Photos by Kim Hill and Seductively You

My World, Your World Project {Photos by Kim Hill, Portrait Photographer}

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Kim Hill

So a lot of photography enthusiasts start out the new year with a Project 365 or Project 52. Well, I can't seem to follow through on those projects and rarely get past the month of January. Probably like a lot of others who resolve to diet in January and quit by February. LOL But I decided to participate in a "My World, Your World" project with some other amazing women photographers from the 4TLoF group and will be posting my shots once a month. Now THAT is a time commitment I can handle. There are 36 of us participating, so We have paired up for each theme. My partner for the year is the fabulously talented Britt Anderson who covers the Hilton Head and Savannah, Georgia region.

Our first monthly theme is "black & white". While many others in the group have chosen to each do a black & white image, Britt and I took a different approach. I shot a predominantly black image while she shot a predominantly white image. Together they make the theme "black & white". Here is my half:

I hope you will take a moment to check out Britt's half of the project, along with her other amazing work. 🙂

Posted in Photography - General | Tagged 4 The Love of Focus, Britt Anderson, Kim Hill, My World Your World, portrait photographer | 6 Comments

Camera Necklace Winner {Central New York Photographer, Kim Hill}

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Kim Hill

My friend Tamsen, of Creative Clicks Photography, held a little blog contest a few weeks ago. I enter all sorts of these fun little things, never expecting to be a winner. But this time I did!! :) The adorable necklace arrived yesterday afternoon. Of course, I had to put it on right away and see how it looked. LOVE IT. I was out earlier today and received some nice compliments on it, too. Isn't this cute?!

So thanks, Tamsen. I absolutely LOVE the necklace. 🙂

Posted in Photography - General | Tagged camera, Creative Clicks Photography, necklace, Photos by Kim Hill, Tamsen Donker | 1 Comment

Vintage Glam {Seductively You, CNY Photographer}

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Kim Hill

Another portrait from last week’s session with Miss T. She had explained to me that she is very interested in old cameras and film photography, and that she wanted some images captured of herself with a vintage camera. Luckily, I happen to collect vintage cameras and we used this old Argus twin lens reflex camera as a prop. In keeping with the vintage theme, I decided to make a bird cage veil to add some interest to her hair. When Miss T. came by today to view her images, this was the first one she selected. YAY!! It totally made my day to see her happy with the results. 🙂

Interested in having your own vintage glam session? Click the “Book a Session” button below to get started. 🙂

Posted in Boudoir | Tagged argus camera, boudoir, corset, Photos by Kim Hill, Seductively You, vintage boudoir, vintage camera, vintage glam | Leave a comment

Miss T. {Seductively You – Intimate Portraits, Syracuse, NY)

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Kim Hill

Normally, I do not blog on the same day as a session. I usually like to fully edit all the images and deliver them to the client. But today, I had to share just one. I’ve been wanting to do this sensual boudoir pose with the draped fabric for quite some time. I think it was well worth the wait. LOVE this shot.

Thanks so much, Miss T. More images to come in a few days. 🙂

Posted in Boudoir | Tagged boudoir photo, boudoir portrait, draped fabric, draped silk, intimate boudoir, Photos by Kim Hill, Seductively You, sensual boudoir | Leave a comment

Say goodbye to 2010 {Central New York Photographer}

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Kim Hill

As the year comes to an end, I decided to go back through my files to reflect on the year and share 10 shots that make me happy. Some are clients, some are personal, and some are from the photographers’ retreat I attended in the fall.

Some of the highlights from this year included:

– a broken foot in March
– losing 45 pounds
– attending a photographers’ retreat in October
– having surgery in October
– enjoying weekly outings with my boys all summer

Overall, it was a good year and I’m looking forward to an even better 2011. Thank you to all of you!!!

Posted in Boudoir, Fashion Photography, Photography - General, Sports Photography | Tagged Central New York photographer, Kim Hill, photography, Photos by Kim Hill | 15 Comments

Our dog Ellie {Central New York Photographer}

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Kim Hill

It is such a beautiful autumn morning here in New York. The leaves are already past prime, but look pretty on the ground (for now at least). I suppose I will eventually have to go out there and rake them up. But in the meantime, I will enjoy their shortlived color.

Today I spent a little time out back playing with our dog, Ellie, who is now 2 1/2 years old. She LOVES to eat apples and luckily she can have her fair share as we have 3 apple trees out back. She's not usually very cooperative when I have the camera in hand. But apparently she will do anything for an apple. LOL

Hope you are able to get outside and enjoy the colorful fall. 🙂

Posted in Family Photos, Photography - General | Tagged animal, dog, Kim Hill, pet, photo, photography, Photos by Kim Hill | 42 Comments

Here’s one for Guinness {Central New York Photographer}

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Kim Hill

As some of you may recall, we did a garden this year and the kids were VERY into it. Today was the day we decided to finally harvest the potatoes and carrots. Well, we also had a couple of radishes left too, ones that SHOULD have been picked back in July. But my oldest wanted to see just how big a radish could grow. So here it is in all it's glory.

And just for size comparison, I had him hold up a baseball too. ROFLMAO

He wanted me to call Guinness. NO JOKE. I told him I would look it up on Google first to see if it is even in the running. Probably not, was my guess. So I checked into this and it doesn't even come close to the world record of 4' 4" in length with a 14" diameter. But it was still funny. And I bet next year he will strive for one even bigger. LOL

Posted in Photography - General | Tagged Kim Hill, photography, radish | 28 Comments

Fitness Model {Central New York Photographer}

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Kim Hill

A few days ago, I had the pleasure of meeting John who is a young model aspiring to become a personal trainer. It’s so funny how he and I actually know some of the same people yet have never met before. Even more funny is that one of those people is my neighbor’s son. You’d think that in the 11 years we have lived here that I would have at least seen him once or twice out there shooting hoops, right? LOL

Anyway, we had a good laugh over it and took some fun pics using a different lighting setup from my norm. Take a look and let me know what you think. I would love to do more athletes and fitness enthusiasts in the future. 🙂

John, good luck in pursuit of your dream job. I think you’ll do great at it. 🙂

Posted in Photography - General, Sports Photography | Tagged athetic photography, athlete, Cicero NY fitness photographer, Cicero NY sports photographer, fitness, fitness photography, Kim Hill, muscle, photography, sport photography | 17 Comments

Challenge – Chalk {Central New York Photographer}

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Kim Hill

The ladies over at 4 The Love of Focus are having a back to school photo contest with the theme "chalk". I've been trying to get outside to do this for nearly a week, but it has been miserable here with rain each day. But today was a good day and I found a dry spot to make a hopscotch board for the kids. I encourage you to go outside and play too!! 🙂

Have a super Sunday everyone!!!

Posted in Family Photos | Tagged 4TLoF, chalk, hopscotch, Kim Hill, photography | 6 Comments

Urban Boudoir Session {CNY Boudoir Portraits by Kim Hill for Seductively You}

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Kim Hill

I had the pleasure of shooting with Renee again this past week. We went to an abandoned factory in a neighboring town. Lots of awesome textures and interesting backgrounds to work with. And the fact that it was completely empty gave us the privacy we needed for such an intimate session.