kelly ferreira photography

a downtown pensacola afternoon....and a fabulous wedding!

2009-12-09T09:18:00.008-06:00

okay, everyone will agree it was a tad on the chilly side, but, wow....what a beautiful day for a wedding! in fact, i believe the bride was hoping for a cold day... no disappointment there. and in the midst of my shivering, i was just happy to be tagging along with my friend & fabulous photographer nicki smith. i had the honor to second shoot for this wedding of her co-worker/friend's daughter's wedding, who also happens to be my neighbor & friend too (did you follow that? i think i confused myself) anyway, we both know sue (the mother-of-the-bride) so it was fun & couldn't have been a more perfect day...

meet mike.

meet mike's buddies...

now meet mandi....she was a glowing, gorgeous bride!

my faaaaavorite :)

off to the reception and then to live happily ever after :)

thanks, sue for this opportunity! i loved every minute of being a part of such a special day :)

gorgeous family + gorgeous pensacola beach = fabulous pictures!!!

2009-11-29T23:32:00.007-06:00

i cannot express to you how much fun i had out at pensacola beach on saturday afternoon. i think a squeal and a jump in the air might do it - but i'm not sure how to put that on the blog. this family is really so dear to my heart... i met half of them oh, about 17 years ago at college? really? and saturday was such a fun little reunion - it felt like not a day passed by since we were at school. YET, sooooo many days have. but they are still the same wonderful people i remember then, today, and ten years from now. truly wonderful amazing people. i love them. it warms my heart.... like this coffee i'm sipping on right now is warming my tummy :)

so, yes, i had fun. not only were they fabulous to hang with, but look at these amazing pictures! not to mention look at the amazing sunset!!!! WOW. it was just magnificent. it just reminds me that the Lord is the Master Artist... i am truly in awe of Him.

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from my house...

2009-11-26T22:10:00.003-06:00

to yours... i hope you had a blessed & happy thanksgiving! as i took this picture tonight, my heart swelled with joy. i have so much to be thankful for.

before i forget

2009-11-13T08:40:00.005-06:00

well, i realized it's almost thanksgiving and i've got to get these adorable trick-or-treating pictures up before christmas! and i did have some adorable ones - it was such a fun night for the kiddos. especially with daddy as a bear. did i mention we went to gatlinburg for vacation and saw a bear on our hike? with the girls. 45 min. into the trail. no one around. no sounds of cars or even the stream. AND it was a mommy bear w/her cub. yikes. lets just say my heart almost beat right out of my chest - it actually hurt. but that's another story for another time. how about when i post pics from my vacation.... which i'll get to someday :) but for now - that's where the bear mask came from. fond memories :)

my little ham... actually she can barely contain herself while taking pictures - she's got candy on the brain... avery has no clue yet. but she will. oh, she will.

now there's a nice smile... oh, she just wants the candy. do you like my spooky eyes in the tree?

awww.... my favorite :)

we spotted the neighborhood bear behind a tree. this is a rare sighting.

she'll probably make me delete this picture when she gets older, but this was SO HER that night... just the happy princess, marching ahead w/her daddy bear, licking her lips thinking of all the wonderful candy she was going to eat :) it just makes me laugh.

and there was avery learning for the first time that this trick-or-treating thing was pretty fun :)

we picked up alissa's little friend adyson, and then they were off. the 3 princesses ruling the neighborhood.

stay tuned for my exciting gatlinburg adventure post :) i've got pictures to prove the bear sighting! check back soon :)

my first official wedding

2009-10-28T08:07:00.005-05:00

yes, i am now able to say i have shot a wedding! i had the fabulous honor to second shoot for my amazing friend & photographer nicki smith, and got quite a few just beautiful images. the couple was very calm and easy-going. the whole energy of the event was just happy and relaxed. i completely forgot about being nervous and just enjoyed being there while capturing the day for them. i even ended up helping do the bride's hair (i'm the oldest of 4 girls and let me tell you, i can work hair), helped decorate the tables, and in the midst of the action, i pulled a sand spur from nicki's foot. it reminded me of kelly ripa in those whirlpool commericals where she does the laundry, hosts the party, throws the kids juice and snacks, all while being perfect and glamourous. ha! i love that commercial. so, stop me from rambling and back to the wedding. aside from being quite windy & chilly, it really was so gorgeous out there at pensacola beach. here are some pics i'd like to share with you....

so sweet!

