Last November I helped the Blossburg Fire Department with a fundraiser – taking Holiday photos!
I met Christie at the Fire Hall and we became friends on FACEBOOK!
She booked her session in June of this year thinking that it would take forever for August 25th to get here – it took no time at all!
How cute are those girls?
Thank you so much Christie – I had a great time with you guys!!
Can you guess how I met Jackie?
You got it – FACEBOOK!
We met on a breezy August day to take some pictures of her beautiful family!
SO CUTE!!!
Thank you again Jackie! I had a great time with your family!
Jenna contacted me through FACEBOOK – she had seen Jason & Mandy’s photos and fell in love!
Jenna owns a dance studio – The Next Jennaration – so I knew the reception would be CRAZY!
Jenna & Eric were married in Ithaca with their reception at Logan Ridge Estates – a beautiful venue!
They got ready at a lodge in Ithaca – a beautiful location!
Jenna was such a beautiful bride!
BEAUTIFUL!
I love when the bride and groom sing their first song to each other! Makes me cry!
You guys were AMAZING! Thank you so much for asking me to capture your memories!
Dave & Jared have known each other for a long time – they went to NCA together. We ran into Dave in Wal*Mart one night and got talking – he was engaged to a sweet girl named Jenna and they were really frustrated with the price of wedding photographers. Definitely a God appointment! They came to the house a few nights later to look at my work – which there wasn’t much of – and said – YES!
We started to hang out with them and became close friends.
Jenna is from Troy and almost everyone from the Troy area has heard about me because of Jenna – who told a friend of a friend of a friend about me. Jenna & Dave really helped my photography get off the ground and spread the word about me – which is one of the MANY reasons I love them!
Dave is from a very large family – 10 kids! Their family has grown lately with some new grandbabies and they needed an updated family photo. Getting the whole family together is difficult so we only had a small window to do photos. And then it rained. Now – we need the rain but I couldn’t reschedule this session since Kathryn and her family were leaving to go back home the moment it was done. The skies cleared just in time for our shoot! Praise Jesus!
Which is another AWESOME thing about this family – they LOVE Jesus!
The crazy thing is that they are ALL beautiful!
Cousins and all the grandkids!
Dave & Jenna are the ones in brown!
They are all YANKEES fans – so they had to get a photo to represent that!
Thank you so much VanLoon family for being awesome!
Meghan was referred to me by Kassy – the MHS representative!
Seniors sessions are quickly becoming my favorite!
Thank you so much for having me capture your senior photos! Have a great year!
Stephani and I met on FACEBOOK and have had this session set up for quite a while!
Her son *W* is a CUTIE!
I am so behind on blogging that baby *J* is already here!!!
Thank you so much for allowing me to capture this time in your life! I can’t wait to meet baby *J*!
I thought safety would be a GREAT contest to offer – but I only got about 15 submissions!
I knew exactly what photo I would have submitted. I took a photo at a wedding in August of a little girl dancing with her dad – he is holding onto her for dear life – the perfect example of SAFETY.
I was looking for SAFETY as an emotion – protection and comfort.
5th place from Taylor – a momma and her chicks – keeping them safe.
4th place from Miranda – I love the bird perched on the horse – such a feeling of safety!
3rd place from Tarren – nothing says safety like a blanket!
2nd place by Kelly – her sweet daughter safe in her great-grandmother’s arms.
1st place by Chrissy – her nephew and his bear!
THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER is a photo submitted by Sara – a photo of her son and his daddy – SAFE.
The love and warmth in that photo is so touching.
Thank you again for sharing your stories and photos with me!
Sara – you get a $50 VISA gift card or $50 off a session with barden photography – your choice! Email me (dcbarden@gmail.com) and let me know what you would like to do!
Taylor, Miranda, Tarren, Kelly, & Chrissy – you get $25 off a session with barden photography – email me (dcbarden@gmail.com) by the 5th of October to claim your discount!
Encourage one another!
For the next three months the theme will be – THINGS YOU LOVE!
October is the PETS you love!
1. You must submit a photo that YOU took!
2. You can submit up to 3 photos per contest.
3. You can be an amateur or a professional – friend, family, or blog reader.
4. You MUST submit the entry to dcbarden@gmail.com with PETS as the headline.
The contest ends October 31st!
I need at least 10 people to enter the contest – and there will be a prize for the winner and honorable mentions!
