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Meet Alison

 

For me, art and photography have been my lifelong loves.  It started with pencils and markers at my Grandma's desk,  filling notebook after notebook with drawings.  From there it moved on to watercolor, acrylics and taking every art class my high school counselor would let me.  

I got my first camera for Christmas in sixth grade.  I took pictures of mountains on our vacations, flowers, my brother....you name it.  I loved capturing the moments, the colors and the light.

As I got older I would pour over art and photography books.  At first admiring others work and then later studying their techniques so that I could create the visions bursting in my head.

Fast forward to 2005 and starting my own photography business. I am now blessed to be putting my love for art and photography into creating memorable portraits for my clients and their families.  My style is simple, no fuss, no props.  Only great locations and natural light, capturing my subjects in creative, memorable portraits.

 

our last day of summer break…in pictures

Thursday, August 19, 2010

So I am in love with this new app that I got for my iPhone.  It’s called Shake it Photo and makes your camera phone take pics like a polaroid camera.  You even shake it to get the picture to develop.  The boys and I had so much fun documenting our last day of summer break together.  We didn’t really do anything special, just hung around at home doing a lot of the same things we do everyday.  However, taking the time to document those everyday, nothing special kinds of things was what made the day a little different.  We noticed what was going on around us, the things we see all the time.  And now we have those things saved in a picture to remember the day…the last day of summer.

I think we will be documenting our nothing special, everyday kind of stuff more often.

alison

My Life

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talented

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

I recently spent an afternoon with this very talented senior.  She sings, she acts and this year she’s going to lead our local high school band. And when she isn’t doing any of those things we are lucky enough to get her as our babysitter.

For her session we were on the road…in Gretna, Elkhorn and places in between.  She brought some great outfits and her sister as both an assistant and to help with accessorizing .  ;)

I have sessions to catch up on posting in the next few days.  Today though we are enjoying our last day of summer break…first day of school is tomorrow!  Where did the summer go?!

alison

Portraits, seniors

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being super

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Looking at the last few days of summer vacation around here…some kids are already back in school.  Mine are on the countdown with only a week til we settle back into our routines and they tote all their supplies to school in their new backpacks. Usually this time of year I am ready to send them back, but feel a little sad that our summer days together are ending.  This year is no different.  As for the boys, despite saying that they are NOT ready to go back to school their actions say differently. They talk about seeing their friends and race to the mailbox each day to see if their ‘teacher letter’ is waiting inside.  We’ve had a fun summer, but I know we’ll have a fun fall too.

One of my favorite quotes is by Marc Brown, “Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.”  The other day as the boys were playing superheros with their 97 cent masks from Walmart and pillow case capes I couldn’t help but remember it.  I love days when they get all caught up in their imaginations and just play and play.

I have some sessions to share as well as a few other things over the next few days.  For now I am going to get something to cool to drink (it’s soooo hot here) and hang out with my boys.  ;)

alison

My Life, Quotes

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3 things Thursday

Thursday, July 29, 2010

It’s been awhile since I did a ’3 things Thursday’ post so here goes…

1.  Baked Bree

This is a cooking blog written by Bree Hester of Southern California.  It is by far one of my favorite blogs for two reasons:  1.  it’s all about cooking and recipes (both of which I LOVE) and 2.  She is a photographer as well and takes gorgeous pictures of the cooking process and finished product.  She is on vacation this week and posting some of her recycled recipes.  Today’s recipe, the Market salad, has been a staple around here this summer.  The dressing is yummy and it is perfect for this time of year with all the good produce we get at the farmer’s market.  I have added some toasted almonds to top it off…soooo good!  The boys have also really enjoyed her Berry popsicle recipe.  After reading it I made my first trip to Sur la Table, it definitely will not be my last.  If you like to cook or bake at all it is paradise!

2.  Gretna Fitness Bootcamp

So after many years of running I decided after my spring marathon to shake things up a bit.  I’ve been doing classes at the gym and recently decided to do a bootcamp.  I am halfway through the month long session and have to say I am loving it.  I’ve never been quite so sore in my entire life, but it feels so good to do something new and find muscles I never knew I had.  ;)  Monica Huber is the trainer that runs it.  She is great and has an obvious passion for what she does.  It’s open to all fitness levels and Monica really helps you to focus on what you can do AND a little more.

Registration is open for her August and September camps…so worth checking out!

3.  the meadow

I have been a little slow getting around to posting my vacation pics.  Late last week I was finally able to get to them.

One evening on vacation, we were heading out to one of my favorite places in Rocky Mountain National Park (the area where we stayed).  There were some storm clouds rolling in so we were trying to move fast.  I had about 10 minutes to snap a few shots.  The meadow is a place I always love to go, but the yellow flowers in bloom were just icing on the cake.

**Just a reminder…fall is on it’s way.  If you are interested in booking a fall session, take a look at the calendar and shoot me an email at alison@alisonbickel.com

Enjoy your Thursday!

alison

3 things Thursday

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