Monthly Archives: June 2009

sweet baby boy

This was our second session and we had such a great time.  Mr. “G’s” parents are wonderful to work with – it’s like we’ve been friends forever.  They are always up for anything and (as you will see) Mr. G is such a good sport – and cute as pie!  I love before/after pictures so I had to put a couple in the blog.  Both of these REALLY show how much baby G has grown in the first 7 months.  Amazing!

We tried to “curl” him up like the newborn picture – he was fighting tooth and nail – arching his back and kicking!

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BEFORE………

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AFTER………

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I think mom was convinced when she left that Mr. G didn’t smile at all during our session.  But, he did.  Just look at that grin!

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I had to share this picture because I LOVE the matching swirly hair – like father like son!  :)

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the stories I could tell….

As I go through the images from a session, I re-live all of the silly stuff that happened.  The images from this session tell a vivid story of three siblings who love life and love each other.  I don’t know how I will ever narrow down the number of images for mom.  That is the HARDEST part of my job!  

Mom wanted lots of candid, fun shots – to really capture the stage of life each child is in right now.  We definitely did that!  

Enjoy the sneak peak!

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Had to include this one – it just makes me smile.  Ahhh, the middle child, so full of zest for life.  The swing was going a million miles an hour – but I still captured this image.  There were many times during our session when miss “O” was saying “Miss Crystal take my picture!”  Gotta love a willing subject!

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brothers

Now that we have a son I’m sure I will learn more about relating to boys – although with these two I didn’t have any trouble at all.  My husband said the hardest thing for him to wrap his head around right now is that Jake (our son) won’t have a brother.  Jeff is very close in age (13 months) to his own brother and I don’t have any siblings at all – so we will both be learning something new.  

We had so much fun at our session and these two boys were perfect angels!  The youngest, Mr. J, was in Kylie’s class at school.  His mom and I discovered that they had a “liking” for each other when we went on our pumpkin patch field trip. The oldest, Mr. D, is very into baseball and he can tell you stats, names and all kinds of other stuff – soooo cute!  Mom said she really wanted pictures of the kids just being themselves (LOVE THAT).  You can see from these images that they have a special relationship and that Mr. J ADORES his big brother.

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I managed to distract them before the splashing became a total disaster!  :)  Just look at that grin!

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Okay – I couldn’t decide which one of these two pictures to post.  The eyes on these two – soooo gorgeous!  Oh, and by the way – didn’t mom do a great job with the outfits?? Love the colors!

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something different

I would say that most of what I do is childhood portraiture.  That is why it’s so refreshing for me to do “something different” once in a while.   This lovely woman contacted me to do some portraits of her for family and for a journey that she is about to embark on.  It was a beautiful morning and we had a nice, relaxing time.  I hope she had as much fun as I did! 

Good luck with everything Miss M.  :)

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Next up – an ADORABLE pair of boys!

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my girl

As most of you know (and any photographer will tell you) – it’s almost impossible to take pictures of your own kids.  BUT, today I had both kids all day (and it was a loooooooooong day) and my Kylie Bear let me dress her up in a beautiful tu-tu skirt and some cowboy boots while Jake was sleeping.  AND, she let me take a few pictures.  Yes, I bribed her with a popsicle.  What else can I do?

Here’s my sweetheart.  

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A note about the picture above.  Kylie has started biting her nails REALLY BAD (any advice here is welcome).  I often tell my clients that you want to remember your children “as they are” rather than the perfect posed shots.  This picture just speaks to me because it portrays the girl she is right now, for this moment — and we know how short these moments can be. 

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