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About Sabrina K. Photography:

Welcome to my blog! I'm Sabrina Koogler, and I love photography! I always have my nose in a photography book, camera to my face, working on a challenge, workshop, or contest (in between sessions and processing!) becoming the best photographer I can be! I used to teach high school Spanish, and now I'm a stay-at-home mom to two adorable, rascally boys. Sabrina K Photography is my third baby, born of the need to document all of the milestones, wild times, and quiet moments of my children and others. My style is fun and natural. I seek to document the authentic "you" in my images. I offer custom portraiture in the Houston area, and I'm based in Pearland. I enjoy working with natural light and studio lighting--it's fun having a dual-sort of personality! And it certainly keeps things interesting!

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    PROJECT 52: Week 20 {power}

    Thursday, May 17th, 2012

    I am being a little literal for the theme this week, but honestly this last week of Pre-K has been pretty demanding on the whole family. Who knew?

    I’m taking an off-camera-flash mini-workshop through The Bloom Forum and it’s really getting me out of my comfort zone.  One of the first steps was getting some {power} for a studio strobe out in the wide world. So I bought this thing that looks like a car battery that’s well, a big battery, to {power} the light. I feel so portable. So untethered. Honestly, in my mind I feel like I have some sort of uninterrupted {power} source just hanging out in my living room right now. And it just a stinkin’ neat gadget! LOL! I’m such a geek!

    My first attempts were pretty awful in retrospect. I had some cute (albeit sticky–never bribe them with fruit roll-ups and cheetos again) models but my results were kind of lukewarm. But it was a lot of fun and I am looking forward to working with some more willing/mature models!

    So here’s my take on {power}: out in a field. No extension cord in site. Firing away:

    Flash!

    Now go check out Mischief and Laughs Photography for her take on the week’s theme here.

    PROJECT 52: Week 19 {favorite song}

    Thursday, May 10th, 2012

    Okay, so I’ll confess “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from the Disney Movie “Toy Story” is not my favorite song. But it’s a song we like because we like watching the Toy Story franchise.

    And I’ll confess as well that I’m back for round two of the Finding the Light workshop so expect to get lots of leftovers from those assignments for the next 8 weeks. Oh, and did I mention I’m also taking another lighting workshop (completely opposite–off-camera flash) starting Monday? Yes, I am crazy!

    So here are two images of my boys playing with some marbles. I try to brainwash them every day that they are best friends. That they will always have each others’ backs. That they will always be close. That they always have a friend in each other.

    Love.

    Now go check out the rest of the circle of the lovely ladies of The Bloom Forum, starting with Misty Seltzer | Lubbock, TX Family Photographer here.

     

    Macro Monday: Marigold

    Monday, May 7th, 2012

    Saw this beauty in the back yard today. It’s a survivor because my now-two-year-old is pretty ruthless with picking the buds off flowers:

    I got to use this new favorite lens a couple of times last week for a gorgeous mama-to-be (again) and some sweet baby eyelashes. Really enjoying getting up close!!

    PROJECT 52: Week 18 {temptation}

    Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

    Lately, I’ve been wishing I could just live off of coffee. (Well, okay, coffee and red wine, but I’ll just stick with coffee right now.) Eating food (or, rather, preparing said food–no, wait, it’s the cleaning up that get’s me) just feels like an insurmountable chore these days.  But, alas, I am quite sensitive to caffeine, and I truly, madly, deeply SHOULD NEVER DRINK MORE THAN ONE CUP AT A TIME. Ever.

    Really.

    Despite that fact that I would  drink coffee all day long if I could,  sadly, I can’t. It triggers my anxiety. It makes my heart rate crazy. It makes me wonky and, ultimately, tired.  Highs and lows. Don’t tell me caffeine is not a drug. That stuff can seriously mess you up!

    When our 12-cup coffee maker died, we opted to replace it with a Keurig. Not because it is neat and trendy and cool. Not because the coffee is any better. But because a single serving is what we need to tame our caffeine addiction. And those stinkin’ little cups are way pricey! Sheesh! But if left unmonitored we would go through several pots on the weekend and end up climbing the walls. (Yes, I’m saying “we” here because I am not alone in this justified love of the java.)
    Anyway. .. this week my temptation is that second K-cup:
    Now go check out what the other lovely ladies of The Bloom Forum have to say about their temptations this week, starting with Misty Seltzer | Lubbock, TX photographer HERE.
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