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just a couple…

laurel — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:02:34 +0000

oh this fun family! these are friends of ours from our orange county days and i really like erin a lot. she’s so sweet and unassuming and just really has such a good heart. i loved being able to capture her and her family (those adorable little girls!) a while ago. we had an interesting session, as the girls weren’t loving the situation, but in the end i think we had a good show.

thanks, you guys, for a wonderful time!

just because i couldn’t resist

laurel — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:15:41 +0000

…posting some beautiful photographs of this awesome family. i mean, come on, who has a kid with a mohawk named hubert?

yeah that’s right, these guys do. it’s totally trailer park. and totally awesome.

so enjoy the awesomeness that is the d family.

thanks for the fun, you guys!

newborn sneak peek – southern california baby photographer

laurel — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:41:30 +0000

i know you’ve been dying to see these, tawni! so here you go. just a small sampling of the adorable photos that i got of not only your sweet little new baby boy, but your sweet little girl (and you!) as well. i had a lot of fun doing these and i hope you like them as much as i do!

is he not the cutest little thing you’ve ever seen?? seriously, tawni, thank you so much for letting come and capture these memories for you guys!

there will be more where these came from, i can promise you that.

i appreciate you! so i want to give you free stuff!

laurel — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:04:52 +0000

ever since i started working on this blog, i have had the idea to do a fun giveaway here that really means a lot to me. let me explain.

i have been taking photographs almost my entire life, with a much more focused study of it just in the last few years. i’ve been blessed with some really generous family members, which have given me the opportunity to own some great equipment, and i’m constantly trying to learn as much as i can about the various items i have.

but in all the effort that i had been putting into learning more about photography, there seemed to be something that i just wasn’t able to grasp. i felt comfortable using my camera, i knew where most of the buttons and things were, but i just couldn’t wrap my head around shooting in manual and getting the right exposure for each photo in order to make it turn out the way i wanted. don’t get me wrong, i did take some amazing shots — but i had no idea what to do to replicate them a second time.

then came my birthday this year — my photographer sister gave me a book that i had been gravitating towards for a few months, but just hadn’t had the opportunity to purchase yet. little did i know what this gift would do for me. the book is called ‘understanding exposure‘ by bryan peterson.

let me tell you, this book changed my photographic life. while reading through it, every piece of the puzzle that i had been chasing around and trying to force into this big picture finally fell effortlessly into place and it all made sense. i can’t tell you how grateful i am to mr. peterson for writing such an easy-to-understand guide that helped me immensely. not to mention my great sister for giving it to me. thanks em!

so, to celebrate this new adventure that i’m taking, and this new blog, i’m going to give away two copies of this book to two lucky readers of this little ol’ blog. and trust me, you have a very good chance if you’re reading this right now because it’s so new!

here’s how to enter:

you can earn one entry for either commenting on this post, following me on twitter (@laurellakeypics), re-tweeting this giveaway, blogging about this giveaway, or posting about it on facebook. for each action, comment here and link to your post or facebook link, etc., and you will be entered once for the giveaway. please make sure that you enter your email address when you comment so that i can notify you that you have won.

all entries need to be received by midnight PST, august 24th. once the entries are all received, i will randomly select the 2 winners and promptly send you your prize.

so please, tell everyone you know who is interested in improving their photography skills, that this is the contest for them!

good luck, i can’t wait to see who wins! ttfn!

the new digs and a celebratory discount!

laurel — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:00:30 +0000

welcome, welcome, welcome!

it’s official! the launch of http://laurellakey.com as well as the launch of http://blog.laurellakey.com is finally here! i have been working on these for a good few weeks now, and i’m so excited to be able to share them with you! this is where i will post sneak peeks of recent sessions, giveaways, and even some tips and tricks on how to get better photos of your own!

and because this is such a momentous occasion, i want to celebrate by giving you an opportunity to save some cash. that’s right, any session that is booked before august 31st will receive a 50% discount on the session fee! so instead of paying the standard $150, your session would only be $75! this includes portraits, bridals, engagements, families, and children.

the session does not have to take place in august, it just has to be booked in august. so you could plan ahead for the elusive family christmas portraits and get ahead of the curve while saving money! but you have to hurry because spots have already started filling up, and i only take a set number of sessions per month (i do have a family and want to be able to spend some time with them, ha!).

also, if you want to keep up with all that we’re going to be up to here at the blog, please subscribe to the RSS feed by clicking on the black and white icon at the top right. and i love to hear from you — the good, the bad, and the unflattering. so leave a comment if you’d like.

and as always, if you’re interested in seeing more of my work, you can check out my website!

ttfn! (which, if you’re unfamiliar with the term, means “ta-ta for now”!)