It is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 0 votes Chew on that a while…..I have read it many many times but today I am meditating on it… Love Kerri...
http://www.lydellphoto.com/slideshows/briankara Here is the slideshow from Friday – Brian and Kara. They were such a sweet couple, we can hardly wait for their wedding! They were so fun and were up to anything we suggested and even had a few of their own! They are getting married at Apple Hill, which was a very...
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wonderful captures of emotion! So Mark, what are your thoughts on the 5D vs 20D now?
:yes:I truly love the way you capture the joy and love in the eyes and expressions of the people you work with! It seems you put them at ease and capture them naturally. I have to tell you that I am never relaxed when someone takes my picture! You have a gift and thank you for offering that gift back to HIM…The results are inspiring and amazing! HAve a wonderful day. With much love and many prayers, Paula:love:
awesome work there! michelle branch! good song! :goodjob: i was suppose to go to apple hill last weekend but couldnt make it! i like it there!
Kenny: The jury is still out – there is A LOT I like about the 5D. First, the practical – thge larger viewfinder rocks! But I am so comfortable with my 20D, is was a little like borrowing someone elses car – you know, the seat isn’t in the right spot, you had to adjust the mirrors, etc. You need to drive it a few times before you really feel comfortable with it. I like it a lot, but will have to use it a few more times.
One other small thing – There are times I just need a little fill flash and don’t want to carry around a bigger flash. I would miss the little pop-up flash. I dont use it very often, but once in a while I do.
So, the bottom line is that I’m happy with my 20D for now, but I’ll use Kerri’s a few more times and see how I feel.
Thanks for the input on the slideshow.
You know what they say….Location, Location, Location. Your location of Apple Hill was just beautiful and worth the long drive to shoot there. This couple look’s so happy, and before you all know it, it’s going to be their wedding day!
I really love the sunset image, the one with them sitting at the bench looking at the pond (shot with the Fisheye lens) and the last image best, heck they all looked great, they are going to L O V E :love:them all. Good job Mark and Kerri as all your work is wonderful.:goodjob:
Randy
Hi Kerri,
Thanks for your comments this morning :love:, looking at your beautiful video of Brian and Kara made me sad…because I remember a sunny, windblown day when I photographed my daughter Brianna and her boyfriend Justin at the beach and captured the same love and delight in their faces. Now they are seperated, but at the time it seemed like he was going to be the One. I know God has a plan for both of them, so I just keep praying:heartbeat:
Funny how people will react to photographs/art in so many different ways.
I’m so glad you came up and introduced yourself at the seminar, I might never have found and your site, and read of Mark’s recovery from the brain tumor…for I went through brain surgury myself eleven years ago…and God totally blessed us during the experience. It was thankfuly a benign tumor, and has not grown back. I need to write all of it down and share with others the Awesome God who loves us, and is with us always.
Mary
Wow that video was realy pretty and the location is beautyful.
Kara and Brian picked a good spot to have they’re wedding.
Now we got to waite till June to see the wedding.
You guys are so wounderful and do such a great job.
God has’t to be happy with you guys
He loves you yes he does.
Keep up the good work :sunny:
Your friend frm Ohio
Mickie
yah i live in northern california! im only about a hr and half from apple hill! =) thanks for always leaving warm comments and encouragements! blessings to you & your family! :spinning:
AWESOME pics. God I wish we lived closer to you, would love to have you all do our family pics. We usually do them every year close to Christmas of course with the trees changing color. So we are about to get them done again. Well, I hope you all have a very nice Halloween, i got a sick baby girl today, so not sure how fun her halloween is going to be tonight! Huggz to ya…………..Loves…Kimi
hey, nice show! It looks like everyone had fun which made the pictures interesting and alive. nice emotion and expression.
Great photos and slideshow! It looks like it was such a fun shoot.
