as well as have the honest feed-back when your pictures are not up to standard. I thought I would put a plug in for both of them.

Flash Photography (Kara) is located in the Utah Valley. Right now she is doing a photo contest for Halloween. It looks like a lot of fun! Check it out at http://flashyfotos.blogspot.com/

Brooke Pehrson Photography is located in Southern Utah (Blanding), check out her awesome work at http://brookepehrsonphotography.blogspot.com/

I love both of you!

Christina

Crazy Smiles...

I was warned that she was in the stage of the crazy smiles.  I never imagined those crazy smiles to be this cute....

Happy...

This little girl has a very happy disposition.  She was eager to be everywhere and doing everything her older sisters were.  I love the little twinkle in her eyes in this first picture.  Such a cutie.

Is it just me or does this child look just like her mother! (see post "I love this family!")  The truth is I think she has her mothers heart too.  She is a shy little girl with a ton of compassion. 

The Quiet One...

While driving the two older girls of this family to an activity, I asked them about the personalities of each family member.  The sister in this post was described as the quiet one.  While editing her photos I realize the truth behind that.  Most of her pictures with the horses were of quiet moments, where she seemed to be enjoying life.  I don't know if I have ever photographed anyone with such piercing blue eyes...stunning really!

This last photo was definitely inspired by this beautiful Conference weekend.  There are more sisters to come...

You know I love the feedback, good or bad...okay so I love the good more, but the bad always pushes me a little more. :)