Second Shooting a wedding Part Duex

Remember  how I second shot a wedding last year?   I was super lucky enough back in the fall of 2012 to get hired on as a Second Shooter for Karen at  Karen Hendrix Photography.  My sister happened to know someone that used her and she posted on her Facebook page that she was looking for a second shooter for 4 fall weddings that she would be shooting.  I met with her, found out  I could get paid ( woo hoo), and get experience from a pro. How great is that?  She interviewed a few other people but I got the position.

I really learned alot from Karen about how shooting  a wedding works:  how to balance your time, the clients needs, and  still be creative at the same time.   Of the 4 weddings,  the first was down at the Four Seasons on the Landing in Downtown Saint Louis.  It was quite a first wedding to do with her.... huge wedding party and almost all indoors. Indoor shots are still more of  a challenge than the outside shots for me.

Here's a little peak and if you want to see more head over to my photoblog.

Photo Wall Collage

You've heard it before from me.. I have a problem with empty spaces.  I can never decide what to put on or in them most of the time.  There was the mantel situation, the front door situation, and now it's the giant-empty-space-on-the-wall-behind- the- couch situation.


The one thing I did know was that I wanted seamless frames. I saw it on a Pinterest pin and I loved the way it looked. Clean and simple. Your pictures really stand out. And let's face it, they are WAY cheaper than canvases. I knew  Micheals had them so I went  and wrote down the sizes that they had that would work for the giant wall behind my couch. And since their frames are on sale almost every week,  it was very affordable.

I was lucky enough to have a  roll of white paper here at the house that the girls usually draw on so  I took  that roll of paper and cut out the exact sizes of the frames and taped them up to the wall to arrange and see what set up we wanted to have.


We decided on  3-16"x20"s and  3-12"x 16"s.   I went through the past winter's images and being that we had hardly any snow I had to go back  another year beyond that. I wanted to stay current but you gotta do what ya gotta do.  There are alot of guides/ images on Pinterest and some photographers websites that can give you an  idea on configurations.

I have an issue with symmetry... I LOVE IT!!!   My teachers tried to beat it out of me in art school but the OCD-ness in me can't help it. It calms me. I like when things match or there are two of something. Ahh.....the serenity.

When we first started thinking about this space it was fall and  since I couldn't decide on the pictures soon enough it has quickly become winter and the holidays so on to the winter pictures we go.


 My hubby had to help me with eye-balling where I should have the nails.  But it looks so nice to finally have something up there.  We plan on switching them out with the seasons.  I took a ton of cool pictures last spring, summer and   just this fall.  I can't wait to get them all up next year.

So what do you think?  Do you need any ideas on how to arrange pictures at your house?  I'd love to help you out.

Monday
What is the Gunny Sack -Making the world Cuter -Debbie Doo -DIY Show Off
-I should be mopping the Floor


Tuesday
 Tip Junkie - My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia -
Sugar Bee - Romance On A Dime -The Winthrop Chronicles

Wednesday
 Someday Crafts - Sew Much Ado
 -SNAP

Thursday
Beyond the Picket Fence - Somewhat Simple - Live Laugh Rowe
- The Shabby Cottage The Taylor House- House of Hepworths 
Two In Diapers-Mommy Brain Mixer


Friday
Naptime Crafters - Stay At Home Nation
Young and Crafty -  My Turn(ForUs)
Delicate Construction
Serenity Now

Saturday

Six Sister's Stuff

Cheerios and Lattes

My Super Hero Family

I think all of us have super powers of some sort or another. Other people might not see them but we know they are there.  I started thinking about this more and more as I looked at the artwork of an old high school friend.

Matt has always been a talented illustrator having a comic book in our high school and always drawing all the time but lately he had been posting some super cool stuff on his Facebook and Instagram accounts.

Recently he had shown a drawing of  his family  that looked like a cover of a comic book.  It was "super " cool.  I knew that Matt did commissions  so it seemed like a great gift for my husband for Christmas.  Now J isn't a big super hero or comic book guy but  who wouldn't want to have a really cool drawing done of themselves? 

I first approached Matt with my idea... a family of super heroes from Saint Louis with their own unique interests and skills:

Me
-Photographer
J
-Blues and Cardinals Fan
K
-princesses
-Green
-Elephants
S
-Blue
- her "oh puppy"

And of course we had to include Louie and Frankie!

Matt and I settled on a size and he went to work sketching and giving me some previews along the way.  I love the creative process!  He really got what I wanted it to look like.