Hey I just found your xanga through the OSP frapper map, I’m in the same area as you, and just had a Senior Portraits photo session up at Apple Hill on Saturday! Such a beautiful location for photos!
You can check them our it you like at Photo Blog
awww, the place is so beautiful , the couple so lovely and the talent of the photographer way beyond usual !!! Aweomse shoots, Wonderful job, loved it !!! ^_^
I’m glad to be back, and senjoysuch a refreshing work, beautiful!!
Great Slideshow! Fun day. Slideshows are a really good tool for sharing the beauty and joy of a day.
Their love for each other really showed through on the photos, great job! Great environmental portraits too. I have never been inside Apple Hill, just drove through…….can you believe it! I see a lot of photo ops there or field trip!
We had the pleasure of shooting a very sweet couple today. Brian and Kara booked us for their June 2007 wedding and today was their Engagement Shoot…they were so fun…We are busy downloading and making our first pass through. Once we get it down to a good working size we will post the slideshow. Since Mark...
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beautiful pics and couple! yah i want to see some comparision pix when you get around it! =)
:sunny: :sunny:
Stopping by to say “hello” photo is great! And the couple look so happy! :giggle:
Have a great week…….:wave:
http://x86.xanga.com/d4b08653664b8417168/t402387.gif Thank you for your visit! I am enjoying your work SO much. This cute couple will love these photos. I will look forward to seeing the rest of them and the wedding!
I know that they will be happy with your work.
You guys do such a wounderful job I don’t see why anyone
would’nt like your work.
I love the work you guys do on your photo shoot’s.
Enjoy looking at your work.
Hugs Mickie
Hi! can’t wait to see those 5D photos! If I do buy the 5D, I’m gonna buy two because then I can reduce my lens collection down to three lenses, two I already have and sell my two 20d’s and EFS lenses. Geez, sounds like I already sold myself!
It’s nice when you can enjoy the people you are photographing. It helps capture them in a better light.
For some reason I was having trouble posting on your website so I will use this venue to respond. RYC. I do all my own post processing I really like the creativity without the plugins. Ya never know what will happen. I started taking photographs about two months ago and am just now getting really excited about photoshop and what it can do.Maybe someday I will be persuaded
Daniel
here to tell you that i already know that….they’re greats because they were using nikon 
your very statement showed that they are already greats without canons
Well we have a day here to hit the ground abit before we start running again, we have a very busy week/end. So I am posting some random shots. Yesterday the topic of Mark’s 30D came up. Some of you may know that the 30D has some great upgrade features from the 20D but we...
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Kelly is really showing how beautiful a pregnant lady can be……good shots grandma! you getting used to “grandma”?
ryc: thank you… and great post… being a blessing is not always so easy to keep in mind… in Peace and God Bless.
- Joshua
Hey, Hailey looks a little like mark, look closely at those eyes!:laugh: Mark, today you came over, sorry for a minute I didn’t know it was you…NO SUNGLASSES on your head! Ha!
Me
“The mere name of being a Christian is but a dead thing” It really is! Christian is so cliche now! I think there are many who just say they are christian for the sake of just saying it because they believe in God but I don’t really think they know what it means to really be a Christian!
btw: that dog is so cute! =)
Beautiful post, Kerri! RYC, the wedding was in Vegas. I guess it was only fitting, because the groom and his family are from Italy. They must have gotten a kick out the hotel!
I have to say “Holey Moley” they are beautiful pics!!! Yes Scott is a Master of his genre, but you guys take terrific pics too! I love the one of your daughter doing the heartshape like that on her stomach. The soft pink shirt makes the picture feel very gentle and loving.
What a beautiful quote… did you write that or was it copied from someone in a book? It kinda brought tears to my eyes because it is so true that true grace and love comes from the deepest depths of our hearts. Being a Christian is not just saying I believe in God. It goes far deeper than that, more than most people realize. Being a real Christian is being active in the spirit, feeling God, knowing he’s alive, knowing the security in HIM. Nobody can fulfill that feeling of peace and joy in the heart but God.
