Monthly Archives: May 2018

Hi, my name is Amber Sehrt of One Big Happy Photo. As a photographer specializing in newborn and baby photographs, I am always trying to come up with more creative setups. Part of this is to amaze the families that hire me to photograph their newborn and family. But I also love to stretch the creative side of myself, keeping my photographs and artwork fresh and the parents gasping in awe.

In my wildest of dreams I never would have dreamt up what I do today. After all, what little girl closes her eyes at night and dreams about running food centric festivals? A job that I made up myself, and soon enough became a trend followed by the masses.

Though I’ve always loved food, I never thought I would be in an industry involving such a close relationship with it. I never thought I’d need to know how much a proper sample serving is, the cost of a pound of chicken wings, how to properly acquire a TABC license, or the proper camera settings when photographing a flight of beer.

Daniel + Alexis

Hautvillers, France 2016

We are Travis and Pernille of Redbook Photography. We met in August of 2007 in beautiful Santa Barbara, California. With a mutual passion for photography it was only a matter of months before we began collaborating and it was on Valentine’s Day 2008 that we photographed our first job together. Since that day we have traveled all over Southern California photographing many wonderful couple’s biggest day.

Let's talk about baby love!

I absolutely adore newborn photography. Even before I became a mother, I loved babies. There is something so compelling about these new lives, entirely innocent and completely untouched by the muck of the outside world.

So you're wedding is coming up and you're finally to the point of making the infamous wedding registry! Although making your wedding registry can be one the most exciting aspects of wedding planning, we all know it can also be extremely stressful and overwhelming! Nobody tells you exactly what you're going to need once you start on this adventure with your significant other, but that's why we're here. Below is a detailed list of the essentials you won't regret adding to your registry!

I started taking photos originally out of necessity for my musician friends playing in bands. After shooting for eight years, I truly believe these are some of the most difficult shots to get. Bands move around, jump up and down, and they are typically in low light or very bright light situations. After shooting bands for years, I used what I learned and transitioned to portrait and wedding photography.

On this particular shoot, I had a day out with the groomsmen and the groom around until the actual wedding. There were 16 guys total, that's a lot! I met the guys around 1pm at Brent's parents house in Northern Kentucky. They were eating pizza, playing cornhole and joking around. It was a considerably warm day but the guys were all in good spirits and proudly suited up to support their friend Brent.

Hey y'all!   This is Amy with Amy Fansler Photography out of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina {it is pronounced Few-Quay Vuh-Ree-Nuh}.  Or (as we usually end up saying), we're from south of Raleigh.  I am a photographer who specializes in lifestyle newborn photography.  I like to think my style of photography as a hybrid between posed and candid.  I shoot families in their homes with their new bundles of joy, but I also try to capture the essence of their new reality.  It is my goal to document their life to the best of my ability so that when they see these images in years to come, they are flooded with memories that take them back to that moment.  That is one reason why I like to shoot in their homes.  This is that baby's first home.  That is their first room, and their first bed.  And, not to get the new momma's emotional, but they won't be that little for long.  This is why I got into newborn photography.  It is such a fleeting time, so we need to preserve it.  :)

For the 13 years I have been taking photographs, I have had the opportunity to photograph different events and special occasions such as weddings, baptisms, maternity, portraits and nature just to get away from busy city life.

Photography allows me to clear my mind and lose track of time.

My favorite photoshoot actually happened a couple of months ago, maybe even a year at this point. I was shooting as a second photographer for a wedding that took place in Downtown Atlanta. There are multiple reasons why this shoot is my favorite. The first was the fact that the groom’s name is the same as mine, Dimitri. We basically kicked it off from there. Moreso, the groomsmen and myself went to Georgia State University. That lead me to finding out one of my fraternity brothers from my chapter, the Pi Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., was also one of the groomsmen. Discovering the many connections definitely made the shoot easier because it made both parties comfortable with each other. The biggest similarity between us all was the dying love we have for the Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons were playing during the time the groomsmen were getting dressed, so that was the main conversation that afternoon.

Someone recently asked me, "if you could live your dream life, what would you do?". And after thinking about it (and really thinking if being a professional beach bum is my true calling in life) I decided, I wouldn't change my life one bit! Being a full time wedding photographer is my dream life!