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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.

Photo by DIANNE BENTZ

Portland Photo Workshop

Can you tell that I really want to photograph a wedding?  Craig Mitchell hosted a lighting workshop for some local photographers and it really confirmed that I love natural light more than anything!  It was so fun to take pictures of the models when they weren’t posing, but that is just me!  Here is the make-up artist, Nicole getting one of the models ready.  Is this not reminiscent of getting ready pictures?  I think so, and I love these!

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The make-up tool belt of power. 

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Nicole the make-up artist is so beautiful!  She was even modeling her own amazing self!!

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Isn’t Melissa cute in these?  So stylish.  These girls are so stylin!  Very inspirational to me because I am so casual all the time.  I wanna be stylish!

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Here is Craig showing us how to use the light and then there is me shooting all natural!

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Jenni, she is such a nut!  I love it!

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So, the people on the bridge were participating too, fun!  People came up to us asking what was going on a lot.  I should have had some cards on me, but I didn’t.  Sometimes I just want to enjoy photography and not be on all the time.  So, it totally looks like this fireman is checking me out, but he is just laughing because a group of us gals were looking so silly getting athletic (a term coined by Jenni) with out cameras.  One of the firemen looks like he is posing for me.  Very nice :)

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Jenni and Kim here.  Kim and I hung out for a little while before the workshop and we actually got to the workshop late since I forgot to change my watch from daylight savings.  We were thinking we had plenty of time to kill and instantly panicked when we figured out the folly of our ways!  While we were hanging out before I did a few pictures of Kim.  Fun fun.

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After the workshop, we went to Red Robin and ate.  A bunch of us were starving, well I was because I had only eaten a little lunch and I was a clean plate-er!  Kim paid for me as a birthday present!  That was so sweet!  Thanks Kim!  Oh yah, yesterday was my birthday, good times.

Bethany F Photography - How fun! Happy Birthday yesterday!!March 19, 2009 - 12:37 pm

Jenni Carmon - A nut? Is that a very nice way of saying "CRAZY"? Fun, fun times, cannot wait for our beach trip!!March 19, 2009 - 1:07 pm

Melissa - so fun! wow- my shootsac (and bum) looks awesome! had a blast with all you girls yesterday! Can't wait for next meeting!March 19, 2009 - 1:07 pm

meg - Bummer, wish I could have come too! Thanks for sharing!March 19, 2009 - 3:45 pm

MsBunn.com - Melissa was definitely dressed for the camera -- I loved her assemble! I'm totally digging Kim's boots, too! And, THANK YOU for not posting any pix of me! Okay, so you got partial of pumpkin-me in that group shot, but I can live with that. haha!March 19, 2009 - 4:33 pm

Rebecca - Looks like you guys had so much fun. I wish I could have made it. Happy Birthday Missy!!!March 19, 2009 - 5:37 pm

Angela - seriously guys you have me pouting cause I couldn't make it! You're all so lovely! Can't wait to hang out with you guys again!March 19, 2009 - 8:18 pm

Deyla Huss - Ok so this post made me a bit nervous and THANK GOD there were no pics of me!!! LOL always behind never in front is my motto! Had a blast with you girls as always!March 20, 2009 - 9:56 am

MsBunn.com - Oops! I meant, I loved Melissa's ENSEMBLE, not "assemble." haha!March 23, 2009 - 9:35 pm

Nicole Wagner - Missy, I love these pictures!!! you are too nice with all your compliments..I really don't deserve them. It took so much guts for me to get up there infront of everyone(5yrs ago, I would have passed out) ....thank goodness you all made me look so good! THANK YOU!!March 24, 2009 - 9:01 am

Endearing Studios - The photos of my good friend Jenni are hilarious! You captured her true essence =). Looks like you guys had fun!March 25, 2009 - 5:55 pm

Kim - Missy, how fun! I'm a little behind in my comments...but better late than never!! I am really sad that all my pics were erased...yikes! What a fun day we had..thank you for thinking of me and not letting me hang out alone all day! :) You're awesome. And, you really did capture the day in all of us...we had so much fun!!April 2, 2009 - 12:35 pm

Lizzy Fotheringham - Some day I will learn the secret to taking beautiful shotsApril 9, 2009 - 6:54 pm

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