UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOTICE

Hi. I've used a certain platform to build this website from day one of sharing my photography online. And now I've pushed it past its limits. My wings need more space to fly. And so my focus lately has been on building a new website on a new platform. It will be bigger. It will have so much more info. It will be beautiful.

For now, you can still use the contact form if you'd like to book a session.

You can still see a sampling of my wedding photography here. 

If you'd like to see some of my family, children, couple, or individual portrait photography, you can do so here for now. 

When the new site is ready, you'll be able to come right back here and it'll have magically replaced what you see now. See you there.

Outdoor Portrait Sessions Open for the Season

It's time!
Starting today you can book your summer Chicagoland outdoor portrait session with me.
Head on over to the contact page, fill out the form, and we'll start setting up your photo session. If you've got a date in mind, be sure to include that in the message box.

A few more cities may become available in the weeks ahead. If you haven't noticed, this site has been undergoing some changes and will soon change even more! Announcements will still appear on www.kristinserna.com

Back to the Future

Hi.
I got you this gelato cupcake.

Everyone can share this one, right? Also, if we want to get all French philosophical technical about it, it's not actually a cupcake. It's a photo of a cupcake. But the good news is that means it's calorie-free!!

And while we're here with this cupcake, I might as well say let's go back... to when I posted on here more regularly... which is what I plan to be doing going forward. I have a lot of ideas. In addition to posting session previews, I'll be sharing more tips and ideas for weddings as well as lifestyle portrait sessions.

And speaking of sessions, outdoor session times will be available soon. In my next post there will be more info, so keep an eye out.

Start Here

There's a new page in (this website) town...
It's called Start Here and it's a good place to start if you're new to this site or simply want a guided tour of where to go to find some of the really good stuff here.

You'll find links to my photography philosophy and what to do if you're interested in booking a photo session with me. I've also listed some of my favorite posts for what to wear to your portrait session.

For wedding photography, you'll see where to find an example of the album I offer wedding clients, a sample of one of my favorite weddings I've photographed, as well as what a First Look looks like.

So click on over. Start Here!

©2015 Kristin Serna. This post and photos are mine should not be republished without my permission. Cheers!

Friday Awe: Hearing The Voice of a Monument

Growing up I marveled at The Eiffel Tower.
I thought if I went to only one place in all of Paris, that would be it.

And I did.

Well, when I eventually went to Paris I visited several places around the city but la Tour Eiffel was most definitely one of them.

For some reason stairs are more enjoyable to climb in Europe than anywhere else in the world and so I climbed every stair of the tower that they let you climb. I thought about how strange it must have been to see when it was first built and how iconic it is now.

I took photos of the lines of its interior and views from it. Then when I climbed back down I took photos of the outside of it. I thought of all the photos that have been taken of it, all the perspective angles it's been viewed, all the memories made around it.

But I never wondered what its voice was. How cool that someone looks at The Eiffel Tower and wants to know what it sounds like.

The Eiffel Tower's Voice from The New York Times - Video on Vimeo.

©2015 Kristin Serna These are my words and my photo. The video belongs to its respective owner. This post should not be republished without my permission. Cheers.