Posts tagged Colorado
October 17, 2008
· Filed under Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Personal · Tagged Anna Lynch McClary Personal, Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Colorado, Fort Wayne, Portage
It seem like lately we’ve been living split lives, mostly because we kind of are. Through the end of next month Mitch will be working at both the field in Ft. Wayne and the field in Gary. Which of course means lots of driving (it is about a 2.5 hour drive). Don’t worry about us though, driving is what we do. We are even getting R.C. conditioned to enjoy it.
The thing that has been a little frustrating for me is not having internet at our Ft. Wayne apartment. It makes checking email, updating my blog, and continuing to work on my website a little tough. This is why this post is coming to you from the beautiful Allen County Public Library. Apparently it just finished a few years worth of heavy duty remodeling. Let me tell you, it is a beautiful library!
The other thing that has made life interesting is the time changes. Last Wednesday I was on Colorado time, hopped on a plane, lost two hours, was back in Eastern time (I flew into Indianapolis), drove an hour and a half northeast, and was in Central time, and have since gone back and forth from Central to Eastern four more times. I’m quite positive my body has lost its sense of time completely.
Well, I had better get back to my stack of emails before my time is up. Expect some new pictures from me in my next post!
-alm
September 8, 2008
· Filed under Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Art Prints, Family, Kids, News, Portraits, Seniors, Wedding · Tagged Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Colorado, Colorado Springs Photography, Denver Photography, Eastern Colorado Photography, Fall Portaits, Summer Portraits
I’m coming back in October and am already booked up for the 4th and 5th, but will be taking as many sessions as I can fit in. I’m needing to book my tickets by this weekend and am pretty open on days. So, shoot me an email at anna@annalynchmcclary.com if you’re interested in a session during this trip. Outside of the Christmas mini sessions this just might be the last chance to get a full session before Christmas. Right now I’m leaning towards coming back September 30th to October 7th, but am still completely flexible on that. Knowing CO this is probably the last shot for the year to get images without snow (at least I would think so).
Also, if you want to look over a pricelist before settling on a session, let me know and I’ll shoot one over. I have a few different packages to make everyone happy, or if you’d rather build it all up on your own, you can do that too.
Have a great week!
-alm
September 3, 2008
· Filed under Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Portraits, Wedding · Tagged Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Colorado, Day After Session, Eastern Colorado Photography, Sedgwick Colorado, Sedgwick County, Trash the Dress, Wedding
I got carried away downloading these images. I usually will download them and peruse them, but I usually try to work in order of sessions. Well, I saw a few of these right away that I just wanted to get up.
With my weddings I include an engagement session, but Emily and Garrett already had their engagement pictures done, so we did a day after session instead. We got some really fun shots. I hope you enjoy!
Emily could easily be one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever photographed.
We finished off the night under the sprinkler. Luckily the water wasn’t too cold, but Emily was a trooper!
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August 24, 2008
· Filed under Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Kids, Portraits · Tagged Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Big Prints, Children's Photography, Colorado, Ovid Colorado, Sedgwick, Sterling Photography, Wall Arrangements
I have to start this off with sharing that RailCats clinched their playoff spot tonight! Not without some dramatics of course. They were leading 4-0 when out of nowhere (the radar showed we were clear) it started thundering, lightning, and within minutes downpouring. After the rain delay it was suddenly 4-4. They ended up winning in extra innings 6-5! Bring on the playoffs!
Now, back to the cool wall arrangement I delivered to Julie and Troy this last week. The big black and white image is a 36×24. I have to say that it could be one of my all time favorite prints. I can’t wait to go back and see it all framed up and hung. I love when I get to help my clients out with their wall arrangements!
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August 21, 2008
· Filed under Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Personal · Tagged Anna Lynch McClary Personal, Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Colorado, Eastern Colorado Landscape, Sedgwick Colorado, Storm Clouds
We’re waiting around now to pull the tarp on the field. When Mitch and I moved out here we heard only how miserable the summers are because they get so hot and humid. I experienced a little bit of it when I was in eastern Nebraska so I wasn’t completely scared. Well, minus two or three days, we haven’t really experienced that. Everyone keeps telling us how uncharacteristic it is for the area.
Last weekend Mitch and I got the chance to head back to Colorado. While there we didn’t see hardly any sun. Anyone who knows Colorado knows that there aren’t many overcast days, at least not ALL DAY overcast days. It rained on some of our plans, but I did at least get the chance to shoot a few shots of a storm coming in out in Sedgwick out first night in town. I forgot how freaky it can be to see a cloud swirl… can’t say I missed that.
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August 20, 2008
· Filed under Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Wedding · Tagged Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Colorado, Colorado City, Colorado Springs, Garden of the Gods, RailCats, Wedding Photography
I have to start this post out with some good news and bad news. The bad news… it’s almost 11 here and the game just got over not too long ago. The good news… The RailCats won which puts them one game from clinching a playoff spot!
Anyway, even better news is that I have a few more shots from Rachelle and David’s wedding. I hope you enjoy!
The way that David looks at Rachelle really just melted my heart. I have a few more images of him that you can just really see how much he loves her in his eyes.
