Oh, the cuteness

I love to photograph these boys! They've changed so much from last year.  They are adorable and quite expressive to say the least. Thanks for the fun morning, boys (and Holly).

Friday Finds

Press Printed Books  (not to be confused with the Press Printed Albums I featured a few weeks ago)




This is a book I recently put together for a client after a shoot I did of her kids.  It's a 20 page book with approximately 20 photos.  Since I design each book myself, you get to choose the photos you want included and the number of pages you want it to include as well.  Or you can leave it up to me!   They have magazine style pages (where they are bound together in the middle of the book) and are available in a variety of sizes. They also are a little more economical than the Press Printed Album.  E-mail me for more details.

PLEASE VOTE!!!

If you are on Facebook, Lynden Christian needs your help! (if you're not, it's a great time to join!) We're trying to win $500,000 from Kohls. To celebrate their 10th anniversary, "Kohl's Cares Charitable Foundation" is awarding $500,000 to 20 schools with the most votes. Each person can vote five times for LC. Click on this link, http://bit.ly/9F6q9G, and remember, you can vote 5 times! You DON'T need to be part of the LC community to vote...anyone can help us! (In case you are part of another school community that you're voting for, it's okay! You have 20 votes you can use, 5 per school.) Thank you!

How can you say "no" to this face!

Cherished time together

What a beautiful night we had at the river. This dear, sweet family and I headed down there to capture some family photos before their Daddy left for Iraq to serve our country. He's a doctor in the Army and will be away from his beautiful wife and adorable children for 7 months. Please pray for them as they spend this time apart and look forward to the day they are reunited.

A Happy Accident

I love it when things like this happen. However, the moment I was "taking" this picture I was not lovin' it! You see, the Dad of this sweet family (more to come on them and their WHOLE BIGGER family!) is a podiatrist and they thought this sign suited them well....it says "foot traffic only". We were going to take this adorable picture of their feet and the sign. However when I was changing the settings on my camera, my camera froze, I froze (panicked), I even asked Wendi to run to the car to get my other camera (and wouldn't you know, by the time she was back it was working).  But somewhere in the "messing around with my camera" process came this picture. I almost deleted it but something caught my eye, I liked something in this photo. It was their long shadows, the casualness of their interactions together and in the middle of it all, their feet. Sometimes you just have to hang onto to those that almost get sent immediately to the "trash" because they just might become a treasure.

ADORABLE!

I was so excited when it was time to do these sweet girls photos again, and this time we did the whole family, too! And they brought their own props...their Grandpas awesome old truck (which happened to match perfectly!) When their mom e-mailed me to schedule the shoot she said "It seems like you're either going to the doctor or getting pictures taken the first year of a baby's life!" So glad to see getting pictures is just as important as those well baby checks!

Friday Finds

Greeting Cards

You don't have to wait for Christmas!  Use a favorite shot from a shoot or a photo that you took that you just love.  It's a great and easy way to make your own set of personalized cards. They come in sets of 25.