Mommies-to-be

Baby bumps are so fun to capture for Mommy-to-be!  It is a very special time in a woman's life and it should be captured for her to cherish!

Weddings

So, I now have a few weddings under my belt... and I have to say I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHING WEDDINGS!  So much love and happiness, and I get to capture those memories for the happy couple!  I must admit my shutter finger is pretty cramped after shooting the reception, but there is a huge smile on my face!

Babies, babies, babies!!!

The last few month's have been very exciting in our family!  We have had 2 new births in two months!  So I get to take photos of gorgeous newborns! 

Since our newest addition is only a couple days old and not yet out of the hospital, I only have one photo of him so far... but don't worry little guy you will be blinded by my flash soon and often!

Unexpected locations

I am constantly looking for cool locations to do photo sessions.  I found this awesome little nook right in my own neighborhood this weekend.  So I grabbed my friend's kiddos and took some photos for her!

Bluebonnet Portraits

Yes!  Bluebonnets are at their peak!

Time for portraits in the bluebonnets, a Texas Tradition!

These two lucky twins were born during bluebonnet season and are celebrating their first birthday!

Yea for bluebonnets!

Bluebonnets provided a wonderful contrast against this cute tutu!

April Showers... Texas Style

"April Showers bring May Flowers"... in Texas, April Severe Thunderstorms bring them.  And boy do they do it up big!  Had a nice storm roll through early this afternoon and happened to have my camera to get a few shots of some spectacular looking clouds.

Now many times I get to go play in this type of weather and collect water samples, but we have been so dry here of late that this stuff is just soaking in and none of it is making it to the streams... yet.

Misty Texas Morning

For people in some parts of the country, this might not seem very exciting. But for us folks down in South Texas, it is fantastic!  It's raining!  We are smack in the middle of the worst drought in Texas history.  You wouldn't know it from looking at the blue bonnets, but it is true... they are just hardy little buggers.  And smart... look at how their leaves draw all the water into their centers!  This larger droplet then has more of a chance of making it to the ground and thus to their roots!  Brains and beauty...

So remember, don't take your water tap for granted... it is a very precious resource in many areas of our country.  Sorry, sometimes the hydrologist side of me peeks out and stands on her soapbox... haha.  Enjoy whatever weather spring is sending your way!

Texas Spring = Blue Bonnets!

Springtime in Texas

means

Blue Bonnets!

I took a few minutes to drive over to a field of blue bonnets I had been keeping an eye on for the last week as I drove by them on my way home from work.  They are almost to their peak of photographability (yes I did make that word up).  In other words, it is blue bonnet photo time! 

I poked around and snapped a few pictures while I was there...

Got a couple of bee shots...

 And found an albino blue bonnet!

Shoot the Moon

Shoot The Moon

I have become somewhat obsessed with night sky photography of late.  This photo was my first attempt at shooting the moon.  I took it with my 18-135 mm zoom lens.  I will be getting a "zoomier lens" (to quote my sister) so I can attempt even clearer images of our orbiter... 

Buckles By Grace

More Product Photography

and

A Fantastic Product

My sister-in-law recently started her own business and asked me to do some product photos for her.  She is making unique necklaces hand-crafted from re-purposed belt buckles!  They are gorgeous and I loved photographing them... note: if you have discovered that are not as patient with live photography subjects as you thought you might be, product photography is soooo another way to go; they stay right where you put them, you can walk away for any amount of time, and they don't whine... ;-)

Check out 

BUCKLES BY GRACE 

at 

www.Bucklesbygrace.com 

and see more of her work!

Product Photography

Product Photography

Another form of photography that many hobbyists don't consider is product photography.  Since I work full-time and then have dinner, homework, cuddle time, and bedtime routines with my boys in the evenings, there are often times that I miss the daylight entirely for photography opportunities during the week!  So I started photographing products in a homemade lightbox... you can google "lightbox" and get tons of ideas and information.

Photography Therapy

Texas Sunset

As a crazy-busy single mom, I use my photography to find quiet time for myself after a busy day at work.  I got this shot while walking around a local nature center with my dog one evening... enjoying the quiet... 

Happy Mama

Happy Mama

On-location photography can be a new photographer's best friend!  There are no costs involved with studio set-up, etc.  So find a nice city park, etc., and start shooting! Here is one from a maternity session I did a few weeks ago... looking forward to taking pictures of the baby after he's born!

Candid Crow Photography takes the Leap!

Welcome to my new blog

My name is Cassi Crow and I have recently started my new business, Candid Crow Photography, in beautiful Boerne, Texas.  It is a hobby turned part-time business for me.  Full time I am a single mom to two boys and a hydrologist with the US Geological Survey.  I hope to make this blog useful to others who are stepping out into the realm of hobbyist turned professional photographer...