2009-10-15T08:46:00.005-05:00

what super sweet sisters! i just love how they all love each other so much :) this family is actually very near and dear to my heart - their littlest girl is my alissa's "best friend" and my avery just loves her too. and i've known mommy & daddy for YEARS now, i mean, since my first year of college... which i won't disclose the year right now, but we'll just say it was quite a few years ago. (yikes) so, i had so much fun laughing and playing with these girls out at pensacola beach. i'm pretty sure they had a blast too :)

then we got some really cute christmas card shots :) those will make some CUTE cards!

Such a doll baby!

2009-09-28T07:46:00.004-05:00

Look at this little cutie-patootie!!! From the moment I met her she stole my heart... she really is the sweetest, happiest, cutest little miss thing EVER. Those big blue eyes and yummy baby cheeks are irresistable! And what a little princess... her mommy has got style :) Just check these out... I really have no idea which is my favorite....

Thank you guys so much for letting my play with your little bean :) She was SO much fun. Really. I couldn't get enough.

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Pensacola Beach Adorable!

2009-09-22T13:15:00.004-05:00

This was their first time out to the beach, and they could not stop exploring and experiencing the sand and the water and the shells and the sand and more sand... and how ADORABLE were they! The girls jumped and giggled at the water, they collected all kinds of shells, and little baby was happy in mommy's arms, or the little towel :) He wasn't too keen on feeling that weird sandy feeling on his soft chubby legs. But, oh, how I was so happy to capture all of these moments....

My favorite baby pose to date.... He's a natural :)

Are they not SO adorable!?!? And soooooooo sweet. I could've taken pictures of them all night... It was so much fun :) Thanks you guys for hanging out with me!

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Some Wednesday Family Fun

2009-09-09T10:58:00.004-05:00

Happy Wednesday! Here are some more fun family photos from my recent super wonderful family. Have a great day!

Christmas Mini-Session Time

2009-09-04T08:15:00.001-05:00

My Christmas card sessions are here again! Hurry up and book your session - they go FAST.... And to those of you that book in in September I will give you a 15% discount for being so crazy ahead of the game and not procrastinating like.....um......me :) So, you will have the discount AND my awe and amazement. It doesn't get any better than that.

And I put this together so you could see some samples of cards I send out. Some are new, some from last year, but my goodness how CUTE they are. I do have a few others to choose from... I post up all of the cards in your priviate online gallery to choose from along with your images. There's something for everyone!

Downtown Pensacola has never been more FABULOUS

2009-09-02T10:41:00.008-05:00

From their smiley happy faces to their silly craziness... I love these kids and have so much fun taking their pictures! And look at all of the fun places we found here in downtown Pensacola to shoot. We had an absolute blast exploring and adventuring down the streets - you can't help but have fun hanging out with 5 kids :) Especially when they ALL want to hold your hand and fight over walking next to you and sitting by you and are so sad when you leave :) They are just such special kids to me. And many ask about how Abby is... you can see she is looking beautiful and getting back to her old self. If you aren't familiar with her story you can find out here.

Special, special kids. I'm sad when I leave them too.

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My Baby is 2

2009-08-26T09:47:00.000-05:00

I'm not sure how it happened, or even where it came from... but not too long ago, my baby turned 2 years old. 2 years? I have no idea where the last 2 years went. Is it always like this? Do you just blink and they are 10? Wow, her 2 year old birthday snuck up on me so fast I was actually stunned. And I sat there looking at her in amazement. What a big girl she has become. She talks nonstop in full sentences... "Mommy, are we going to the store?" Mommy, are we going to Aunt Jessie's house?" She has her own little animal/baby entourage - a monkey, a puppy, green baby, purple baby, and yellow blanket. She has her favorite stories. And songs. And shows on tv. She remembers everything - "Mommy, remember the big movie with popcorn and fruit snacks and water with Gramma?" (the first time my mom & i took the kids to the movies) She is just a crazy kid, a bundle of energy and laughter and as silly as you can get. Not to mention MESSY and drooly and loud and poops all day long. I love it. I love all of her. Happy Birthday little crazy girl.

