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Posted on December 20, 2012
Oh my … it’s a boy!! We are up for an all new and exciting adventure around here – not just three kiddos, but a BOY too! The girls seem to be most excited about the prospect of dressing their baby brother up like a girl … maybe I shared too many stories of me and my baby brother with them, LOL! I hope he loves unicorns, fairies and pink things because our playroom and half of the house are covered in girly things!
Some 19 week belly shots of me … not perfect, as they are all self portraits (see my assistant in the bottom photo, who held up her lambie so I could set focus).
And my little assistant …
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Posted on January 9, 2012
Some quick photos of the family from over the holidays. We attempted to get out and do this three times … each time failed, this was the only time we actually got anything recorded (the other times ended with tears for various reasons or sleeping babies before I even got the camera out). This third time it was freezing, blustery and as you can see in some of the images, snowing/raining! Processed with my Paint the Moon actions.
One of my favorite shots of my baby girl over Christmas. 
When she wears this outfit I just can’t resist yelling, “She’s so fluffy, I’m gonna die!!!!!” 
I know it’s ridiculously furry. I’m not sure what it is about having baby girls that gives me the irresistible urge to dress them like baby animals.
You can see the snow and rain coming down around us … it was blustery, freezing and wet! We had planned on doing a whole family session, but settled for a few *very* quick shots before getting drenched (and ruining my camera gear). And, yes, I look like my head is not attached (or I have no neck??) and am missing a hand that’s pulled up inside my sweater.
And we are off and running back to the dry, warm car!!
If you love to take photos … whether you are a professional photographer or a mommy who loves taking photos of your family – or if you have kids who would love to start taking their own photos and want to learn about photography – you should take a look at the new Let’s Do 52 Project up on my business blog. It’s basically taking a photo a week according to the theme … and this year I’ve started one (with Adeline’s suggestions and help) just for the kids!! It’s called Let’s Do 52 – Kids Click Too! The ages involved so far have ranged from three years old to about twelve, and it’s so fun seeing the world through their young, artistic mind’s eye. Hop on over and take a look if you’re interested in joining us!
For the kids …
And for us big folks …
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Posted on December 29, 2011
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Posted on November 26, 2011
I usually keep all things business away from my personal blog here, but I thought all my mommy readers (or just anyone who likes pretty things for free) would enjoy these free holiday gifts I have up on Facebook right now.
A few years ago, before Addie was old enough to read or spell out names, we started using photos as tags on all our Christmas and birthday gifts. It was a huge hit with the kids as well as the adults. Sometimes we’d put the recipient’s baby photo on the tag as the “To” and our own baby photo as the “From,” which can either be sweet or super funny depending on how goofy you looked as a baby (and fun to watch them try and figure out who the present is actually from by the baby photo). So, I thought I’d share this little tradition with everyone in the form of some pretty gift cards/tags. You can use the option for putting your own photos in the frames or leave them off and just write on your own text. Moo is really great for printing these … you can order a set of 50 and make every single one a different design! It’s fabulous for people like me who have a hard time choosing on just one design to print up – and for the gift tags you can make a separate custom tag for everyone on your list (and the “green” paper option is really pretty with a natural texture and feel). You can punch a little hole in the top and string it with raffia, twine or a pretty ribbon. Anyway … I just wanted to share it with all of you because you’re all awesome.
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Please forgive the poor quality image … I had to take it in the middle of the night with only the light of the Christmas tree so the gifts were not attacked by baby Eliza who finds all the pretty packages irresistible.
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Posted on November 21, 2011
I love these images because that amazing (and seemingly never exhausted) energy that Addie exudes 24/7 is captured just perfectly. Miss Eliza was freezing her tushie off – that’s why she looks like she’s doing the robot walking towards me (the sand on her hand was bugging her as was the ice cold wind). We were there for maybe 20 minutes since it was so dang cold, but Adeline went totally bonker dancing and twirling and falling down over and over again … and then went on a roller coaster up on the pier.
Warning: Technical stuff from the business blog … don’t read unless you’re interested in the photography side of things.
For those interested in the technical aspects of the images, here’s a little more information. I know these are far from technically perfect … she was spinning, dancing and running so darn fast (the beach and sunshine can create that kind of giddiness in my girls in an instant), and so combining that with the fact that much of the time I was crouching down with my baby girl in one arm and balancing the camera in the other hand – I ended up chopping feet off and not nailing the focus every time. The color cast was all natural as the sky was absolutely glowing with a kaleidoscope of colors in pink, orange and yellow. I decided to just enhance that in post processing with some actions from Picture Perfect (Paint on Color Pops Richer), Wonderland (for PSE users it would be in Fresh Wonderland) and some new actions I’m working hard on.
But I don’t care about any of that because these photos capture the pure essence of my little girl’s spirit … she is wild, free and happy to no end. And I even captured a few of the more serious moments as well (you can see she can almost snarl in her seriousness when she’s so inclined). Little baby Eliza was freezing her little bum off, and therefore, was in my arms for most of the photos I took. I just sat down in the sand with her and snapped Adeline as she twirled. Shot with the Nikon 85mm 1.4G. The settings ranged from ISO 200, f1.4, 1/500 to 1/2000 second, depending on which direction my camera was pointing in (the sun was very bright even as it was setting). I use spot metering (on their faces) and Single Point AF where I choose my own focus point.
I hope you enjoy these and are able to go capture a little of that childhood happiness for yourself today – no matter how old you are!
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