About C.S. Photography, Inc.
C.S. Photography features the unique Home.Life.Art family sessions and Bébe Firsts sessions. What is Life Art? Well...Life Art is YOU! It's the relationship that is captured between family. A moment... a portrait created by me and turned into beautiful Life Art décor that makes you smile every time you walk by it and inspires your home to greet you.
My blog is filled with the inner workings of my photography passion. I'll be featuring sneak peeks, tutorial tidbits, Life Art Décor suggestions, product offerings, client gallery designs and inspiration.
If you would like more information or want to schedule a Home.Life.Art or Bébe First session, please visit www.csphotopro.com or email christene@csphotopro.com.
A dancer and a girl who loves to dress up. What more could a photographer ask for?! I met this vacationing family between the rainstorms at an inlet beach. I still can’t get over how beautiful they are together. I wanted to be sure to capture the girls as their momma remembers them… at this moment, at this age. I loved that the girls changed. E so she could dance on the beach and O so she could prance and curtsey, and dig in the sand.
It was a cold day at the beach this afternoon. When I first saw these kids slink out of the car, they seemed less than thrilled to be hiking across the cold sand, runny noses and all, for some strange lady to sit them up proper and take their picture. But, I watched as this family truly came alive with each other.
“M” was in need of a recharge and curled up with a blanket on the sand. I ran over and snapped this and I adore the mess of curls hiding her eyes.
“M” idolizes her Daddy. She loves playing baseball with him and I wanted to showcase that connection. I feel like she can’t take her eyes off him in this picture.
Both kids were about done by this point in the shoot, so we left them wrapped in the blanket. “M” was in charge of keeping her little brother warm which she was happy to be tasked with. She also loves making him laugh. 
And one of my favorites from the shoot is subtle in it’s own way. For me, I love the soft smile peeking out of “M”‘s curls. Like her Momma just whispered something in her ear and she smiled enough to know that she is so completely loved. Contented happiness is what I see.
Thank you to the E Family for spending your afternoon with me. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek! If you would like more information on scheduling your family session, please visit www.csphotopro.com or email me at christene@csphotopro.com for more information.
I can’t even put into words how much fun I had with this family. Well I guess I should preface this by saying this session was gifted to them by a good friend, so that should tell you what an awesome gang they are! “C” was reserved but so incredibly kind and such a gentle spirit. I’m sure he gets tired of hearing this, but he has the most gorgeous hair! Seriously rockstar quality! “A” was a bit more sassy and always willing to be the star of the show as long as I wasn’t photographing her , and little “P” reminded me so much of my littlest sister-in-law. Sometimes swallowed up with the whole group but you get her alone and out comes her amazing spunk and sparkle! And since I had the hardest time deciding what picture to sneak peek for this family, I decided to do a mini collage of the kids. And the last picture has a story behind it and perhaps a tip for you as well. I always try to engage my families in some sort of activity. Especially if they have elementary aged kids who get bored all too easily. So, we made seashell garland by the waters edge. I could take mom and dad for some shots of just the two of them and big brother helped the girls string their shells together. But what touched me the most was at the end of the shoot, while we were gathering ourselves together, “A” decided to make her garland into a necklace and draped it over her momma.
Life is composed of moments that truly take your breath away and make your heart smile.
To schedule your family session or to give the gift of a session, please visit my website at www.csphotopro.com for more information or email me at christene@csphotopro.com
How I talked this family into hitting the beach at first light this morning with TWO small kids in tow, I’ll have no idea. But so worth it! The morning light reflecting off the ocean was gorgeous and dreamy. What a great way to start the weekend off and you’d never know we started out in 45-degree weather. Thank you to the W family for fulfilling my dream of a morning beach shoot! Hope you enjoy your sneak peek!
One of my fav’s from this session. Daddy didn’t even know I was snapping away while chatting it up with his wife.
To schedule your family session, visit www.csphotopro.com for more information or email christene@csphotopro.com
Today we flew a kite, chased crabs, explored the sand holes looking for that mysterious lobster and played fetch with the two rambunctious labs that were just itching to dunk their heads in the breaking waves. We stayed, soaking up the warm evening sun, until the last of the surfers had called it a night. I feel so at home with this family. As we headed back to the cars, I overheard them discussing dinner plans which happened to include ice cream on the drive home as an appetizer. What a perfect treat and treasure that made a wonderful afternoon that much more memorable for their little boy.
A special thanks to the P family for inviting me out today! If you would like more information on booking a family session with me, please visit my website at www.csphotopro.com or email me at christene@csphotopro.com
I’m playing catch-up on the blog! Would you believe me if I told you these pictures were taken with the noon day sun?! It’s true! Let me introduce you to my little friend called the fill flash I strapped on my Canon 580 EX II (on camera), put a diffuser over it and using the high speed sync mode started shooting away! High speed sync allows you to use your flash at higher shutter speeds than 1/250 sec. (Were you ever wondering why it never let you get your shutter above 200 or 250?) The trick is to have your subject face away from the sun, so they aren’t squinting, and you aren’t getting that horrible mix of flat/shadowed light casting over their face. Shooting in manual, expose for your background and use enough fill flash to bring the light back into their face/skin, etc. I adjusted the flash’s power right from my camera. (You can consult your camera’s manual if you don’t know how to do this). Or just leave me a comment below and I can try to walk you through it!
ISO 100, f/2.5, 1/3200sec
ISO 100, f/2.2, 1/1000 sec
ISO 100, f/2.5, 1/3200sec
ISO 100, f/2.5, 1/2000sec
And this one was taken in the shade but I had to include it because they are going to have a beautiful 20×20 gallery wrapped canvas hanging on their wall! Love it when clients go BIG!
ISO 200, f/2.2, 1/250sec
To schedule a children’s session, please visit my website for more information or email christene@csphotopro.com