Hi and welcome to my blog! My name is Marci Yochum and I am a custom portrait and commercial photographer living in Central New Jersey. I absolutely love what I do and am very passionate about photography. My blog is a place where I get to share a little about what goes on behind my camera both professionally and personally. I will post sneak peaks from my recent session, announce new product offerings, limited time offers and more. I will also share random thoughts often much to do about nothing from my journey as a wife, and a full time mother of two beautiful children who are the loves of my life and my inspiration.
In my photography I truly try to capture the simple (love of detail), lifestyle (candid), and the art (making the everyday...extraordinary) of you. If you would like to see more of my work please visit my portfolio at Marci Yochum Photography.
Thanks for stopping by and come back as often as you like.
Marci
Meet Oliver. He is our newest family member. He is an 8 week old Australian Labradoodle. He is such a cuddle bug, in fact I had a hard time getting a picture of him as he would sneak around and crawl into my lab just as I was clicking the shutter. I have a feeling that you will be seeing a lot more of Oliver in the future.
So this is our Oliver…
I forgot to post this mini-session of this sweet little boy. I just loved this “vintage” looking coat his mom brought that has been in their family. When I gave him the camera to play with he kept saying ” I think it is broke” and trying to give it back to me to fix. I had to ask him to keep trying to push the button just so we could get the shot. Funny. Love these images of him on the tracks!
It’s that time of year again where I am playing catch up. I just realized that I haven’t posted to my blog in sooo long. Did you miss me? Once November hit I just got crazy busy with our Disney Vacation, my son’s 4th birthday, Thanksgiving and then this year we also decided to travel back to Indiana for the Christmas holiday to visit with family and friends. As if 10 hours in a car with 2 children wasn’t enough we also picked up our newest family member in Cincinnati on our drive home. Yes we got a puppy! (I’ll post a pic soon.) See told ya…crazy busy.
On a business note I once again will be taking the first few months of the new year to focus on the business side of things. I am in the process of updating the galleries in my new website and hopefully will be getting a new brand/logo too. I will be opening my 2010 schedule for sessions beginning March 1st. I will however be accepting newborns clients continuously. Please just call me while you are still expecting so we can plan accordingly.
And on a side side note; our annual family holiday photo wasn’t with out drama yet again this year. My daughter fell down the stairs just 5 days before the event and ended up with 8 staples in her head. (Thankfully she is okay.) So with that being said here are just a few images of Claire and a whole lot of Jack I thought I would share.
Happy New Year!
Here are a few from another senior session I had recently. I love doing seniors! It’s a nice change of pace in more ways than one. For one you don’t have to chase them and they take direction really well. I also get to play a little more with my post processing. So when Mom called and said “J” plays the guitar, sings and even writes his own music I knew this session was going to be fun. Thanks again Jo Ann for being the best assistant I have ever had! Since this session was back in Ohio, I asked mom to scout out some locations for me. She went above and beyond the call of duty. She drove her car through farm fields and even knocked on a stranger’s door asking to use their barn. Love her. J is very passionate about his music which is why I love the last image the most. Follow your dreams just don’t forget about little old me when you are rich and famous. Ha.
I am now booking October mini-sessions! These sessions tend to fill up fast so email me or call me if you are interested. I also have a few full sessions left in October and November.
It’s a what to wear weekend! One of the questions I get asked most often when preparing for a session is “what should I wear?”. Clothing choices are an important element of your session and should be used to add depth, texture and interest to your images. For a family session it is important that your clothing compliment each other and not match exactly. Stick with a few colors in a chosen color palette, mix it up and layer it on. Accessorize is the name of the game! Ruffles, denium, hats, scarfs, flower pins, headbands, tights are all great accessories to use.
As we approach the family/holiday portrait season I thought I would share a few ideas to illustrate the use of colors and tones to put together a great family look.
My daughter headed of to school for the first time this month. She started Kindergarten! ~sigh. I had big plans to do an official photo shoot (who me?) to remember this event and time in her life. She didn’t exactly cooperate…figures. So I photographed her on the first day of school on the way to the bus like every mom does. She was so excited, a little nervous and just so grown up that day. I am so proud of her! It feels like she grew up overnight. I put her on the bus and instead of moping around the house I put together a little home movie. I heard this song “Butterfly Fly Away” by Miley Cyrus and instanly knew it was perfect to describe this day. Enjoy.
In the spirit of all the Labor Day Sales this weekend I wanted to have one too! So here it is…
Book your Cincinnati mini-session and pay for your chosen package in full and you will receive a FREE set (25 cards) of custom holiday cards with your session. Packages begin at just $300. Hurry sale ends Tuedsay, September 8, 2009 at midnight EST.
I just had to post a few more from my recent newborn session…
I will be in Cincinnati Ohio for holiday mini-sessions on Saturday September 26th! These sessions will held at Heritage Village and/or Sharon Woods Park. Packages begin at $300 including my session fee! Please call me or email for details.
by marci
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