Hyon Smith Photography Blog

A few years ago, while Christie and Jeff were getting engaged, Christie referred her sister, Cindy, and her sister’s husband, Matt, to us so we could photograph their (Cindy & Matt’s) new addition, Mackenzie, with the entire Leary family. Now, five years later, both sisters have new additions (once again), and we decided to photograph all of them together. Meet Mackenzie’s new little brother, Jackson, and her new baby cousin, Brady!

I and everyone else at Hyon Smith Photography would like to wish you and your families and friends a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you for all our families and  friends who continued to support and share the good times with us in 2009. I look forward to the new year with you all. Please enjoy the holiday break and have a safe one too (especially from the snow!). I love you all!

Let’s start the new year the cool way with our first workshop of 2010. Please RSVP as soon as possible. Only a maximum of 5-6 attendees are allowed. I believe keeping it at a small number of friends allows more one-on-one time and guidance as well as a more hands-on experience. I hope you can join us!

A few days ago, Brooke and Michael brought their son Landon and daughter Emerson for some family portraits. I loved showing off Landon’s million-dollar locks! While we were inside, I used studio lighting, but once we got outside, I only had to use natural lighting. Check out the work for yourselves:

The last seminar I held was especially fun since it was the first snow of the season. I taught how to photograph just about anywhere, as you can see with the snowball fights below! Emily is part of the “Big Sister” program and brought two of her little sisters with her, as well. They were both a lot fun. A big thank you to all the models and everyone who helped make it a success! It was nice having a lot of great, talented, and determined photographers show up!

Jen and Scott had a beautiful, beautiful wedding in the Bahamas. They invited their close friends (hokies-include) and family! I made a little semi-comic for the occasion. Congratulations to Jen and Scott and tune in next week for more photos!

Last weekend Adam and I had a chance to cover Sohee and Chris’s wedding, which was in Jamaica. The wedding was amazing, and all the guests were very personable and easy to hang out with. It was very intimate. The people of Jamaica were very friendly and greeted everyone with “ya mon.” It was very relaxing. I just wanted to share some of the awesome photographs with everyone from this destination wedding.

Congratulations to Sohee and Chris on their very “ya mon” wedding!

A while ago, I was asked to photograph baby Audrey. I was so happy to get the chance to because she was so expressive and cute. Here are some of the photos from the session:

Christina and Myk had their gorgeous wedding at the Fairview Marriott. They really knew how to have a good time! They kept joking around, and, well- I’ll just let you see for yourselves. Congratulations again to Christina and Myk!

I thought I’d post a little teaser of Soo and Steve’s engagement session. It was very romantic, and you’ll have to check out the blog next week for more of the photos.

Here’s another teaser update of their location shoot.