Loved the pictures as per usual!! Your daughter is just glowing…how many weeks left?? I love pics of pregnant bellies, too precious! :love: The dog pictures are cute too, it looks like she’s saying, “Hmph, your camera lens is pointed at me, go ahead and snap away.” Adorable.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I loved those pics! When this bundle of joy arrive, Kerri? Oh, and I am a HUGE LOST fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I keep wondering where this is going…Thye certainly have a way of keeping us on the edge of our seats–don’t they?! Love ya dearly…Praying for you and yours–Paula (Oh, and the devotional tho’ts were AMAZING!!!!!!!)
Love the pics, and you know what…………Kelly makes pregnancy look so incredible!! Pics are awesome and so is the post. Sorry about your sis and them having to stay in a hotel………but the upside to that………NO HOUSEWORK!!! I would be eating that up!! LOL!! Diet is still going good. Have not lost anything this week, but sugars are good and that is what matters most. The weight will come off eventually. It is 5:30 am here and we are having a great thunderstorm! It is so nice to sit in the quiet in the mornings by myself and just listen to beautiful things like my water fountain and now the thunder. Kiss that baby for me!! LOL……Loves to ya………have a wonderful weekend. Kimi
LOVED ALL THE PICS!!! ISN’T IT TOO COOL KNOWING THAT IN THAT BELLY, THERE IS A NEW CREATION AT THE HANDS OF GOD, SOMEONE WITH THEIR OWN PERSONALITY, SOMEONE TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF HE/SHE!
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, ((KERRI)!!
LOVE, CHERYL
Pregnancy looks beautiful on Kelly… it doesn’t hurt that her parents are awesome photographers! I really love the first picture of her by the window. Scott’s actions are incredible and I love the way you used them on these photos. We are all anxiously awaiting the birth of her son, your grandson. My mom prefers to be called Nana. My girlfriend who is a grandma, prefers to be called Grandama Pretty. I guess she thinks she’s prettier than the “other” grandma. Children are truly a gift from God. And I really enjoyed reading your quote today. It’s so true and so many don’t realize how important it is to know that we are all God’s children and we are blessed by his presence within us. Once that is truly realized, life is looked at so differently. Hope you have a glorious day! ~ Love, Dawn
Ps: By the way, I read your comment on Kenny’s blog! Boy, I knew I would never live that down! LOL!!! :goodjob:
Kerri, thanks for the encouragement! I’m excited about it. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Beautiful shots of Kelly! I like that shallow depth of field look as it always looks artistic to me. I hope she is enjoying her pregnancy. She does loook like she is glowing or is that a filter, LOL. Beautiful Psalms saying. Oh and Hailey is cute too.
Hi Kerri! :sunny: thanks for stopping by! So glad you are doing what you love…such a blessing…that is an awesome quote…I heard a great sermon recently on being a branch in the Vine…and how we don’t have to run around trying to figure out how to be one, or read books on it, we just have to BE in Christ, and as we surrender to Him, His Life changes US and we become conformed to HIS image, and then we bear fruit of Godly character, and He is glorified…we cannot help but bear fruit…grace, peace, love and JOY be multiplied to you, in Christ Jesus, our precious Lord and Saviour! Lois
thanks for stopping by again and for the comment! =) yah my last line of info was really heartbreaking news! i mean its been going on for sometime now but it hurts to see that! i feel just helpless and boy are we blessed! all in all, this country is still great no matter what history says good and bad!
Thats too bad they put a camera out like that. Should have caught that way before it hit the shelves. Wonder whet Canon is saying??? Great shots btw.
Hailey’s photos are fantastic.. the tones really give them a great mood. BTW, I’ve added a description of my editing process used on my last post, which answers your question!
