One thing I notice about one year olds is that they are all about business!  They are usually very serious when being photographed and many times they walk with their heads down…on a mission. 
Riley was your typical one year old…she was so serious…just checkin’ me out. 🙂  Her sister, Amaris, on the other hand, was full of smiles and ready to play right away!

I asked their mom and dad…what makes Riley smile?  Dad told me, she’s a thrill seeker! 🙂

And that seemed to do the trick!  Look at this smile!!

She had to keep up with big sister Amaris…

Speaking of sisters…I got these cutie-pie shots of them.

Thanks guys…for a very fun Friday afternoon!
-Kristin

Part of why I love what I do is the challenge that comes in meeting my clients’ needs.  Sometimes they want great shots of their child, sometimes it’s the siblings together that’s important.  The Jones family…who happens to also be great friends…wanted a family picture.  They live in the house that Phil grew up in, so that was part of the fun- incorporating the house. 
Anyway, here are a few of my favorites…

And every kid needs a picture in their playhouse. 🙂

Sabrina did such a great job decorating the kids’ rooms, so we took pictures of each of the kids in their own room.

Thanks Joneses!  I can’t wait to show you the rest…
-Kristin

Meet Cady…

This precocious  little two year old has a new little brother….Dax.

Here she is  giving him some advice…look at what a good listener he is. 🙂

Dax is such an easy-going newborn.  At just a week old, he let me put him in a basket (above) and also one of his mom’s box sets…the same one Cady is sitting on.  By the way, she was wondering why I wanted to put Dax in a box. 🙂

Dax was so alert.  He was tracking me the whole time, which let me get some great shots of him looking straight at the camera!

But, he finally tuckered out and I got this sweet curled up sleeping picture of him…

Welcome to the world, Baby Dax!
-Kristin

Wow.  My poor little blog has been neglected for a whole week!  I went to Hawaii for a little R&R with every intention of blogging amazing tropical pictures.  But, when we arrived I realized I had the wrong cord for my point and shoot, so I couldn’t download anything.  Which ends up being all the same because I came to the conclusion that I’m terrible with that tiny little thing.
Give me a 5 pound camera with a whopping lens and I’m right at home, but it seemed like I could never aim correctly, get the timing right or figure out what buttons did what.
Oh well, I guess you can’t screw up a landscape like this…

We stayed on the north shore of Oahu, where all the famous surfing spots are.  A swell came in on Friday and this is what it looked like at Pipeline.  Which honestly doesn’t look like much in a photo, but the waves were 15 feet high and when Brent told me to be ready to grab our stuff and run, I knew they were serious waves!

We went back to Pipeline yesterday morning and this is how flat it was…

You’re probably thinking to yourself that wow, I must be a surfer as well a photographer, but (my friends are snickering right now) I am pretty much as far from a surfer as you get.
I only know all the cool lingo from Brent, who had this in our hotel room. 🙂

I tried to get a picture of him surfing, but between my horrible point and shoot camera skills and the fact I was so far away, this was the best I could do.

And even though there are no surfing pictures of me, I did manage to do a little self-portrait on the sand.
-Kristin

I am writing this post far far away from home…more details on that to come. 🙂  But, before I left, I was able to meet up with Keith and Jenni and their extended family.  We met at the Japanese Friendship Gardens.  I had never been before and it was really beautiful!  A great place to wander around and good picture spots around every corner!
Here are Keith and Jenni and their boys…

And I took this picture on a stepping stone over the water.  I think the ‘risk’ of getting wet made them a little giddy…hence the big smiles!

And Jenni’s sister and her family had just flown in from Texas…

Their daughter was a little shy until I started calling her super-cute and super-star.  Soon she was calling herself super-cute and the rest is history! 🙂

Here’s Grandma and Grandpa…who started this whole clan!

And a picture with the grandkids…

Of course I got several pictures of everyone looking at the camera smiling, but this one was priceless because of everyone’s expressions!!
-Kristin

This morning I met my friend Lauren with her kids and their cousins to do some photos for Mother’s Day.  There’s nothing moms like more than pictures of their kids and grandbabies, so what a fantastic idea!

Jason thought I hung the moon, Katie had to be convinced! 🙂

In fact Jason was pretty much a little ham the entire time!!

Baby Eli’s eyes are two different colors right now, so his dad wanted a picture in case they change…

Here’s his big brother Ethan.  What a cutie!

And one last picture of Katie in a picturesque setting.

Thanks you guys!  I had fun hanging out this morning!
-Kristin

Climbing trees…

Here’s my boys and their friend doing what boys do.

Here’s to climbing trees 🙂
-Kristin

When you take a girl as amazingly sweet as Jordan , it only make sense that she would have a beautiful baby girl that was born almost perfectly on her due date, has perfect skin, can sleep through anything, and the list goes on!

Most of the time when I photograph newborns, I’m on their schedule.  We stop when they’re hungry, we let them suck on pacifiers to soothe them, we wait for them to get comfy and fall asleep, then we wait some more!  Not this little angel.  Once she fell asleep, she let me move her and continue to reposition her to get a million great shots.

I told Jordan this one could have her own calendar!  She fell fast asleep in m basket…

And on my stool…

And in her little purple basket…

And the list goes on!  I also tried a new wrap on Bella and I think it’s adorable.  Especially with this big yawn!

I had SO much fun capturing all the sweet little moments in Bella’s
first week of life.  Jordan, you look amazing…and you’re such a great
mom!
-Kristin

I’ve been wanting a tutu for a long time.  And if you know tutus, you know Kaiya Eve has the best ones ever.  Shannon passed this one to me that Madi had worn and Jillian was thrilled.  This was part two of my cancellation photo series!

And what do ya think of Jillian’s new do?  My friend Jessica babysat Jillian and did her hair, so I had to try it!

Jillian had so much fun with her new tutu.  I already have several ideas for places to take it for photos. 🙂
-Kristin

What is that saying about the cobbler’s children that all have holes in their shoes?  I don’t want my kids to end up with no pictures of themselves because I was too busy taking pictures of other people’s children!
So, when I had a cancellation this weekend, I decided to take Cooper out all by himself for a fun photo shoot.  We explored and just had fun together!

Cooper is my little ham, so my goal with this session was to get some more serious looks…and not so many cheesy smiles.  Although his cheesy smile is pretty cute.

The stool is new…it’ll be popping up again.  I love it!
-Kristin