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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Photo by DIANNE BENTZ
Because of the swine flu, the hospitals are limiting the number of visitors to their maternity ward. I got to be one of two people allowed to visit my sister when she had her baby because she wanted pictures. Many of you know Melanie, she second shoots all my weddings with me and she got a chance to see what it feels like to be the subject of photography. Here is her brand new baby, Michael, in the hospital and one of Kevin, her husband, who was the only other person allowed to visit.
Some of you may have seen our wedding album, it was big and beautiful. We have gotten so many compliments about it and probably many of our wedding couples wanted us at their wedding so they could have one. I love having a finished product that I an proud of! I have been wondering a lot about albums and as our photography improves, my album designs have gotten simpler and simpler. I love classic white backgrounds that aren’t dated by photoshop effects and photographs that are pure and clean. I have started putting these together like a magazine layout and I am going to get a sample printed very soon! Anyway, check em out and tell me what you think…
This would be the first page and the other images below this one would be what it would look like to have the album spread across your lap. We offer albums for the first year for babies so that when the album is complete it will have speads that tell the story of your baby growing up. When we do a lifestyle session with an album in mind, we will infuse the album with your child or families unique personality and design it with details that define you in you current stage in life. The albums act almost as a time capsule telling your story at the present time if your life. I will post pictures of the finished product as soon as it is complete.
I am soo excited about this photo shoot! It was my first real maternity shoot and they turned out amazing! Miranda was a dream to work with. She has a background in modeling and I could really tell that she knew what she was doing! I LOVE these images!!
