The Tulle and The Flea Market

Hey Ya'll

It has been quite the busy time for me lately, lots of catching up on processing pictures and organizing files on my "new" computer.  Which I'm absolutely loving! It's going to be so hard to leave this beauty while I'm in NC, good thing I have a "new" laptop to keep me occupied  :)

*Disclaimer I receive no monitory gains from doing this review*

So onto what I wanted to share with ya'll! As some of you may know there is not a ton to do in Southern Maryland.  There are some neat events that happen from time to time and this is one of them; it's called the Vintage Source.  They have a ton of vintage furniture that has been refinished and looks like it belongs in a designer catalog.  I have been going to their store for a couple of years now and have enjoyed looking around and getting inspiration.  Personally I have never bought any furniture there because feel like they are too expensive for my comfort zone, although at times I have been tempted to. Just knowing that I could do the exact thing for whoooooooooa cheeper I haven't succumbed to that temptation..... yet :) What I do buy there is decorative pieces, propts, and jewelry.  I have blogged about a couple of the many many pieces I have bought there (flower bobby pin and necklace).  On my website you can see some of the propts I have bought like the pink cradle and the window frame,

The Vintage Source has a jewelry lady who has her products in the store every month.  However the real highlight for me is the flea market they have 3 times a year.  I LOVE it!! The vendors have a ton of reasonably priced furniture, accent pieces and jewelry.  Also that jewelry lady I mentioned previously has a booth set up for the flea market with so much more jewelry and knick knacks.  I think I scoped out her table over 3 times before I made my decision, then found more treasures as I was checking out.

Here is a very small sample of what the flea market has to offer...

    

I bought the pink box on the far left :)

I wish I would have bought "perfume" box :(

Love the bracelets! 

I bought this charm bracelet and I'm going to take the charms off and use them for necklaces :)

Yes I added another camera to my collection! I also finally bought one of these!!! Aaaaaaaand a couple rings :)

Love the glass bottles!

 And here's my outfit..... people loved this skirt and so do I!!!

Skirt - Lauren Conrad for Kohl's ~$10

Chambray Shirt - Nordstrom Rack ~ $15

Bracelets - Charming Charlies, flea market and thrift store ~$10 total

Watch - Seiko via Khol's ~ $70

This weekend The Vintage Source is open (not a flea market though), so I hope ya'll get a chance to check it out!  Be sure to look at their calendar of events too!  Before I forget the Maryland Antique Center has a flea market this weekend too and it's well worth checking out!  It's close to the Vintage Source and the Antiques Center is being awesome and timing their flea market with the Vintage Source weekends, so smart! I hope ya'll get to check them out as well!

Do ya'll have other go to events in Southern Maryland?

Behind the Scenes

Hey Ya'll!

Wow does it feel good to have my computer back!!! I'm so grateful that my friends have Amazon Prime and were able to order me a knew power cord!

So to catch ya'll up these past few weeks have been kinda crazy! I went up North to visit my family for a long Memorial Day weekend.  It was really great to see them all! I had planned on blogging while I was there unfortunately, for some unknown reason, my laptop will not connect to the internet at my Grandma's house. iPad, iPhone no problemo macbook..... problem! Also by the time I was able to sit down and do some work, it was late and everything was closed.  Then lots of events kept me busy. So ya'll will have to bear with me while I catch up on past posts!!

Today I wanted to share a few behind the scenes tips with ya'lll.  With summer here the days are woooooooah longer and that means magic hour ("period shortly after sunrise or before sunset during which daylight is redder and softer compared to when the Sun is higher in the sky" in laymans terms, the best lighting time) is really really really early in the morning or later into the evening.  I however have no problem with this, but it does create quite the dilemma for families with little ones.  Both magic hours come at a time when little ones are not at their best.  So unless you want cranky or sleepy kids in your pictures/ putting out tantrums you have to work around the lighting situation. Here is how I did it and here are some more detailed tips thanks to Pretty Presets. 

1. Know your lighting

I use this great app that predicts the sun's location, it is one of my go to apps.  Utilizing it I knew which buildings I would use for the shoot.  

 

2. Use shade!

 

The location we chose had this great boardwalk with a covered porch area.  The shade coverage was nice and even so I would not have to worry about hot spots on faces. Now I could have used some shaded tree area for this shoot, but I chose not to. The main reason for this is when shooting with little ones they tend to want to be on the go. For me it would have been more of a risk that I would be capturing this amazing moment and the little one would have uneven exposure all over the face because she was facing/angled the wrong way

3.  Backlight

Having clients backs to the sun can give a great backlight to photographs in a harsh sun environment. Clients facing the sun is a big no no! The shadows and squinty eyes are just awful.  See above

Some random tips

1. Bring snacks

If you are not hungry they are, if you are hungry they are starving!

2. Let them run around.... and think they are in charge :)

 

Enjoy the silly faces you capture!