Last 3 album designs of the 2009 season

I have worked day in and day out finishing album designs with the hope of having them all ordered before the new year and delivered by my due date. I made this goal back in July when I started thinking seriously about my maternity leave. I am so proud of myself for getting down to business, and at the busiest time of year, reaching my goal!!! Woo hoo! To view each album design click on one of the 3 covers. There are 3 different album designs to view. My goal was to go on maternity leave the first week in January, but I am feeling great still and I really want to finish everything for my WONDERFUL clients before I go on leave. I'll let you all know when I finally set a date to go on leave.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas. Don't forget why we celebrate this wonderful holiday! If you are searching for a Christmas Eve Service in the Oswego area, my church will be hosting a rocking service at 6pm at 371 Thompson Road. www.OswegoAlliance.org. Enjoy the albums!

1 month until my due date

Wow time flies! 1 month until my due date. But I am estimating our baby boy will show up a few days late. I have been busy getting the nursery and house ready for a newborn as well as getting my business ready for my maternity leave. It is so exciting to see all the new services offered to photographers to help us manage our lives and schedules.
Today I would like to announce Kain's Photography now will have an online appointment scheduler available online. You will be able to go onto the website and see what I have available for the next month or so and then make and appointment to meet up with us. Whether you want to just stop by for a quick album pickup or if you would like to schedule a wedding consultation you can do it all through the online calendar. So if by chance I am not answering the phone and it is 11pm at night you can make an appt. How cool!!!

Check it out at:

http://KainsPhotography.bookmonline.com/

Albums Galore!

I have been quite busy with album designs lately! It has been so much fun dedicating most of my time to designing each and every album specifically for each couple. Christmas is 10 days away so I am busy busy trying to get as many orders to people as possible before the end of the week. I will be offically starting my maternity leave on Jan. 1st so I will be wrapping up as many things as possible before then. Of course you can always email me if you have any questions and I will try to respond to it. My due date is Jan. 22nd so with about 5 weeks left I have a lot to do to get ready for baby LIAM's arrival. Thank you all for being so patient!
Check out some of my most recent album designs. Click on each photo to view the entire album design:

Trisha & Josh's album from their Sept 18th wedding:


Ashley & Bob's album from their Sept 19th wedding:


Caroline & Stephen's album from their October 3rd wedding:

Donna & Ron's Album

Tis the season to be designing albums like crazy!!!
Here is a preview of Donna & Ron's album design, click on the cover design to go to the rest of the album! Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.

Katie & Rob's wedding preview

Check out this video I made from my favorite photos from Katie & Rob's wedding on Nov. 21st. The entire day was amazing!!! Everyone have a safe and happy Thanksgiving, I will be out of the office until Monday Nov. 30th. ENJOY!!!

2009 wedding season is over

This Saturday Isaac and I concluded our 2009 wedding season with Katie & Rob's wedding at St. Mary's and the American Foundry. This whole year we were thinking there was going to be snow on the ground for their wedding, so when we planned for snow and got 55* weather and no snow I was very excited! Every part of the day was planned perfectly, from the gorgeous Alfred Angelo dresses, to the speculator music during the ceremony, and also the amazing food/decorations at the reception. My pregnant belly was very happy after eating the amazing spread prepared for everyone. Kudos to Rob for helping the American Foundry create an exquisite menu!

Our 2009 wedding season was one of our best years yet. I will hopefully do a recap of the year later this week. We photographed 25 amazing weddings and got to meet hundreds of people. It will be a year to remember for sure, especially because I was pregnant nearly ALL of the wedding season. Tomorrow I will post my favorites from katie & Rob's wedding but because of the Thanksgiving break we are taking starting Tues. evening, the rest of the photos will not be available for another few weeks.

I had to have a few photos taken of me during the reception to capture my belly and I at 32 weeks pregnant and still shooting a wedding. I felt great all day, now Sunday was a different story!


I bought this shirt within a week of finding out I was pregnant for me to wear at this wedding. I haven't been big enough until now to fit into it, so I was so excited to finally wear it after months of looking at it hanging in my closet. This photo of Isaac and I was taken by DJ Brian Otto, who did a great job, this was at the end of our 8 hr day of standing so we were both sore and tired, but we don't look too shabby I think.


We have now passed the 2 months left mark. I cannot believe how quick this is going! My baby showers are coming up in a few weeks and then with Christmas, New Years, and possibly a bridal show in early Jan. we do not have much "prep" time before my due date on Jan 22nd.

You all have a wonderful day!!!!

Stealth Isaac & Wedding slideshow

Isaac in stealth mode during the father daughter dance. What a handsome setup he's got there. Nikon D700 with grip, Nikkor 24-70mm 2.8 Lense, SB-900 flash... OOO I love our equipment!





Just a cool photo I came upon while editing our last October wedding. This was taken from outside looking in on some of the guests checking out our slideshow, that is why you get the reflection of the grass/lake/chairs in the glass. Our slideshows have become a huge hit at every wedding we photograph. We love being able to offer some of our favorite images for your family and friends to see. We don't bring a small laptop, like most photographers, we bring our large IMAC computer, quite an impressive setup. If the reception venue has LCD screens and a VGA input we can hook up to the screens, cool huh???!!!