Keep in mind we did all of this over email and it was super easy.  I did go pick my finals up in person since we live in the same city but I'm sure he'll mail/ship it any where it needs to go.

His original Pencil sketch ( already cool)

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The next step: penciled version

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The pen /start to color version:

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And the totally awesome  final version that now will hang up at my husband's office:

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Aren't we cool looking? Even the dogs look bad-ass.  I couldn't have been any happier with how it turned out.  This is something so unique  that  you just can't buy in a store.  We'll always have this little picture of our lives and our likes right now.

Matt gave me a computer printed colorized version, the original pencil sketch, and a DVD with  a PDF, Jpeg and the Photoshop file.  He can draw any size you want.  This happened to be a 8x10.

I'm not usually all  YOU NEED THIS on my blog  but it is SO COOL  that I think you should.    Did I mention he can draw anything character, movie actor, or just any old thing? You could get your son's favorite bockugon character for his wall or Transformer.

I was in no way paid for this blog post by the way. I was a happy paying customer. And it was worth every penny.  My husband loved it.  The kids got a kick out of it too.

Monday
What is the Gunny Sack -Making the world Cuter -Debbie Doo -DIY Show Off
-I should be mopping the Floor


Tuesday
 Tip Junkie - My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia -The Kurtz Corner
Sugar Bee - Romance On A Dime -The Winthrop Chronicles

Wednesday
 Someday Crafts - Sew Much Ado
 -SNAP

Thursday
Beyond the Picket Fence - Somewhat Simple - Live Laugh Rowe
- The Shabby Cottage The Taylor House- House of Hepworths 
Two In Diapers-Mommy Brain Mixer


Friday
Naptime Crafters - Stay At Home Nation
Young and Crafty -  My Turn(ForUs)
Delicate Construction
Serenity Now

Saturday

Six Sister's Stuff

Cheerios and Lattes

Top 10 of YOUR favorite posts of 2012

It's 2013 and  2012 was quite a year for me and my new little blog.  I'm fast approaching a year ( in February)  that I have been blogging and I can't believe that it's been that long already.

I've made so many new friends and learned so many new things. It's one of the best things I did for myself this past year.  I hope I can continue on with it and do even more exciting things. Bigger things.  More Creative Things. More Mommy things.

With no further adieu... The most viewed posts here on" Entirely Emily" decided on by page

views by  YOU!!

#10.  9 Costumes  For Couples-  a look at how my hubby and I  dressed for for Halloween over the years

#9. Beach Countdown Calender -  a fun way for the kids to countdown the month before our beach vacation.

#8. What do I do with my Kids--  I sometimes run out of ideas and feel kind bummed about it. mom fail?
#7. K's Elephant Travel Pillow-- I wanted the girls to have travel pillows but they didn't have the animal we needed.

#6. My favorite Photography websites- These are sites/women that I follow and read almost everyday.  You should too.

#5. Road trip Map for Kids-  A fun way for my girls to track where we were going and where we had been.

#4. Caillou Party for S - S loves Caillou so it was a natural theme for her 2nd birthday party.

#3. How to make a Bunsen and Beaker Costume-  This was a fun costume to create and to wear.

#2.  Stop Spending Stupid Money-  We all have money that falls through the cracks.  Here are just some of those cracks and how to stop it.

And the number #1 most viewed post:

The Mickey Mouse Birthday party-  K still loves Mickey Mouse so I had to make her all kinds of cutouts and printables to make it special.

Thank you for all of  your visits and I'm so glad you stopped by.  I love knowing that there are people out there like me crafting their way through life and trying not to go crazy at the same time.


Monday
What is the Gunny Sack -Making the world Cuter -Debbie Doo -DIY Show Off
-I should be mopping the Floor

Tuesday
 Tip Junkie - My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia -The Kurtz Corner
Sugar Bee - Romance On A Dime -The Winthrop Chronicles

Wednesday
 Someday Crafts - Sew Much Ado
 -SNAP

Thursday
Beyond the Picket Fence - Somewhat Simple - Live Laugh Rowe
- The Shabby Cottage The Taylor House- House of Hepworths 
Two In Diapers-Mommy Brain Mixer

Friday
Naptime Crafters - Stay At Home Nation
Young and Crafty -  My Turn(ForUs)
Delicate Construction
Serenity Now

Saturday
Six Sister's Stuff
Cheerios and Lattes