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This is Me

Hi there! I am Missy Cochran and I love photography, I fact, you could say that I am obsessive. It all started when I got married and had my wonderfully awesome grandpa take my pictures. He was a professional photographer and I thought all photographers were the same. After the wedding, I got the pictures back and they were all very traditional. Not grandpa’s fault, but mine for not knowing what I wanted. Anyway, I realized too late that I had actually wanted something different than what I got. Since my wedding is all over, I now get to live vicariously through my awesome couples. Other stuff about me is that I make a goal every three months to run regularly, but haven’t yet quite found my mojo. I think I like the idea of being a runner but maybe I am not really one at heart! I love sweets and I love my church and doing things that add joy to my life.

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featuring my latest photo sessions, tips for photographers, ideas to make your pictures better, and tidbits about my life all randomly jumbled together. Using "categories" on the top menu can help you isolate your interest. If you like what you see, add me to your subscriptions to get the latest updates to the blog. Also I love comments! I read them all and try to reply to everyone.

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Monthly Archives: March 2008

Jasmine and Jordan

These are from the session we did today. Jasmine was really shy and we weren’t able to convince her that it would be fun to spin in her pretty white dress. We even tried music :) She was happy to smile, and we got tons of great images. Poor Jordan missed her nap this morning, but really loved the bubble bath and trying to stand up in the tub.  The last two images I think would be fun for samples here in the studio (I really need to get some for my walls!)

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This is a collage I made using some fun images of Jasmine. I am contemplating making a canvas sample of this because it is so cute and full of life! The debate in my mind is between this composite and the image below that I think would look really cool with a wild sorbet frame.

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Wah and Tina

Yesterday in downtown Portland, we shot through overcast skies and into blossom filled trees.  The setting was beautiful and right as the sun was going down, it peaked through the clouds and we were able to play with some backlighting effects.  I LOVE this wall because it is the color of suset and with the light bouncing off of it, the wall felt really warm and lovely.  Wah and Tina also Treated my assistant (Rebecca) and I to dinner as we waited for it to get dark before the signature MAX shot.  We really had a great time getting to know you both!

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Baby McKenzie

Yesterday we met with Holly and Eddie, the parents of McKenzie, to photograph thier baby girl.  At six months, she was a doll and happy the whole time.  It was so fun to get to know their little family better.  I feel like an expert on file types since Eddie is an engineer and imparted much knowledge to me :)  

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