tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19194322125219133612024-02-18T21:33:23.581-06:00ccphotodesignCarmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-76143622138393702652011-01-18T16:28:00.002-06:002011-01-18T16:31:48.058-06:00We've moved! It's a new year, so it is time to change things up. To visit the blog, please go to <a href="http://ccphotodesign.com">http://ccphotodesign.com</a> or <a href="http://blog.ccphotodesign.com">http://blog.ccphotodesign.com</a> (you end up at the same place).<br /><br />With the new format it gives Carmen more freedom in her posting and formatting of all the images everyone likes to see. In the end, we have essentially merged her blog and website into one. Enjoy!<br /><br />-WebmasterCarmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-35100435250997594062010-10-29T23:15:00.002-05:002010-10-29T23:17:04.967-05:00Fall<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">no cute little faces this time. just a nod to my favorite season.<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dqEd4T14OSvY8DkaLxuUIa3gg6Vo630tyQqoOdsym7NGi7HnWdEzD71xqr4XqxPUmxWht_5DPbas5LVZWhILO3T_RAif9noOnSU69bpgxuBmzLI_IQDz7LvCAKil3yGeoYGHiXLwL8M/s1600/fall.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dqEd4T14OSvY8DkaLxuUIa3gg6Vo630tyQqoOdsym7NGi7HnWdEzD71xqr4XqxPUmxWht_5DPbas5LVZWhILO3T_RAif9noOnSU69bpgxuBmzLI_IQDz7LvCAKil3yGeoYGHiXLwL8M/s800/fall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533688213695343746" border="0" /></a>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-20096853514775861892010-10-27T10:06:00.004-05:002010-10-27T10:32:18.478-05:00Sometimes It's a Roller Coaster<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Just like your life with a baby/toddler/younger child ... a portrait session can be a roller coaster. Oh there's the rare session where the child is perfectly happy and cooperative the entire time. But seriously - rare.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Here's what you need to know about me. I'm probably gonna capture the ups and the downs of the roller coaster. The twists, turns and even the upside-down-loops.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Oh, I realize that at that moment you're not seeing the humor or the beautiful reality of the ride. I realize this because I have kids too. Listen, I am familiar with the roller coaster. (ehhemmm...I may or may not have had security visit me in the parking lot of a particularly large retail store due to others' concerns for a screaming, writhing child in my general area while I sat and quietly waited on it to pass...{cough}). Yes. I know the roller coaster.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">But there are funny moments and sweet moments during the ride. And my fingers can't help but hit the shutter release when those moments appear. Because the roller coaster is our life right now. And what a sweet life it is.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">And don't you just love the thrill of the ride? You laugh when you get to the end, don't you? Even if you were screaming and clinging on for dear life just seconds ago.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">So brace yourself for the ride. Don't kid yourself into thinking it'll be the kiddie ride (you know the one...the little caterpillar that barely moves). Maybe it will be. Probably not.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">And when we start down that hill where you can see the free-fall in front of you ... you will probably hear the click of the shutter.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Consider yourself warned.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Check out the roller coaster - (what isn't pictured is the moment we both realized we couldn't find the car keys...for the car that was just driven to the spot where we were standing. Only 2 moms of toddlers would be found crawling through a car, under a car etc ... looking for the keys that were in hand 2 seconds ago)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdStv3obb5H5NM9XatF3gL_TYeh6J9nLozPKoNRcFxLZvPDW5dF_uDYVGniCYk8pTptNNeupA5QDlCkfJsbKlL8x3kayfSnmEAN6jWiW68mIJ6-EtIB8if0NUbXpbYixMX8XQX_kJP36Q/s1600/claireblog.