These are wonderful! Kelly is so blessed to have a mom and dad who can take such awesome photographs. I can just imagine what it will be like when the baby arrives! :love:
Love these shots, and especially the first window lit black and white one of your daughter Kelly, and isn’t Hailey gorgeous, just look at that expression and those eyes.
http://www.lydellphoto.com/slideshows/dslr We just returned from our awesome trip down to L.A. to hear Scott Roberts and Bob Davis speak. It was incredible – if one of their seminars comes to a town anywhere near you, sell your possessions (except for your camera gear unless it’s Nikon) and go hear them. This seminar was so very...
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Mark and Kerri, you two are even more awesome in person!! You two are charming, beautiful, hilariously humorous, and warm people for sure. I wish we could’ve spent some time together outside of the workshop. We will have to spend some time together when we hold this event up north. Just let us know which city and we’re there. The pictures you guys had in the slideshow were AWESOME, especially the pictures of that one Asian guy who MC’d the event.
OH MY GOD….!!! What a fabulous, AMAZING, slideshow presentation of our trip to LA. It makes me cry!!!!!!! I wanted to be there so bad. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the your photos and the work you put into that slideshow. I could just kick myself for not being there but then I think of the smiles on my babes faces and couldn’t leave them to travel the world with Bob every time he walks out the door. I can’t wait until the day I get to meet you both. Maybe WPPI???? Say, yes, you’ll be there! It’s SO MUCH FUN!!! Thanks for putting together this fantastic slideshow. Bob and I both enjoyed watching it and cracked up when we saw Lydell Photography on star… such a great idea. I love the music and how you timed the photos! It was perfect! Thanks again for going to the seminar. Bob really enjoyed meeting you both and can’t stop talking about how nice you were! Love, Dawn
:sunny:
Sounds like You all had a blast! :laugh: My son lives in Northridge, East of LA…. Have a great week! :spinning:
:coolman:The Star on the Walk of Fame! :laugh::spinning:LOL!!!!! Lydell Photography, cracked me up..I think I wet my pants!:lol::laugh::giggle::lol::laugh::sunny:
:rolleyes:So when is the Lydell seminar going to take place??:laugh:
Awesome as usual! I loved the star, too.
Kerri, I haven’t heard from Sara in a while. Have you? I know it’s going to be Michaels anniversary in a few weeks and I’ve been praying for her.
Blessings!
Paula
Lydell Photography deserves a star on Hollywood Blvd after that slideshow!
hey there! awesome photo music slide show! =) thanks for the comment and for stopping by! =) :fun:
Loved the slideshow!!!!!!! And your message to me blessed my socks off! With much love and many prayers, Paula
re: Video…:goodjob::goodjob: TWO THUMBS WAY UP!
Ditto with Kenny’s comment
that was awesome! thank you so much for putting that together, it was amazing. I enjoyed meeting all of you and I know we will be getting together in the future. Glad you had a great weekend.
Well I watched the slideshow first then proceeded down to read the post and comment on the awesome night shots of L.A. Something caught my eye though, “sell your pocessions except your camera gear unless it’s NIKON” hmmm I wonder who wrote that……… MARK! You are a funny guy! Well despite that remark I have to say I really enjoyed the slideshow and thought it was SUPERB! I am not happy that I missed this seminar. I know and hope I will go in the future to another one they may have. I missed two great photographers. Kerri, thank you for the post seminar update and talk. Hey if you are still up as I am, check out my new post on Andrew and this adorable family I did.
Oh yea, very creative touch on The Star on the Walk of Fame and you are stars in my eyes.
Mark, Kerri, and Lindsay, it was so great meeting you all in person! I’m glad we got to sit one row from each other so that we could chat during the day. The slideshow is awesome! I can tell a lot of thought and preparation went into it. The energy and emotion in the images are great. I gotta get me one of those fisheyes!
wow! awesome slideshow! even lydell photography earned a star on the hollywood walk of fame. haha!
haha! sure by all means use the name! haha.. its not like i have a copyright on it or anything! my wife and i fell in love with that name from the movie A Walk to Remember. we didn’t want a common name either, so we both thought that named suited him perfectly. Grayson’s not too bad of a name either, its not a common name so thats always a plus. and yes, i sure hope they come out this way to the midwest because i could surely use A LOT of hints! and thanks for the compliment on my son.. he’s such a good baby!
