Friday, February 5, 2010 Posted in Children
that life would feel a bit busy with 5 week old twins. This family not only has that but 4 other children under the age of 7. I have to admit when I first heard that there were 6 young children, I gulped a bit. Then I met with this mother last week to plan the session I knew that things were going to go extremely smooth. It was just a feeling and it was exactly how the session went. The children are incredibly well behaved and are not strangers to having their portraits taken.
I love the picture of the girls. It was so apparent how thrilled the eldest daughter was to have these twin girls even the numbers out:). Enjoy your sneak peek…lots more to come.
Thursday, February 4, 2010 Posted in Children
I did this session a few weeks ago and have taken forever to get a post up. I shared a few earlier but there were so many nice shots from this session. One of my favourite things to shoot is baby details – the dimpled fingers, the chub, the toothless grins, how they suck on their bottom lip, their toes, goopy teething hands and drool. I still remember the little details of my son’s first year (okay, there are a few pictures around to remind me). I have to confess that as first-born there are a ton of these pictures of him and not as many of my daughter. She is getting her turn now:). The first year is so fun! I often get asked what is the best time to come for pictures. This is tough, there are lots of changes in the first year so ideally a Watch Me Grow package is the way to go. If you can only choose one or two times then either a newborn session and/or around 8 months when they are sitting and interacting. I could go on because if there is one thing that you will notice from my blog is that I love something about every age.
I have a bunch of blog posts coming up…including a family of 8…yep 8…and the most recent family members are 5 week old twins.
May I also add that due to a tool that I learned of through a photography mentoring website, Two Photog, blogging should become a lot easier…well, I will still have to think of things to write though.
Lastly, in regards to my post earlier this week…may I just say “here is to AWESOME friends!”.
I truly believe this but still struggle to find the sense some days. This is one of those days. Today I am sad and missing my mum! Of course, this is something that I think about a ton however today I am finding it particularly difficult. Maybe it is because this week marks the 3rd anniversary of her passing, maybe it is because the little one is sick and neither of us slept enough last night, maybe it has just been a few weeks of a lot of projects/discussions/reminders of cancer,… Many of the latter are things that bring me back to “things happen for a reason” and in the end are very healing.
The little one was hanging out in the studio with me last week when she was not feeling well…I just downloaded these as I was downloading the weekend sessions’ images…She looks like I feel today…although my eyes might be a little more red. The scruffy looking pink thing is her sleep bag that my mum made when her when she was born…and I am still surprised that it is still the thing that she carts around everywhere.
The next few weeks are going to be filled with lots of newborn sessions. I am so excited. Here is just one image from a recent maternity session. More to come!
Friday, January 22, 2010 Posted in Children
So it is that time of year again…tax season. I realize that I have probably scared a few people into thinking that it is the end of April. Nope, I am a super-nerd and am working on taxes now. Please remember…I was a designated accountant in my past life and actually use to enjoy it. Sadly this is not the case anymore. Shoot pictures and edit or do accounting/taxes?? Hands down, I now choose the former! However, I am also not a procrastinator. I would rather get this stuff done so I can get back to the fun stuff…so I am working on accounting/taxes now. Anyway, I have a new toy…it is not so new…I actually think that we have had it in the house for almost two years. It is called Neat Receipts and my husband “had to have it” a couple of years ago. He is a “first adapter” when it comes to technology. I, on the other hand, am not. Long story short, I have finally started using this product. It is fantastic for cleaning up and inputting all of the receipts. I know that we are all trying to make our lives simpler and more organized (and in our case, minimalist)…this tool does a great job of cleaning up an office so I thought that I would share.
And since I must post a picture…here is a shot from the Olympic Torch Relay as they proceeded past my son’s school this week.
Have a great weekend!
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