Our last wedding for 2009 is this Saturday, I cannot wait to see Rob & Katie all dazzled up. It will also be our last wedding before the baby comes, 2 months until my due date as of Sunday. Also we will be out of the office from Wed-Sun of next week for Thanksgiving festivities. This will be our last time traveling to Saratoga Springs, my hometown, since when Christmas comes around I will be only a few weeks from my due date and will not be doing ANY traveling.

Also here are this years Christmas deadlines:

Canvases:
Order before Dec. 3rd for standard shipping (included)
Order before Dec. 10th for expedited shipping (extra charge)

Coffee table books: (engagement signing books, portrait books, gift books, etc.)
Order before Dec. 4th

Standard print sizes:
Order before Dec. 12th for delivery before Christmas

Kara & Paul's E-session

One of my most favorite engagement sessions to date, for many reasons. Including such a fun couple and great locations. We started out at Fallbrook and then after a quick outfit change we ventured on over to East Park and the Railroad tunnel. I love this location so much. I am hoping to get more couples and wedding parties out to East Park for their portraits. The tunnel gave me a Central Park vibe with the park benches, old fashioned street lights, and stone walls. All the leaves had fallen already but we still had great landscapes and backdrops to work with. Kara & Paul are getting married in August of 2010 out at Paul's parents house in the country. I can't wait to see the tent, decor, and all other details these two put together for their big day. Enjoy some of my favorite photos in a first for Kain's Photography: slideshow by Animoto.




I believe this week will be an excellent time to have an engagement portrait taken, so if you are thinking about having one done, give me a call and we can set something up before the snow falls!

Katie & Brian's Album

Check it out here by clicking the photo below:



On another note I have 10 weeks until my due date! Craziness! One more wedding to shoot in a few weeks then done for the season. 2010 is booking up nicely, thanks everyone.

Jen & Jon's wedding

On October 17th, 2 weeks ago, we had the honor to photograph Jen & Jon's wedding out at Bayshore. This was our 11th and final Bayshore wedding of the year. We love shooting there so much, each and every wedding is unique! We especially love fall weddings at Bayshore, the fall colors are perfect, the pumpkins are an added touch, and the lake is a nice cool contrast to warm fall colors. Here are some of my favorites:







Just announced for the first time as husband and wife, these two looked at eachother with such great emotion!


Jon & His twin, can you tell?








It was so cold out there, Jen being one of the most thoughtful brides I have ever met brought a trunk filled with blankets for all their guests to use during the outside ceremony. We took advantage of these brown blankets to wrap the bridesmaids up in while we took some shots down by the chilly lake.


Love the sky!




Staring into each other eyes during the first dance, these two noticed no one but each other during their song. So cute!


Loved all the fall decoration around the room!

Mary & Justin's E-session

Last week I met Mary & Justin for the first time out at Fallbrook. We met only an hour before the sun set completely, so we had only a short amount of time to shoot before there was no good light. I had such a blast photographing Mary & Justin, who are planning to have their wedding in 2011. They brought their awesome dog, Brody, with them. I managed to get some great shots even though Brody is probably the most hyper dog I have ever met. Enjoy my favorites! There are only a few good fall days left to take photos outside, so if you want a portrait session please call soon so I can schedule you in before the leaves fall. Of course I can always take photos after the leaves fall too, just this time of year people want the fall colors.

Jen & Jason's E-session

October is definitely the month of the year we do the most portraits. Even with scaling back I have managed to shoot 6 portraits in the last week. We are shooting Jen & Jason's wedding next summer. Isaac went out one bright Saturday morning to photograph these two for their engagement session, here are some of my favorites. Even though I wasn't able to make the shoot, I am so exited for their wedding by just looking at these photos. You can check out the rest on our portrait proofing page of the website.


















If you are interested in having us shoot an engagement session or family portrait please call us soon, I can feel the winter weather getting closer! We can go out to Fallbrook, family property, or find some other great location!

Amy & Phil

Amy & Phil wanted a fall wedding and they sure got one. It was a beautiful day... 45*degrees and windy. When I say windy, I don't mean 5-10 mph winds, I mean closer to 30 mph winds. During the ceremony Isaac mentioned his long lense he was using (80-400mm) was being blow around with the high winds. Amy & Phil couldn't have handled the cold temps any better! They were all smiles, all day. We had such a great time being there for them as they start their new life together. Remember their engagement photos? Click here to view them. Enjoy these previews while I take 2-3 weeks to get the rest of the photos edited and online.

Isaac met up with the guys at the Econo Lodge before the ceremony. Aren't those clouds incredible!


What a gorgeous bride Amy was! This was what I like to call her "after smile", after taking a posed photo one always has an "after smile" which is a quick moment of a real and sincere smile. I LOVED her earrings!


Isaac captured this moment as Amy and her father were walking the long path down the aisle. At this moment Amy wasn't able to see Phil, her excitement was contagious!


Quick moment as they were walking away and turned to see if we were following.


I loved her flowers!


Finally a moment alone. Bayshore's foliage and landscaping is amazing this time of year.


A nice headless shot! Amy was watching Phil get his photo taken as I snuck this quick shot.


We had the most amazing light! If it wasn't almost 40* we would have stayed out there longer, I love it when brides put flowers or hairpieces in their hair.


As the sun was setting the sky opposite the sunset turned this amazing blue. What a cool contrast to the warm glow on the girls.


One of my favorite photos! So real.