I love this family:) Shot them last year. And again this year, but also to celebrate their engagement!
Archive for January, 2011
Caitlin & Steve’s Lifestyle Family and Engagement Session
January 28, 2011Sign-up for the Beginner’s Photography Workshop!
January 24, 2011The date has been set and the agenda and planning is in full swing!
Join me and my ultra talented friend + photographer, Monty with Open Image Studio for a 2-hr beginners workshop this Feb! This is for non-professionals looking to learn the ins-and-outs of their DSLR and how to get the best image from it. Not only will be you hearing from Monty and I about the how-to’s of shooting technique and your camera function, but you’ll also be learning about about how to go from on-camera, to computer (editing and archiving), to print and share photos in an image-safe, organized way. There will be demos and some instructed shoot time incorporated.
When: February 19, 2011 from 10am to noon.
Where: My studio at 2134 Arlington Ave, Upper Arlington, OH 43221 (corner of Guilford and Arlington Ave – between Bloomtastic and Fireflies and Fairytales)
Cost…
Early Bird Sign-up: $38 -LIMITED TIME …. NOW thru Feb. 6
Regular Sign-up: $45 – Feb. 7 thru Feb. 17
Includes: 2 instructors, workshop presentation including demonstrations, instructed shoot time, Q&A, light snacks and drinks, and some great photography giveaways from both Monty and I PLUS great gear giveaways from a local vendor!
Bring: your digital SLR and any equipment you have related to the camera that you might have questions about.
Sign-up here.
40 seats available so grab yours quick!
The “Best in the Flock” Contest
January 21, 20112010 was a super exciting year here at Lauryn Byrdy Photography:) All I can say is… THANKS and you guys rock>
This year, we’re starting a tradition. A contest where all of you get to pick your favorite photo from 2010 and the winner is awarded $100 in print or session credit with Lauryn Byrdy Photography. I (with the help of my lovely life-mate) sifted through over 150 portrait sessions and weddings from this year and narrowed your choices down to 50 photos. While I love ALL my shoots and had the hardest time picking (reason I had to bring Matt in), I’m excited for the contest to begin with these!
Here’s how it works:
1 – Visit http://facebook.com/LaurynByrdyPhotography
2 – Open the album titled “Best of the FLOCK 2010″
3 – View each image and type “VOTE” in the comments of your top 3 favorites. (you can “like” the image as well, but i’ll be tallying the comments that say “vote”)
Remember, if you’re in the album or know someone in the album that you want to see win, send it to everyone you can asking them to vote!
VOTING BEGINS NOW and end on Feb. 12, 2011 at midnight EST!
PRIZES:
1st place – $100 in print or session credit with Lauryn Byrdy Photography
2nd place – $45 in print or session credit with Lauryn Byrdy Photography
3rd place – one 8×10 or 8×12 print from your session
Ready, set….>GO!
Baby Avril’s Lifestyle Children’s Shoot
January 18, 2011
Charles & Wendy’s London, UK Engagement Preview
January 15, 2011Today Matt and I spent the afternoon running around London and taking photos of the adorable Charles and Wendy, a recently engaged couple getting married in Uganda in September.
Excited to share more from their shoot:)
Now We’re In London…
January 13, 2011Quick tour for you. And I promise there will be more…
Here’s where Matt works. St Thomas’ Hospital from the back faces Parliament/Big Ben. That’s what he stares at all day…when he’s not furiously rushing around, interrupting groups of sweet old ladies (which are discussing the plans for the upcoming royal wedding) to talk about their meds. It’s pretty sweet. (I feel like he should be wearing a batman backpack and hold a brown lunch bag with jelly stains on his face in this pic)
After this shot, we walked around back of the hospital to get this shot. We felt all of you really needed to see us rather than the beautiful setting behind us. Appreciate it.
The lovely panorama…
The next two: Westminster Abbey.
You’ll notice i don’t take a lot of full shots of places. Its usually because I get fixed on one thing I like and can’t walk away. For me it was the door and windows here wondering who all has walked through this exact door.
A sweet statue outside of Buckingham Palace. My buckingham shots will have to be shared another time. Too many people. Ick. looked all touristy in my shot.
About 20 minutes later, still at buckingham palace.
Westminster Bridge at night with a perfectly timed bus, human (in front of the eye), and london eye lit up.
5DmkII, 35 mm 1.4L, handheld at ISO 100, f/2.8, shutter 0.5 sec…in case you’re curious.
Shot from the very front of the second level of a double decker. I thought we were going to squash people everywhere on every turn.
Leal Boutique Commercial Fashion
January 12, 2011I’m so excited to share this! In the fall I did a lifestyle fashion shoot at the home of the boutique’s owner (insanely beautiful place, btw). We had a fantastic shoot.
