Some info about and me and the coming soons!

I am excited to say that I have been getting many request for photo shoots! I had 2 scheduled for this weekend but had to reschedule one due to illness. Today I shot baby Aiden and his Mommy and Daddy. Over the next month I will be having several more shoots! Which means many new post to watch for. This coming weekend I will be shooting Stacey's maternity photos and I will be doing photos of the baby as she grows over the next year too (she is due in December)! I also have several requests for family Christmas photos! Since all my shoots are currently on location, I am so excited to see how everyone's homes will be decorated this Holiday season.
I am also hoping to be able to fit in my own family shoot before it is too cold outside to do this. This shoot will be my whole family, parents and siblings and nephews and brother-in-law. With my baby sister away at college, we are hoping to do this over Thanksgiving break. I obviously will not be able to shoot them myself so I have asked my dear friend Bethanie to help out with that!
With being a working mom and wife it is not always easy for me to have free time to shoot the things that I want to. I also then have to be able to fit in editing between working for the walk in, school activities, dance class, and trying to spend time with my family (including a very demanding little girl who thinks she needs all of my free time). I find myself staying up late some nights and just tuning everyone out on my days off to get editing in. This is something that I enjoying doing so much, kinda like a hobby that you get paid to do. No matter how full my schedule is, when a request for a shoot is made, I try everything I can to get the shoot done!
When my daughter asked me this morning, after returning from my shoot, why I was not gone so long at work, my answer was "I was not at work. I was taking photos." While every shoot is work, I guess that is not how I see it. That is when my husband came up with: "It is more a like hobby that you get paid for."
So with that, I thank all my subjects over the last year! May you all have a wonderful Holiday season. I look forward to helping you all create great holiday photos. And to all that I have not shot yet, but have requested me to shoot you, thanks to you too for seeing the growing talent that I have and asking me to share it with you!
One more note, before I end this post. Many people have asked why I choose KG Russell as my name. Since being a mom is very much my life I wanted to honor my kids with that. So, the K is for my son's first name and the G is for my daughter's name. The Russell part was obvious as that is my last name. My plan is to have the kids be part of my logo, when I get around to that part.
Trisha, KG Russell Photography

365 days of photos con't

Earlier this year I posted a post titiled "365 Days of Photos". That post has gotten very long so I have started a second post here. You can follow this link to the first posting... http://kgrussellphotography.blogspot.com/2009/02/365-days-of-photos.html



My nephews and Me


Grace with a fish painting on her arm, from the Spiedi Fest!

Josh and Kris Grilling at the lake!

My little girl showing me her ladybug!

Kris and Jospeh playing basketball in the pool

Kris, Grace, and Joseph playing XBox

Grace playing in the summer rain strom!

Becky with her boys and Grace!

Becky with just her boys!

My little girl showing off the frog that they found stuck in the wagon!

Cameron- Broncos Boy!

When Cameron's brother, Connor, was about the same age we did a photo of him in this football jersey. I wanted to be able to create the same one for Cameron so that they can hang them above the fireplace together. (That is where the one of Connor currently hangs). So here are the two that were choosen to make the final photo and the collage that was made with the two images.

I have to say that it was hard getting him to sit backwards. He kepy saying "No, Trisha this way" and turning his head around and saying "cheese". But this was the first one that I shot of him facing backwards!

And here is what the final image of the two together looks like!

Amanda 9 months

I have had the opportunity to shoot Baby Amanda every three months! I love to see how much she has grown between each shoot. She is getting so much smarter too! She knows who I am now and is making me work harder to get the best shots! She knows just when to look away! But I love to shoot her she is such a cutie!!

A little pumpkin girl!

Beautiful butterfly! She was very interested in the bells on the end of the ribbon!

Baby toes!

Thank you Carrie and John for allowing me to shoot your little sweetheart! I hope that I can continue to watch her grow and capture that growth through my camera lens!

Ciara- 2010 Senior

The day that was set to shoot Ciara's senior photos was rainy (Sunday Sept 27th). We chose to stick it out anyway! I am glad that we did because we got some great shots! We were able to work with the rain since it was only drizzling. Here are a few of my favorites! I took her to alot of different spots and only shot her at one spot that I have used before!

I love this shot!

These two by the tree I love, too! One is shot a little farther away than the other and then I added an effect to the closer one!

Thank you so much Kelle and Ciara for letting me shoot these photos for you! I had fun and hope you enjoy them as much as I do!