michele & her girls.

Beautiful dresses, perfect light and three amazing girls. What more could I possibly ask for?

While we ventured out for some photos of Isla on her birthday, it only seemed natural to take advantage of the situation and grab a few of Michele with her little ladies. I do wish someone would have captured a behind the scenes as my birthday girl was 10 shades of angry and grabbing at me with all her might. hehe. Can you say diva? But these girls did not let that phase them, and although Miss N was not feeling up to being in front of the camera, I am thrilled with the results.

Hope that you like them Mish. You are one stunning mama...inside and out. I am so fortunate to have you as a friend and of course to be a part of watching two very precious young ladies grow. [Yes, I had to get a touch sappy on you.]





Had to add this one. Our baby girls....sigh...

shower details.

I had the honor of hosting Michele's arrival shower back in March and must admit, I LOVE party planning. It drives the husband nuts as I just don't know when to stop myself...but hey, that's the fun of it all.

The theme was a vintage tea party of sorts. I used my grandmothers china, a beautiful lace table cloth that I scooped up at the second hand store and I hand made all the birdies as favors. Okay, the birds might have put me overboard, but I totally loved making them. Of course finding a branch for the birds proved to be a little dramatic...but it all worked out. I also cut the letters out for Eve's name and stuck them to ribbon, and then onto the newly painted walls. hehe. Anything for a great party!

Added bonus, Isla's first birthday is in May and I am mainly going to rework this theme. Why not right?

Here are some details from the day. Hope that you enjoy them Michele!

looking back.

I thought this time of year would a fantastic time to look back over the past few months. 2008 has been fantastic to us...a new home, healthy happy children and the addition of our beautiful baby miss miss.

More then likely I will be sharing a lot of the little Miss. I of course cannot get enough of her and since she is a willing little model...[most of the time]...I have a very large vault of photos. As you will see in the last photos...even Diva's have their moments.

I hope you enjoy looking back as much as I do...

tis' the season.

I have been a little scarce lately...it is that time of year. My days are spent chasing the little ones, all the while trying to get a large variety of things done. The nights are spent cleaning, wrapping and trying to figure out what on earth made me think I could pull off a party before Christmas? Maybe Mom is right...I am crazy!

I was hoping to post some photos of my older kids this week...but the eldest fell sick and we just could not seem to get it together. So I leave you with a little something of the wee ones...have you ever attempted a photo of a 6 month old baby and a 2.5 year old with ants in his pants?

For the photogs who wonder what all that chat is about Nikon's at high ISO's...well...here is a little example of the noise, and I was not even that high! Anyone want to get me a D700 for Christmas? hehe.

workin' on workin'

I am really trying to take these cloudy, rainy days to step back and have a good hard look at my business. I want to assess the direction that I would like to go and have everything so organized that I can move forward with bookings without a second thought!

However...while doing this...

I am missing my camera!

She is just sitting here, beside my desk begging me to get out. Okay, maybe she cant talk, but I know what she is thinking. So in my best efforts to keep her happy, I decided to humor her and have a mini shoot with the lovely Miss I in my favorite place. I have a feeling this is going to be a very frequent occurrence over these cold, [sitting at my desk] months.

Love how the last shot captures her love for those tootsies!

hap. 5 months.

Since I am slowing things down over the winter season to focus on restructuring the business...I thought I would keep everyone tied over with a friendly face...

Dont think that means I wont take a booking! hehe.

The little lady turned 5 months recently...hard to believe. 5 months came with this brand new smile that just cracks me up. She sucks her lips in on a pretty regular basis now. Its become her "thing". Oh how I adore her.

lovin' the light.

There is nothing I love more (in photography that is), than amazing light. I totally lucked out when we built our new home with ONE room...and it happens to be our master bedroom. I LOVE the light in this room.

For those who often ask about my "in home" photos...here are the details on the location...

My master bedroom has 2 large west facing windows. Each is over 5ft wide and about 4ft tall. They are separated by about a 1ft gap. I also have a door with glass (south facing) and another window (south facing) about 3ft. The light has me wanting my camera out most of the day to shoot whatever/whoever I can get my hands on...now if only I could convince my husband that i needed the king size bed on wheels so that I could move it as required. ha.

Here are a few from yesterday afternoon...yum.

i'm floored.

ha. Okay, I have yet to use the HARDWOOD in the new house and thought it was time. I might just be loving the floor! The room itself is dark and having a Nikon (not high ISO friendly)...they were a little on the dark side...but I am loving the outcome! Moody...

which one?

BW or Colour?? I am really loving bw with my indoor shots lately...but the colour of her skin in this one, might just change my mind! I am diggin' the colour conversion myself...

I adore her little smile! I have many from this day...so don't be surprised if you see a few more...

all mine.

I have been working hard to catch up and get my business organized, so I have not been seeking much in the way of work. I would love to get things in order first...its coming, but its slow. I will be making some big changes over the next few months and cannot wait to share...

In the meantime, a couple of my favorite models will be frequent faces here...

LOVE EM'

just a girl.

I could eat this little lady up I tell yah. Yes this one is mine and I adore her, so I thought I would share a few from the other day. She is growing far too fast and weighed a whopping 16lbs 4ozs at her appointment today. sigh...

Miss "A"

I had the pleasure of photographing a beautiful little lady a few days ago. She is the newborn daughter of our friends Cliff & Carol and was welcomed by her equally adorable big sister Miss "C" (who I must take photos of in the near future)...she is way too precious.

Thank you for allowing me to capture your amazing little girl while she was still tiny. I look forward to watching your young girls grow into beautiful young ladies...

Here are a few favs from the session. Oh and wanted to add that I am completely in love with this little ones hair...

slacker.

Well I may be loaded with fantastic excuses...

A move.

A new baby.

A high maintenance toddler.

I do know I still could find a few moments to keep things up to date. Well, here they are. My few moments that is. Obviously my "professional" life has been a little slow lately, yes mainly due to my above excuses.

Things will pick up again shortly as I have a few weddings in the upcoming months and as things settle here I am sure I will be making better use of my camera....

In the meantime, I leave you with a photo of one of the most beautiful girls I know [slight bias]...enjoy...

much love.

Oh how I love this amazing little person that has entered our lives. She is so young, yet is already all things girl. Sweet, strong, difficult (I can say that...hehe), beautiful, cuddly...the list goes on...

She melts my heart every time I look at her sweet little face and can bring tears to my eyes simply by sharing a few of her own.

Baby miss, you have changed our lives forever.

keeping you updated...sort of...

In order to claim that I am keeping you updated, I would assume a post would be required on a more frequent basis. Please bare with me...I am determined to get back in the swing of things. Adding the newest addition to our family sure has me trying to find balance again, I will get there...it might just take a few months! On top of having a 3 week old & toddler to chase on a daily basis...we are moving this weekend. Ahhh. Lots going on. Oh and I am assisting Michele at a wedding tomorrow which should be fun. Will be interesting to be back at "work".

I leave you with some photos of my little lady...I just want to eat her up...

mini shoot

Since I was starting to feel a little better yesterday, I pulled out the camera for a quick shoot with miss isla! Its been a while since I did much of anything with the camera, so I was happy to have it back in my hands...and double happy with some of the shots I was able to get.

Having a little model in the house that cannot complain about the camera constantly in her face is going to be way too much fun! Oh this poor girl does not know what she is in for...