Showing posts with label Personal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Personal. Show all posts

1/6/12

Introducing BLISS Magazine!

What is BLISS?
A: It's the new bridal magazine publication for the Central Washington Bridal Show.

The magazine contains information & tips exclusively from the vendors that will be in the 2012 Bridal Show on January 8th. It also offers great advice to brides regarding choosing an officiant, nuptials, building a bilingual ceremony, inviting kids, photo booths, creating new traditions, incorporating pets & it includes a great wedding planning calendar!

The magazine is totally FREE & will be available at the Bridal Show THIS SUNDAY!

Oh, and one more note... Cameron and I are totally excited that one of our pictures was chosen as the cover image! Soooo Cool! We hope to see you at the show!

Location: Convention Center
Date: Sunday, January 8th
Time: 10:00am-3:00pm
Two Fashion Shows: 3:00pm & 4:00pm

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12/10/11

Christmas Crafts & Family


Wow, It's been a while since I've blogged! Life is hectic sometimes so that makes it hard to keep up an online presence. We just moved into a new house a few weeks ago & I've been so excited to be able to decorate for Christmas. We don't own a lot of Christmas decorations though & while I plan to do some after Christmas shopping to stock up for next year that leaves this year without much to decorate with; so I decided to make some of my own. After a couple of crafting sessions with friends I finally finished some button ornaments. I totally love these, they are so simple & add a lot of fun to the tree. We also FINALLY took a family picture. Believe it or not, we only have a couple of all three of us. I can't wait until spring so we can take some outside but for now the indoor pictures in front of the Christmas tree will have to do.


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Ornament Instructions: I used two pieces of wire to put the buttons on. After you get a long stack of buttons going wrap it around in a circle wind the wire together. Then tie a piece of ribbon on & make a bow! Simple:)

1/26/11

Brides Choice Award 2011 | #24

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Yakima, Washington – {1/26/2011} - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Kira Baron Photography has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Wedding Photography!

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

Kira Baron Photography stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Kira Baron Photography for her professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today.

1/16/11

I'm Back!!! | Vacation | Holland America Cruise | #17

Ahhh, What a relaxing week! You might find it odd, but I was having so much fun that I only took 10 pictures the whole time I was gone... and they were all on my iPhone:) While I do enjoy photography A LOT, it's sometimes nice to take a break from everything and do absolutely nothing.
So, without further ado, I give you a couple of my iPhone pictures to enjoy!

The Atrium.
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The pool on the back of the boat.
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Cabo San Lucas.
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Puerto Vallarta.
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The sunset on our last day of the cruise.
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1/14/11

Zoom vs. Prime Lenses | #15

Which one should I buy?

This is something every professional photographer has to debate at some point. And for me, It's right now. I've gone back and fourth over the last few months trying to decide which lens to buy next, which ones are needs and which ones are wants, and it can be kind of tough to make a decision.

"The major advantage a zoom lens has is its versatility. A photographer using a zoom lens can quickly and properly frame and capture a fleeting opportunity. They can also capture many different framings of the same subject within seconds. The fixed focal length lens user may still be sneaker-zooming (which also changes perspective) to the right distance when the subject disappears - or is no longer in that cute pose. A subject with a rapidly changing distance also favors a zoom lens. " - The Digital-Picture.com

Now, I think the advantage of having a zoom lens in the wedding photography field is significant. Often times during the ceremony & reception things are moving and changing so fast it's nice to be able to zoom in and out to get the perfect shot without running all over.

"A fast fixed focal length lens allows action-stopping shutter speeds to be used in low-lightsituations. Fixed focal length lenses are sometimes the only solution for dark indoor sports photography. I should mention that the ever-improving high ISO performance of new DSLRs is making fixed focal length lenses less important in these situations. " The Digital-Picture.com

The ISO on my 5D Mark II can do some pretty amazing stuff, however it's really nice to be able have the apature open larger and a lower ISO. I've noticed some photographers like the grain caused by a high ISO in their pictures, it gives it a kind of vintage artistic feel, but I'm not always a huge fan of grain. I might like it on a few photographs, but not all of them. I also feel like a prime lens is going to produce a picture that is more crisp than then zoom lens can achieve and I'm a big fan of crisp, sharp images.

