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.
We didn’t plan it this way, but I thought it was fitting that this family had their portrait session on this Veteran’s Day. Daddy is across the world serving and protecting us here at home. I hold a special place in my heart for military wives. I feel understood around them… like we aren’t completely crazy for following our husbands around the country, becoming mother, father, housekeeper, nanny, renovator, landscaper, plumber, and keeper of smiles and tears while they are gone. A huge special thank you to the S Family for sacrificing so much for us. I hope you will join me in praying for Daddy’s safety abroad and I pray he is home with his boys and wife soon!
B was such a trooper today as we braved the “arctic wind” in Norfolk. 
My hubby would laugh at that. He always says I have a 2 degree temperature range where I’m never cold or hot. This little guy is starting to come into his own boyish personality. Of course sticks were the coolest thing in his world and sitting still for pictures was torture in his mind. But he is so genuinely loved by his parents and his momma still beats out sticks any day.
Thank you to the C Family for letting me spend some time in your “backyard”! I hope you enjoy your sneak peek!
To book your family session, please contact me at christene@csphotopro.com or visit www.csphotopro.com for more information.
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
I always look forward to fall sessions at the beach. There is something magical about the light, like the sun is trying squeeze the last bit of summer rays in before the darkness falls on the afternoon commute. I adore shooting families and I’ve had the honor of shooting this one a few times now.
To schedule your family session, visit my website for more information or email me at christene@csphotopro.com