Daddy Daughter Dance

Bryan took Emmy to her 1st Daddy/Daughter dance a few weeks ago which gave me the perfect excuse to bring them to the studio for a little photo session. These are the first portraits of them together - EVER - I don't even have any of those great newborn shots of her in his arms - how sad is that?? You know that saying ... something about the shoemaker's children not having shoes - well same with the the photographer's children and photos except, I actually do have lots of great photos of my kids - but none with with either of us (Bryan and I) so I was very happy to have a valid reason to drag them (mainly Bryan, Emily likes it there) to the studio and even happier once I got a chance to edit these. So, here are a few of my family - a couple members of it anyway..

A few from last weekend's Easter Special

We had such a great time last weekend. It was a long two day for us at Nikki Peebles but everything went smoothly - of course if you don't factor in the weather - everyone dealt with having to change from their winter clothes into their spring clothing and then back again pretty well and all the pictures turned out so wonderful. I'll post a few below. I do however, first want to thank a few people who, without all of their help, I'd never have been able to pull off this event. There is no possible way I could have dealt with paperwork, wrangled bunnies AND children and shot at the same time. Most of you who are longtime customers have see my mom and my friend Sandy (she's my main animal handler) around the studio helping out from time to time. This year, I had so much volume I was afraid that two extra people wouldn't be enough so we enlisted the help of our other friend Brandy. I have to say - they did most of the hard work, chasing those rabbits (and some children as well). I have had so many people comment on how nice my "staff" was - so I just wanted to let them know that I really really appreciate all their help - It made both days so much more pleasurable - it's really nice to get to pick who you work with, and I'm glad I picked them (of course we've been friends for like 100 years so I knew that it would turn out alright) Anyway, I know that you're reading girlies so THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! My mom too!! Also, thanks to my other friend Lisa who, when very late the night before when I wasn't as happy with the set as I though I should be and every store that had what I thought I might need was already closed, dug up those stones out of her yard and brought them to the studio. Thank you Lisa - they did the trick!! Now, here are some of the fruits from all that work!!

I have soo many more, I'll post more as I get them edited.

2008 Easter Set

Ok, finally - here is the set for the Limited Edition Easter Sessions. Please excuse Emmy - she was with me at the studio all day while I finished this set and I felt really mean making her pose at 9:00 p.m. - so, I took what I could get. I did get her to agree to wear a casual as well as a dressy dress so you could get an idea of how it might look with both. See you all this weekend!!

2008 Limited Edition Easter Sessions

By now I'm sure that most of you have gotten the email regarding this weekend's Limited Edition Easter Sessions. If for some reason you didn't get the email and you want to schedule a session, please let me know asap. I have 3 left open for Saturday and about 5 left open for Friday - once those are gone - that's it. I won't be able to schedule any of these particular sessions after Saturday so that I can make sure everyone will be able to get their orders back before Easter. The set is just about completed, I've got a little more tweakng to do and then everyone who has a session scheduled will be getting an email with a photo of what it looks like. I made sure that it would compliment both dressy outfits as well as casual ones so have fun shopping. I have three live bunnies, a white one, a brown one and a grey/black/white one and then I have also got a couple of fake bunnies for any children who might be afraid of the real ones. It's going to be a little bit hectic especially on Saturday and if you think your child may need a few minutes to warm up, please feel free to come in a little early. We're all super excited and can't wait to see all your little guys and gals. See you this weekend!!

Let's try this again

Okay, it's been a hundred years or so since I actually posted anything to this blog. I made it what like 4 posts until it completely fell apart?? I'm going to try to do better at keeping up with this. My goal is to post one edited proof from each new session as a kind of preview. Something to tide all of you over until your proofs are up. So, here comes a few from some of my recent sessions. If you had a session recently and don't see a preview keep checking back. I'll get it up asap.