krista lucas photography

Matt, Mary, and Kalina

2008-06-29T15:10:00.010-04:00

+ baby

2008-06-23T07:02:00.007-04:00

I'm loving all these belly photos I've been taking lately! This lovely family is Carolyn, Nik, Maura, and baby girl on the way in September. Carolyn and I were both rather toasty when we were done with these (LOVE the NC summer + pregnancy...), but they were a lot of fun, once we convinced Maura to be in some of them... ;)

team photo

2008-06-17T08:17:00.003-04:00

mary + baby

2008-06-01T13:51:00.011-04:00

Photos I took this morning (in the humidity - fun when both you and your subject are pregnant ladies!) of my good friend Mary. She's so beautiful!

isaac and nadine

2008-05-27T13:21:00.010-04:00

I love these kids! And how they look with the vintage wash (the first two images).
and what's a photo of a boy without an insect??? :)

one in the belly

2008-05-10T19:29:00.011-04:00

It's so much fun to photograph friends, and these two (plus their baby girl on the way) were great! Here are some of my favorites:

growing up

2008-05-06T16:47:00.007-04:00

Some updated photos of my son - he turned two at the end of February!

family of three

2008-05-04T14:00:00.011-04:00

Family portraits from yesterday (a gorgeous day at Duke Gardens!). We played, I chased Alex to attempt to catch his adorable smile, and it was a great time. I hope you like them!

photo contest

2008-04-03T15:50:00.002-04:00

A few months back (or more...time seems to be melding together) my friend Alex sent me a link for a photo contest through Kolo (they make scrapbooks and other photo storage items, so of course I love them). I entered and then promptly forgot about it. I got an email a week ago or so telling me to check out the winners, which I did, and didn't see myself there. I didn't think about it again until today when the UPS man brought me a package from Kolo. I thought, hmm, I'm sure I didn't order anything from them. I opened it up and saw this letter (sorry if it's blurry, I took a photo of it without the flash and it's super gloomy outside so my house isn't so bright):
So I went back to the website and saw that there were prizes for the runners up, which I missed last time I checked out the winners! Here's the link. And a photo of what I won (a large album, a small album, a photo CD album, and a beautiful photo box that will probably hold baby #2's mementos):
Thanks for sending that link, Alex!! So to date, my photo contest winnings include these Kolo items, a 50-print photo card from Snapfish, and a photo in the Duke HR 2008 calendar + $25 to Harris Teeter (love free groceries), plus two first prizes at the Alameda County Fair from back in high school. Not too shabby, I think! :)

Annie's Peter Pan party

2008-03-21T19:12:00.007-04:00

Annie turned four and had a Peter Pan costume party - Tinkerbell, Wendy, and even a crocodile were there to celebrate! Here are just a few photos, though I took MANY more! Happy birthday, Annie!

Little Lydia

2008-02-28T13:17:00.007-05:00

I love baby photos in black and white! This little one was so sweet and happy (especially after a bottle!). Her mom is so sweet and fun to talk to while I took photos of her little girl. Here are my favorites:

a few more from the ttd session with alex

2008-02-11T15:15:00.001-05:00

these aren't necessarily different, but i did some photoshopping using some cool actions of the ttd photos and came up with some interesting things:
alabaster:
b&w
midnight sepia:
vintage:
alabaster:

trash the dress with alex

2008-01-22T09:49:00.001-05:00

This was SO much fun...thanks Alex!

an abundance of kids!

2008-01-08T18:21:00.001-05:00

I took these photos of Tim's cousins' kids at the park a couple weeks ago. They were having a lot of fun playing, it was fun to just capture them...
Vanessa:
Adam:
Micah:Autumn:Jack:Lauren:
Lily:Missy and her girls:

alex & bill

2007-12-24T16:16:00.001-05:00

My friend Alex (who I've known since KINDERGARTEN!) married Bill back in October, and she wasn't too excited about the photos of the two of them. So we did some pseudo-trashing of the dress and enjoyed ourselves. It was chilly, but Alex was definitely a good sport. Here are my favorites:

the capelli family

2007-12-22T23:59:00.002-05:00

I shot just a few at our Christmas get together with these guys - I couldn't decide whether I liked the color or black and white better.

matt & mary

2007-12-14T12:11:00.001-05:00

my friends Matt and Mary wanted some portraits (since their last ones were from their wedding several years ago)...We got some good ones on this lovely winter day! Here are my favorites:
and i love this one...

kim, paul, and one due in january

2007-12-09T20:12:00.002-05:00

I love doing pregnancy photos. There's nothing like it in the world...I can't wait to photograph this baby girl once she's born! These two were a lot of fun, and we were blessed with an unseasonably warm afternoon for shooting! Here are some of my favorites:

Jamie

2007-12-07T13:57:00.001-05:00

Merry Christmas from Jamie!
bells, anyone? :]

family of five

2007-12-03T14:06:00.001-05:00

these kids absolutely cracked me up - they had a great time playing in the gardens, told me all about school and how they enjoy chicken pops...

here are my favorites:

laura & todd

2007-11-24T20:18:00.001-05:00

My friends Laura and Todd were guinea pigs today for me so I could try out some new locations. These were taken at the American Tobacco area of Durham - lots of cool spots here. I definitely want to do more shoots at this place.

c, e, & n

2007-11-21T21:31:00.001-05:00

I did this shoot of three of my favorite kids this afternoon. Here are the favorites:
and one of c. alone - it was a good pose for her!

Carolyn, Nik, and Maura

2007-11-06T12:56:00.001-05:00

This is a sweet family - Maura loved the "ducklins"! It started to get chilly, but everyone was pretty happy!

Jared, Melissa, Kaden and Kaylee

2007-11-06T12:45:00.001-05:00

It was a chilly morning, but these three hung in there! Here are my favorites:

one little tiger

2007-11-02T12:17:00.002-04:00

It was tough to get my 20-month-old, Benjamin, to stand still so I could actually get a photo of his adorable tiger costume!