It will be here before you know it.  Happy Valentine’s Day from Photos By DK.

This past weekend, I had the honor and pleasure of being part of the special day for Erin & Kyle.  As I begin processing the images captured from the day, I wanted to provide them, their family and friends with a sneak peek.  I hope you enjoy this photo and please stay tuned as I will be posting more as I continue to process them.

Are you in the middle of or planning a website refresh or redesign?  If so, don’t forget to update your photos as well.  I recently had the pleasure of working with Tanna Clark of Complete Organizing Solutions.  Tanna is a professional organizer and she was having her website redesigned.  She wanted some new photos that represented who she is and what her business is about.

You wouldn’t buy a brand new suit and wear old shoes with it would you?  Make your website refresh complete with new photos from Photos By DK.  I would welcome the chance to talk with you about exactly what it is you are looking for and design a photo shoot to meet your unique needs.  Send me and e-mail to contact@photosbydk.com today to get the process started.  You may also see more examples of my photographic work at www.photosbydk.com.

I have had several photo shoots lately.  This has kept me quite busy processing images.  Tonight I am sharing one of my favorite shots from a recent session.  In the coming days, I hope to be able to share more from the recent sessions.

The cooler weather has been such a relief.  I cannot think of a better time to book a photo session.  If you would like to see more samples of my work, please visit my website at www.photosbydk.com.  For more information, feel free to send me an e-mail at contact@photosbydk.com.

Photos By DK

Nashville Area Lifestyle Portrait Photographer – Darrell Klein

Photography Quotes – Presented by Nashville area lifestyle photographer Darrell Klein

When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes.  But when you photograph people in black & white, you photograph their souls!  ~Ted Grant

This past Saturday, we conducted an engagement photo session in Jackson, Tennessee.  It was a hot session even though we started in the morning.  We did everything we could to beat the heat and I think we were as successful as humanly possible.  We had lots of fun on this session as always.  Jackson, Tennessee has to be my favorite place for location shoots.  There are many great spots that I have discovered and the people there are super friendly.  If you would like to book your engagement photo session with Photos By DK, just drop me an e-mail to contact@photosbydk.com.  More samples of my work can be found on my website at www.photosbydk.com.

Darrell Klein

Lifestyle Portrait Photographer

Nashville, Mt. Juliet & Jackson, Tennessee

Everyone should have a good head shot portrait of themselves.  Of course I would say that.  I am a photographer after all.  But think about it.  Wouldn’t it be great to have a great head shot of yourself?  With the popularity of social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter, most of us would get more benefit than ever from a high quality portrait of ourselves.   The high quality comes into play because of the fact that social media is not just something we do for fun any longer.  Many people use social media to find jobs on sites like Linked In or even their soul mate through sites like match.com and eharmony.com.  If you are going to use photos on these sites, it is important that they be of high quality.

At Photos By DK, I am equipped to provide my clients with a variety of differing styles when it comes to head shots.  For those in corporate settings, the more traditional head shot is apropriate.  However, if you are looking for something a little different, an environmental portrait showing you in your typical surroundings might be what you are looking for.  Whatever the case may be, I can meet your needs.  If you would like to inquire about a head shot portrait session to meet your needs, please drop me an e-mail to contact@photosbydk.com to let me know what you have in mind so I can provide you with a proposal.  Please see samples of my work on my website at www.photosbydk.com.

Photos By DK

Darrell Klein

Nashville Lifestyle Portrait Photographer

If only these days could last longer

Actually, one way to make them last longer is to capture the memories of your children and family in the form of portraits.  These days with your children go by faster than you could ever imagine.  As the father of a three-year-old, I know.  I am so glad we have family portraits to capture the memories.  As we continue to make more memories, portraits will be a large part of that.  If you would like for me to capture memories for your family, contact me to get more information.

contact@photosbydk.com

Darrell Klein

Photos By DK

Nashville Lifestyle Portrait Photographer

www.photosbydk.com

Last week was quite a busy week for Photos By DK.  I had two big photo shoots including the one that produced the images shown above.  We had a great time working with this wonderful family.  Meeting great families like this one is just one of the many added benefits of being a portrait photographer.  It was a hot day that started off with heavy rain but we were able to make the most of it.  I am in the process of going over the images captured from the day so I can post the final selections soon.

Now is the perfect time to capture those family memories in the permanent form of a photograph.  Contact me today at contact@photosbydk.com to get more information or to book your session.  More samples of my work can be seen on my website at www.photosbydk.com.

Darrell Klein

Nashville Lifestyle Portrait Photographer

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When I talk to people and tell them I am a photographer, I inevitably hear stories about their experiences with portrait studios.  Last night I heard about one person’s experience with high pressure sales tactics.  That is one thing you will not experience with Photos By DK.  I do not lure you in with a low price only to attempt to sell you one of everything and three different variations of the same pose so you leave spending far more than you intended in the first place.  Sure, my prices might look higher on the front end but I have talked to people who have spent far more at one of these studios and left with what I feel is much less than had they allowed me to be their photographer.

The person I talked to last night also told me about how the photographer at the studio tried to have her two-year-old daughter do several poses.  How do you expect a two-year-old to do poses?  You are lucky to have them sit quietly without crying hysterically.  This is why I am a firm believer in getting outdoors on-location and letting kids be kids.  Sure, studio portraits have their place and I hope to own and operate a studio someday.  However, with toddlers, it is best to let them do their thing and be there to capture it as it happens.  This is how the best toddler portraits are created.

If you would like more information or if you would like to book a portrait session with Photos By DK, please drop me an e-mail to contact@photosbydk.com.  As always, more samples of my work can be seen on my main website at www.photosbydk.com.

Darrell Klein

Nashville Lifestyle Portrait Photographer

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