About Sparks Photography:

Sparks Photography started in San Antonio, Texas and has since moved from Eastern Oklahoma all the way to Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. I'm in love with what I do and am very honored to be a witness to so many special moments in people's lives and to be there to document it for them.

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  • Archive: June, 2008



    I need to shoot people with my Canon!

    Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

    I actually have a shirt that says that! I guess I need to take a photo of myself wearing it and posted it in the About Me section.

    Anywho, I’m writing this in the hopes that my lovely blog readers can help me. I’ve planned a trip home to Oklahoma for the whole month of July. The airfare from Germany is crazy expensive right now, so I’m hoping to book a few photography gigs while I’m home to help pay for the visit. I’m open to weddings or portrait sessions and will be offering discounts. Tell all your friends! Hook me up!

    Edit: I just wanted to say, “Wow!”. I’m really overwhelmed with all the support and help my friends and past clients are giving me. I posted a few notes online about needing to find some work and within just a couple of hours, I had like 7 emails from people they’d referred to me! How awesome are you guys?! I love ya! Keep ‘em coming!

    Here’s a pic of just a few of the awesome friends I have. Yeah, that’s me on the bottom right with my big preggo belly =)

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    Adams Maternity

    Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

    Diana and Kelly came over last week for some maternity photos. The weather had been GREAT and then, of course, on our photo day it poured. We managed to get several awesome photos despite the weather being uncooperative.

    Baby is due in just a few weeks so check back to see the newborn pics of baby Audrey.

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    Tenerife Vacation

    Saturday, June 14th, 2008

    We had a great time visiting the Canary Island of Tenerife. Here’s a highlights slide show of our week.

    Textures!

    Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

    I’ve known how to do textured photos for a while but never really had the time, or the motivation, to play around with them. I’ve been missing out! It’s too much fun!

    Textures can do so many things! Each image becomes something entirely new! Here are a few samples. Two different textures and two different methods of application. If you have a photo you’d like texture-ized, shoot me an email and I’ll see what I can come up with!

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    The Stahlbaum Family

    Monday, June 2nd, 2008

    I met Tiffany, aka Mom, through a wonderful blog that she writes about living in the Geilenkirchen area. I’ve actually been emailing her for a few months, but the photo shoot was the first time we actually met!

    I really had a lot of fun on this shoot. It’s so great to photograph kids just having fun and being themselves. I also enjoyed how each girl had such a different personality. I hope you can see that in these photos.

    Details: The shoot took place at a very beautiful castle in our area, Kasteel Teworm. I had a little fun with processing these images. I applied some retro finishes to some and even used a texture on the photos of the entire family walking together.