Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 3:00pm
Can anyone think of a better way to celebrate a birthday than a surprise portrait session? I was approached by Bethany, the creator behind Fizzy Artist based in Minnesota specializing in some beautiful customized glassware, who said she wanted to get something special for her sister Heather’s birthday. Their mother, Deann, was in town to see her 6 month old grand-baby, Olivia, and they were due for an updated family portrait. Heather’s husband, David, was in on the surprise and suggested I meet the family in their apartment uptown.
We had such a great time. Olivia, who was clearly the star of the show and had every reason to be, was so cute and was a perfect model. Just look at those baby blue eyes! David and Heather sang a cute song based Olivia’s name to get her to smile that I still have stuck in my head.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 10:11am
My aunt Betty and uncle Kermit are celebrating their 25th Wedding Anniversary today! Congratulations! They wanted to get some portraits together to mark the occasion. My fiance and I have pretty much turned Betty and Kermit’s house in Lincoln, Nebraska into our base of operations for all of our wedding plans as it is not too far from where we are getting married. This portrait session was an excuse for me to help pay them back for all their help so far. Kermit has also agreed to take our wedding pictures and we can’t wait for that!
Congratulations Betty and Kermit! Here’s to another happy 25!
Friday, February 12, 2010 at 5:32pm
The last time we photographed this little guy in July, he was just a few days old, and very upset about being in the world. We snapped a bunch of beautiful shots of him sleeping because that’s about all he wanted to do. Well what a difference 6 months makes. He is now smiling, giggling, and even flirting with my fiance. Back off Ethan, she’s taken!
Ashley and I had a good time visiting family out in Nebraska and it’s always a treat to visit the babies of the family. I snapped some pictures of Ethan’s cousin, Kaleb in the last blog post. Ethan’s going to be chasing Kaleb soon enough and then look out!
hmmm. Something new to play with…and in my mouth it goes!
Ethan and my cousin Tessa
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 4:57pm
You may remember my cousin’s son Kaleb from the blog post of the last time we were in Nebraska to visit family. Well, he’s grown a lot in the 6 months since that photo shoot, and developed a personality that just makes you want to laugh out loud every five minutes!
Here are a series of pictures randomly snapped while we were all waiting for lunch the other day. His cousin, Ethan, was also the subject of many of my shots and I’ll post those next. Kaleb has developed a fascination with having his picture taken and then trying to see his picture on the back of my camera. The last picture below was taken after he climbed over me to see one of these pictures. He was also very good at pushing all the camera buttons. Good thing Nikon makes a baby-proof camera! I just gotta remember to wipe it down between sessions!
