Here’s part two of the cute overload that took place several weekends ago! I had it all…brand new babies, several sets of twins, curls and a redhead!!
Oh my goodness…life has been running at break-neck speed around here! I just wrapped up my second weekend at Rascals to Rebels, sandwiched around Memorial Day weekend. Sometimes I get so busy with editing, proofing, printing and delivering that I forget to share all the cute pictures with my readers.
So, tonight I took some time to pick out my personal favorites from the first weekend of photo shoots. I’ll have to divide it up between two posts because I photographed SO many cuties.
I love my job and I love working with Rascals to Rebels!
Jun
02
2010
Summer is upon us! We are diving head first into June and warmer weather is just around the corner. To celebrate, for the entire month of June I’ll be offering By the Bay photo sessions. These are 20 minutes (not as long as a full session…just a taste!) and will include one complimentary digital image of your choice. Prints and other digitals can be purchased a la carte.
I love this area of Long Beach…it’s a little different from doing regular beach photos. The mini board walk has great texture and there are all kinds of hidden treasure along the way like wispy sea grass and distressed walls. We can cross the street and get our toes wet in the calm waters of the bay. I love the pops of color with all the boats in the background. By the Bay sessions won’t last long…so call or email today to book a date!
Yeah for summer!!
-Kristin
I’ve been photographing these twins since they were just barely sitting. I love hearing their mom sing little European lullabies to get them to smile. I’ve photographed them enough times that I’m starting to learn a few of the tunes. 🙂
Like so many of the twins I’ve photographed recently, they also have a big sister. She’s super sweet and I can always count on an authentic smile from her!
I’m so thankful for all my repeat clients. Getting to watch the babies and kids grow is the ultimate icing on the cake!
Have a great Wednesday…the loooong weekend is just around the corner!
-Kristin
Last summer I photographed Parker when she was just two weeks old.
And here she is now showing off some amazing baby flexiblity!
She is such a cutie and also has a big sister who is equally as cute!
Their session took place before Easter so, of course they had to wear bunny ears for a few pictures!
I love seeing these two grow up and I can only imagine all the fun they’ll have together down the road!
-Kristin
May
22
2010
With just a few more weeks of school left, summer is just around the corner! I wanted to share some books I’ve recently read…for me it was more like Spring Reading. When I was in Hawaii last month, my free time wasn’t committed to laundry, making dinner and doing homework. So I plowed through four books in just a few days.
I’ve always loved to read. I remember hiding under my covers reading The Little House on the Prairie series or The Babysitter’s Club series. I also loved Nancy Drew…oh and The Chronicles of Narnia. It’s harder now to make the time to read, so when I’m away from home it’s the perfect time to read, read, read!
The first book I read was A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. My friend Shannon recommended it last summer and that’s how long it’s taken me to start it! It was a fun read…much like the Twilight series…a whimsical fantasy.
Then I read Outliers by Malcom Gladwell. I loved reading about how and why people are successful. The main take-away for me was the importance of hard work. I’m so glad my parents instilled in me the value of being a hard worker and I hope to do the same for my kids!
Next was Life is So Good by George Dawson. My mother and father in law both recommended this book and I have to admit at first I was skeptical that I would like it. The story of a 98 year old man that learns to read didn’t sound that exciting. It was SO much more than that. He basically tells his life story, which I LOVED. It was a true feel-good story!
Last, I read Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell. It’s a true story about a Navy Seal that lost all his comrads and had to survive over a week in Afghanistan until he was rescued. Once I picked it up, I could not put it down. I still can’t believe all the training the Seals go through. It’s amazing!
Here is another set of twins from March…I told you…I photographed A LOT of twins in March!! These two had a big sister who was fantastic with keeping them in the same frame. She either had her arm around each of them or she was being silly to help them smile. What a great big sister!
This was back when my friend Jeni let her backyard grass grow REALLY long for me…but doesn’t it look great!?
Unless you’re crawling, then you’re like…get me out of this jungle!!
I need to think about growing my own patch of LONG grass!!
-Kristin
I mentioned before that I’m pretty behind on updating my blog…but I do twitter pictures after the session (follow me on twitter!) more often than I put them on my blog. I guess it’s just easier to quickly put it on my phone with a quick…how cute is this!?
Blog posts take much more effort! I’m just not a writer…I get distracted and my point is a jumbled up mess in between the pretty pictures. 🙂
ANYWAY…I had Emily’s senior session this week and her mom was telling me how much she enjoyed the before and afters. I thought I’d take one of Emily’s pictures and show a few different ways I would edit the image.
Here’s the RAW image with slight adjustments in ACR. Nothing major, just adjusting the brightness and contrast. I gotta say, I love the color that comes of out my Canon 5D Mark ii. And my 50 1.2 isn’t too shabby either. The stats for this image: f/2.8 1/500s ISO 200.
While I love it plain and simple, it also looks great in B&W. One of my favorite B&W conversions is TRA Boring Old Black and White. I applied Yin Yang (dodging and burning) then Nichole Van Soft Gold at 60% and a fake tilt shift.
The old wood lent itself to a vintage feel, so I tried out my newest actions from LilyBlue. This one is Honey and it’s great for skin tones. I also added her Walnut Blurgrain for a little hmmmph.
Another LilyBlue action that I love is Coral. It looks great here, but I also love to use it on pictures with greenery.
Lastly, I wanted to try to pump up the sunshine, so I used TRA2 Faded Summer along with overlays by Jesh De Rox called India and Moon Landing.
I promise to share some more from Emily’s gallery soon…but for now back to work!
-Kristin
The month of March brought so many sets of twins! My very first set of newborn twins were perfect angels…those that are photographers know newborns can be a little tricky to photograph. It’s probably my favorite type of photo session, but if the baby is easily startled by the camera shutter or generally fussy, it can be really hard to get a good photo.
All that to say, I had my fingers crossed that having two newborns at the same time would go over well. It did…and then some!
Here are some pictures of the twins together…
And the girly-girl…
And her twin brother…
This was such a fun experience! I hope to photograph newborn twins again soon!!
-Kristin
I’m about 2 months behind on my blog, so it was many weeks ago that we had their session and since then the twins have actually been signed with Zuri, the modeling agency I work with.
I should also mention that they have a big brother and sister. Four kids…four years old and younger!
Cuteness exploding all of the place…I’m telling you! What an adorable family. 🙂
-Kristin