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdStv3obb5H5NM9XatF3gL_TYeh6J9nLozPKoNRcFxLZvPDW5dF_uDYVGniCYk8pTptNNeupA5QDlCkfJsbKlL8x3kayfSnmEAN6jWiW68mIJ6-EtIB8if0NUbXpbYixMX8XQX_kJP36Q/s800/claireblog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532748256026136898" border="0" /></a>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-53036927663512971982010-10-26T23:03:00.004-05:002010-10-26T23:09:01.192-05:00Lots of Pink<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Just a quick peek at a session I have dubbed "the pink session." You can see why.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The rain let up just long enough to get this session in {shew}. Little Ms "S" is 6 months old already! Her family came along for this session and we broke away from the "norm" studio 6-monther session.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Goodness - just look at all that pink. I am soaking it all in ... 'cause it's something that (for obvious reasons) will never appear in one of my own family photographs!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIfcvNezH1vsE7xJ7pg0IS1yPYN8Q2ut9YEhIp5KQAUx5ynhJciaYgR-HG1KNBZhns_6CXTtxAxc2LtfWQzsWasX7k3GfvKNsApE_HM5-ZqkuziUqBaDZivlHI9thoUkCiXWqLHKvFXM/s1600/blogpeak.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIfcvNezH1vsE7xJ7pg0IS1yPYN8Q2ut9YEhIp5KQAUx5ynhJciaYgR-HG1KNBZhns_6CXTtxAxc2LtfWQzsWasX7k3GfvKNsApE_HM5-ZqkuziUqBaDZivlHI9thoUkCiXWqLHKvFXM/s800/blogpeak.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532572569581495602" border="0" /></a>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-52219572024517186062010-10-24T21:37:00.005-05:002010-10-24T22:19:58.583-05:00Dogs<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >As promised - more from the boy with the beautiful eyes. The things is ... he has a sister with the same eyes. And a great family. And a dog. Wait ... no ...<br /><br />There's this dog...and she has this boy with amazing eyes. She also has a girl with stunning eyes and the funniest little personality.<br /><br />If you have a dog, you realize why I needed to re-word that.<br /><br />I have dogs. I love dogs. I haven't always. It's not that I ever had a distaste for them. I just didn't grow up with one. But then I married a dog lover. And that dog lover talked about how much he missed his dogs. So when we bought our first home, I knew ... knew that I had to get him a dog. What I didn't know was how much my life would change the day we drove out to the country to meet a breeder...and I watched this tiny puppy follow my husband around, wouldn't let him out of her sight, was on his heels the entire time. She came home with us that day {duh} and changed our lives.<br /><br />Some of the change involved chewed shoes, carpet, air conditioner, grill (as in the kind you cook burgers on ... uh huh), fences, plants, trees, wild kittens... shall I go on? Oh - wait - let's not forget the couch she turned into fluff all over our living room while we were at work and she broke out of her kennel. That'd be the instance that caused us to drive out to the country again. And come home with yet another puppy.<br /><br />'Cause you solve one problem by multiplying it, right? yeah.<br /><br />It worked though. Far less chewing went down after that. Our neighbors thanked us. Our bank account thanked us. My home interior breathed a sigh of relief and I was able to finally have a full set of shoes.<br /><br />2 years later we gave those dogs their own boys. And if I thought my life had changed before...well...wow. {big change}<br /><br />My heart swells watching my dogs with their boys (to their total delight we added one more boy a few years ago). There aren't too many things better than watching that crowd play together.<br /><br />So all that leads me to this family's session. They bring their dog each year. I love it. Love that they are dog people like us. Love watching her interact with her people.<br /><br />Don't be afraid to bring your dog to your session. Warn me first! But seriously - look at what we get...