Destin Beach Beautiful Family

2009-08-20T08:08:00.010-05:00

We weren't sure if this shoot was ever going to happen with Tropical Storm Claudette hovering over the Gulf... but as you can see - she couldn't stop us this time. This family came down for vacation from Tennessee and enjoyed their week (still enjoying their week) out in San Destin. The storm moved out just in time for some sun, pretty clouds, and gorgeous family beach pictures. And really, this family is just gorgeous. Just take a look at these great shots....

Thank you guys so much for allowing me to catch some fun moments on your vacation! And it was so much fun meet you - I hope you have a wonderful rest of your stay and a safe trip home. :)

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Pensacola Beach Fabulous!

2009-08-10T11:38:00.005-05:00

They are here visiting from Oklahoma, I did their photo shoot out at Pensacola Beach, and they are fabulous!!! I have to admit I was extremely nervous due to the fact that this is my friend Nicki's family - she is an incredible photographer herself - so I wasn't sure about how it was all going to go down. BUT, I should not have been worried... I had a blast. It felt like I was on vacation too, just hanging out with the family... and just happened to catch some AMAZING shots. Check these out :)

Thank you so much guys for such a great time - I really had so much fun and did NOT want to leave :) Have a great vacation and your gallery will be up in a couple days. And Nicki, you had better be calling me soon :) I know where you live. :) And where you're vacationing.

Just Can't Resist....Part 3...Preggo Edition

2009-08-06T14:38:00.003-05:00

Here is the final installment of my 3 part series... and I must say I saved the best for last. I just love these shots of my sister - and my soon to be brand new nephew Ethan. She is just gorgeous pregnant! Me... I think I resembled something of a waterbuffalo. Not her. She has the cute bump and everything. I'm so happy for her and so excited to see my new little nephew bean :) Come October get ready to see 3 installments of newborn pics. I assure you there will be at least 3... we'll see if I can contain myself.

(And forgive me & my picture sizes.... right now I'm testing different methods of posting pictures to my blog. The size is a little smaller - but oh much more clearer. oh yeah! )

Just Can't Resist...Part 2

2009-08-03T09:23:00.006-05:00

Good Morning and happy Monday :) Here is the second installment of my 3 part series of pics I took while my sister was visiting with my little niece. This was a new place we tried out and I named it Gazebo Place. Let me know if you like it better, worse, or equally the same as the last place... Pond Place (see last blog post).

I hope you guys are all having a great start to the week... if not, you won't be able to help but smile when you see these munchkins. :)

Just Can't Resist...Part 1

2009-07-27T07:30:00.001-05:00

She hates it with a passion, BUT, when my sister comes to visit... the camera comes OUT, baby. Her little girl - my waaaaay more than adorable niece - is the cutest thing ever and I can't help myself but take her and my girls out to try new photo shoot places. This time, my sister also has a baby bump... so that means I also try new preggo poses too. Yeah! My sister is cringing inside... but I tell her to put on her Top Model face and work it for me :) So, she loves me enough to give it a try. And to her amazement - she liked her pictures!!! But, that's for Part 3. Let's start with Part 1.

Because I took 2,000 more pictures than I should have, I have to divide this post into 3 parts. This Part 1 will be the girls in the first new shooting area. I thought it was a fine place - the pond seemed a little too green - but overall, nice shade and cute places to snap those munchkins. Let me know what you think. I'll call it Pond Place.

Part 2 will be the girls in a gazebo/office space area. It had a bit more contrast - the gazebo, the gardens, the red wrought iron stair railings and blue doors... Tell me if you like that place better - I'll call it Gazebo Place.

