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This is Carter - test subject number 2

Carter is a 4 year old Miniature Schnauzer. He is such a sweetheart but definitely thinks he is still a puppy.  I think Carter might be doing better with pictures outside but it was still fun to get what we could in the studio.

 

My original thought was to "specialize" in studio pet portraits.. something a bit on the crazy side, the type of pictures you have seen me do with my bunny or even Jade, the last dog that was here. But I realize that just does not work with every animal. So I will go two ways.. the more natural look outside and the fun look in studio, whatever the pet will go for .

 

With that being said, Carter was a cutie. He was so excited about everything and just loved to snuggle into a blanket.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fun Fundraiser Session

This past Christmas Season I ran a Fundraiser for my sons school. Pictures at deeply discounted price and part of the proceeds went to the school.

I repeated this Fundraiser this month. It was fun to meet so many families from my sons school.

Most families wanted just a few very formal family photographs.

 

Yesterday I had another Fundraising session. The first fun thing I discovered was, that their beautiful daughter Mia is in the same class as my son. He told me that Mia is one of his best friends in school. What a coincidence!

The family told me right away that they are not into the posey posey stile.. they wanted some fun. I said "sure" but thought "wahooooo!!"   I love it when my clients like to be relaxed and have fun with it, instead of going for the stiff: pose, smile, flash" routine.

 

I had so much fun with them and it felt like I had known them forever!

 

 

 

 

Best.Jumping.Face.Ever!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A mini family reuion

Two sisters, Nikki and Kim that don't see eachother very often. Nikki lives here in Maryland but Kim is in New Jersey.

This weekend Kim finally had a chance to come and visit, together with her 4 (!!!!!) .. did I mention 4 (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) children (brave woman).

Together with Nikki's two kids we had a nice group of 6 kids and 3 adults walking around Centennial Park. Yup... Centennial park... in February. I just love it!!

I wish we could have done a later time because of the high sun but we had to work with what we could fit.

It was tons of fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet Jade - a super sweet Rotti-Mix

I am looking to get a bit more into pet photography (no worries, I am not giving up any of my other areas... I'd just like to expand). So to practise a bit I have a few animals lined up of all shapes and sizes.

Jade was my first "target". I was actually not well prepared yet.. I still need to work on refining the picture that I have in my head on how to approach this and get some awsesome props. But it was a good start.

If I had know how good Jade is, I should have maybe started with a less well behaved dog to keep it real, haha. Jade is amazing!!

 

 

Pearls? Ok, I can deal with that

 

Really??

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think I peed .....

 

 

Just kidding!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curls, Curls and more Curls

This was my first time meeting 8 month old Harper. What can I say ... I loved her to pieces. Just look at her adorable cheeks and oh so cute curls!! I absolutely loved her uncontrollably curly hair!

 

Harper was such a great sport, did not cry at all and just seemed in awe of all the props and flashes. What a cutie!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baltimore Bridal Show - So much fun!

This past Saturday and Sunday I spent the days in my booth at the Baltimore Bridal Show in the Baltimore Convention Center.

Saturday was crazy busy and Sunday was quite busy as well. I had such a great time meeting so many amazing people and beautiful brides.

Next to my booth were the nice ladie's of Rita's lucious cakes and I was smelling baked goods all day long. Talk about a tease!! I did get to try some though, so I guess I was a happy girl, haha!

 

Thank You to all of you that stopped by to check out my work!

 

A sexy valentines surprise!

I love Boudoir photos. I think every woman should have them for themselves even more so than for their significant others. I have taken Boudoir pictures of girls in all shapes and sizes. It does not matter if you are a size 2 or 14, every woman is beautiful. We just tend to focus on the negative parts of our bodies, but these pictures will focus on the positive.

With valentines day coming up, I have been shooting quite a few Boudoir sessions recently. I am always excited if I get permission to blog them!!

And to all of you girls out there that want Boudoir photos but you are too shy or self concious.. try it!

 

The way the session works... you come with 6 outfits that you want wear for the pictures. First, I will do your Make Up, which takes about 30 minutes. From there we will move to my studio which has a room connected to it that is set up for Boudoir photos.

You will have privacy to change into each outfit.

We will be taking some of the photos in the studio and some in the "Boudoir room", to get a nice variety. Some outfits and poses look better in a studio setting, others more in a room setting.

From start to finish plan to be here for about 2 hours, maybe a little longer.

In the session that I am sharing below you can see pretty much everything I just described above.

 

Still have questions? Please email me and ask!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy 2nd birthday Julia!

Julia is one of my little clients that I have watched grow up. I have documented her since she was just born. I just love watching them grow and change.

Julia turned 2 years old yesterday, Happy Birthday princess!!!

For this session her mommy asked me to come to their home and get shots of her while playing in her familiar surroundings. She also wanted their dog Sadie in some of the pictures. Sadie is such a patient dog, it was too cute! Sadie and Julia seem to share a special bond (Julia feeds her treats and Sadie let's her do whatever she wants in return.. hey, works for them both)

 

 

 

I am not feeding her mommy, really!

 

Take it already.. she's not looking!!

Awww, that's love... or is it?

 

Mom, I really am not feeding her

 

 

Happy Birthday Julia!

 

 

 

Think she likes it?

 

Yeah mommy, you can have a little bite

 

But Sadie gets the rest

 

Hehehe