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTPMMZvMSwT9AEeLi558pN1WaN3GSzrwUpZY7WHcpYziMazsVtaThZmNTkL-qmlr66tjhCEMChHVUlUMHqf2Auh_oi9ppyoqSO4az_lZfer4ZELNtTwxFSdaTQW_66a34os5bASKxZxo/s1600/dogandboy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTPMMZvMSwT9AEeLi558pN1WaN3GSzrwUpZY7WHcpYziMazsVtaThZmNTkL-qmlr66tjhCEMChHVUlUMHqf2Auh_oi9ppyoqSO4az_lZfer4ZELNtTwxFSdaTQW_66a34os5bASKxZxo/s800/dogandboy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531815275116722514" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >The session isn't all about the dog (don't tell her that). What you have to know about the following shots is this... I'm a health food girl. I pay attention to nutrition and find serious importance in it. But I need to be better. Wish I could be more disciplined about it. Well "S" is the most health-minded genius I know. I knew I had to do something around this for their session...so we had apples in the park. I loved how her kids were so excited about getting an apple from me (they informed me that apples are full of phytonutrients - HA! awesome!). Almost as much as I loved watching them interact with their dog.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbKvXon6QAo1aOnkkd6b6rtFBeBfZwibX2uhbzwPP6sX6FxbfspSOtJyLgRILEqZLT0ZRfFEcA2XJQL4jIpsIrtsqablkYzBBIQauNhCkgBCbAnu2a-hPoETPZXvWJVjDvAJSOZ_ZoDQ/s1600/applesinpark.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbKvXon6QAo1aOnkkd6b6rtFBeBfZwibX2uhbzwPP6sX6FxbfspSOtJyLgRILEqZLT0ZRfFEcA2XJQL4jIpsIrtsqablkYzBBIQauNhCkgBCbAnu2a-hPoETPZXvWJVjDvAJSOZ_ZoDQ/s800/applesinpark.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531815268941161202" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >and just because I think this might be the best family shot evvvver...</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiySCHqqxuTM92kGm1R-aE6oDxE7pqnKdKpVpPlbfLrAtm8Uxq4_lBOLAUe8dRAHw7FbAvZRWnr8om0uQtUju0huICC61giNuNGzIRTyEz4VQZbeZbAmSv1yEdOqJVRqomQx7WK4_yJamw/s1600/funny.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiySCHqqxuTM92kGm1R-aE6oDxE7pqnKdKpVpPlbfLrAtm8Uxq4_lBOLAUe8dRAHw7FbAvZRWnr8om0uQtUju0huICC61giNuNGzIRTyEz4VQZbeZbAmSv1yEdOqJVRqomQx7WK4_yJamw/s800/funny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531815282368922306" border="0" /></a>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-50168730242316814672010-10-24T15:55:00.004-05:002010-10-24T16:00:16.383-05:00His Eyes<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">More coming from this little guy's family - but as I'm finishing up their proofs, I'm amazed at his eyes and felt the need to share some of the sparkle with you today!</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRef_1sKDLHaWQ3ThTMJ09maQcf32Je5g5pkIyQQCFWEqREG4RGP2SNBu-8aVImRqkdEOoWHGZmY7hKI612Q4OueKGck_hmPVNOgzShGWOB89Am90-HmPNMbIOAg6Ar426-_KiZYMAoo/s1600/eyes.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRef_1sKDLHaWQ3ThTMJ09maQcf32Je5g5pkIyQQCFWEqREG4RGP2SNBu-8aVImRqkdEOoWHGZmY7hKI612Q4OueKGck_hmPVNOgzShGWOB89Am90-HmPNMbIOAg6Ar426-_KiZYMAoo/s800/eyes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531720177561904530" border="0" /></a>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-48280076686999946312010-10-14T17:02:00.002-05:002010-10-14T17:03:55.077-05:00Ice Cream!Cookies & Cream to be exact. Happy 1st Bday Miss S!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsvEkD23LwXCBxW5qa8VLkxB4OmtlFPLsr5ua7Td6QZ6QK9l1NTSnERj6waKd59cspj0sfSWVYUnEVVx8Z5CsOgL2iDA88p07-n5j289a9NvGDbgN_cCU4USoTudlMcL2B9tCA19AMv0/s1600/Sblog2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsvEkD23LwXCBxW5qa8VLkxB4OmtlFPLsr5ua7Td6QZ6QK9l1NTSnERj6waKd59cspj0sfSWVYUnEVVx8Z5CsOgL2iDA88p07-n5j289a9NvGDbgN_cCU4USoTudlMcL2B9tCA19AMv0/s800/Sblog2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528025808821047538" border="0" /></a>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-14289734829902708782010-10-14T11:28:00.004-05:002010-10-14T11:36:18.391-05:00Poor Poor Neglected Blog<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >I'm so sorry little blog of mine. I have neglected you. I went off to Florida and put you to the side...and then have ignored your calls for attention since I returned. Here's what's gonna happen. I'm gonna post lots o' pictures. Not too many words. I promise we'll chat again soon. But it's holiday season my friend. And there isn't much time for words.<br /><br />Just pictures.<br /><br />We'll start with my trip to Florida. It was lovely. First real vacation in a very very long time. I didn't even take my camera. Took a simple point & shoot. What did I learn? 