The 2010 Norfolk Snow

Here is a pic that I quickly snapped with the p&s about an hour and 15 mins ago. Sorry for the crappy quality, but I had no shoes or jacket on and it was COLD lol. Snow was blowing in the door etc... So I quickly snapped it and came back inside :D

There will be more later once we take the kids out to play in it.

Published!

I was published in the Military Spouse Magazine February issue. They featured a few photographers and the founder of the organization for Operation Love ReUnited (OPLOVE). I will try to post a copy tomorrow. But for now here is the link to the "extras". Hope you enjoy. I am honored to have been published.

Click the title "published" and it will take you the page.

Finally in Nashville!!!!

I am finally in Nashville and settled. My day started about 7am. I hit the road for Raleigh at 8am. Made it to RDU with no issues. Got my bag checked and through security all so my flight could be delayed lol. Wich is a rare thing for Southwest Airlines. Any way, made it in, Monica picked me up. We then waited for her cousin to get in. Hungry we settled on Macaroni Grill. Once we were done eating we went over to the Gaylord Opryland Hotel where I am staying. After a looooooooooonnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggg line to check in I am finally in my room and ready for Imaging USA!!!!!!!
There will be lots of new information to pass along to my photography clients when I get back :D

This is for Sommer

My dd loves this song and video so I have decided to put it on here for her. As we have now banned them from youtube. So there may be several more to come lol. She loves Miley Cyrus and since she can't get Party in the USA on CD yet, I am posting it here so that she can still watch and listen when ever she wants.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M11SvDtPBhA

Kari and Davids OPLOVE session

Yesterday I had the opportunity to photograph Kari and David. They are such a cute and loving couple. I truly enjoyed their session and truly wish we could have gone outside for a little more variety. All the same I think the images turned out beautifully. Here is a sneak peek of one of Kari. I will as more as soon as I get dh's computer all set for photography, so if the colors are off etc... I apologize ahead of time. My computer was sent back to the shop for the umpteen hundredth time right after Christmas. It is driving me insane, as dh's computer is slower, doesn't have all of my actions etc... So it slows me down tremendously.

Kari and David,

Thank you both again for allowing me to be a part of your session. I look forward to working with the two of you again.

The Picture A Day posts start today!

I started shooting them on the first like I said I would. I will not post them everyday because I know for one that I will not get on here everyday and 2 that will bog down the site. So I will try to post every few days or so. With that said on Friday the first I decided to shoot a ring that was inscribed. In my photography course one of my photo projects was to photograph something with the smallest Apeture. I have an idea for this but it is just too cold for this girl to go outside unless I absolutely have to. So I decided to try it with a ring instead. With a ring I knew I would need my macro lens so I pulled it out and opened it up to 2.8. I shot it at several flash settings (which automatically disqualifies it for the assignment as no flash can be used). Any way I didn't get exactly what I wanted, should have actually stopped it down just a tad. But I am sure I will have plenty of chances to keep trying since it will be so cold here this week lol. Hope you enjoy the BW of it.

With the new year comes new changes to Breezy Cranford Photography

Well I am certainly hoping that 2010 will be better than 2009. Many things happened in 09 good and bad. My husband was a geo bachelor in Mississippi while we were here in Hampton Roads VA until May, which certainly has it's challenges. Family sicknesses, cancers, surgeries and deaths. I hope they are all behind us now.
But with the bad there was some good too. The kids and I were able to go to Charleston SC to visit Daddy while they were commissioning the ship. We wound up in DC just to get away. We went to Oahu and Kauai over the summer for our family vacation. And then Disney had to put out their Military Discount that is always too good to pass up. So for Thanksgiving we wound up at Disney World. So lots of good traveling atleast.

I met some great friends and clients in 09. Photographed lots of couples, families and weddings. OPLOVE really took off here, so much so that we can't possibly help everyone who requests it.

With all of that said I am ready to start 2010 off right.
I am enrolled in a photography course, cause as we all know you can never learn too much. I am always looking for new ways to do this or that. I have a photoshop course lined up for later this year.
I don't make New Years Resolutions, so I am going to make "goals" instead.
A few of my goals personal and business wise are
* to get fit.
*get more organized and balance my time better (purchased software to help with this and made schedules)
*Practice new lighting techniques.
*Spend more time together as a family since the hubster will be home for the majority of the next 6 months.
*Try to remain open and understanding when the talks with the detailer starts for new orders (this is probably be the hardest of them all lol)
*And I hope to take atleast one photo everyday.
I will post the images here but it probably won't be everyday. But I definitely plan to post here atleast a couple of times a week. So be on the look out.
I have 6 photo projects that I need to get done hopefully before I leave for Nashville and Imaging USA. I had an idea today that I practiced with but unfortunately it won't work for my project. I will post it here later and start fresh again tomorrow.