Kerri, I’d imagine there would be people interested in driving up to the Bay Area. Who knows, this could be a regular thing!
no worries! haha, i think you commented on my other post but yah! yah the valley is a bit dry and warm(understatement). I love Oregon and Washington! I did a road trip all the way to the Canadian boarder from California it was awesome! Oregon is so green, i love it!
Haha, I saw that… sneaking that star in there, very nice… LA is rad, it’s been a few years for me, may have to remedy that… hola to the clan, in Peace and God Bless.
- Joshua
Salvation is free to all unless you want to pay for premium…:lol:
Great slideshow. I’ve been reading too many blogs…I recognized Kenny right away.:giggle: I really liked your star!
:-D Fun Fun Fun :-D
Hi There! we have a fun contest we do here on xanga every week, and anyone who is on xanga can come be apart of it:-) Its a photo contest and we vote for our favriote picture;-) some even enter there own pictures:-)
:goodjob::goodjob::goodjob::goodjob::goodjob::goodjob::goodjob::goodjob::goodjob::goodjob:
Your slide show was realy realy great had to watch it over and over again.
I realy enjoy your and Kerri’s work
You guys are so blessed.
:sunny::sunny::sunny::sunny::sunny::sunny::sunny::sunny::sunny::sunny::sunny::sunny::sunny::sunny:
Thanks for all the compliments on my last post!!!!! I guess that made up for the Nikon comment, LOL that Mark made.
Hey, Thanks for your comments about my photography. I’m glad you like it! I love that video you put together very original and the music what can I say about it. It makes me want to turn on some classic t.v. shows from the 80′s
Daniel
Hello Mark and Kerri. Thank your for sharing your weekend and the very fun slideshow. I was so proud of your star on the walk of fame.http://x67.xanga.com/ea8f416a6253053663761/t5589.gif I will follow your site to see what you are up to next. Good luck with everything.
That is the COOLEST slide show! Irgggghhh! I wish I could have been there too. Hey, and I have a Nikon too! Must be a Robin thing!
I was thinking Dr. Suess was the coolest star until I saw yours! Snort**Giggle**Giggle**Snort!
Robin
Great slideshow. Those pictures of traffic depict LA so well….:lol:
I LOVE YOUR STAR ON THE SIDEWALK!!! That was so cute! Looks like you all had an incredible time. I am so happy you all went and got some really great photos. Loves and Huggz to you all………Kimi
Hi Kerri, I just got your meassages, sorry I havent been on xanga hardly at all, but I am around, just busy with school and never home, cuz I am enjoying my car, lol I love the slideshow of LA, brings back some memories!! Even though I am from Orange County!! how did you get a star on the walk in your name?? lol thatsgreat!! miss you, thanks for not forgetting me even though I hav ent been on, well gotta go to bed!! big exam tomorrow~! love ya!
hello! yes, i’m the pregnant one who attended the conference on my due date. still signs of labor yet…waiting patiently! i stummbled across your video of l.a. and was so impressed with it! i love the vibrant photos as well as the music that you perfectly set to it. my husband saw it as well and started laughing when he saw me in it. luckily someone’s head was covering my big belly! anyway, may God bless your daughter and her child to come!
You guys ROCK!
I love LA and Randy Newman. Awesome slide show. I wish I would have known you were going on a photo filed trip. I love doing that. Thanks for coming it was wonderful to meet you.
Keep in flight.
Bobby D.
Would love to hear them when they make it out this way. sounds like a nice weekend getaway!!
aww man… i’m really sad i missed it… loved the star and your salvation comment
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