1 - I need more of these vacations. 2 - I have a total inability to operate a point & shoot camera. I need manual mode. thank you very much.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPJwhUivFExoA4HPMdbzJXWzHtDiwfKnRkGuO4JYdiZ89COD79-KhWTCWAzpI_Yuumz1x9U4GxL7YDkrsMqF6JyO0JziJbZ3sUeggnkH1g9PiJy8tOBVdT48TwXL8x5WqnsD-Y8XpyL0/s1600/floridapost.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPJwhUivFExoA4HPMdbzJXWzHtDiwfKnRkGuO4JYdiZ89COD79-KhWTCWAzpI_Yuumz1x9U4GxL7YDkrsMqF6JyO0JziJbZ3sUeggnkH1g9PiJy8tOBVdT48TwXL8x5WqnsD-Y8XpyL0/s800/floridapost.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527940403486384690" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >Now, we'll move on to some session peeks... here's Ms "S"! Watch later this afternoon for another post of Ms "S" and her ...are you ready for this... birthday ICE CREAM shots (instead of birthday cake).</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhfzUzCXQx7m3oaMjaCPs7inAoPt0eOCfwfwXZZSzXOuQr4dgChS3Sou8waGN5NoINilDFQGAxuc_xiDC3aN_b2l0CPJyfwIKAIW9VHDVjQaL_jzcPKVafDL1S52AWoi9dNyatCXU2NA/s1600/Sblog1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhfzUzCXQx7m3oaMjaCPs7inAoPt0eOCfwfwXZZSzXOuQr4dgChS3Sou8waGN5NoINilDFQGAxuc_xiDC3aN_b2l0CPJyfwIKAIW9VHDVjQaL_jzcPKVafDL1S52AWoi9dNyatCXU2NA/s800/Sblog1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527941148205747826" border="0" /></a>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-88154165376975010312010-09-17T22:50:00.006-05:002010-09-17T23:27:18.290-05:00Certifiably Insane<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">These are the only words I can think to truly describe the two women involved in these photos.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Yes, I am one of the two.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">The other is {obviously} nearly as crazy as me.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">If you have followed me for some time, you know that I have this one client. She's quite the creative one. We do a session in the fall every year. Every. Single. Year. (much to her husband's dismay). Each year - the day after we shoot her session - I begin thinking of how I'm gonna top it for next year.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Well this year the timing had to be perfect - because it involved the carnival. Darn carnival only runs Thurs-Saturday and guess what days out of the week a family with three school-age kids has sports etc.? That's right ... Thurs-Saturday. Sunday would have been great. Too bad we would have been the only ones there on Sunday. Well no - that's not true - it would have been us and the clean-up crew. Not exactly the photo-opp we were looking for.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">So, being the stubborn creative types that we are, we figured out that if we met at a certain hour on Thursday we could make it work. We would have to move quickly and dear husband would have to be excluded from the shoot. Kids only. He was very disappointed I tell you. He's probably still crying right now over missing this shoot.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Well guess what?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Rain.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">That's what.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">We spent the day on the phone with each other and stalking Gary Lezak {local weatherman - only guy I'll watch, btw}. Do we go for it? Do we not? It will be another year before this comes to town again. Look - it's slowing down to a drizzle! Just how crazy are we?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Turns out - very. Certifiably insane.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">'Cause we went for it.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">I stopped and loaded up on umbrellas on the way. Good thing. 'Cause we had an umbrella over each kid and an umbrella over my camera the whole time. We were a vision - kids all dressed up, hauling 72 umbrellas around (ok, ok - maybe not quite that many) and me laying on the ground in the drizzle to get the shots. Have you ever looked around at a fair or carnival? Interesting people, no? To say we stuck out like sore thumbs would be a huge understatement.