Birmingham Photographer | Monday Freebie

Last week was a great week at Kristy Evans Photography. To celebrate, I'm going to give a complimentary 10x13 mounted portrait to the next person who books a custom session and makes a comment on this post. That's an additional $45.00 value! Call or email today for availalability.

Birmingham Photographer | Photo Tip Friday

Thank goodness it's Friday! Here's your tip for the week. I guarantee you that this tip will dramatically improve the look of your personal snapshots and really make your albums stand out.

Being appointed official family photographer, you have privileges that others can't get away with so easily. One of the rules of etiquette tells us not to invade the personal space of others. However, when it comes to basic photography tips, you are encouraged to ignore this rule. You want to be close enough to your subject so that they fill at least 85% of the frame, while the background contributes no more than 15%. If you are a stickler for etiquette and don't want to be that up close and personal with your subjects, use the zoom on your camera and they'll never know.
The key assumption here is that the background in question is irrelevant. If, for example, you were in front of Mt. Rushmore or a famous location, you might consider breaking this rule.

Here is an example I found on my hard drive. This picture doesn't have much of an impact.


This has much more visual interest. See what I mean?

Lake View Photographer | Fun Maternity

It's always so nice when I meet new families for the first time and we connect like we are old friends, sharing stories and life experiences. It was my pleasure meeting this wonderful couple who will be adding a new little guy to their family very soon. She was so excited about maternity portraits that she STAYED on medicine to stop labor longer than she had to just to get an appointment with me. That's flattering! I can't wait to meet Baby S very soon. They have joined my baby plan so you'll be seeing a lot of him around here.

Hoover Photographer | Arranged Marriage

We have officially decided that this little chick will be my daughter-in-law one day. She's pretty sweet on my little Austin so I think they will be okay with her mother and my arrangement.

Calera Photographer | 2 Years

This has got to be one of my most favorite little rascals ever! I just adore her to pieces. I was so excited to see her Tuesday morning. She saw me come in the door and dropped her bag of M&M's and took off running to come give me love. Melt my heart! She's about to be 2 years old soon. I just cannot believe it. I'm getting old.

Here she is at 1 day old...


And at one year old...


And now...


And this is how you know she's done...


But that's okay because we got plenty of these...


And these...

Birmingham Photographer | What to Wear Wednesday

This week I was inspired by an outfit at Mini Boden. They have the cutest threads for kids and adults. I am showing you a new color palette and how mixing a few patterns can really bring a few outfits to life. Da-da-da-da-da, I'm lovin' this! It does remind me a little bit of McDonalds, but I think the colors coordinate well together. The reds, yellows and blues are a fun and refreshing step away from khaki and white. And the layers... I love them too!

Morris Avenue Photographer | Happy First

I met this little guy downtown for his first birthday pictures this morning. Thank goodness the weather cooperated! He is such a handsome little guy, already walking so well! It was my pleasure seeing you again this morning. Next time you'll have to bring big sis! I need my Miss. K fix!

Birmingham Photographer | What to wear Wednesday

I definitely wouldn't pair these collections together, but for a single child, they would be heavenly! All these items were found at www.gymboree.com. If you have multiple family members to be photographed but want to use one of these collections as your starting place, choose a color from that piece and pair the other family members with that color, denim, khaki and brown.

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Birmingham Photographer | Rain Rain Go Away

A couple years ago, I met these little ones through a portrait party of the residents of the Preserve in Hoover.

Boy have they grown! I had the opportunity to see them again downtown on Friday and wouldn't you know, the rain pulled in with us! We managed to improvise a bit and still get some really cute shots though. They may have shared a womb for nine months but they really wanted no part of being together that day. Aren't her boots the cutest? I went home humming "These boots are made for walking" all day! It was my pleasure seeing you guys again!

Trussville Photographer | Sweet baby O

I had the opportunity to go visit my favorite friends from Trussville today and photograph Sweet baby O. It's amazing the silly things moms and I will do to get a smile, but hey, we'll do whatever works. Thank you so much J for inviting me to stay for the party. I had a ton of fun!

Birmingham Photographer | What to wear Wednesday

I am loving this navy, white and khaki color palette. This look would be great for the Gardens, Morris Avenue or even Tannehill. This look is a bit more mature and classic if you are going for a timeless portrait. Until next time...

Birmingham Photographer | Photo Tip Friday

Do you have that fear that sits in the back of your mind "What if my computer crashed and I lost all my pictures?" or even worse, "What if we had a house fire and I lost all those precious memories that I could never get back?". I know I do. I'm terrible about burning DVD's and storing them outside of my home. I back up DVD's and external hard drives with all my images but I go 1 step further just so I know that my pictures are safe. Off site storage is a wonderful solution to this. I found a site that helped me relieve those fears. It's www.winkflash.com. You can create an account, upload high resolution images and even order prints and gift items there too. You can create albums to organize so it makes keeping everything straight a breeze too. Winkflash has unlimited file storage so even if you never order a print, your pictures are still safe and sound! If you have a ton to upload like I do, download their Transporter software. It's super simple and saves a ton of time.

Until next time...

Birmingham Photographer | What to Wear Wednesday

I hope you are enjoying What to Wear Wednesday! This weeks look again comes from www.oldnavy.com. This look has paired burgundy, white, khaki and denim. This color palette would be great for Christmas photos! Notice that patterns are kept small and undistracting. Stay tuned next week for something completely different!