My name is Kellie.
I am a professional wedding, event and portrait photographer located in South Central, Kentucky!
My photo blog began many years ago as a way for friends and family to watch our children grow! My passion for photography also has grown over the years much like my children and I am very proud of my versatility and style.
I believe fun, relaxing and REAL best describes my photography and one of my many goals is to present you with the kind of memories that I would love to hang on my own walls! I want your photos to tell the story of your life!
Thank you for stopping by and your interest in my work and the images I am creating! I look forward to sharing my photography with you!
Two years ago I worked and worked planting a row of purple irises in our fence row! They have finally bloomed and my hard work finally paid off!
In the middle of all my purple flowers there is one single yellow one and of course, I like it the most!! =]
There was also a certain kitty lurking in my flowers too ……..
After having a really busy week and going into yet another busy weekend ……..I am still thankful it is Friday!
Rather than focus on the sleep I may or may not have had, the mess that we call home or lists of things to be done, I choose to be thankful for all that I have in life to be thankful for.
It would be impossible to list all the things because I feel so blessed with the life I am living, but I cannot post anything about being thankful and not mention my family who makes life so much happier.
My husband ….. he helps me, he encourages me, he believes in me, but most importantly he loves ME.
My children …… they are patient, loving, supportive and always glad to see me!
You each mean the world to me!
It was almost bed time before we got around to our Easter tradition of dying eggs!
In the words of Jasmine Star …. we are KIR (keeping it real) ….. my kitchen was a disaster! I was however thankful I found some cute little cups in the pantry with easter eggs on them instead of the Christmas tree cups I found first! =]
We think Miley (bottom left) was either saying a small prayer we would go to bed soon or that we would drop something accidently to eat that would be yummy for her!
Our Easter Morning bed heads …….. and Chocolate of course!
Our Family: Shannon, Kellie, Dalton and Emma
Our kids are growing up so fast …… we are almost afraid to blink! Dalton is now 11 and Emma is 6 3/4′s!
The Cousins … Davis, Dalton, Caroline and Emma
Let the Easter Egg Hung Begin …….
You may have noticed a few new things around Kellie Carter Photography these days! =]
Last fall after I returned from LA, I met with the fabulous Serif Group in Lexington, Ky to discuss new branding for my photography business. I knew this was something I wanted to focus more on and I needed someone to guide and assist me. Jackie and Bill Powell were above and beyond what I expected and I felt certain they would be an excellent fit in helping me with this new direction.
I went into this process with very few ideas of what I wanted and looking at the final results I am truly amazed how well they were able to capture ‘me’ in the design!
I am so proud of my new logo and can’t wait to start incorporating these changes into my work!
One of the biggest reasons that influenced me to drop what I was doing and go to WPPI at the last minute was the remote possibility of being able to hear Jasmine Star as a platform speaker! I loooooooove her and her work and I knew that would be a major highlight of 2010!!
She was scheduled to speak at 6:30 on Monday evening! The minute I finished up with the shoot on the Vegas strip, I literally took off to my room…… exchanged my camera bags for my purse, pen and paper and off I went. This being only 4:00 I was on a mission. I had heard about long lines for popular speakers and people being turned away at the door and I knew I would be crushed if this happened to me. On my mad dash I picked up one of those $15.00 tasteless sandwhichs and continued my sprint. I was practically out of breath when I rounded the corner and was greeted with an amazingly looooooong line already. My heart sank, but I took my place in line…. made myself a table on the floor with my sandwhich and waited. Not too long after that an event worker came by counting heads … I was #307 in line! The room was supposed to hold around 900 people. I was so excited! Would you believe this crazy guy walked by and wanted to know what we were waiting in line for and when we told him he said ‘who?’. Myself and the people around me just looked at him in disbelief with our mouths open…. Seriously?
When the line started moving somehow my #307 went to #670! How did that happen??? Regardless, I was in!!
If there was a ‘nose bleed’ section for this event my seat was definitely in it…. but I really didn’t care! I was going to be in the presence of ’the’Jasmine Star!!
Her presentation was everything it was hyped up to be! I left feeling uplifted and inspired. My notes from that night are a little tattered because I have carried them with me and read over them several times. Her topic was ‘Ghetto Fabulous Marketing’! She made us laugh and feel good about our journey.
One thing I left Vegas and WPPI with was a quote that Jasmine’s husband JD told her when she was facing the decision to go back to law school or follow her dream to be a photographer.
It went something like this:
‘I would rather see you fail at something you love, than succeed at something you hate’.
I can’t hep but believe this was a point in her life and career that she will never forget and I don’t think I will ever forget it either! It takes me by the throat and squeezes me until I remember to breathe again …….. and remind myself to keep dreaming.
I didn’t want to leave you without a photo so here I am out in the desert again! I told you I was COLD!!!! I promise AGAIN … I will show you more of the models for these shoots soon! Stay tuned …..
My trip to WPPI was a complete whirlwind and I am slowly catching back with myself!
I have become so accustomed to documenting lives of other people that sometimes I forgot to document my own…. therefore the lack of many personal photos from this trip! Now my iPhone photo gallery tells a different story! Maybe I will post a few of those later! Gotta love being at photography convention with tons of photographers, surrounded by tons of fancy equipment and the iPhone becomes the camera of ‘choice’ for the week! I see a lot of irony in that myself! =P