Ever since my own wedding I can’t make it through a father-daughter dance with dry eyes. This one would have been absolutely impossible. I don’t think there were too many dry eyes in the room after this one.
David’s mom was just beaming throughout their entire dance.
Shorty and David, thank you again for letting me play such an important role in your day!
August 19, 2008
· Filed under Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Wedding · Tagged Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Garden of the Gods, Sterling Photography, Wedding, Wedding Photography
I had already planned to fly back to Colorado for one of my college teammate’s weddings, however when Rachelle asked me to shoot it, I was beyond excited. The wedding didn’t disappoint. How could it with a setting like Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.
This is only part one of what I’m going to blog for their wedding shots because I have so many favorites. So, you’ll have to check back tomorrow to see more. Shorty, thanks so much for being so patient with me on these, I hope you guys enjoy them!
David and Rachelle got some perfect Colorado weather that came with some bright blue, beautiful skies.
I asked David what kind of car Shorty would be arriving in so that I could keep an eye out. When he told me that she was coming in a classic Cadillac I couldn’t wait for her to come around the curves. It kind of set the mood for me on a lot of the images. It just gave everything such a classic and vintage feel.
Doesn’t she look like she could be an old Hollywood actress here?
I really don’t think her Dad could have been more proud or excited for her.
This could be my absolute favorite image of the day. I can’t look at it without smiling. Everyone’s expressions just take you back to the moment.
Make sure to check back tomorrow for more images!
-alm
August 18, 2008
· Filed under Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Baseball, Personal · Tagged Anna Lynch McClary Personal, Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Baseball, Colorado, Fargo, Indiana, North Dakota, Northern League, Northwest Indiana, RailCats
Where did my life summer go? Seeing as how it’s been a long while since I last posted, you can probably guess that I underestimated the time that I would spend at the ballpark. Although I haven’t had much, or really anytime this summer, I have kept shooting. The nice thing has been that besides the daily baseball shoots, I have been making an effort to shoot more for myself. I’ll slowly share some of those images now that I am getting closer to having my life back.
However, this should not come as a shock that the only images I have handy right now are baseball shots. Here is one that I got when Mitch, my friend Maribeth, and I drove up to Canada for the Northern League All Star Game. It worked out that the guys were playing in Fargo the day before, so we stopped there first.
May 11, 2008
· Filed under Family, Kids, Personal, Portraits · Tagged 3 months, 6 months, Anna Lynch McClary Personal, Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Colorado, Denver, Family, Kids, Ovid, Sterling
When Easter rolled around my mom surprised me on one of those days that I just needed a good surprise. She had packed up Mitch and my Easter baskets just like usual and had shipped them out to us and had thrown in some fuzzy chicks to decorate our place with. That was one of my most recent “good” mom moments that really made me appreciate her and everything she’s done for me over the years. Yes, there were definitely “bad” mom moments, but coincidentally they were mostly when I was 13-20, so I’ll say those don’t count in honor of Mother’s Day. Thanks for everything Mom!
I spent all of today trying to catch up on orders and processing some new sessions. I, of course didn’t get as much done as I would have liked, but I did get a good chunk of everything done. Some of those things included editing three new sessions. Two are for moms celebrating their first Mother’s Day and one for two more new moms and a new grandma, so it’s only fitting that I put up three images today to give each of them sneak peeks. I’m also throwing in one of my favorite images of my mom.
The “L” here is backwards thanks to my fabulous “assistant” 
This shot is (obviously) from my wedding. It’s one of my favorites of my mom because she is laughing and so genuinely happy. All of our wedding pictures were by the fabulous Andy and Angie Wood of A&A Photography who I can’t recommend enough!
Happy Mother’s Day!
-alm
May 10, 2008
· Filed under Kids, Portraits · Tagged 6 months, Anna Lynch McClary Photography, Baby, Colorado, Julesburg, Ovid, Portraits, Sedgwick, Sedgwick County, Wall Arrangements
Anyone who has been in our home or since we’ve moved so much in the last year, our homes knows that I have an addiction to BIG prints. Our living room wall is covered in four 16×20’s, our bedroom has one big 16×24, and that’s just the start of it. I do kind of laugh when someone refers to an 8×10 as a BIG print, because I’ve gotten to the point that those are my little prints. A print with some size can really make a statement in a room. That, and everything I print, I print because I love it or the person/people in it and don’t want to have to get right up next to the picture to really enjoy it.
When I was back in Colorado I went over to Kayte’s home (this is her little guy) to figure out what she wanted to order. She showed be the wall that she wanted to put the shots up on and we figured out a wall arrangement with some big images that are going to be beautiful in their home. If you have a spot picked out for the images, let me help you figure out the best way to display them and the best sizes for your spot.
When I buy or shoot new pictures and go to print them, I view them as an investment. They aren’t just going to be around for a year or two, I hope that I can pass them down and have them be as treasured as I hold my grandparent’s and parent’s pictures.
Here is the arrangement that we came up with for Kayte. The b&w center image is a 16×24 and the long skinny prints are 10×20’s. I can’t wait to see this up!
Look for a bunch of new stuff on the blog throughout this week. Tomorrow is going to be a busy workday. I figured I better get it all done tomorrow before our season starts Thursday!
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