And Part 3 will be my gorgeous sis in all her baby bump glory. In both places. I can't wait to post those preggo pics - she looks fabulous! Watch out Top Model :)

And yes, that is a cast on my niece's left arm. Did I mention how crazy she is? My sister absolutely has her hands full with that one :)

Canvas Happy

2009-07-23T22:10:00.006-05:00

After much agonization (is that a word?) and blood/sweat/tears, etc., I'm proud to announce that since my last real blog post, I placed my first canvas order, they arrived looking spectacular, they are hung in the very very cute store, and I have pictures to prove it! Last week I took the girls up to Signature Selections here in Cantonment, FL and they enjoyed a few moments of playing around the store while I snapped some pictures of the pictures :) Well, in this case... the canvases. But that sounded more fun to say. Anyway, here I now share them with you. I couldn't be happier in how they turned out. I'm just crazy excited about the quality! Love them. If you've never ordered a canvas... DO IT. You will be in love. Forever.

This is what your eyes meet when you walk through the door. Minus the cute little girl playing so quietly with some cards.
Introducing Canvas #1. Of course it looks like a million dollars in person :)

Then meet Canvas #2. Recognize this image?

Then there's Canvas #3. And I had to get that adorable shoe/chair in the picture. And that adorable 2 yr old. making a mess with the crayons.

A closer look at the quality. I would recommend a canvas to anyone.

The view from the other side... just as adorable. Anyone up for some shopping? :)

And what's a post without some of my girls. :)

Mommy...stop taking pictures....it's time to go home.

Sweet baby girl...I think she's trying to decide what to color on with that crayon...

Silly girl...

Alright - something tells me she's had enough.

Free Lens... whoo hoo!

2009-07-08T15:45:00.002-05:00

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"Wedding Bells" I Heart Faces Photo Contest Entry

2009-06-30T21:35:00.005-05:00

I'm not sure if I did this right... in fact, I know I did this wrong. BUT, because Jasmine Star is the guest judge for this week's photo contest I am just going to go for it. Here is my "wedding bells" photo contest entry from the one wedding I have shot. I really liked all of their photos, but this one just made me feel special looking at it. Like I was invisible and captured a beautiful moment between them. The angle came from trying to fit the cross into their moment as a reminder and symbol. It just seemed to fit perfectly to me. Anyway, I thought I would enter this just because.

Daddy's Day Gift

2009-06-25T14:20:00.017-05:00

Father's Day is now over, so I can go ahead and post these pictures from a secret mini-session I did with this family a little while ago. Running, sweating, and laughing. That is what I remember most from this session. AND some surprisingly fabulous shots of the kids with mommy for the surprise Father's Day gift. These kids were absolutely nonstop - which was so good for me. Up until now I have never had kids with this much energy. I mean I was RUNNING. Full speed. Just to catch up to them. And to be completely honest, I really had no idea what these pictures were going to look like when I got home. I just imagined seeing blurry shot after blurry shot of these fireballs. Except when I pulled out the giant lollipops. I was confident I'd get a few good ones of them sitting still for a few minutes... but the rest? It was a toss up.

Just imagine my happiness when these downloaded off of my camera... shew! It turns out I was able to catch a few - and looking back through them I sense the energy of these kids all over again. And I start sweating. It really was a fun session :) And a good workout.

The fabulous mommy you see here is also my friend Karen. The girl designs and makes bags - the cutest EVER. You can go check her out here.

This was the actual gift.... a 10x20 Storyboard. It really turned out so adorable - I couldn't have been happier with it.

Thanks guys for so much fun! I look forward to the next session with all of you. And I'll wear my tennis shoes for sure. :)

Vote for me?

2009-06-23T09:41:00.005-05:00

Well... I guess you have to be a pro photographer with a Miller's account... so, if you are, keep reading - and vote :) (If you're not, thank you anyway. And stop by for the next post. I'm getting my store canvases in today!!! Whoo hooo. I'll be posting lots of pics of those.)

