Author Archives: Amanda Raney

{Bridal Portraits} Hope

May 21, 2012 10:00 am ⋅ 2 Comments ⋅

I’m so happy that I can finally post photos I took during Hope’s bridal portrait session! She and Richard were married Saturday, so now I can show you how beautiful Hope looked in her wedding dress!

I was able to do Hope’s bridal portraits at the site where the wedding was to take place,  Heritage Park Equestrian Center. It was a gorgeous evening, and the grounds and stables of Heritage Park made a perfect setting for our photos. Hope was so sweet to work with and such a stunner. She’s one of those people about whom you could say “She’d look good in a burlap sack!” But she wasn’t wearing a burlap sack – she had one of the prettiest wedding dresses I’ve ever seen. I LOVED how beautifully the train draped for the photos. Then when they bustled the wedding dress towards the end of our session, I fell in love with the look of its French bustle, too!

Hope and I were so excited that I was able to incorporate instant photos into her bridal session! Look for TONS more Polaroids from the wedding itself to be featured on this blog over the course of the next few days.

This bridal session was a “family affair” – Hope’s family and two of her bridesmaids (pictured above) were a huge help during our photo session!

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There’s a Baby A-Comin’! {for Annie & Jeremy}

May 13, 2012 8:00 am ⋅ 1 Comment ⋅

Well actually, Baby Eli arrived last week, so I decided it would be a good time to post the maternity session I did with his parents! Not to mention it’s Mother’s Day, and this is Annie’s first year as a Mommy!

I love Annie and Jeremy so much. I’ve known them for nearly ten years (wow!), I sang at their wedding, and I felt so honored that they asked me to do some photos of them a few weeks before their little one was due to arrive.

I looooooved this! Jeremy’s grandfather was a rodeo man, and they got the baby some little bitty cowboy boots to pay homage to him! So sweet.

Congratulations to Annie and Jeremy on the arrival of Eli, and a very Happy First Mother’s Day to Annie!

Posted in: maternity photos, maternity session

{Engaged} Nathalie + Brandon

April 16, 2012 4:02 pm ⋅ 1 Comment ⋅

I have to admit that I was pretty miffed all winter that we didn’t really get a proper winter. But now that spring has arrived, I am SO happy with the weather it’s brought with it. This is one of my favorite times of year to do outdoor photo sessions – everything is so green and fresh and pretty!

That leads us to today’s post: Nathalie and Brandon’s engagement session!

I truly had a blast doing this engagement session. Lots of laughs and lots of spontaneity. I’ve known Nathalie and Brandon for years, and it was pretty awesome to get the opportunity to do such an enjoyable photo shoot with them!

 


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{Rainbow} Spectrum

April 12, 2012 9:30 am ⋅ 2 Comments ⋅

I am DYING over here.

I just told you about how great The Impossible Project’s new and improved Silver Shade film is. You thought I was stoked then? Well, baby, look at me NOW! (Pretend you can see a big ole smile across my face here. Because there definitely is one.) I’ve just shot a pack of NIGO edition PX 70 Color Shade film, and it was so good that it made my face melt!

I had never ever tried TIP‘s color film before. The times, they are a changin’ though. The Impossible Project folks have been allowing Pioneer members test what they call their “12/11 batch” – a magic batch! I’ll give you a couple of specific examples of what made me want to try it at this particular moment in time.  Please click here and here and here to see what’s been catching my eye (more awesome examples can be found in their online shop’s sample gallery.)  On top of all those pictures piquing my interest, TIP then one-upped themselves by marrying that new formula with a really cool colored frame edition of their PX 70 film. In their own words (ganked from their online shop’s product description):

PX 70 Color Shade by Nigo Film Edition not only features our latest Color Shade film formula, but also varying colorful frames – yellow, orange, red, pink, lilac, dark blue, light blue, green, black and white featuring the logo of Nigo – ®. One film pack contains eight images as usual, and the occurrence of the colors varies randomly in each pack.

I jumped on board and ordered a pack of my very own. I mean, it’s spring and time shake things up with some color! Am I right?? I think so. So, here, I present to you, 8 6 frames of Impossible Project NIGO edition Color Shade film.

Conclusion: The “12/11 batch” film is excellent! I was amazed at how bright the film’s colors were, yet the photos have a “vintage” quality. And as far as at the colored frames on this particular edition of PX 70 are concerned, I thought they were so fun! I can think of lots of applications for such an added touch in my photos. To my knowledge, the NIGO film is a limited edition. But, honest to goodness, I’d be very happy if they said, “Due to popular demand and Amanda’s heartfelt pleas, we are happy to announce that NIGO edition film is a permanent fixture in the Impossible Project line-up.”

 Technical info: Polaroid SX-70 • NIGO Edition Impossible PX 70 Color Shade • PX Shade inserted in camera • Photos allowed to developed in a box, for 30 minutes or longer – the longer, the better! If you are patient enough for that! I ruined the last two shots by way of “Operator error.”  They had very pretty blue frames though!

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