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">But we had fun. Ok, the kids had fun. Me & "Miss K" ... well ... when you're certifiably insane can you really judge just how much fun you did or did not have?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">And guess what? We decided that we just couldn't stand to have her husband miss all the fun for an entire year - so we're gonna do another one later in the fall. One with their whole family. Not the carnival. And no rain. Or drizzle. I bet her husband is jumping for joy right now. Just giddy with excitement that we found a way to include him once again this year.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9f7kHVJ6ueo5FffnLAdVfBnGdfcK5-mqbigo7r4O8j033fb4fKcBN4yhuhNBx1Flor9AZnF45gATLilv9p5AFosKyINBlGWtNA00ifomZYMeMSBcKlASiJHz1X26JtZe66CLHvGztzQ8/s1600/-5453blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9f7kHVJ6ueo5FffnLAdVfBnGdfcK5-mqbigo7r4O8j033fb4fKcBN4yhuhNBx1Flor9AZnF45gATLilv9p5AFosKyINBlGWtNA00ifomZYMeMSBcKlASiJHz1X26JtZe66CLHvGztzQ8/s800/-5453blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518104801931799058" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThxFwc_NU4TQp4GrZqj0lZoCU1EqCUavv3G5A4SQCKK-uHeGxfzho2LlLZdFH-lzJHfAe7Mp8xlpwMAzgOVW7aM11LKa8OlwQmGdJ7isoqe6dIPH7h2Ru3STMnsdzZycuUgtE7m3Op7c/s1600/candy.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-MjyKvwJ_isMElk70jrR3H1obAQWxjtUHA48-_kDjnUeAo6vQnUl54cjK_fVImn-JcNXq_nDxChn6J2Ma1D9norgSY2jHR8f-OQRMBSP7M2LjbnL8uQa2s0RkT7zhZQZYrZK3nRZ6jg/s800/-5642blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518102958349360930" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">*important disclaimer* I will not shoot a session in weather that will make it impossible for me to protect my equipment or be dangerous to your children. The weather in this session involved zero risk to the kids and was a situation that my equipment could be protected. It was, in fact, a rare instance.</span></span></i></div>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-43818370857550067972010-09-16T10:35:00.005-05:002010-09-16T11:05:25.165-05:00Brain Food<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">I need some. No, really - I need some brain food pronto. What is it about allergies that causes all intelligent thought to drain right out of your head? Why in the world would a perfectly sane {well, relatively} person sit in front of her computer screen for hours upon hours ... waiting on the big bright screen to inspire her ... to give her the perfect topic to blog about for a sneak peek? I'm on my 3rd cup of coffee and it's not working. So coffee appears to not be the brain food I need today (doesn't mean I won't continue to try it though). I tried nutella. Nope. Dark Chocolate peanut butter. Nope. The pantry & fridge are pretty close to empty...so I'm running low on ideas here. The package of "potty-training M&Ms" {Peyton's} is staring at me. I keep telling it to go away. The package of saltines is staring at me too. I keep telling it that it's not my friend until I return from my trip to the beach. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">That's right ... I'm now talking to food and expecting a response. This could all be do to the 6 ... that's right SIX... allergy meds I'm on at the moment.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Consider this a warning ... all clients scheduled for the next 5 days ... this blog post is your warning. I may not make much sense at our up-coming session. I might even do the chicken dance. If I get a glazed over look on my face ... well ... just don't feed me a saltine. There's a beach trip in my very near future...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Wait ... there it is ... brain food! Beach trip + husband - kids = brain food. That's good news for everyone scheduled for the week I get back. This week's clients ... well ... just snap your fingers in front of my face and remind me of my up-coming brain food.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">"Y" family - I present your "peek." And I apologize for a lack of thought-provoking chat to go along with the peek. But I figure, if anyone can sympathize with my fatigue and surprising moments of being lost in space ... well ... it would definitely be the parents of a newborn and 2yr old. Yes, I'm sure you can sympathize with me!