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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 17 {facial features}

    Thursday, April 26th, 2012

    I realized that I’ve been so consumed with other stuff that I have not really been playing with my new toy–my 100mm macro lens.  So I popped that bad boy on this week and have been sticking to it. Here’s a secret: I think I’m a prime gal after all. Yikes! How on earth am I going to resolve this love for primes with a love for families? Stay tuned for that, but today what I have for you are some {facial features} courtesy of this week’s challenge with the beautiful ladies of The Bloom Forum:

    Truly, he’s the apple of my eye. I can’t love this photo any more than I do right now. Big pink puffy heart love.

    Can dirt be considered a facial feature? It’s pretty much a standard around here! I love his squishy nose here. And the apple-eating drool drop.

    Love that expressive face. He would not give up the dimples, though. Boy, he has the cutest dimples! Since the day he was born! I was lucky to get what I got!

    Those ladykiller eyelashes. . . sigh. . .he gets them from his Daddy. (Notice he’s wearing a different sunsuit here? Yeah, did I mention “dirt” being a constant??)

    Yes, his eyes are totally unreal here. I didn’t really do anything with them in post. Love this boy!!!

    What a fun assignment this week! Perhaps if I was working with my “big” I would have been able to really get close to focus on those details, but this will do for now!

    Now go check out Misty Seltzer | Lubbock, TX Family Photographer to see her take on this week’s theme here.

    PROJECT 52: Week 13 {album cover}

    Thursday, March 29th, 2012

    This one was a stumper. Fortunately, one of the assignments from the wonderful workshop I’m taking right now overlapped this theme. Whew! That took some pressure off.

    I know some of the awesome ladies in this circle from The Bloom Forum have interpreted this as the “album cover of my life”. For me, I went with a song that applies to life right now: Tom Petty’s “Wildflowers”. You can view the YouTube Video here.

    I had the pleasure of working with a friend’s GORGEOUS daughter for this exercise. I could post every.single.image. we shot but will limit myself (okay, not limiting a ton, but you know what I mean)!

    Here are the lyrics:

    You belong among the wildflowers
    You belong in a boat out at sea
    Sail away, kill off the hours
    You belong somewhere you feel free

    Run away, find you a lover
    Go away somewhere bright and new
    I have seen no other
    Who compares with you

    You belong among the wildflowers
    You belong in a boat out at sea
    You belong with your love on your arm
    You belong somewhere you feel free
    [ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/t/tom-petty-lyrics/wildflowers-lyrics.html ]

    Run away, go find a lover
    Run away, let your heart be your guide
    You deserve the deepest of cover
    You belong in that home by and by

    You belong among the wildflowers
    You belong somewhere close to me
    Far away from your trouble and worry
    You belong somewhere you feel free
    You belong somewhere you feel free

    And here are my images:

    Oh wait, did I just share 15 photos? Well, I could have shared about 100. This was such a fun session with such a beautiful girl. What a pleasure.

    Now that I made you scroll down through all of that, check out what Misty Seltzer | Lubbock, TX Family Photographer has to show for her {album cover} here.

     

    Project 52 (week 7) AND Project 12: {LOVE}

    Thursday, February 16th, 2012

    Love day has come and gone. It was fun.  And Pinterest-filled for all except for this slacker mom. My kids survived. Sheesh.

    This week and month’s theme both are {LOVE}. Two birds; one stone. I’m all for multitasking these days.

    Here’s my image:

    I could post so many things with the theme of love. My family. My life as a Christian. My new camera bag.  But this really touched my heart and I knew it had to be this. My big guy was so excited last week to show me how to make a heart with your hands (he learned it at school). I made the “love” wallpaper/overlay as part of the “trying something new” that I’m wanting to get out of this year of challenges. Was pretty okay with how it turned out!

    So go take a look-see over at Misty Seltzer | Lubbock, TX Family Photographer to get her take on {LOVE} for the Bloom Forum’s PROJECT 52.

    And check out these links for the PROJECT 12 over at Newborn Goodness: HERE and HERE

    If you just want to see some pics of my boys frantically tearing into their V-Day gifts, enjoy here.

    Project 52: Week Four {homemade}

    Thursday, January 26th, 2012

    Many thanks to my husband for providing me with this week’s theme. El escorpion appeared one night while I was on a photo shoot and he was in charge of the animals children. One of the things I’ve discovered about parenting is that sometimes we, the parents, enjoy playing with the toys more than the kids do. This building set was a Christmas gift to our 4 1/2 year old.  Since opening it, he’s made. ..um. .hmm. ..not sure. My husband on the other hand has made a scorpion, a tyrannosaurus rex, and a stegosaurus.  Unfortunately, those dinos met their demise at the childrens’ hands while I was taking a shower. Sometimes it’s just hard being homemade!

    My “concept” for this week was a bit of a product shoot with the high-key background and some plexiglas as a reflective surface on top of the seamless paper.  Difficult getting the “right” vs. the “wrong” reflections! This gave me more respect for commercial and product photographers! Even though the subject is not moving, getting the lighting just right is tricky!

    Not to mention getting the angle right so you could see what this crazy creature is was a challenge!

    Coming right at you!

    So that was this week’s {homemade}.

    Go and check out another fabulous photographer from The Bloom Forum to see her interpretation of the week’s theme: Misty Setzler, Lubbock TX Photographer

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