I have had the incredible privilege of shooting 2 other Elzinga family weddings. Naomi Elzinga was married last July and Kim Elzinga the following September. I love when I have the opportunity to get to know these families and enter one of the most sacred of family moments. Jennifer contacted me a few months back […]
When Dorene Vandermeer asked me to join this shoot- I nearly dropped a plate. Yes, please! The crew from Craftsy.com flew out from Denver to shoot Dorene in her element. The footage would later be part of their online workshops. I was lucky enough to brought along to photograph the “bride” modeling the designs featured. […]
What does photogenic even mean anyways? “Hi I’m Christa, I”m going to teach you how to be genic in photos” hmm. While we all stroke our chins and puzzle that one out, here’s a few tips ladies from the not-so-expert. 1. Breathe through your mouth. Simple but very effective, relaxes the mouth and let’s […]
I’m in process of planning my 3rd fashion shoot of the month and thought a few notes would be helpful to 1) sort my own befuddled brain and 2) help launching fashion designers or artists understand the process. Caviat- most of what I’ve learned is from my favorite institution, the school of hard knocks. I’ve […]
This shoot was designed for Lydia Wager and her senior collection- it’s beautiful work. So chic, romantic- I want to steal a dress for my private usage ;P When Lydia and I brainstormed over coffee she communicated she was looking for a ballerina inspired, natural lit setting – talk about gorgeous. Gorgeous work from model […]
While it may be argued that texting is a bane to society and incredibly unprofitable, I do believe there is another side to this debate. Being productive is good. Very good. Yes, you may enjoy reading or blogging or folding or biking or running errands or brainstorming instead…but is life on warp speed so […]
This coming Monday, a mere 3 days away (nobody panic), I will be shooting the first major fashion shoot of the season. Ballerina inspiration, smoke machine, fantastic hair/makeup crew, gorgeous fashion, what’s not to like? eeek. oh yea, I’m nervous. Tis true, under that kick-butt, cool-as-a-cucumber exterior, I’m nervous. EVERY time. But as a wise […]
There is a little bit of photo-journalist in each of us (unless I’m making a huge generalization, which…I probably am). Regardless of your photo-journalistic tendancies, weddings pose the single, most-frequent, opportunity for you to tell a story. It’s a real, live, love story happening right before your eyes. Sound overly romantic? A bit, yes. But […]
Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth. Even the all-powerful Pointing has no control about the blind texts it is an almost unorthographic life One day however a small line of blind text by the name of Lorem Ipsum decided to leave for the far World of Grammar. The Big Oxmox advised her not to do so, because there were thousands of bad Commas, wild Question Marks and devious Semikoli, but the Little Blind Text didn’t listen. She packed her seven versalia, put her initial into the belt and made herself on the way.
"Christa, you are such a delight to work with. You bring so much energy and direction to a photo shoot. The photographs you take, are truly a reflection of your talent and passion in photography."
"you bring so much energy
and direction to a photo shoot...."
"Christa is incredible. She really gets to know you, makes you feel comfortable and takes fabulous photos. Christa took our engagement photos, did a boudoir photo shoot for kate and did our wedding. We couldn't be happier with her.
"Christa is professional, fun, creative and in touch with her clients. She makes everyone look and feel beautiful. We could not be happier with her and her work."
Long before I was engaged, I knew I wanted Christa Taylor Photography to capture the special moments of my wedding. She more than met our expectations, and seldom a month goes by without somebody telling us how gorgeous our wedding pictures turned out!
Working with Christa is like finding some awesome girlfriend who completely gets you and can show you the beauty in whatever project you're undertaking. I recommend her to every bride I work with! Thank you, Christa, for your incredible work!
Christa is absolutely PHENOMENAL! My husband and I are beyond blessed to have had her capture our day! She was so great at directing people kindly and having fun too! She's a blast and we enjoyed the day more because of her! We loved getting to know her and she even had us to her home the week after our wedding for a brief photo shoot since the weather had been bad on the wedding day...she really went above and WAY beyond the call of a photographer and became our friend! She's the type we'd schedule a photo shoot with simply to see her and catch up!! There are not words to reccomend Christa highly enough! 💕We love you Christa!!