Summer Family Fun

Earlier this year, well May to be exact... I know, I know way to procrastinate right? Anyway, back to the point... in May of this year I took my assistant youth pastor, Jeremiah's family pictures. I has the opportunity a few years ago to take pictures of their baby Samuel when he was just a few months old and now was given the opportunity to capture their whole family's pictures. I was a little nervous b/c aside from when mommy and daddy are playing with him Samuel is a very serious child, like intimidatingly serious. SO I was nervous.... turns out I just happen to have the great niche of making even the most serious people smile. I'm not sure what is. I mean it's not like I walk around trying to be funny but I guess I had something on my face or something. Anyway to the pictures:

We started with the family... turns out Myalynn's as serious as her big brother.

Then they played a little:

Alright, alright back to business. I love Messiah Collage's campus. Thank You Messiah for always being open! :)

Just the babies. Samuel is so sweet to his baby sister.

Samuel's turn:

He sure is handsome isn't he?

Samuel and daddy playing together

Hehehehe this one just plain makes me smile! :)

And the pretty little girl.

This is my favorite shot of the day. Not only is it just plain adorable but it's an excellent example of our father's love for us. He's arms are wide open... constantly waiting for us to throw our arms open and run into his wonderful love!

SO CUTE!

There's the beautiful mommy!

Can anyone tell Father's day was coming up? ;)

Every once in a while when you are shooting by water a random boater or 5 will starting coming down the creak to distract your subjects. This is not always so bad, example... see below:

Jeremiah and Amy, thank you so much for allowing me to take pictures of your family. It has been such an honor to watch you family grow! Thank you so much for being a constant blessing my life! I love you guys!! OH and Jer lead worship on Sunday, thanks. ;)

Ariana's Sr Pictures

So a couple of months I got together with a very close family friend and shoot her Senior Pictures. I can't believe Ariana is a SR... it's crazy! I swear just yesterday she was in 3rd sleeping over at my house... just because she could. Anyway, we went out for about 2 hours and just had a great time around Boiling Springs. She is absolutely gorgeous so I had no problems getting a few great shots. Here are a few of my favs:

We started out in her front yard:

The we went to this bridge she drives past everyday on her way to school...

This is someones back yard!!! Well kind of....

PERFECT SPOT for Sr Pics. :)

Can this please be my back yard??? PLEASE??

Then we headed out the lake... a more traditional location for photographs. Can you guess why?

*sigh* So BEAUTIFUL!

Then we went back to the not so traditional... b/c that's "how we do" and went down by the Yellow Breaches. Where she runs for cross country. Which is just as pretty as all of other locations. Of course... good ol' Bowling Springs is just beautiful everywhere!

LOVE IT!!

Then we stopped by my grandma's house to play out in her fields... and ended up playing with the tractor I was never allowed to play with growing up instead. :) Shhh don't tell grandma!!

Alright, alright... back to business...

Ariana, Thank you so much for spending the afternoon with me... allowing me to photograph this special occasion. I pray that the Lord blesses you in all your future endeavors. Good luck at Pitt... and make sure you come back to us!!! Because I sure am going to miss you!!!

Love you!

Entering the world of blogging.

So here I am starting a blog. I'm a touch intimated but that's ok. I've been blog stalking for over a year now. Why not start blogging? Well my name is Charity Murtorff. I am a photographer. I have been taking peoples pictures for years now.... on and off again of course, b/c I still get nervous every time I have a shoot. But according to everything I was taught growing the nervousness is God's way of letting me know that I can't do it on my own. So nervous... are a good thing.
Anyway, I've decided to start blogging my work. To, you know, get my name out there. According to blogs I've stalked, "Network is your net worth."
So let's get on with it. In the future I will, post pictures that I've taken that I love, talk about people I've met that have influenced me, and just talk about my life. I'm always up for suggestions so please let me know what you think about anything.
And we are off on this adventure called the world wide web!
Thanks and God bless!
Charity