Part 2- The First Studio Mini Sessions!

Oh I am so super excited to share these. I am so excited for my studio space in downtown Eau Gallie's art district (Melbourne, FL) and even though indoor sessions have never been my favorite, these mini sessions with the beautiful filtered light in my studio are going to be such a fun addition to my on location shoots! I couldn't have asked for better test subjects. As I mentioned in the sneak peak (if you haven't seen that one go back!) the mini session is for one subject but the brave Ryals family attempted three in a row (one for each girl) so I snapped a few group shots as well and seriously how cute are these girls??

Lots of changes coming for Angel Gray Photography. We are offering more services than ever, super sized customer service and brand new collections. AGP is teaming up with an awesome designer in town for all our custom holiday cards, baby announcements, save the dates and wedding invites,,, etc! Such a great opportunity for AGP clients to be able to use the image files free of charge with a partner design team! I'll keep mentioning new things here as we approach the grand opening of the studio. Some of the changes will take effect gradually. Everything (including blogging and order fulfillment is taking a pause next week while my family moves to a new home in town) but hopefully I'll get enough done before I'm out of commission and buried under boxes of stuff I think I'd rather just give away at this point!
Next up on the blog: Letlow maternity, Baby Ivory, Gruber family and Aimee's 18th!

Ryals Girls and First Studio Mini Sessions!

So, I'm opening a new studio. It is beautiful and in one of the oldest buildings in Melbourne which I adore since I love old stuff. I actually have to hold myself back from you walking in and feeling like you accidentally got the antique store instead. Thankfully I have friends to help with all that decor stuff I am terrible at! Although I call it a studio, only one of the four rooms is really intended for use shooting. It is the size of a bedroom so the only kind of session I will be offering there is a "mini session" for one subject. Think babies (although newborns are still best at home,) children, quick senior shoot, headshots, etc. I LOVE that there is so much natural light coming in that I don't need anything extra as far as flash goes. I also love not using a back drop but of course there are times that is appropriate as well. You may wonder why I have given you an example that includes 3 girls (didn't I say ONE subject?) Well, the Ryals family decided to be my guinea pigs and actually attempted 3 mini sessions in a row, which I felt entitled them to a little group bonus. (Don't try this at home, most children would have freaked out after 90 minutes in a confined space that is hardly childproof right now.) I loved this one so much and had to share it in the sneak peak so Leslie will know that if I don't see this big in her house somewhere we can't be friends anymore. Just kidding. But really.
The studio is coming along although I wish I could just stay there a week straight and get it ALL DONE. Only now my family is moving too (like next Friday?) so I have to press pause - darnnnn it. Lots in store for my fun new space though and of course a grand opening shin dig. Hung a TV last week for viewing your images on, getting the walls prepped for my new displays, wedding clients might even get a cocktail party as the kickoff to their online gallery - the most exciting part for me being the champaigne. Okay so enough said on that - more to come about the studio and the Ryals girls...