Kevin & Hillary Engagement

I always love a pet in the engagement pictures, it kind of gives the pictures not only a fun feel, but it's also a special bond between the couple...of course it's always nice when the pet is well behaved too. And Kevin and Hillary's pup was awesome to work with. This session was just a blast, and I look forward to their wedding coming soon!

Cecelia Senior Pictures

Back to my old stomping grounds of Ramsey, the evening was perfect for senior pictures. Sky was golden and blue, just a hint of clouds, a little warm, but not terrible. Bringing out Cecelia's personality was not hard at all. It was a matter of seconds and she was laughing, and just having a great time. I was looking at some other senior pictures prior to this session and saw a picture with a girl leaning agains a John Deere tractor, it was a beautiful picture, and ever since I saw it, I was hoping for a session one day to shoot with a massive tractor in the back. In the second half of Cecelia's session she said she had another location she'd like to hit, that location was on a farm...with a massive john deere tractor. :)

The session was a blast, and Cecelia's fun personality, and giggly style came out in no time. So I give this session a success.

SO BUSY!

I haven't had the chance to update my blog in weeks! When I first started doing photography as a job, I thought to myself, if I do a number of weddings a year, and handful of seniors, how busy could I really be?

Well, let me tell you...BUSY!! Extremely busy! It's definitely getting stressful, but it still feels amazing to be doing this as a job! I love every minute of it, even during these busy stressful periods. Seniors, Familes, and Weddings are coming in like crazy right now, and I can barely keep up, but I guess if I wasn't on my toes, the job wouldn't be interesting. ;)

I promise to update my blog soon with more pictures. Please be patient with me. lol

Until then, you can go to:

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or

www.steffenharris.com to see some new pictures.

Holly's Senior Pictures

Holly decided to use my parent's house as her place for senior pictures. The temperature was pushing it's limit on the degree factor, but it was bearable. :)

The session went great, both Holly's mom and my mom are friends, so they kept the ideas rolling in, however I think a lot of their ideas they wanted to pose themselves like it for pictures of themselves...didn't happen though. lol

Brant & Kirstie Wedding

We have finally made it to the day that I could do my sister's wedding pictures. After 2 or 3 engagement sessions, we finally wrap it up with one of the best looking weddings I have done. The ceremony took place at New Hope church where the use of can lights came into play with the decorations.

Kirstie and Brant were engaged on the beach, and because we live so far from an ocean beach, they did the best they could with a stage. Canopy with beachy lights, and a beach projected on the screens above. While we are so far away from a beach, it definitely felt like we were close to one there!

There was also a chance of thunderstorms that day which had me nervous about getting any outdoor pictures. However, the storms held off through the day, BUT the temperature did not. I think it was about 100 degrees with 100% humidity, it was ridiculously hot outside. But either way, the wedding went great, and lots of great pictures came out of it.

Travis & Kara Engagement

My first shoot in Charleston, IL. This was definitely a great one to start out on. Travis and Kara were a blast to shoot with, and they made my job super easy too! It was almost as if the two of them had done modeling school or something, I would snap a photo, and just like that they changed their stance, facial expression, turned their head, and so on! I barely had to say anything to them during the shoot. I just lifted my camera, and snapped away. :)

Aside from the ease of the shoot, Travis and Kara were just a lot of fun! My goal in every shoot is to capture real emotion. Even though the picture may be posed, real emotion can come out even in a posed picture. And there were a lot of laughs this night, that's for sure! lol

Matt & Betsy Wedding

Well, this was another wedding in May that it was cold, cloudy and even rainy on the outside, but inside, it's just awesome how a new married couple can brighten up the day no matter what the weather outside. Matt and Betsy were so much fun to shoot, especially their son Airin! Airin, was the highlight at the engagement session, thinking we were there for is own photo shoot. I asked him if he was ready to have his pictures taken on the wedding day he said, "I'm not getting pictures today." Kids are so funny! :)

Then stealing the spotlight again, Airin gave the speech at the reception, and I'm pretty sure it was by far the best speech ever given at a reception. Even asking Matt & Betsy to the dance floor, put their hands together and told both of them how much he loved them and what great parents they were! lol