After much planning and prep, their new site is up now! Click the image below to check it out. The fabulous folks over at Summerfield Advertising did a great job on it.
Side note: when you come to see me at the new studio for a shoot or meeting…or just to say hello, you’ll have the opportunity to pop your head into Leal and see all the fashionable goodies. They’re two doors down! And make sure to say hello to Connie, the owner, and tell her I sent you over:) Click here for their contact info.
Client – Leal Boutique – http://lealboutique.com
Agency partner – Summerfield Advertising – http://SummerfieldAdvertising.com
Photography – Lauryn Byrdy - http://laurynbyrdy.com
styling – Meagan Carey - http://thefashiondarling.com/
hair - Leanna Murphey - http://leannamurphey.com/
make-up – kelli ramey - http://beautimarkedbykelli/
Meghna’s Lifestyle Senior Portraits
January 12, 2011Still catching up from this summer and fall. Hope you enjoy 
Layne’s Columbus Ohio Lifestyle Senior Portraits
January 10, 2011Brightly colored scarf, a cute personality and a great laugh. Happy day…
Time to catch you up – France, Germany and Switzerland
January 9, 2011Sorry for the long delay. I wasn’t ignoring you and your request for pics. Just busy settling in.
We left London on 12/26 for France. Took the train. I Sudoku’d for 2 hrs. I’m seriously good at these puzzles. I challenge any of you to a Sudoku-off. (i will most likely win….if you don’t have professional sudoku experience). Lets make a note here that THIS is when I started getting sick. It lasted exactly the duration of our week-long road trip. Such is life.
(Forgive me because there’s a TON of stops and sleeps missing in here. I don’t want to overwhelm you. I’ll be making an album of the entire trip and am happy to share if you’re ever DYING to see it all. And, of course if you need recommendations on places to stay for a trip like ours, I’m your girl)
Here are a few faves from our trip to France…
Matt, sleepy. With dirty hole-y socks.
The train…
LOVE this one too.
White pigeon flying through the train station…
Notre Dame…
Book stands along a street in Notre Dame…
My MOST FAVE photo from this entire trip. This little girl had bread in her hands and the birds came flying in! So happy to take a photo of a human being and not a landscape for a change:) I wish it wasn’t awkward to walk around taking photos of people you don’t know.
When I think of the Eiffel tower, I think of all the street vendors.
It was heavy…
Our French family, the lovely Kishbaugh’s. They were so kind to let us stay with them.
Carl bought some chestnuts roasting on an open fire…
Inside Galeries Lafayette…
Then we got a car and I had my first Autobahn (sp?) experience. (if you didn’t go AT LEAST this speed you were hazardous)
Then came Germany…and our desperate attempts to translate dinner menus. We did alright
I got Putenmedaillons vom Grill. The only word i knew was “pommes frites” because they say the same in France. Means fries. That’s honestly the only reason I ordered it. The entire dish came out super yummy!
We steered clear of big cities for the most part and drove on roads we struggled to find on the maps. It lead us to places like this…
(sometimes “no plan” is the best plan:)
We took a SUPER tiny and slightly dangerous snow-covered road to the top of a huge hill so I could snap this photo of the town…
Bakery in another town in Germany…
This is where we discovered the humongo pretzels (after we ordered the medium one first)
The big papa pretzel, or “Bretzel” as the sign read…
They’re quite the creative-type in Germany…
Another little town…
Then we changed course and headed to Switzerland via Austria. I want to kick myself in the head (not possible) for taking hardly any photos on this part of the trip. I was on round two of being sick. See?
But I did get this shot…
And these two when we stopped in Luzern…
All things swiss right here…
Then New Years eve rolled in and I was laying in a bed at our hotel in Zurich with a hot towel on my ear. I had so much pressure build-up that I couldn’t hear. Rough night. We managed to get in a great dinner but I took no photos. Nada. Until the morning. Then I snapped this LOUSY PIC, of the view from our room, on my computer and called it a day. I think I wanted meds, a bed and the ability to hear.
Then we routed back through Paris on our way home and stayed at our most favorite location. Les Degres de Notre Dame. We found it when we walked Paris the first day we visited. We would have never found it and would NOT have booked it based on the photos on TripAdvisor (i pay close attention to these things) but after they showed us the room, we were sold…
It was a full trip with tons of photos (not even showing you a 10th of what we took here!) that we’ll enjoy putting into an album. Matt even typed out a day-by-day account of our journey for us to relive when we read it again.
Bye-bye France and Germany…
Hello again to London. Here’s a quick video tour of our new apartment. We’re no longer in the Notting hill area. We’re now Lambeth-ites.
Stay tuned for some fun London pics…
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