Thursday, October 28, 2010

My first shoot in New York!


DUMBO, originally uploaded by Casey McDaniel.

On Tuesday, I went into the big city to do my first couple's shoot! Honestly, it was pretty scary driving into the city by myself, but luckily everything went pretty smoothly! I even got a discount at the parking place! Yeah! The couple I went with were such troopers and showed me around the "DUMBO" area, which has so many cool spots to take pictures! If you would like to see more from their shoot just click here.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Sanding the kitchen table..

Who knew that sanding and re-painting the kitchen table could turn
into a writing lesson?

(Since it's almost Halloween, I thought it would
be fun to process these a little darker.)


We decide to re-sand our kitchen table and paint it black, so Gabe being the helper that she is, wanted to paint with Dad and it turned out to be (as my Dad would say) a good "teaching moment!" To see more pictures from today, click here.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Let's pretend..

The other day Gabe & Ethan were playing pretend firefighters..and I glanced over to see this scene unfolding. Since I was too far to hear what was actually going on, I am going to take a stab at how it played out in my mind..

(Gabe, aka. Miss Bossy) - "Like this Ethan! Put your hands like this!!"

(Gabe) - "Ethan come back here!"

(Gabe) - "EETTHHAAANN!!"

Playing outside

Ohh, the life of a 5 year old.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

The Crayola Factory!


Hard at work!


Little Witch

Gabe in the wax area!

I know this looks a little ghetto, but it was actually kind of cool...this is the area
where the kids can paint with wax, so it is a little messy and
since it is the crayola factory, I guess everyone has to draw on everything!

Watercolor area


Wax area (again)

"pretty farmer"

"Screamin' farmer"

"Po-dunk" farmer

Piper's contribution.

Molding the magic clay (you can paint or color it after you mold it!)

Daddy was pretty into it too!

Some of our masterpieces!

Crayons GALORE!

A box of 1903 crayons.



Glow in the dark coloring!

"How a crayon is made" room

Ren writing on the wall!

Today we went to the Crayola Factory in Easton, PA. It was so much fun drawing on walls, modeling magic clay & getting free crayons & markers, to name a few! Gabe loves to draw and usually colors or paints at least 8 pictures a day, so she was having a hay day!

Monday, September 27, 2010

Do you need family pictures for the holiday's?


Hey everyone! I just wanted to get the word out that I am now offering "Mini Sessions" and am back on track for regular family or couple sessions! I can't think of a better time to take pictures, than during the fall, when all the leaves are so colorful! And what better place, than on the East coast?
My Mini sessions include, 5 digital images and are short and sweet, being only 20-30 minutes long! If you haven't started thinking about getting some holiday pictures done, now is the perfect time! Plus, I am offering a special of $50 off the Mini Session price, if you book your session before Oct 18th! For more info on pricing, visit my photoblog www.caseymcdanielphotography.blogspot.com


Hurry and book today, before the holiday's get crazy-busy! Email me at casey.mcdaniel@hotmail.com today!

Saturday, September 18, 2010

The season of change..


Full bloom, originally uploaded by Casey McDaniel.

The other day I looked out my apartment window and noticed the leaves were starting to change colors on me. All of the bright green colors are slowly fading into scarlett red and it made me want to grab my camera and run outside. So I did! And this is what I got! I love the fall!! ( I posted a couple more on my photo blog!)

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Apple Pickers!














(Can you find me?)

Today we went with some of our good friends, apple picking at a nearby farm. It was a lot of fun picking our own apples! They were pretty big and looked crisp and tasty! It got my mouth thinking of a yummy toffee dip recipe my sister recently gave me...
It was also nice walking through the cooler, fall air today. It is funny how quickly the weather can turn. I think just yesterday, it was more humid and very hot, and then BAM, it is fall. I am really excited about the fall time here, especially with all of the beautiful trees around and the leaves starting to change colors! Perfect time for pictures! If anyone out there wants some family pictures done soon, let me know! I would love to take some during this wonderful season!