Family Time

Everyday is about learning something new for me.. That's my mission this summer. To accomplish at least one thing each day to learn more about designing and photography. It's been tough to fit it into my busy schedule of a full time job and catching up with friends and family.. which would be why this post has taken so long!


This summer is all about spending time with my family.. and that's what I've been up to so far.. from my niece's dance competition to watching my brother at the local race track it has been a ton of fun so far! This post is a little different because I've been photographing more personal stuff lately for practice, and I suppose a lack of time :).


So here's what I've been doing lately, but not to worry. I have tons of plans for this summer.. Including a re-design for my blog!
Some things I want to work out would be some websites, more portrait photography, messing with lighting, photoshop!, antique-looking photos?
and much more :) I have tons of ideas and I can't wait to see what you think!! 

I took the role of the photographer at my cousin Lydia's preschool graduation. This is a picture of her and her preschool buds in their caps and gowns :)

This would be Lydia and my beautiful aunt Amy. She's my biggest role model and also one of my biggest fans in anything I do :).

My niece Katie is on the left.. This is a picture of her and her friend Haley at their very first dance competition. They did a great job and came home with a 3rd place medal!

I've been hired by my Aunt Amy to take some product pictures for her web merchandise that she plans to sell on her website-- www.thenestonline.com. She specializes in home decor-new and old!

I also got to take pictures at my boyfriend's brother's graduation ceremony. Can you believe this is from the second story balcony.. and no zoom lens, folks.. I was pretty impressed with myself!

My brother Sky and my dad have a hobby of stock car racing. They asked me to take some glamour shots of the car before the first race, while it was still looking pretty! I'm hoping to try to design next years car :).

My brother and my dad by their 'pride and joy'.. the race car!

This is my Great Grandpa Thomas's old 35mm camera. I discovered this one day a couple years back while I was looking through his old house. I had never known my grandpa was interested in photography.. He used to use this camera to take pictures of old pictures of family members while he was building a record of our family tree. He was quite the man and I wish I would've had the chance to get to know him better.

For our three year anniversary, Noah got me roses.. I really wanted to get some pictures of the to remember, but I wasn't sure how.. Can you tell this rose is propped in a sink? :). It worked perfectly and the pictures turned out great! It was an experiment to mess with my shutter speed and aperture settings that ended with good results!

Those are my pictures for this post.. If you have any suggestions or ideas that you think would be cool to pursue, leave a comment! I'd love to hear from you!


Thanks for stopping :)




Bailey Rae

Hey Everyone!

This post is a month long accomplishment, let me tell you. From the last time I posted, I've purchased Adobe Design Premium CS5, which is essentially a ton of programs that I'm excited to start learning about. I've also gone through end of the year projects and finals to end my freshman year of college... very exciting! Today, for my first day of Summer, I decided to sit down and edit these pictures that I've had sitting on my computer for a month now.. Time flies when you're busy!

When you are spending a majority of your time on campus working on homework, or in your dorm room avoiding homework, you often forget about what's going on away from the surroundings you see everyday. This is why Noah and I decided to venture out to Ledges State Park to walk around and be in a place that reminded us of home. I have a large assortment of photos and I wish I could post them all, but here is a selection of my favorites...

A path into the woods..

Just a bundle of weeds.. Looks kind of abstract :)

This is actually just a little weed, but turned out to be pretty.

Back behind a line of trees we found a little duck pond..

The simple things..

I have so many more that I wish I could add, but I'll save them for another day.. Soon I'll be posting a design I did for Josh Schneiderman racing, along with some different photos other than outdoor scenes.. Get excited :)

More to come soon!

Bailey Rae