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A boy and his pet chicken
posted in Missions
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Every time I visit my Louisville friends from Somalia, it is an adventure. Last time – I went to their home, I was greeted with much excitement. They wanted to show me their new family edition… at first i thought they just wanted to show me the chicken that they made for dinner. But no, they wanted to introduce me to their family pet. Ha. i had to get some photographs. And as i followed the little boy back to his room in his small louisville city apartment…. out in the hallway came running a little white chicken. The smallest girl screamed and jumped on the couch as the pet chicken went running around the room. I must admit that i jumped too as i didn’t expect a live chicken to come out of his room much less for a boy to have a pet chicken in the projects. I asked their mom – “Are you planning on eating him?” Reasonable question considering these are African refugees – killing, plucking and cooking a chicken is a normal part of culture. But no, this was just their pet. By the way.. his name is chicken.
The funniest part was when ‘chicken’ jumped up on my American friends lap and she screamed but she couldn’t get the chicken off of her.. he just kept flying toward her. And by the way, the chicken is not potty trained – i got proof when i tried to help my friend. Awesome!! I had to get my iphone out for some special photographs and video – i mean no one would believe me.. ha, it’s true.
he loves his pet chicken :)
And did i mention turkey feathers and street signs? What do these have in common? One guy -Mark. Mark is a student at the Southern Seminary in Louisville and he wanted to get some pictures for his mom. But, of course, he wanted to take some off the wall photos to give his Mom first before he gives her the nice ones :) Boys like to tease their Moms and i can just imagine her face as he gives some of the ones i am about to show you. Not to worry Mom.. good ones are coming. Here are a few from our louisville photography session – I hope you have as much fun viewing them as i did taking them.
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53 votes // vote as favoriteI love the dark look of this one. Black and White Photos Rock… It’s very edgy. Actually- I like the whole next series of these black and whites.
43 votes // vote as favoriteAnd this one reminds me of James Dean – am i showing my age with that one? maybe :)
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54 votes // vote as favoriteAs we were driving around Louisville, we found this awesome mountain of sand. It only seemed fitting that we get out the snowboard and give it a whirl.
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60 votes // vote as favoriteIt was great day. This was definitely something i have never done before in a photography session.
See you soon Mark.
46 votes // vote as favoriteAnd here you go Mom.. see there are some nice ones in this mix too. Enjoy your present.
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Ah.. love. i LOVE it. Seriously i am a sucker for it. That is why i am a photographer.. because i like to celebrate love, engagements, family and weddings :) – i love LOVE!! ha – i know.. such a girl. However, i must say that one of my favorite parts about photography is when i can show people how beautiful they are and capture their personal moments that celebrate relationships. Just recently, i photographed an engaged couple who both are not fond of having their pictures taken. I had to get creative to get them to loosen up. We had a great time running around Louisville taking photos.. i even was able to get them acting natural and interacting together. But the best compliment ever is when a couple is overjoyed by their pictures – they were so surprised. But they shouldn’t be – i am just capturing them at their best in good light :) Here are Amanda and Wayne in their Louisville e-session.
Nothing like a good ole fashioned leaf fight. Ha.
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51 votes // vote as favoriteI felt like we were on a movie set with all the right props just where we needed them :)
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51 votes // vote as favoritecute little interaction here. Amanda gets embarrassed.
47 votes // vote as favoritei love the way he is looking at her in this one.
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43 votes // vote as favoriteAh.. louisville, i am so glad there are so many colors on your buildings. This is one of my favorites from this engagement session. Yellow!
45 votes // vote as favoritei knew Amanda loved black and whites, so here are few just for her!!
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38 votes // vote as favoriteThe best part about this couple.. is i also get to do their WEDDING!!! woo hoo. See you soon… and see how gorgeous you two are!!
