The joy of LOVE 05 & 06… {growth} Edmonds Child Photographer
Posted on February 8, 2011
Edmonds Child PhotographerLove to Hate & Who They Love | Edmonds Child Photographer
Yes! I’m behind!! Weekends are always super busy around here and 90% of my shoots take place on Saturdays and Sundays. Anyway, up today is day 05 and 06 of The Joy of LOVE workshop presented by Willette.
Day 05: Love to Hate; the description is: You KNOW your loved one does something that drives you NUTS (but you LOVE to complain about it and the day just wouldn’t be the same if you didn’t have to complain about it). Capture it…if it is a non-physical thing, then just try to take a photo of something that embodies the idea.
Well, I have a few things for this theme, but only one photo. Hubs has quite a long Honey-Do list going on around here. (AHEM, I think our home is the ONLY ONE ON THE STREET that still has CHRISTMAS LIGHTS up… Yes. Christmas lights.) Now, I understand why the list continues to grow and rarely shrinks, the man give 110% at work every. single. day. I get it. We have two baby boys that require cuddles and loves (and monster truck track building) from mommy AND daddy. He teaches at church on Sundays. We are busy. But, do these uncompleted tasks still drive me crazy? YES!
I WANT the base trim finished. I WANT the fireplace marble finished. I WANT the bathroom floor installed. And? I WANT the mailbox post to be recemented! Now, someone who may or may not drive a RBT (really big truck) may or may not have run into the mailbox with the side mirrors after getting the mail. This may or may not have happened more than once. Maybe. Or not.
Moving right along…
The assignment of day 06: What They LOVE. This was quite easy. There are two things that Reiken completely adores; his little red trike and his red firetruck boots. He especially love the boots. We have had them since he was ONE. He just turned THREE. They are a size four and most three year old boys wear a size seven. They are completely devoid of tread and I’m sure aren’t waterproof anymore. He can barely pull them on if he is wearing socks. But he loves them so I give in and let him continue to wear them, even though we have 3 other pairs of rain boots.
Back later tonight (hopefully) with days 07 & 08!
Sneak Peek… {PIF Photog} Heather & Jeremy | Everett Couple Photographer
Posted on February 5, 2011
Everett Couple PhotographerGlee, Giggles, Gorgeous. | Everett Couple Photographer
This session was AH-MAZ-ING. This is Heather, of Holson Photography, and her husband Jeremy. And they ROCKED. IT. They were SO natural in front of the camera. I was able to loosely pose them and then they had amazing chemistry. SO many giggles and kisses and so full of LOVE. It was great.
90% of my clients include at least one subject under a year old. I have mastered the art of bribery, cajoling, crazy dancing, shooting through tears and have memorized about twenty five MILLION kidlet songs. AND… I didn’t have to use a single ONE of these skills today. A breath of fresh air? YES!
Heather is the January recipient of my 2011 Photog Pay-it-Forward. We were going to start her shoot in an abandoned junk yard, but upon my arrival, said junk yard was being attended to by some local police. Needless to say, we skipped it in the interest of safety and headed right out to one of my favorite fields. Enjoy!
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The joy of LOVE 04… {growth} | Seattle Hottie Hubby Photographer
Posted on February 4, 2011
Seattle Hottie Hubby PhotographerWhat They Wear | Seattle Hottie Hubby Photographer
Day 04! I’ve made it to day FOUR!! I can’t remember the last time my blog saw so much love. The assignment for day 04? What They Wear: Photograph your loved one’s clothes (either on him or in the closet). This can be when they are dressed up or dressed down.
Hubs and I discussed this assignment last night. I told him it was his turn. He turned to me, love burning in his eyes ( 
), and offered to bring his tools and hard hat home. What a stud.
Thanks, babe. Thanks for schlepping home your bags. Thanks for working SO HARD EVERY DAY for our family. Your work ethic is intense and I am thankful for it. And for you. Love ya, babe.
The joy of LOVE 03… {growth} | Lynnwood Child Photographer
Posted on February 3, 2011
Lynnwood Child PhotographerThen and Now [sobs]. | Lynnwood Child Photographer
Yup. I made it to day three of Willette’s Joy of LOVE online workshop! GO ME!!! The theme? Then and now. The goal is to capture your loved one and show a change.
Well, I think I’ve done that quite nicely. My ‘Then’ image is from way back when Quinny was about 3 weeks old. It was August of 2009 and HOT. This was the summer of 110+ degrees. In Seattle. I actually had to go to the CYE Photography Flickr stream and pull the image since the original, high res version is buried deep, about 3 external hard drives ago.
The ‘Now’ picture is from… today obviously. Around 4:15PM. Seeing these photos together makes me so SAD! My little baby is [GASP] not so much a little baby anymore. **Photograjargon Alert*** I really shouldn’t have waited until so late in the day – it ended up being SO GRAY! I ended up setting up in my east facing dining room to utilize the sliding glass door. I added a reflector camera left to help pull in a teensy bit of extra light into the shadow side. I STILL ended up at 3200 ISO f/3.2 and 1/125 sec. YOWSA!
Enjoy!
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The joy of LOVE 02… {growth} | Everett Child Photographer
Posted on February 2, 2011
Everett Child PhotographerHow he looks. | Everett Child Photographer
Well, I’m back for day 02 of Willette’s Joy of LOVE online workshop! Proud of me? After all, I didn’t even make it to day two of the 365 project for ’11…
Cutting to the chase; day 02′s theme is How They Look. The goal is to capture your loved one at their best (or at their worst). Or both. What I am trying to capture is the TRUE essence/expression/attitude/posture that SCREAMS Reiken!
I think I accomplished my task! My big boy is very happy, very easygoing and very funny; everything you see here. He had just finished telling me his knock-knock joke that goes something like this:
R: Knock, knock mom.
R. MOM! Knock, knock.
M: Who’s there?
R: Ummmm… Chicken!
M: Chicken who?
R: Chicken with poop on its head on a jackhammer flying in the sky eating a dog-dog (hot dog) chasing Boom(er, our dog) stinky poop poop chicken. Jackhammer. Chicken. (enter peals of laughter here)
What a ham.
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