So, with that said, I'm pretty sure I just need to have both. I would especially love to use a prime lens with my bride and groom shoots & seniors. Currently I only own zoom lenses but who knows what will happen before the start of this next wedding season:)




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1/11/11

Bell Pepper Recipe | #12

What does food have to do with photography?

Well, I suppose if you make up a recipe and cook something you should probably take a picture of it. lol!
This is more of a personal get-to-know me blog. There are lots of things I love and one of them is cooking. It's like a creative outlet for me and I also love to eat. My style of cooking is to find a recipe, get a general idea of what should happen and then wander around the kitchen and find interesting things to add to my dish. That's the creative part. I like to expirement and sometimes it turns out wonderful and other times... well, lets just say sometimes my husband is "not happy". :)
I usually don't write things down, but I did make one really wonderful stuffed bell pepper dish and I wanted to document it for future use. So here's my secret recipe. For those of you who love to cook, give it a try. Also, one of my favorite blogs to follow is my cousin Ashley's. She's an amazing inventor of recipes! Be warned though, if you visit her blog you'll probably feel inspired and end up in the kitchen. (Notwithoutsalt.com)

Kira's Stuffed Bell Peppers:

Ingredients:
- 4 bell peppers (any color)
- 1 green onion
- 1lb of Baron Farms grass fed ground beef
- 1 1/2 cups of cooked rice
- 1 cup chopped tomatoes
- cilantro to taste
- 1 cup of grated cheese
- 2 garlic cloves
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 jar of Prego Italiano sauce

How To Make:

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Cut top off peppers 1 inch from stem end and remove seeds. Add several generous pinches of salt to the boiling water then add peppers and boil for about 3 min or until slightly softened. Remove peppers from water and set in glass baking dish.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Boil rice in pot until soft, remove from heat. Heat 4 tbst of olive oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and onions, cook stiring often until soft (about 4 min). Add ground beef and cook with onions and garlic until done.

3. Place cooked rice in a large mixing bowl, add cooked ground beef, tomatoes, cilantro & grated cheese. Mix ingredients thoroughly.

4. Use ingredients to stuff bell peppers. Oce stuffed, pour Prego itallian sauce over the top of the bell peppers. Use the whole jar!

5. Cover with foil, place in oven and bake for 40-50 minutes (or until the internal tempature is 150 degrees F).

6. Enjoy!

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1/8/11

Vacation Time | # 9

Cruise!!! My Husband and I leave today for our 7 day Mexican Riviera cruise. We'll be stopping in Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas & Mazatlan. We did the same cruise last year and had so much fun we decided to do it again. For all you brides out there who are trying to decide what to do for your honeymoon I would highly recommend cruising. They are totally affordable!

Here are some pictures from our trip last year. I'll post a few more when we get back, but I'm sure they'll look pretty much the same, blue water, sun & fun:)

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The best Mexican food I've ever eaten!
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Cheers!


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1/5/11

The Baron Family Christmas | #6

Every year my husbands side of the family gets together for a Christmas weekend in Everett. I love my husbands family like my own and I always look forward to the yearly reunion. This year and last we've taken a huge family picture, I think it's safe to say it's now a tradition:) We always take the "normal" smiling one for Grandma but my favorite is always the funny one because you can see everyones personality shining through.

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9/3/10

On Blogging

OK, So I'm trying to make sure that I write more in my blog posts... or actually, I'm at least trying to make sure that I write something. To be honest, I'm terrible at spelling and even more terrible at expressing myself through words. I've always been scared to write because because I'm not really sure how to go about it. I'm also a very black and white person and I'm a huge list maker, so my writing style often resembles a list with a lot of short sentences. Hopefully by blogging my thoughts and observations about my photo shoots I'll be able to break out of my list-ful habits.
Thinking back to my second quarter at college I remember that I had the most amazing English 101 teacher. She inspired me to love English and after that class I was crazy about writing creative stories and following all the rules that exist in the English world. I decided that teaching English was going to be my career. However, it was in the next quarter, when I took English 102, that I realized writing 15 page papers and reading novels and writing about them was really not my passion at all. Teaching English was just one of the many ideas I had when I was in college; I think I changed my major 10 times:)
That being said, hopefully I'll be able call upon those fond memories I had about writing and be able give more incite into my true passion, photography. I truly love photographing people, especially weddings. I get so excited about telling a love story through the lens of my camera and having the opportunity to use my artsy creativity to do it.
Well, I hope this will be the first of many written blogs so keep your eyes peeled for more:)