Sophia

My cousin Ray and his wife, Angela, recently had their first baby...a girl. She is the 9th grandchild in that part of my family and the very first girl. 

Sooooo sweet!

She is so precious. She is this little bubbly little girl that I can absolutely tell is probably the happiest baby on the planet. What an angel. Her little grin - really a big grin - is so cute and her mommy sure knows how to get her to smile.

Well...my Aunt Barbara was in town visiting her very first granddaughter and i got to snap a few photos.

First here is one of my Aunt Barbara :)

And now...the star of the shoot...

Christmas Card Pictures

So...I'm by no means a professional...but, I do love photography. I'm taking photos of some family and friends for the holidays - you know, for those coveted photo Christmas cards that we all send out!!?? And, I'd be happy to take YOUR family photos, too. This will help me to 1) practice what I love and 2) build my portfolio. This will help YOU to get family photos with full rights and permission for a very, very LOW price!


So - if you're interested - give me a call!

Carsyn...Post 1 of 2

Our definite family favorite right now is Carsyn. 


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She is so darn A-Dorable!!


Shooting and editing these photos has been so much fun! I'm just about done, but I know my sister has been dying to see some photos of her newest bundle! I'm waiting to finish cleaning up the black and white backgrounds on several photos - so, I'll save those for the next post. And, some of those are my favorites...so stay tuned! But, until then - here are some gorgeous shots of Carsyn!

Sneak Peek - Carsyn Paige

Ok. There are no words for how flipping adorable our newest family favorite is!!! I am still in the middle of editing (sorry Ash, I'm a bit slow) but, here is a sneak peek of my newest niece - Carsyn Marie Paige. Just kidding Ashley - don't get mad :)


Seriously...she is so darn cute I could stare at this picture all.day.long. Literally. No photography skills necessary - she is just so beautiful! Love her!!!

Brody...Finally!

Back here I gave a sneak peek into the newborn session with this cute little guy, Brody. Then...I slacked and never posted the rest of the pictures! Man oh man is he a super cutie patootie. He was wide-eyed pretty much the entire session. He is so stinking cute! He is going to be a mover that's for sure. He was just about 2 weeks old and already strong as could be! What a joy! Thanks Jeremy and Tara for sharing your little boy with me for a few hours.

School Pictures

I LOVE school pictures. It's so exciting. It brings back the days of when I would plan out my outfits (not always the best choices), my hair, etc. And then...it's like old school film. You have absolutely NO idea what they look like until the pictures come home. 


Surprise!!!


School pictures are now digital. With the digital technology - you can now pay for touch ups and buy the disk straight from the studio. Last year I paid $6 to have a scratch removed from Brady's cheek. Call me vain - I don't care. It was a gross scabby scratch and I didn't want that hanging up on the walls. Well...I got what I paid for. Yes, it was removed. But...I'm guessing the studio had preset colors that they just stamped on over a scratch and didn't really take the time to properly edit the photo. So...we ended up with a cute picture of Brady with a noticeable (but, not too too bad) edit of a scratch on his cheek. It wasn't bad enough to warrant re-takes, so we lived with it. 


This year was Lily's first official picture day as a Pre-K student. And guess what...she had a cold. Not only that - but, she had this ginormous scratch/scab in the corner of her eye from being hit with a hula hoop at a Labor Day party. Yes...only our Lily gets hit with a hula hoop...but, that's a whole other story from our klutzy girl. Her nose was red - her lips chapped and her eye scabbed. Makes for a reaaaaaaaalllllly nice first picture, right?

So, I was filling out the picture day form and I was about to check the box for the edit and I remembered Brady's "standard" skin color edit. I decided I'd try to edit it myself. So - I bought the disk and hoped that I would have the permission to edit the photo and send them to Costco. Whew! I do.


We got the pictures yesterday. Boy oh, boy - I forgot how much that scabby scratch was visible. So - I took a few minutes and edited away in my good 'ole trusty Lightroom that I so, so love and......


Voila!!

Perfect? No. But, definitely not just the "fair skin, white child" preset that I'm sure was used last year on Brady's scratch.


I'm avoiding retakes! Yahoooooooooooooooooo!!


p.s. - Buying the disk is soooooooo the way to go. You get the disk for $25 and then you can send them to Costco to print the sizes that you really need for a fraction of the cost. The packages at the school always sell me on too many sizes (for waaaaaaaaay too much money) that I don't even need. This way - I order EXACTLY what I need for literally pennies. 


LOVE it!

Brody

So cute - isn't he? Yep...here is a sneak peek of little this 13 day old cutie. Thanks Tara and Jeremy for letting me into your home to capture some cute shots of your newest little guy.