I'm just going to go for it. I need your votes and I'm going to post the link so you can go vote! Now, be warned... there are alot of pictures to go through until you find mine... but, please, do NOT give up. Find them. And vote for them! I would LOVE to win :)

Here are the pics to vote on. And yes, you do need to scroll through quite a few - but they are about 4 pages from the end on the color category and the black and white category. I have one under humorous too, so, find that one if you can :)

And leave me a comment to let me know you found them and voted for me! I would love to know who actually spent 5 minutes of their day scrolling and going crossed-eyed looking at so many pictures just for me :) In fact, as a thank you I'll give away a $20 Starbucks card to one random voter at the end of the voting period - June 30. So, leave your comment! The caffine will un-cross your eyes :)

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Happy Anniversary to Us

2009-06-05T08:00:00.001-05:00

Well, we just celebrated our 8th Anniversary a few days ago - June 2. 8 years!!! I can hardly believe it's been that long, yet, it's hard to remember what life was like before Jamie. He is my rock. He is my voice of logic. He is my best friend and hunk of hot sexy man. I just love him and praise the Lord for giving him to me. I'm excited to see what the next 8 years have in store.

And we were sitting at Olive Garden talking about our last Anniversary. He was talking, I was scarfing down the salad and soup and breadsticks - I could barely hear him above my chomping. I forgot how much I'm in love with Olive Garden salad. I really couldn't get enough. Pure heaven. But my belly is trying to forget - and it was NOT feeling the love the next morning. yikes. I guess there is such as thing as too much Olive Garden salad. wow. i think it got angry at me. sorry salad. i promise not too much next time. maybe :)

Oh, I was saying - last Anniversary we were there at Olive Garden (now that I think about it - that was the last time I was there! NO WONDER I couldn't get enough. whoa.) and talking about me starting a photography business. I didn't even have my Canon yet and was just talking...blah..blah..blah. Then I didn't even think it would really happen. WOW. Look at what a year has done. It's just incredible. And purely magical to look back and see a dream come true. The Lord has absolutely blessed me and it is all for His glory. He has done a great thing in my life.

So here we are. Just us. I brought child #3 along on our date - accompanied by friendly tripod and we took a few cute shots downtown in Pensacola. It turned too dark after about a 1/2 hour, but I did manage to get a couple cute ones... and then a flash picture at the end. (yuck. I am anti-flash, but I posted it so you could see us. on our anniversary date. it was a special night.) aren't we cute :)

Signature Selections Needs a Face

2009-06-03T09:27:00.004-05:00

Okay, I've been working on a little project. My friend and neighbor and mommy of my Alissa's best friend is opening up a boutique....Signature Selections. It will be full of bags and jewelry and baby items and gifts - ANYTHING you could think of and more, she's got it. And let me tell you, the girl has taste. GREAT taste. Her place will be the cutest anywhere. I promise. And the reason for the Signature in the Selections is because whatever you want from her store can be monogrammed! She will monogram anything and everything from her "Selections". There's nothing more special and from the heart than a gift with something personal and unique added to it just for you. I can't love her store any more. And it's not even open yet ;)

But this brings me to my little project. I get to put my work on her walls! I'm so excited!!! Now, I just need to figure out which ones... yikes. Now I know how clients feel when trying to decide on which image to order - it's so hard to decide!!! So, I thought I would ask for help. Because I'm like that. If I'm driving around town lost, I won't hesitate to pull up to the first gas station I see and ask for directions. I walk into Lowe's to pick something up for Jamie, do I wander around the store for an hour? Nope. Not this girl. I go right to the blue vest people and ask. Or are they red vest people?

Anyway, here I am asking... which of these pics would look great on a big canvas hanging in the cutest store in the world? Of course I will choose some from previous shoots, but I needed a place to start. Just leave a comment on what you think! I can't wait to see which ones I'll be printing :)

I'm the Guest Blogger!!! Go Check Me Out :)

2009-05-11T22:27:00.002-05:00

I've been invited to be a guest blogger for a fabulous site the domestic fringe! Go check me out :) And check out the site - it is my sis-in-law and she is hilarious. She always has the best stories. The best food. The best friendship. My comrad shopper. Truly a talented writer and amazing personality. I love her to death. And she cracks me up so bad! I'm so glad she's my family :) And after reading her site you will feel like her family too! Enjoy :)