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My Little Flower Girl

July 26, 2010

I had a nice break from sessions this weekend (because I had 4 last week!) so I definitely enjoyed some family time. I bought a new camera a few weeks ago (a Canon 5D so that I have a back-up system in place) but haven’t had the time to break it out to familiarize myself with it. I took my lovely little girl out tonight in my back yard right after the heavy storm we got because that’s the most beautiful light when the storm clears. Madeline has been loving to pose lately, so much so that she tells me how to pose when she takes my picture… “No, mommy, model like THIS.” Ooops, I guess I have created a monster! :) I really can’t wait until the day she is old enough to help me with sessions. I have a feeling she’s going to be great.

A little vintage to satisfy my craving lately. Oh and this is how she says you should model. What? You didn’t know??!!
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These poses kill me. They’re all her. No direction from me! I did, however, convince her to take off the backpack she wanted to accessorize with for these photos. :)
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Inspired

April 30, 2010

I was inspired by many things here: this vintage headband that I love, her Matilda Jane outfit, this old house on the battlefields that I drive by all the time, photographers like Skye Hardwick and Tanya Brunnelson who do this vintage style really well, the urge to try something different, and mostly just inspired to capture my daughter’s little happy self as she evades my camera lately.

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You know those faces that only mommies understand? This one is *that face* for me…. it’s her “why are being so silly mommy?” face. That’s why I love it.
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Easter Egg Hunt

March 27, 2010

Today I took some time out for Madeline and we visited Crumland Farms for an Easter Egg Hunt extravaganza.  What a nicely put together community event!  I just pulled some quick snaps off because if I don’t, chances are, I’ll never get to them because I’m always buried in client work.

This was Madeline’s first Easter Egg Hunt and I have to say, she wasn’t too interested in the competitive sport of egg hunting.  She was way too interested in the farm animals on the farm, mostly just “goatie”. And it figures that she was scared of the Easter bunny walking around, but not afraid of the bowling pin dressed up in character.   Despite her oddities, I love her all the same.

And something interesting happened to me today while there, three different people approached me and asked if I was Lucky Ladybug Photography because they recognized my daughter.  That’s pretty cool.  I love meeting people and will know better from now on to always wear make-up in public :)

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Snow Day with my favorite girl

February 5, 2010

We’re hunkered down with a week’s supply of bread and milk and ready for this blizzard! I will admit that the thought of hanging out with my daughter all day sounds pretty cool… I don’t know if I’ll be saying the same thing come Sunday if I am still stuck inside though.

She humored me today with her little hat and beautiful smile (it’s hard to get a geniune smile from her lately although her fake ’say cheese’ smile I get ALL the time when I break out my camera). But this one, this one I love.
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And I’m trying really hard this year to be better about capturing her being HER. Catching those little moments instead of always aiming for the perfect picture. So I am going to try more of these type of storytelling collages with her photos to put in her album this year.

I <3 her.

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happy halloween!

October 31, 2009

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The Holidays are Coming!

October 13, 2009

If you’d like this new (to me) red sofa in your holiday photographs, just give me the heads up! It fits in my car but I just need an extra set of hands getting it out. I LOOOOOVE it. Did I mention how much I love it?
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I also have this new (to me) gold chair that I’ve been loving against the fall foliage. I also love this little girl. What a sweet, beautiful model I have.
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Goodbye Summer, You Were Good To Me

September 8, 2009

Hello! I am back from the beach where I enjoyed some much needed time off. It was my daughter’s first time at the beach and my first visit to the shore in 8 years… I really should think about taking a vacation more often. I definitely feel rejuvenated. But no rest for the weary though… I don’t have time to show all of my favorite photos I took because I’m busy catching up on client work, emails, proofing and ordering since my husband implemented the no computer rule while I was away. But here is just one I quickly pulled-off my card and I love how it shows just how scared of the ocean Madeline really was. She was not a fan of the cold ocean water. The game room and heated pool at the condo building, Dumser’s icecream and the boardwalk, yes!

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Stay tuned for a really busy September, and rest of the year for that matter! I have been, unfortunately, having to turn down session requests for the rest of the year because I’m booked up with the exception of the holiday mini-sessions on 12/5 for which there are some slots available.

Thanks so much again and I do hope your summer was as wonderful as mine was!

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Daddy’s Girl

April 7, 2009
It’s hard trying to convince my husband to let me take some photos of him but I pulled out all the stops yesterday when I told him that he should do it for Madeline. Well, he’ll do ANYTHING for her and so here we have it…. the results of my quickest session ever, all 8 minutes of it.

The truth is, I know she’ll cherish these forever when we’re long gone and that’s why it’s so important to me to take photos.

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Oh Lucky Days

March 17, 2009


You’d better be wearing green today or else… Madeline packs a mean set of muscles ya know! Happy St. Patrick’s Day

P.S. Yes, I think it’s pretty cool how her shirt matches my new logo!

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Art for My Kitchen…

February 18, 2009

…compliments of my lovely cook whose cooking skills with plastic grapes and plastic carrots will amaze you.

I was totally inspired to do this by a wonderful photographer Lyndsay Stradner of Life in Motion Photography, Austin, TX (thank you Lyndsay for the nice words about my version!). My dining room and kitchen walls are bland and I like my artwork to be personal. Maddy has the most adorable kitchen already so I moved it from the basement up to the dining room because I liked the red walls against her kitchen (I hit the wall in the process coming up the steps but we won’t tell the hubby, mmm kay?!!).

Then she turned around and did this when I asked her to give me a model pose.

… “come here and kiss the cook, why don’t cha!” This might be one of my most favorite shots of her ever. I love how she makes each one of my photos so much more personal to me.

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