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbqZ49MiElpP4-eTYVf7Ahj4FjiaTtGUYcH4rofGfaAy6bPYkZXOBnWCWWouWMPZFMWi_ouaZGkWwZbo7jVVM-dALOBHVm2x2WUcoLBkh3Ioc8_sSbt8BtIylblJXBMEcfvkpV2ELD58/s1600/-5412b"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbqZ49MiElpP4-eTYVf7Ahj4FjiaTtGUYcH4rofGfaAy6bPYkZXOBnWCWWouWMPZFMWi_ouaZGkWwZbo7jVVM-dALOBHVm2x2WUcoLBkh3Ioc8_sSbt8BtIylblJXBMEcfvkpV2ELD58/s800/-5412b" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517541864889733490" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjH-7jhpIXpEVuAmrb7Mpl_Hxpv-aXxmY6i83qY3QMCjpuW2_G3223LfFG2QDTBtI23aYZqeIrgVjY7Kx22iGuMek7_raSjNUom4vgj2pTYXi8RW_cnPIvZbWrJAEfBrzxffE4vBkQJbg/s1600/-5063b"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDIRRW56n1xy24kEWsTaFa_ghQEWIi07etTWbpRM7aUB9gwjvIdoirkBQ8Lw3POQtz6XC7jToSmK22NUuBLkrYCc4Pgpi4utUMn5LnNqP5UBzx5gdrmDMRzBVboBXDSo4jWpUZmI-RjE/s800/-5126b" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517541755803787090" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">the new big brother and I had some play time while baby was eating...what a ham!</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivNtzWS_Rt2kY16fv9wOB8MGZypbjIXGZq7NNGvQa0QMOV7tCpiiJEQfiwktVlhOg3gby-oiuahRBpxs7iyM8SKIz5ojCWeNmSbBxdcZMNbbGMS2xhHhv7Q3USPcnQdupwhmPxlV2yJo/s1600/-5147b"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivNtzWS_Rt2kY16fv9wOB8MGZypbjIXGZq7NNGvQa0QMOV7tCpiiJEQfiwktVlhOg3gby-oiuahRBpxs7iyM8SKIz5ojCWeNmSbBxdcZMNbbGMS2xhHhv7Q3USPcnQdupwhmPxlV2yJo/s800/-5147b" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517541749169434786" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUypwrPXkc8z6DEhXO4UXha7Apnu-uVnXR0yYY-op2f_oEI8gVpEBoTUaywF2m-mk9plg5CxmPMmIsJDbY__Aw4pk1juIMN2VP2GkvHhA1_AiA2ilOdPnOPiZxjs8Y4XZ9zXVP7jzTYRw/s1600/-5235b"><img style="display:block; 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I apologize if you have been taken off-guard. But c'mon ... is there anything much cuter than the little bullet-bottom of a newborn?! When else in life is it so adorable to have dimples and fat rolls?!</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJspuKZfurmbdnoRpLWjWCOZH3I0P0y9Z0PHdtbv6wyHmfc2dmBjebYw5oH18wXHNcg7T0x6H-0yPFuIGg13tLpcqwPkn7tIBdJAsLEVeMhOoi-NYJ_8yLrlXNdrCeO3ol5EowfLld_3A/s1600/-5278bwb"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJspuKZfurmbdnoRpLWjWCOZH3I0P0y9Z0PHdtbv6wyHmfc2dmBjebYw5oH18wXHNcg7T0x6H-0yPFuIGg13tLpcqwPkn7tIBdJAsLEVeMhOoi-NYJ_8yLrlXNdrCeO3ol5EowfLld_3A/s800/-5278bwb" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517541360225335858" /></a>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-74333452605383496112010-09-11T12:56:00.004-05:002010-09-11T13:02:11.876-05:00Another Birthday!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For me! That's right - Happy 29th Birthday to me! (and yes - it HAS been 29 years since 1975...it has - I'm bad at math so I get to claim 29. shshhh.)</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So I figure I gotta post a birthday session on my birthday, no?! We celebrated his birthday in the park - eating cake, playing with bubbles and swinging. I think that's exactly how I'm gonna spend the rest of MY birthday!</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLxQ8gkg5rXfoDBOQHtdGsk9kibVhVM1tVvLd61Vgl3ManqW7nHut2V-x5HPf1_v62C68iNh98Zqsm4Af3MHtFvSbkvyW7Btn7_K5aNsUFS5WB70fmwqaboMfzcN_WrY_MGicv2G6BSOU/s1600/swing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLxQ8gkg5rXfoDBOQHtdGsk9kibVhVM1tVvLd61Vgl3ManqW7nHut2V-x5HPf1_v62C68iNh98Zqsm4Af3MHtFvSbkvyW7Btn7_K5aNsUFS5WB70fmwqaboMfzcN_WrY_MGicv2G6BSOU/s800/swing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515717431686986274" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-eiLJa8y3TV-mGSZ9VDkpHf2zJ3jGKBx4R4SDeyXccIjYM0ElyctPCRbXfWwyerfZcf7Aq75siT8mkmZUSvzLimPXy201Cv9G9G1v91kb6FMGLbZV4TEqvtLubgnG0keMD31DMhb-go/s1600/-4671b.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBsEIcJB_XznS8TuXEzExyHwvsViaPZ6V9l7Ky_PUtkpcnewKrDb_JqD3ct7WDVN5f39EtOMW8Y_XGRV36cI8IzWZ8Jt2f-AV2_9UuPS4A5ARoooYJm4m9bFEcB2Lee-Rt0rIP4VIdeA/s800/cake.