Also if you are following this blog please friend/fan me on facebook as I have an awesome contest going on.
For all of my facebook friends/fans I am asking you to help me get more fans for the new year. From Jan.1 through Jan. 14th at Midnight who ever refers the most friends to my photography page will win a 2010 calendar with a collection of images from our Hawaii trip. I will do a different contest starting the 15th through the 31st. These contests will continue through June 30th. At that time who ever has referred the most people overall will receive a complimentary Snaptotes clutch bag with the portrait of their choosing. With your help I know that 2010 will be awesome. If you refer someone please have them put your full name in a message so that I know who referred them. If you click on the title of this post it will take you to my photography facebook page.
Thanks for your help and I look forward to meeting many new people, reuniting with old friends and making new ones.

Amanda's OPLOVE homecoming

Click the first image to view the slide show.

Here are some images of Amanda and her husband reuniting after a long deployment. Matt is stationed onboard the USS Arleigh Burke DDG 51.
Thank you guys again for allowing me to be a part of your special day. Hope you guys enjoy the images.

Hampton Roads Navy Birthday Ball

Been a while since I posted. But just found out that the date for the Navy Birthday Ball this year for Hampton Roads will be Oct. 24th.
The time is 6pm-1130 and no child care offered.
It will be held at Rockwell Hall on NAB Little Creek.
I guess this will be dh's birthday dinner again.
I sure hope I can drop atleast 10 pounds between now and then. Hope to see some of you there :D

2 week Baby shoot

Today I had the honor of photographing a beautiful baby boy today. He got a bit cranky but we waited for him. Hope you enjoy. Doug and Shauna thank you guys so much for having me photograph him. I hope you guys have a safe trip and that all goes well in OK. And keep in touch!

Thanks again!

The Enchanted Forest Fairy Day

Just wanted to put the information out there for those who may be interested in my promotional First Annual Enchanted Forest Fairy Day.

The Enchanted Forest Fairy Day promotion is fastly approaching!
Saturday Oct 3rd 2009 is the day so mark your calendars and join me for a magical day that you and your daughter will never forget. She gets to dress up like a magical fairy and have beautiful portraits made, that you can both treasure forever.

Space is limited so please call today to set up your session!

757-305-9652

Fairies

Here are some Fairy photos that I took of my daughter for her 9th Birthday. I have many more to process. But I think they turned out great! Keep an eye out for and upcoming specia; "fairy Day". I plan to have the details up by the end of the week. If you are interested please contact me now. As there are only a limited number of sessions available.

Gorgeous Couple from OPLOVE Session

Jamie is retiring!

These are a couple of quick edits I did for Jamie. She is retiring from the Air Force. Doesn't look it at all.
Jamie it was great to work with you and I wish you lots of luck in the civillian world. I hope everything goes great for you. And I hope you have an awesome time in Grand Cayman!

Hawaii

A sea turtle at Tunnels Bay Kauai

A Sea Cucumber

My husband at Tunnels Bay snorkeling.

Fish at Tunnels Bay.

My son snorkeling.

Napli Coast Kauai, Hawaii

Napali Coast Kauai Hawaii from the air with Interisland Helicopter Tours

Spouting Horn Kauai

Here are just a couple of images from Hawaii, far from my favorites I am sure I have clients I have to work on first. But here are a couple just the same. The underwater ones were shot with a P&S which I am not good with lol. P&S's are just too slow for me.
Just the same they were shot with the Canon D10. It is a nice little underwater camera. I would have prefered taking my DSLR under instead but the insurance company didn't want to cover the housing I wanted, so I opted to just buy and underwater camera instead. The kids love that I did too. I am pretty sure I have atleast one photographer in the making. Austin shot many photos on the Home of the Brave tour, especially the Arizona Memorial and most of them turned out pretty good. Since all three of them want to shoot all the time, I will be incorporating photography into their lessons this year. This camera though takes a beating and keeps on ticking. We dropped it a couple of times I believe. It was smashed up against the rocks and coral several times while snorkeling. And the boat ride with Holo holo from the "Forbidden" Island across the channel was choppy to say the least, so it got tossed around a couple of times onboard too.

Amanda and Antwans Wedding

Amanda and Antwan,
Thank you guys so much for allowing me to be a part of you beautiful day. You guys were fantastic, and your families were great too. I had an awesome time photographing you two. One can see the love you two share for one another and I truely think you guys were made for each other. I hope you spend MANY MANY Happy and Wonderful years together. Below I have posted a couple of quick edits. You are more than welcome to snag them if you like. I just request that you please leave the watermark in them :D Can't wait to get started on your album. Oh and Jonathan and Andrew thank you both so much for every thing! Even if you couldn't find my keys :D
Thanks again!

OPLOVE Session

Skye thanks so much for asking me to be a part of your special day. These are just a couple of sneek peeks. I hope you enjoy.

Props

This is one headpiece I will be using in the fairy photos.

Here are some photos of a few props that I use in my business. I have many more and will update as I get to more of them. Sorry for the bad quality, they were done on my P&S. The dresses are Fairy Costumes for my upcoming Fairy Day.