Peggy Rogerson Photography

Help the Animals

2011-03-29T11:35:00.000-07:00

No contribution is too small.

Save the Animals

2011-03-29T11:16:00.000-07:00

I've been away from my blog for quite a while now, but I'm back with a passion. And my passion happens to be helping find homes or financial support for the animals that the people in my county throw away, abandon,abuse, or simply cannot look after. I began last summer by making portraits of abandoned animals. The results were amazing. 100% of those animals found permanent homes. These were good dogs who just needed to be loved. Many times when an abandoned animal is photographed, he is dirty, malnourished, and scared. With the help of volunteers, we bathed and groomed the animals and made them look their best. This made them appear just as beautiful on the outside as they were on the inside. This year I'm making an effort to help raise money to get animals out of the county animal shelter and into foster or permanent homes. We're starting by first seeking donations to purchase large kennelsto lend out to individuals who agree to foster animals whose days are numbered when they go to the county shelter. If the shelter fills up, good adoptable animals are euthanized just to free up space. Next we'd like to create a spay and neuter fund to help offset the cost of preventing more unwanted animals in the shelter. Our goal would be to keep the shelter empty. If you are willing to help, please contact Angela at the animal shelter at 252-79-6800. Or donate what you can to help us in this effort. God bless you.

Whew! What a summer!

2009-09-18T19:41:00.000-07:00

I've been so busy this summer that I haven't had any time to post here. Hopefully that will change now that the days are getting cooler and the daylight is fading faster. This forces me to schedule sessions earlier in the day and it gives me more time to work at night. Lot of beautiful weddings this summer and lots of fun, fabulous seniors.

I've been needing to update my website for a long time and it's finally happening. Being the artistic control freak that I am, I decided to go with a self designed site. Thanks to my photography friend Andrea Wood, I was pointed to a great flexible web design site that enables me to continue to be artistically in control. Thanks again, Andrea.

The busy summer was also filled with lots of fun. I was able to team up with some great photographers and great friends at several weddings. Bonnie Berlin and I are terrific friends and a terrific team. Lots of laughs, lots of work, and lots of great images. Thanks, Bonnie, for always being there to teach, share, listen, and help out!

East Coast Photographic School in August was once again a real bargain . Fortnately I was able to attend this event on scholarship, but I would have been there if I'd had to pay. Tony Corbel, lived up to his reputation by teaching us all he knows about light. I am a better photographer because of the experience.

Many special weekends were also spent at Atlantic Beach with my family and friends. I never leave home without my camera, and as a result I have many images of the wild ponies of Shackleford Island. It's so different from my portrait work that it encourages me to think outside the box.

I'm not ready to say goodbye to summer, my favorite season. Having been a teacher for 27 years, I always looked forward to the lazy summer months of vacation. This summer has been anything but lazy. I suppose now I'll have to take my vacations in the winter.

Wedding Season

2009-06-18T20:20:00.000-07:00

June is definately the month for weddings. June began with Charles and Casey's wedding by the Roanoke River in Williamston. Thanks to the assistance of BJ and Ashley we got some great images. Then I was on my way to Nags Head to photograph Justin and Amanda's wedding with the help of Marlene. A hot day but the sky, the ocean, and the bride couldn't have been more beautiful. Last weekend Jesse and Diana were married in Bertie County and we were able to use the Hope Plantation as the backdrop for the formal shots. Ashley once again helped me capture all the activities. I'm anxious to get those processed and up for viewing. This weekend Aaron and Kristen will be married at Piney Grove and the reception will be at Yankee Hall. My favorite photographer friend Bonnie Berlin of Bonber Photographics is driving in from Winston Salem to be my second shooter. We're a great team so the images should be fabulous!

Wedding at the Beach

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Amanda and Justin

Will

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NC State Football (Mears Green)

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Kayce

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Ryan

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Hillary

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Samantha

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Videos

2008-10-16T19:59:00.000-07:00

I hope the clients I"m spotlighting like the short videos I've created for them. They're so much fun to do and offer an upbeat way for you and others to see a sample of our sessions. I hope to be able to offer these for sale as a high quality DVD soon. Then you'll be able attach them where ever you like as well as view them full screen.

I have some appointment times available in mid November if you know of a senior who would like to sign up for a session.

Scott

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Lane

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Cassie

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Josh

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Carsie Video

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2008-10-07T19:05:00.000-07:00

I've been too busy to do much blogging lately, but I'm going to try to get back to it. Seniors are still calling and we're still having a great time at the sessions. I love it when a senior selects a place that expresses who he/she is. Josh put on his baseball uniform we found some great light at the ballpark for this shot.

Then we headed for another place that he likes for some more pictures. Of course taking good pictures is simple when you're as great looking as Josh. He made my job easy.

2008-07-17T18:59:00.001-07:00

I like closeups and particularly love this one of Carsie.

She has gorgeous brown eyes that sparkle when she smiles. I think it's important to capture a lot of different elements of a person's personality. I like the smiling images but sometimes it's just as important to capture someone just thinking.

Red and Blue

2008-07-17T18:51:00.000-07:00

Seniors continue to fill my schedule. Carsie and I found some great places for urban shots this week. We even took advantage of an old disgarded sofa and discovered a door that is my favorite shade of blue.

Senior Pictures

2008-07-12T12:29:00.000-07:00

Senior Sessions

2008-07-12T11:59:00.000-07:00

With school starting in just a few weeks, I'm starting to get booked up with seniors. That's a good thing since they are my favorite. I can be as creative as I want to be and they seem to welcome it. If you have friends who would like to schedule a session, I have a few days left the last week in July. Most like to get the pictures done before school starts. but it's not totally necessary. I can't shoot outside before 5 anyway. So after school will work fine for me. The hour just before sunset is called "the magic hour" for photographer's. The light is perfect to soften the features of the face and sometimes I can position you just right to catch that rim light around the hair.

More Seniors

2008-07-12T09:55:00.000-07:00

Faith and Amber gave me an idea this week. Two is defintely better than one. These senior friends were able to combine their session and it worked better than I imagined. While one girl was changing into another outfit I was shooting the other. It maximized the time, plus they were able to help each other select clothes and have their pictures made together. What fun! Then we began our urban crawl. We found some nice old textured brick walls downtown and visited the railroad track for some buddy shots.

Senior Fun

2008-07-12T08:58:00.000-07:00

I decided to join the ranks of bloggers and share some of the fun I've been having with the high school seniors I've had sessions with. I just love seniors--fresh faces with an endless number of expressions and attitudes. All just wanting to be photographed. This week I spent the better part of a day with three upcoming seniors. Bailee came on Wed. and let me try out my new colored gels on my backdrop. We were both surprised that we loved the yellow one. She definately has the skin tone for it.

After a few shots in the studio we headed out to find some interesting places in Williamston. The new softball complex has some great playground equipment that we took advantage of. It was an overcast day so we had great soft light. It was a fun afternoon and we got lots of great pictures.