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515717300237734226" /></a>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-18286991309599412402010-09-02T22:11:00.002-05:002010-09-02T22:12:55.943-05:00Peek A Boo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHdDXEqMpP9_cPdlPMx0Ane2iMNukA7W-jX0uL4cboIdf5a9kLSZRIKHRSqynaZ2wTp6mN8yeL8GhuGgsaXSTvRbsh6BmSCaD9tIznKDFsBAmV6aFcuB8oY8cR4ZOuAfs-EL1jgF0fq8/s1600/peekaboo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHdDXEqMpP9_cPdlPMx0Ane2iMNukA7W-jX0uL4cboIdf5a9kLSZRIKHRSqynaZ2wTp6mN8yeL8GhuGgsaXSTvRbsh6BmSCaD9tIznKDFsBAmV6aFcuB8oY8cR4ZOuAfs-EL1jgF0fq8/s800/peekaboo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512519867730889010" border="0" /></a>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-57786326394259899132010-08-31T00:57:00.006-05:002010-08-31T01:16:49.166-05:00Are You Ready?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For Holiday Season? Ready for the craziness?</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Yeah, me either.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But it's almost here. A few more days and Labor Day will be past us and thus the official start to Holiday Season in the children photography biz.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">There are changes coming for Holiday Season. New things to talk about and older things to wish goodbye. (much like my life with a 2yr old at the moment...hello binky(paci)-free life...goodbye naptime).</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We'll chat about these things very soon. Meanwhile, take a moment to peek through a sweet little 1yr old. She loves her pearls...good girl!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqX92Ylyp2WovU4O-khXXajdjaUiW4dL-Kw2uYTmzBVTNKCg1qD5sU7WXJ6y4q8bsLPFq8z-efZa7k2i5Jb6sANr-B61byZR3oLX5zd2h8H_EEhTTJkBDMkFnT2Gruaavn3V1fYW07_uU/s1600/-4085bblog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqX92Ylyp2WovU4O-khXXajdjaUiW4dL-Kw2uYTmzBVTNKCg1qD5sU7WXJ6y4q8bsLPFq8z-efZa7k2i5Jb6sANr-B61byZR3oLX5zd2h8H_EEhTTJkBDMkFnT2Gruaavn3V1fYW07_uU/s800/-4085bblog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511453659839088018" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">look at that look she's giving us - knows she shouldn't put the necklace in her mouth but let's be honest...she's 1...she's gonna do it anyway</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwishNAed265g5gqKcnBZ_x_rZiIELZGFvSjz5SUS2N6WIXB1NmYwJ-Pm49ouqqE-0iA6bVWtBicoAJej3ROJ-FH0ZsTCm9HZrtTSxJCpNy8DYtInJQOasB1olLBk-fKDKTi1Iwcu8Dbs/s1600/-3861blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwishNAed265g5gqKcnBZ_x_rZiIELZGFvSjz5SUS2N6WIXB1NmYwJ-Pm49ouqqE-0iA6bVWtBicoAJej3ROJ-FH0ZsTCm9HZrtTSxJCpNy8DYtInJQOasB1olLBk-fKDKTi1Iwcu8Dbs/s800/-3861blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511451975521216626" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">hmmm...doesn't taste as good as expected</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYBoVQOW5OwxVimXEzNr_vshRdlgh8GuLjy1YsippJGklZoAATAIIsPAGcmg9-ibVAIwHw032jUq3SKK_T1Lc-QDsKwTxoQR6TNJMBNbvR3h7RWgauY4fFA82E-qrj9wDPUFRdGYEJM8/s1600/-3903blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYBoVQOW5OwxVimXEzNr_vshRdlgh8GuLjy1YsippJGklZoAATAIIsPAGcmg9-ibVAIwHw032jUq3SKK_T1Lc-QDsKwTxoQR6TNJMBNbvR3h7RWgauY4fFA82E-qrj9wDPUFRdGYEJM8/s800/-3903blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511451913798172338" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuaKOYNmABP2S5l92OtOYSllhGOQGSMNXwChH0biJ-OGg6fdEObMxHEs94ZSmGOsWFGCQBmGKVPOuGjEvpayTYkSPTymifwPaFG-OuUZ9PX7R67eZp4loVOP26bA21m4xFbOEeovGa0yc/s1600/-3937blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuaKOYNmABP2S5l92OtOYSllhGOQGSMNXwChH0biJ-OGg6fdEObMxHEs94ZSmGOsWFGCQBmGKVPOuGjEvpayTYkSPTymifwPaFG-OuUZ9PX7R67eZp4loVOP26bA21m4xFbOEeovGa0yc/s800/-3937blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511451900922710738" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lWxwan_562-l44C6VdJ-j8n3LvSep76SfuzgEeORkadjGCXFThItjvrjYRAcuO1zNQC6QXokC8-I0Ug82ET_mmnPCTkuc8rVr6E49i7jVfJ_EBBISISW4CfjxR0nR2wvtDMpLCg-sa4/s1600/-3914blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lWxwan_562-l44C6VdJ-j8n3LvSep76SfuzgEeORkadjGCXFThItjvrjYRAcuO1zNQC6QXokC8-I0Ug82ET_mmnPCTkuc8rVr6E49i7jVfJ_EBBISISW4CfjxR0nR2wvtDMpLCg-sa4/s800/-3914blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511451906021471330" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">a