Baby Belly!

Ahhhh, the promise of The Bump! To me, awaiting the first child is the most magical time of one's life. Such an incredible transformation of body, mind, and spirit. Embrace this magical time, S Family, and enjoy your sneak peek! You look amazing, and I am so happy for you and your impending joy. And I can't wait to meet Baby K when I get to do her newborn session!

Do you remember

...the last time you had fun like this?

I think the littlest one was shocked at her older sisters' antics.

I had a great morning shooting with you and your 3 beautiful girls, L Family! Enjoy your sneak peek!

LensBaby Boudoir

LensBaby: A line of camera lenses that combines a simple lens with a bellows or ball and socket mechanism for use in special effects photography.

Boudoir: A type of photography whereby a set of sensual images of women of all shapes, ages, and sizes is created. Historically, the Boudoir was a drawing room used, among other things, to entertain intimate acquaintances.

LensBaby + Boudoir = SuperFunky in The City, Baby!
N* you ROCK thank you for being such an awesome model!

And now back to our regularly scheduled....

....cuteness. Just my kids - Ben and Hannah, being themselves. That is, Hannah joyful and refusing to be told what to do...and Ben taking himself entirely too seriously. I captured their personalities, which is always what I set out to do with kids. Hannah was SO done after about 90 seconds (which you can tell in the last pic of her!). Ben is a camera hog, and he could go on for an hour or so. I remember when Ben was Hannah's age, he was the same way, so there's hope that my girl will start to love the lens soon too.

The Workshop that Rocked My World

2010 is my year for major growth in my art and in my business. I'm planning on attending 4 workshops this year, and this weekend kicked off the first of those. I spent two looong (but not long enough!) days with Christa Meola ( http://www.christameola.com/blog/ ) and 18 other lucky, talented, warm, fun-loving souls who also have this passion (obsession?!) for photography.
Christa baptised me into the world of boudoir photography - and I never knew it would be such a par-tay! The energy is amazing for the photographer, and, so I heard, for the model/client. The client comes out of the shoot feeling beautiful, pampered, and in tune with their joie de vivre that all to often gets buried under the day-to-day busy-ness of life as mother, partner, and full-time worker bee.
Energizing. Beautiful. Feminine. A new branch of Esprit is born!
Valentine's Day is right around the corner. Who's game?

It's raining newborns...

....but few calmer, sweeter, or more cooperative than little miss "M"! I wish I could have videotaped parts of our session - she could serve as a spokesbaby for newborn models everywhere! Nary a peep (or a poop ; 0 - and you newborn photographers know what I'm talking about !) - easily the quietest I've had in a looooong time. Her amazing parents and super sweet brother were a dream to shoot also - so THANK YOU for a fabulous morning/afternoon, S Family! And enjoy your sneak peek!

Sugar and Spice

Meet little miss "z", all 6lbs, 10ozs of her newborn deliciousness. And just because she's my BFF's baby and I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for her arrival doesn't mean that I'm biased in ANY way! She got her daddy's lips and her mommy's sweet disposition...but fear not, that helping of "spice" will keep her big brothers on their toes once z gets her crawl on!
I am sooooo happy for you guys, you deserve this incredible EASY baby blessing after all you've been thru. And thanks for letting me get my lens on her - she's going to have to get used to it, after all!