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Erin is one of my favorite people on this earth. She is always laughing or finding something funny in life. I so appreciated spending time with her family in the heart of laGrange, KY. She has four boys so you know she is kept very busy – and the photography session was very active as well. Her family definitely gave me a workout!! i so enjoyed being their photographer and i was very pleased that her photos turned out so well. We spent the day running on a skate ramp, climbing on dumpsters, playing with shopping carts – all in the cute town of LaGrange. We were able to capture the personalities of these boys and their interactions as a family. Enjoy the photographs
Let me introduce the boys:
This is Baby Nate.
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35 votes // vote as favoriteEli – who by the way.. loved having his picture taken. He literally would have been in everyone of them if we didn’t use restraints.
36 votes // vote as favoriteAnd John.. the oldest guy.. who helped a lot to keep the babies under control. Mom is lucky to have him.
31 votes // vote as favoriteHere is the Mom who has her hands full but still looks so stinkin adorable :) I love her JOY!!
46 votes // vote as favoriteAnd some family pictures
42 votes // vote as favoriteThis is pretty clear picture of everyday family life with 4 boys.
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36 votes // vote as favoritecutie patooti!!!!
42 votes // vote as favoritedon’t get mad.. you’re cute too. this pic just cracks me up.
39 votes // vote as favoriteGoodbye Guthrie family. Thanks for letting me be your family photographer.
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The other night, i was privileged to help my friends at LIA. They are currently raising money for Makueni, Kenya which focuses on helping orphaned and street kids. The LIA organization is an amazing missions group who desire to give glory to the Lord by empowering people for change and by giving them the hope in Christ. LIA is in 7 countries in Africa helping those affected by AIDS, the war and poverty. The market was a huge success and we were able to raise over $8,000 for this ministry through native made crafts. And you can still donate or purchase these items from their website – all proceeds go directly to this mission. Here are some of the highlights
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35 votes // vote as favoriteYou can purchase many of these crafts on line or just donate by giving money to help communities eat for a few months.
33 votes // vote as favoriteI am so glad i get to be a part of such a worthwhile group.
Do all babies have blue eyes? This newborn has the cutest little blue eyes. I am a little biased towards this baby – I’m not gonna lie. One of my best friends had this little precious boy a few months ago and he has gotten quite a bit of attention- not to mention tons of newborn pictures. BTW- when do babies stop being newborns? 2 mos, 3? Anyway, he is the firstborn – they always have the most pictures… the middle and last one- not so much. You can really tell this in is my parents photo albums – where there are lots of pictures of me -the first born… and only a few photos of my youngest brother- poor guy – but i may have just have been cuter – perhaps that is why :) Yet, there is no denying how cute Eli is – you just gotta kiss those little cheeks.
Oh – I can’t stand how cute he is. I have strategically broken up the photography sessions into a few smaller photography sessions just so i can see him more :)
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36 votes // vote as favoriteHe’s so strong for a newborn too.. look at him trying to lift his head.
36 votes // vote as favoriteWhat’s your favorite fruit? Raspberry you say!
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35 votes // vote as favoriteI told you – extreme cuteness!!
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32 votes // vote as favoriteAlright Eli – goodnight buddy. i will see you soon – too much cuteness for one day anyway.
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I have been in family photography mode for the last month so it is nice to do something different like headshots. We just went up to Crestwood Station and had a photo session. Of course, we had to do some fun pictures and other shots for the family – gotta keep Mom happy :). We had a lot of fun in Crestwood and i was surprised to have a place that we could shoot some great photos as well as the headshots. As a family and wedding photographer- i always try to add some silly moments so as to get the client to loosen up. Joe jokingly said he wants to use these as his Christmas card :)
Joe really could be a model– except for one little thing.. he doesn’t like to have his picture taken and i think that is a necessity in modeling. For Joe’s sake – I won’t show too many :) Your welcome Joe.
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44 votes // vote as favoriteclimb that wall joe – what a good sport :)
50 votes // vote as favoriteOne last one – for the girls.
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