Monthly Archives: October 2008

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{retro, fun, sweet & sassy – all twisted into one session!}

October 30, 2008 – 9:28 am

I have to admit… I didn’t want this session to end.  These two girls were so fun!  I seriously could have hung out and chatted with them all evening – but sessions do come to an end {sigh…}  The spirit and personality of these girls was gravitating.  Olivia and Madeline were up for anything -so we played around and fit so much into our session.  We had several clothing changes, many moments of goofiness, and just fun girl time.   I loved it!  Their mom was so great, not in any rush so we had fun with the session.  Here’s a little peek inside ;-)

All of the B&W’s were edited using my ‘Deep B&W’ homebrew, below  ‘Kara Colour’.

The two above I used ’Kara Colour’ and the two below I applied my ’1970′s Revival’ action. Kind of fun and funky! 

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{‘Why can’t I have a brother?’}

October 28, 2008 – 10:44 pm

Oh what a fun and busy time of the year!  This is my absolute favorite time of the year – have I mentioned that before {wink}?  I just love the anticipation before Halloween and then the upcoming holidays and festivities that go along with Fall and early Winter.  Sometimes I wish I could just freeze time.  I love pumpkin patches as much as my kids do, I love running through hay and corn mazes with my kids giggling the whole way, I love baking breads (eggnog and pumpkin bread are my favorites to make), and I love the smell in the air and the changing colors of the leaves.  I just wish we lived closer to a pumpkin patch – it would be so fun to do a session there (and of course buy several pumpkins).  Maybe someday….but for now I’ll take advantage of local areas.   Now who are these adorable kids pictured below?!  They are some of my favorite kids!  I met them over a year ago and every time I see them (which isn’t that often since our kids go to different schools) I just want to bring them home with me.  My kids love them too.  Tyler said he wished Thomas was his brother – then he followed that statement with ‘Why can’t I have a brother, can you and daddy give me a brother?’  Jeff and I just looked at each other wide eyed and tried to explain that God gave him a little sister.  I don’t know how comforted he was hearing that but he seemed to be content with our answer.  Kids are so funny…  Anyway, I was so excited to photograph these cuties again.  Here’s  a little peek into our session.

Above ‘Kara Colour’, below ‘Faded Yesterday’ slightly tweaked. All the rest below edited in ’Kara Colour’. :)

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{Cute-ness}

October 26, 2008 – 11:17 pm

Yes, I’m sooooo behind in my blogging and sneak peeks.  I have so many updates but not enough time this time of the year to post them all.  I’ll try though ;-)   Last  week I had a session with these two adorable girls.  They were so cute together – making each other laugh and just being silly (my favorite!).  Anyway, after talking to these girls I learned that I need to take my kids to Disney World – Anna told me all about it!  I’m now determined to take my kids after hearing about all the exciting things Anna and her younger sister Kate did at Disney World.  Anna agreed that I should take my kids and that they would love it ;-)   So cute – I love just listening to her excitement.    Here’s a little peak at Anna & Kate’s session.

‘Warm Vintage’ below and ‘Deep B&W’ above.

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{Classic Beauty}

October 21, 2008 – 9:15 pm

I feel so lucky to have this job!  My clients are so amazing and I have a blast during each and every session.  Some sessions make me laugh, some make me think and some turn me into a kid again (okay they all turn me into a kid again).   I love it!  And this past week photographing Amelia confirmed these feelings.  She was an amazing little subject to photograph -she was willing to wear anything I suggested and had fun doing it… a photographers dream.  Anyway, she really got into the session and even wanted to see how some of the shots turned out – I happily showed her and each time she smiled with approval.  So cute – I loved it.  I enjoyed every minute of this session with Amelia.  This little girl had a classic, elegant features that again called for a vintage look in some of her images.   So like Carter’s session, I couldn’t decide on one processing for all of Amelia’s session images, so I went with several processing techniques – all home-brews. :) 

Below – ‘vintage fade’

‘Slight vintage B&W’

Another ‘vintage fade’

Same image in ‘Kara Colour’

‘Slight Vintage’ with a hand done border and overlay. I love this image – Amelia did the posing herself, she just did it so I took her picture.  What a cutie!  I loved her energy. :)

‘Very Vintage’ below with a touch of ‘fade’.

‘Kara Colour’ below and in the last image.

‘Slight Vintage’ below

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