A few days ago I set out to get some shots of my kiddos with daddy. They were fine with that as long as I agreed to let them direct the photo shoot. Well as you can see below, they have some wacky poses. I’m thinking about adding a kids directed photo shoot to my services. My oldest is pretty impressive with her posing. lol. Enjoy the storyboard of life in my home! 

And another sneak peek from a Celebrating Adoption session and oh my is she a cutie! Meet Simone. She has the prettiest eyes I have ever seen! She was very cooperative and couldn’t keep her eyes off the camera! A photographers dream! I so wanted to take this little beauty home with me. 

I had a session with a wonderful little girl over the weekend as part of Celebrating Adoption (http://www.celebratingadoption.org/). If you or anyone you know is an adopting family, please spread the word about Celebrating Adoption. 

This is Lidia and what a great personality she has. Every time I squatted to get at her eye level, she did too! It was soo cute! This is one of my favorite shots from the shoot so I had to stop editing for a minute and share this one. Enjoy!

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I love potatoes! Always have. I decided to have a potato dinner tonight and I’m glad I did because they were delicious. I saw these somewhere on the internet not to long ago and gave it a shot. Took all of about 5 minutes to prepare. Gotta love that! 

Want to make some yourself? It’s super easy. Cut up some red potatoes and give them a light coating of Olive Oil (I used Olive Oil cooking spray). Next grab some seasoning and dash away. I used some parsley flakes and a little oregano. Next sprinkle some italian breads crumbs all over potatoes and mix it up a little with a spoon. Bake in the over at 450° for about 30 minutes and viola! A yummy side dish!

Well for my kids at least. They love birthdays! Guess whose birthday it is on the 18th? Mine! I will be a whole whopping 29 years old! I know, I know. I’m still young. I never said I was getting old. Sooo guess what? I want to celebrate with all my fans. I’ve got a BIG DEAL for you. The first 18 people who pay their session fee will save 29% off their session fee and prints. That’s right! Get your spot today. Sessions just needs to take place by the end of the year so reserve your spot today! But that is not all! I want my fans to search the net high and low and find me the funniest birthday card ever. I want to fall out of my chair laughing. The person who sends me the funniest card will get a double discount on their session fee. 58% off their session fee. If I find more than one”knock me off my chair funny” greeting, then I will extend the discount to multiple winners. Send all birthday greetings to info@shellykeefe.com

So my fabulous cousin lives in Hollywood and is all sorts of cool. Anywho, she does casting calls for many different shows and this weekend they will be doing casting calls in Charlotte! Yay! I’m still sad my cousins not coming though. She sends me the flyer for all the casting calls so I have decided to start blogging about them! If you know anyone interested at all, please direct them to the flyer! 

That’s ok, so is mine! Want proof? lol. Here it is. My house has been a disaster for a little while and I could not find the time to clean it up enough to take some decent pics of my kids. What is a gal supposed to do then? Take pics of the mess! That’s right, I took pics of my mess and made a little video of it! Hope everyone enjoys!\

Project Mess

I just love pregnant bellies! They are so beautiful to me. Especially this one. Check it out! 

I’m sure you’ve been waiting to see it. lol. I decided it was time to update my self portrait and took a minute out of my usual morning routine yesterday to get this. Although it’s not the most perfect image ever, I still like it. Yes, my left eye is a little out of focus, but what do you expect with a press, dash, and smile attempt? lol. I only took about 4 shots and played with this one for just a couple minutes between editing some client images. (Jessie- keep checking back for a sneak peek very soon). 

Some might ask how I did this. If your using an SLR camera and shoot wide open like I do, chances are you get a lot of images out of focus when you attempt a self protrait. Tip of the day: Place an object right where you want your eyes to be, focus on that, press the shutter button (with timer of course) and run like the wind into the spot and make sure you place your eyes in that same spot. Now when you take your own portrait, you will need to sacrafice some perfection because it’s not easy to take a perfect image of yourself. 

I’d love to see some of your self portraits. Be creative, have fun! If I get at least 10 submissions, I’ll have a vote off for the funniest, the most creative, and the best self portrait and 1 winner for each category will win a $50 gift card! Start sending your self portraits in today! Email your picture to info@shellykeefe.com