The tale of Forest Káel. Part 3

I think we’ve all been waiting for these photos…

Little Káel is a little over three weeks old now and he’s vibrant, full of personality, so sweet, alert, healthy, handsome, and all boy. I went over to Sam and Jessica’s house yesterday and he was all happy to see his Auntie Rivkah!

Disclaimer: This is my 1st time photographing a baby!

To be continued…

waiting on baby Gatlyn… 41 weeks

We are all still waiting for my nephew to arrive. He’s taking his sweet time, and his mommy is getting tired of waiting. Jess has been blogging since the beginning of her pregnancy, http://bohobabybump.blogspot.com/ .

Soon and very soon we’ll all have a new family member.

Want more? I did some photos of Jess Pregnant at 24 weeks click here

Yoosung Lee

Here in the Fancher family we are a pretty big fan of the famous Korean, Yoosung Lee. I first found this video of Yoosung playing cello with Imogen Heap.

We then met Yoosung through mutual close friends, I invited him to come play cello on my live recording that I did with a band on New Year’s Eve. He flew up to North Carolina from Florida, and we had such a fantastic time with him. Really amazing guy!

Yoosung is on his way to move to Washington, DC. He stopped and stayed with us for a night. We all had a grand chicken curry meal and caught up on life. This afternoon before he left, I wanted to photograph him with his cello. We went through high grass in the high heat of the afternoon. We both poured sweat and for about 35 minutes, Yoosung let me photograph him. (Such a good sport!)

Side note: I’m so in love with the cello, and I hope someday over the rainbow I can learn.

Here is Yoosung and his lovely cello “Bertha”.

the one above is my favorite.

Lovin’ on Bertha!

Joanna Reyburn May- November 2008

I wanted to re-edit these photos just a bit and re-share them.  I feel like they are worth sharing all over again.

I took these election evening in 2008. Shelley Paulson took me out on our first real mentoring session to shoot portraits of our close friend, Joanna Reyburn May. It was a gorgeous November night with tall grass full of golden light (a few of my favorite things!). This session taught me so much about lighting and composition. Joanna, is such a natural model and so full of spirit. After upgrading my camera, and learning so much more since then, these photos still remain to be some of my most favorite.

Check out Joanna’s Wedding that Shelley and I shot in May of this year.

Abraham & Rebekah

So the story goes that Rebekah grew up with me in children’s church when I was like four years old. Neither of us remember one another. My parents have spent a lot of time with this couple, and really love them. Rebekah facebooked me one afternoon and asked if I would be wiling to take some pictures of Abraham for an instrumental album that he is currently working on. We both have mutual friends (+my parents) and I got excited to do this for them. He’s a guitarist, and Rebekah, is a teacher. They just recently found out they are expecting a baby! Really beautiful, sweet couple… I really enjoyed this shoot.

They drove from Morganton, NC area. We met a Amélie’s french bakery in Noda, Charlotte.  And then drove down to the small area of Noda where there is so much colour and texture to photograph. I loved it!

I also did some photos of Rebekah…  (she is so lovely!)

I had a great time getting to know them!

Enjoy!