Fantastic photo shoots don’t just happen…they’re planned!  And I happen to love the planning. 🙂  Kelly and I started talking months ago about her family’s photo shoot this weekend.  We chose a field of wild flowers and my white couch, complimented by punchy-colored outfits.  Great job on the outfits Kelly and family!!

I love this sweet little photo of the boys playing with airplanes.  The kids’ Papa is a pilot, so our original plan was to do the photo shoot at the airport.  In the end, we decided against it, so I love how the airplanes still made it into some of the photos.

What beautiful kids!  It was a pleasure to document this stage of their lives!

-Kristin

Just had to write a quick post to say that I am sitting on TONS of cute pictures right now.  I’ve had quite a few photo sessions lately and this week was spring break for my kids.  So, my editing workload is piling as I’m waiting for school to start back up on Monday!

Hang in there…lots more sharing coming up!

In the meantime, I took some pictures of the kids to update my canvases.  This one makes me smile!

-Kristin

Now that my railroad tracks photo shoot has been realized, I’m on to the next idea!  I am looking for a baby girl that is sitting age.  Must be adorable…must be willing to travel to my studio in Long Beach.

Have you all seen Baby Legs? I’d love to photograph a bare-skinned baby with a pair of funky baby legs on my new white sofa.  Email me at info@kristineldridge.com if you are interested!  The photo shoot will be free of charge, prints may be ordered a la carte.

And since a post isn’t a post without pictures, here’s a few recent photos of my just-about-edible niece Jena on said white couch…

Isn’t she sweet!?

-Kristin

My dad is his dad’s nephew.  What does that make us?

I think it’s second cousins.  Or maybe it’s a cousin, once removed.  Regardless, I’m glad that his wife Laura looked me up after almost 10 years of not seeing Josh!

We spent the afternoon at Seal Beach, galvanting around.  And just when Josh thought we were done, we weren’t.  We were off to the next location.  Thanks for being a good sport. 🙂

Off to the meadow…

Thanks to the 405 traffic, we got a late start and had the last rays of sunshine to end our photo session.  Amazing.

These last two might be my favorite maternity shots ever.  I love the whimsical nature and the perfect mellow lighting.  Thank you Laura for balancing yourself up in that tree for so long!

The best part of today, was a spaghetti feast after our marathon photo session and plans to do it again when the baby comes!

-Kristin

Earlier this week I got to tag along with Brent to speak at a conference in San Luis Obispo.  He did such a great job and in our down time, we got to hang out with good friends and explore the city.

Here’s me and my friend Alyson…

If you look close you can see we are standing in front of a pair of walls COVERED in used gum.  It looks kinda cool from the distance, but as you get closer…

and even closer still…

It gets a little gross.  Anyway, we didn’t get too close and we didn’t “add” anything to the wall.  We did however walk into the cutest shop down the street- Contessa S. Home.  And I found out she has a new store open in LA, score!

In other news, I went with Paula and Laura today to take the kids to the Easter bunny.  They were nice enough to let me take my own picture.  And it makes me smile that my kids are still excited about a visit to see a bunny.

Hudson didn’t have the same sentiments.  But, he hung in there for a few seconds so I could snap a picture of him.

We were the last people to see the Easter Bunny before his lunch break, so Jillian informed the rest of the people behind us that he was going to eat carrots for lunch….as his “handler” walked him down to the food court. 🙂

-Kristin

Are there any other children of the 80’s out there that wore a bubble skirt or a bubble dress?  I know I’m not the only one!  In fact I have a memory of winning the 6th grade spelling bee in my pink satin bubble dress.  Maybe it’s these fond memories that make the return of the bubble so much fun.

Rascals to Rebels has so many variations of the bubble that I’m SO in love with.  When these two little girls showed up in matching bubbles I was over the moon!

I’ve never seen a more fashionable two month old!  Rascals to Rebels also sells these elastic headbands with assorted flowers and bling.  What a cute way to show off a fabulous head of newborn hair. 🙂

Long live the bubble…

Kristin

…at Rascals to Rebels in Rossmoor!  I have so much fun doing mini-sessions because I get to meet so many great people.  I mentioned before how the children at Huntington Beach (which I still need to finish sharing with you!) were beyond adorable and Rossmoor was right up there with the cutest of the cute!

I brought bubbles this time and love how this image caught a few floating by.

And this little guy’s hair…I love love love his hair. 🙂

After looking through all my pictures I truly feel like the luckiest girl right now.  I love my job and life is good when you enjoy what you do!

-Kristin

I have the cutest new niece…Jena.

We took this picture of her in the cape that Nana (aka. knitting extraordinaire) made.  Doesn’t she look like the cutest little eskimo baby?

She has the best smile too…

Jena has the best big sister and brother.  I think any mom would be so excited to have all three of their kids together smiling and looking at the camera. 🙂

Here’s big brother Jack…

And big sister Delaney…

As you can see, good looks run in their family!  Thanks for the great photo sessions kids!

By the way, these pictures were taken in the studio.  It’s so perfect for babies…very clean and modern looking.  If you’d like to book a baby photo session in the studio, give me a shout!

-Kristin

I’ve been a little quiet lately.  Here’s why:

After a huge family get-together in Northridge all 15 or so family members came down with what we thought was a stomach bug.  Several family members were hospitalized and it was narrowed down to the pistachios we ate…ewww.

I’m back to running speed and wanted to post a few more pictures from Rascals to Rebels.  Here are the cutest two year old twins:

And this is their little buddy who has incredible blue eyes and the best hair ever!

I’m getting ready for round two at Rascals to Rebels Rossmoor this weekend…woot!

-Kristin

Why do boys always get the long eyelashes??

This next shot was one of my favorites from the entire day.  I love the way he’s just checking me out…

And another super cute expression…just makes me smile!

That’s it for now folks…more to come soon!

-Kristin