Taylor {Snohomish High School Senior Portrait Photographer}

   It was a definite pleasure photographing Taylor for her senior portraits. I have known her family for years and to see their first born getting ready to graduate is a tearful joy. Congratulations Taylor, soar high. www.StephanieStevensPhoto.com 

The gorgeous White family {Snohomish Family Photographer}

Last year I was given the opportunity to photograph this family whom I adore. Nicole is one of those moms that I admire so much for loving her children with all she has, the kind of love you see in her face when she looks at them. They love her right back as well, as you can see in one of the photos where I had them all placed and posed and right as I was about to hit the shutter she moved to grab mamas leg and hug it tight. They all did this in some form throughout the process and while it isn't the "perfect" award winning photo, it is the most cherished and real. That is what I aim for. www.StephanieStevensPhoto.com

Freelensing love

 As you can see, I love sharing my new tricks I have learned with you. While I haven't quite mastered it yet, I am still going to share it. I have learned freelensing over the last year, first attempts were taking off my 50mm and flipping it to use as a macro lens. Now I am learning how to take off the 50mm and tilt it because let's face it folks, I cannot afford a tilt-shift lens and cannot justify the amount compared to how much I would actually use it. 

 Tilting it creates a small area of focus and crazy blur around the focus area. You can tilt it down, up, left or right, I am still learning exactly what each one does. Here are a few that are tilted down and then tilted I believe to the right. I was chasing a big bumble bee and do not recommend it for a subject using freelensing for the first time because clearly I wasn't fast enough to get him in focus anywhere. www.StephanieStevensPhoto.com