Two Sisters

I had the opportunity last weekend to photograph these two really cutie sisters and their mom. Of course, they were cute separately, but not together. I definately need to work on my sibling photography taking skills! The older sister was a dream to work with, she took direction very well and I had a lot of fun posing her. Her little sister took some working with to get her to look at the camera and smile, plus the ultimate bribe in my bag of tricks - the lollipop. We ended up outside for some family shots as well, and had better luck. Overall it was really fun and I hope their mom enjoys the photos as much as I enjoyed taking them!

She looked so much older than her age for some of the photos


Looking more like a kid!


My patented method for getting little kids comfortable - peek a boo!
See her peeking?


a BOO!


what most of the sibling shots ended up looking like


a sweet moment with mom


big smiles


my favorite shot of the day

The Stubblefield Family

I first knew of this family once we had our first son Samuel and kept seeing these people walking around our neighborhood with a toddler in a backpack and two Great Danes in tow. We got to know them as neighbors better this year because our sons are in the same preschool class. I was excited to shoot their family pictures this year because they are such a cute family and were very amicable towards fun poses with their dogs. The mom explained to me that family photos including everyone in their family (mom, dad, kidlet, and doggies) were pretty important so I tried pretty hard to get some good moments for everyone.

We headed to one of my favorite nearby parks to shoot at, Bothell Landing, because there's plenty of open area, trees, the nice river backdrop, and it is very dog friendly. I will admit, it was difficult to get all five of them to look at me at the same time for pictures. Being Great Danes, they were bigger than the little boy so they couldn't get too excited or else he'd be dragged off his feet and out of the pose. I got lots of shots with the little boy looking at me and the dogs looking away, or the dogs looking at me, and the little boy looking away. It was a little frustrating, but some pictures did come out quite well. I hope you enjoy their sneak peek!

Meet the Stubblefields!


most of my shots had the dogs looking at each other instead of me!


the "kids"




their cute little boy


the human component of the family


and I finally found a family that would help me achieve my jumping family shot

April's family and maternity shoot

Another shoot I did last weekend. This is a sneak peek at April's pictures, mainly because her little girl was so cute. These were all shot on their deck or in the backyard in the evening light. I learned to take snacks with me to bribe kids to hold poses or generally smile at the camera (with permission from the parents, of course). This time I took animal cookies (my stand by) and a panda pez container. The panda pez container was a HUGE hit, I pretty much could get her little girl to do anything I wanted by promising her a pez from Mr. Panda. :)

Here is April and her little girl, it was nice to capture the moment between the two of them.


we let her little girl draw on April. Yeah, I don't think I'm going to be doing that one again. She was a little young to understand "pretend" drawing and was doing her best to try to fill mommy's belly button with lipstick. :)


one of April and her husband.


They were a great family to work with, really easy going and easy to pose. I can't wait to finish up the rest of their pictures for them!

Becky's Maternity Shoot

Becky was kind enough to come over and let me pose her for some maternity shots for my website. She was a really cute model, and great with direction. I had some fun changing up different backgrounds, trying to see what worked and what didn't work (mental note - green background is really hard to work with and difficult to keep unwrinkled).

I also learned how to put a watermark on my pictures, yay! Hopefully she will enjoy her pictures as much as I enjoyed shooting them for her.

she was kind enough to let me draw on her


the quintessential "hands forming the heart" belly shot


me trying to look at it more creatively


and one of my favorite shots of her

Brady- 5 weeks old

This is my friend's five week old son. He was still in that awake an hour/nurse/sleep cycle so I got a few good shots of sleeping baby. I didn't get any good shots of him and his older sister together, so I think I'm going to have to work on grabbing the older kid's attention more and then posing the newborn. If I wasn't already pregnant this kid definately gave me baby fever. Did I mention the adorable sleeping?!

Shot with my D200 50mm

sleeping baby. he's propped up on the boppy (the best invention by man EVER)


baby butt! the diaper covers I use come from Andromeda's Attic if anyone is in the market for cute cloth diapers or diaper covers.

Photoshoot - Amelia

This is the little sister of a girl in Samuel's playgroup. She's almost two months old, and pretty alert for a baby! She wasn't the happiest during the photoshoot, but I managed to get some non-cranky baby pictures as well as cranky baby pictures. :)

taken with my D200, 50mm f2.2-f2.8

on my white seamless on a blanket. that blanket was pretty nifty, we just turned it to pose her towards the light and she didn't care one way or the other.


see look, a smile! or, a gas bubble. one or the other. :)


me working on my B&W conversions. This one I just did with channel mixer, I'm thinking of using an action next time.


my "artsy" attempt


this is on the black velour background. I couldn't justify spending that much more on black velvet when the velour was $10 less per yard. I think it works just as well.

Photoshoot - Cecilia

A friend of mine from Samuel's Little Gym class was kind enough to bring her daughter over and let me practice some techniques on her. Cecilia was a dream to work with - she followed directions to a T and was a total ham for the camera! I wish all kids were this easy (including my own!) Her only wish was to take pictures with her fancy dress, where her personality really shined through. What a cutie!

These three were taken with the 50mm at f2.8 and f2.5

say "cheese!" and finally using my green seamless. That sucker is huge, it takes up my entire living room!


in her "fancy" dress, using the smaller Superior arctic white seamless