Saturday, April 11

Deanna and Ryan’s wedding at the Frederick Meijer Gardens was nothing short of totally fabulous! With an evening ceremony, a fabulous cocktail hour and a line-up of some incredible vendors, the day couldn’t have gone more smoothly. I also had along the ever-fabulous Darrin Wassom second shooting the event with me.

Aletha of Pearls Events was on hand to keep things on track and make everything look lovely, Shelly of Shelly’s Designs produced the amazing yellow flowers, DJames was keeping the party rocking.  The Shutter Booth company was also at the reception providing some extra fun and memories for the guests.

The day was perfect…an amazing spring day with an amazing couple, wedding party and family.

Guess what this couple’s favorite show is?

Deanna + Ryan : : Thank you again for allowing me to be a part of this day.  I hope the honeymoon was absolutely fabulous and you put that new lens to good use!

This past week I joined my fellow photogs and friends for a few days of learning and inspiration at this year’s OSP Indy photography workshop.  After attending last year’s event and meeting some seriously amazing photographers, I was even more excited to go back this year to reconnect with old friends and to make new ones!

We heard from amazing photographers: Mark Adams with LaCour and Shoot Q, Kevin Swan with Kiss Albums, Amber Holritz and the fabulous Bobbi of Bobbi+Mike!

I came away from these three days inspired, excited and ready to make this year even more fabulous than before.  I have new ideas brewing and can’t wait to bring them to life!  Stay tuned!

This gorgeous retro model is none other than the amazing Brandi Brown. She spoke at last year’s event and literally changed how I approached children’s photography.  Beautiful and incredibly talented!

Mark Adams and his beard.  This man is incredibly talented.  We took off on a little creative shoot with a group of photographers one afternoon and he challenged the way we look at light.  Enlighting!

Our model was follow photographer Sarah Parent.  She is SO beautiful and was totally working it.

This bright perfect blue?  It was a dumpster in a back ally.  And it totally worked!

Some of the group following my favorite mantra:  Ask forgiveness, not permission

The beard. I couldn’t help but take pictures!

A little impromptu maternity session…

Being resourceful…who needs a flash?  Reflect off a menu!

My girl Jen!

The last day of OSP, we split into four groups.  The fabulously fun Bobbi was in mine and she was showing us just why she’s so amazing.

Our theme for the challenge…Unusual.  I think this fits!

So another year done and over.  Can’t wait for next year!  Thanks again to all those who put this event together.

After receiving A LOT of interest on holding another beginner’s photography workshop, Jen and I are excited to announce that we have another one set for Wednesday, April 15th.

We will be covering topics ranging from using your manual controls, to composition, lighting and even starting a successful photography business. If you’re interested in attending, seats are limited and will be on a first come, first serve basis.

The Details:
Workshop will be from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
We will have live models to work with.
Workshop will be held at our downtown studio at 820 Monroe, Suite 405.
You’ll want to bring your camera, lenses, etc.
Bring questions, they are encouraged! It’s a very hands-on class and we’re excited to be offering it again.

Class cost: $200 with a $50 deposit required to hold your spot.

If you’re interested in signing up, please contact myself at amy@acarrollphotography or Jen at jen@jkphotographyonline.com.

We hope to see you there!

Ok so our workshop yesterday…SO totally amazing! I have been excited for weeks about Jen and I teaching our first full-day photography workshop, but the group of photographers we had attending yesterday totally made the class even better than I could have imagined! Throw in two sassy models, some perfect pre-spring weather and we had ourselves a pretty fabulous day!

We covered the gamut from talking about running a successful photography business, to teaching how to shoot in different lighting conditions using flash, reflectors and off-camera flash, both indoors and outdoors. It was a lot to take in, but these photogs had some amazing images to show off afterwards. We finished our day talking about editing and doing some image critiques.

Did you miss out on this workshop but want to be involved in the next? We are starting a mailing list for the workshops we’ll be hosting in the future so if you want your name to be added, email either myself at amy@acarrollphotography.com or Jen at jen@jkphotographyonline.com.

Jenn totally focused on her subject

Jen (we had three Jen’s attending our class) getting into her angles

Action shot!

After lunch, we had Amy in her wedding dress and posing by our very cool freight elevator down the hall from our studio doors working with some off-camera lighting.

Thanks to all those who attended! Both Jen and I hope it was a great experience!

Due to increasing demand, Jen and I have decided to make all your wishes come true and host a FULL DAY WORKSHOP!

We are super excited about this and have done a ton of brainstorming about what we should include and teach you!

Here are all the juicy details:

Cost: $500 (or $350 per person for studio teams)

Date: March 14th, yes, finally a Saturday!!

Times: 10am -6pm

Whats in the bag?

Getting your business started, branding yourself, advertising and marketing tips by the pro’s (us)
Shooting RAW and JPG, Manual settings, working with natural light, using flash, off camera flash and post process of your images and just about anything else your little heart desires!
We will be spending a majority of the day working in our studio building with a little side trip included in the afternoon for some location work.

Who is this class for?

If you consider yourself an amateur photographer or beginner, then this may not be the class for you.

This class is for people who have working knowledge of their DSLR cameras and flash. Please bring with you the following items:

Your camera
Any lenses you have
Your flash
Memory cards
If you have a laptop, please bring that as well
A notebook to take notes with

Deposits are $100 to hold your spot. We will be providing morning coffee and yums with lunch being provided in the afternoon.

We will also have a bride and groom plus a high school senior to model for us!

To ensure everyone gets enough hands on attention we are limiting the amount of sign ups, so act fast!

Please email me amy@acarrollphotography.com or Jen info@jkphotographyonline.com for more information, questions or to sign up!

Thanks to everyone who has given us suggestions and requests over the past year on what they would like to see! We look forward to a fabulous day and can’t wait to share this course with you!