Blooming Beautiful

 At what point does a dress become a gown?

When you add a wrap and some photoshop magic.

These are the 3 images I used to create the "/flowing/flowering gown".

The burgundy dress belongs to the lovely model.
It was serendipitous how perfectly it blended with my pink ombre wrap.

EXCITING AND NEW

I have already mentioned a focus on Newborns this year.

But, there are so many other NEW things going on at Our Country Home. 

Nolan - 10days New 

We are building a studio!!

It is going to be a wonderful space full of lovely pretty props. 

A place I can capture those special moments for your family that will be timeless and classic 

that one day will become family heirlooms to be treasured for years to come.

Under Construction.

Though it might seem like we are sleeping on the job here, I assure you, much work is underway behind the scenes these past couple of months

The building is up and the workmen have been hard at it putting in the new wiring, itching from the insulation, dry-walling and mudding.. 

And though they might seem to be doing all the sweaty work, I am working extremely hard chasing those paperwork ducks into a row and studying hard to become the best artist I can be.

 I can't wait to get some paint on the walls and the flooring down.

But in the mean time, we are also working on lots of other wonderful surprises to make Our Country Home the right choice for your family.

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But these are a secret for now, so don't tell...Shhhhhh.

Blessings Kelsie

Taking babies to the next level.

This year I am focusing on my newborn skills and taking my work to the next level...I am learning everything I possibly can about the art of capturing these new little people when they first arrive in our world...I am taking as many possible classes on the newest posing techniques, lighting and the art behind Newborn Photography.

Most importantly I am learning how to SAFELY pose them...Above all else the well being of the babies comes first...I always have a spotter/assistant/mom close by the babies and they are never left unattended, I photoshop out the assistant so all you see is the final artwork, but be assured they are only inches from the babies at all time.

I do not hang, balance or pose babies in a way that puts them at any risk, once again photoshop plays a HUGE part of safe newborn photography...If you ever have questions about how I or another posed a baby or achieved a certain shot, please feel free to ask me and I will be more than happy to answer as best I can or point you to somewhere you can see how they are done.

Flowing Fabric and Beautiful Belly

I had the pleasure of working with this gorgeous momma to be in the new studio.

We played with flowing fabric.

A little back lighting
(Loving my new light setup btw)

and then switched it up from softbox to shoot thru umbrella for a more dramatic feel.

I can honestly say...I am loving having a studio v's having to set up in my home.
I promise to share more photos of the new space as soon as we are ready for our grand opening.
2015 is looking good at Our Country Home.

Blessings Kelsie

RE-IMAGINING - Part 1

I still have so many images from the shoot to work on but could not wait any longer to share. This idea was originally envisioned about 5yrs ago for my doll design business. With the shift to people 4yrs ago it was put on the back burner, BUT I still wanted the chance to visit this idea so adapted it to real life models and started shopping for dresses to re-imagine.

Had so much fun re-imagine these dresses, dying them and adding embellishments, and even restructuring parts of the original dress designs, cutting and tucking and sew. Then I got to work on hair and makeup with some fabulously talented ladies April and Amberly...We did not get to spend nearly enough instudio time with the models as I would have liked because by the time we got through with the location stuff it was getting late in the day.

It was true love...Moe Moe could not get enough of the gorgeous Kelby and followed her around...well like a little puppy lol. 

Lady in Red

If you would be interested in booking a concept/fine art shoot please contact me via my facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/OurCountryHome

Summer Savings Mini

The heat must be getting to me...Because I am losing my mind with this special offer.

10 images for just $50 and 2 sets to choose from.
The Lemonade Stand below and a Red White and Blue set

WOW!!!
Friday 20th June 5 - 7
Sat 21st June 9 - 11