happy birthday girl</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fsZd4iDAM5YBymbOulFFsDacRrKkq7qTMu7BZmYbBUBU9zI0NXbP3iWTAK6NRNnxanxoQBW1ldUqZ74LjZw7wJOmjfdHGzGVsJLrVOpXgTJS3X3x3x8-EAe5absol-Rlu3yEsZuvb8k/s1600/-4027blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fsZd4iDAM5YBymbOulFFsDacRrKkq7qTMu7BZmYbBUBU9zI0NXbP3iWTAK6NRNnxanxoQBW1ldUqZ74LjZw7wJOmjfdHGzGVsJLrVOpXgTJS3X3x3x8-EAe5absol-Rlu3yEsZuvb8k/s800/-4027blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511451897695400658" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio2UvHY7LYKgPKebaEGlURGVk2JCyOozv4oIqccg5FH28sFMyJIjccOBGGWHkAPT-w845tiodvMhOHd67Xn2EtNRSvNMA_-vv9GD9AZvac5IC4xXmZc8KM5m32-IdoARTx3O4hBHerc7g/s1600/-3976blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio2UvHY7LYKgPKebaEGlURGVk2JCyOozv4oIqccg5FH28sFMyJIjccOBGGWHkAPT-w845tiodvMhOHd67Xn2EtNRSvNMA_-vv9GD9AZvac5IC4xXmZc8KM5m32-IdoARTx3O4hBHerc7g/s800/-3976blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511451894210120834" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">cupcakes and piggies</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJALuljaC-9b-uXdLv0k6Abosq5UA9K1kSFx44nJh7ahH7GkLvor3VRRClQeGpZkXyKQp-kO4Th9YCRh2JLuAgi0XplQUejzKDjsAiFJECTCizh0bgyJKWpz6oEn2vkZdKIUf1MVXMfUc/s1600/-4045blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJALuljaC-9b-uXdLv0k6Abosq5UA9K1kSFx44nJh7ahH7GkLvor3VRRClQeGpZkXyKQp-kO4Th9YCRh2JLuAgi0XplQUejzKDjsAiFJECTCizh0bgyJKWpz6oEn2vkZdKIUf1MVXMfUc/s800/-4045blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511451579321112210" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">{peek}</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6m47Qz00pDBE0I7WvG1QQntDWK4S9nZirGXMj745zznXYqCx2NjDBnWwYohKO-3LFByHQ-q7Av9gs8pdCHyrx7YLmGgkk-6hIRIDu0wsT3egVH4bVaV0F-XJ28iKwnW2OmkXMlaSD6WE/s1600/-4294blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6m47Qz00pDBE0I7WvG1QQntDWK4S9nZirGXMj745zznXYqCx2NjDBnWwYohKO-3LFByHQ-q7Av9gs8pdCHyrx7YLmGgkk-6hIRIDu0wsT3egVH4bVaV0F-XJ28iKwnW2OmkXMlaSD6WE/s800/-4294blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511451575808461090" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">{a-boo!}</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoj-W3pQFeQzmdU0v1eGO9XZmyehEkysHuUQe7LF1fUpXI_jpRRtZpiJpXT1D4-9yuZcSBQUYMBsRDG50cDss6j_B9GnmWFUt0yaMvzajh8RfrxSLPNwcLlwgyD6HnOzUr9CZQAeIxtkM/s1600/-4247blog"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fGubghtie70-pkN4eiGnNaV5ikl6MoxBUdEa_kSjowxDkkSB_ioc2tHQRjKsVPTqAFBpwD830AmCUsaunF4GEr-HCp9YeDLf9X_K1SuR2zdvPTaqdK8mAfBuTxQWNOC-yOtEUwsYX8o/s800/-4192blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511451553314782418" /></a>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-16653202520224447692010-08-06T00:16:00.007-05:002010-08-06T01:04:17.179-05:00I Have a Good Attitude!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">It seems it's true. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">It must be ... 'cause a 7yr old said so.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">That makes me smile.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">But it seems that I also have great tone. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">A 6yr old said so. (she was referring to my voice and inflection...not so much my abs...which, ironically have zero tone thanks to two other 7yr olds I know)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">That makes me laugh.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">These sweet girls should have a talk with my boys...'cause MY 7yr olds don't seem to share these beliefs. HA! I wonder why that would be? *snark*</span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">I met the "H" family last weekend. What fun we had! I was the lucky recipient of a modeling show, a concert and enormous amounts of very important information. And questions...do people live in these buildings? Why is the glass broken? What's that? Do we get to go to another spot? Isn't this FUN? {why yes, cute girl, it IS}</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnveIeOCPQM6DtGv0iLSN-8LL1H_PHWoaBvLVz3pKILIz7oizBQ1F8eJsVvNCdkSFVznHDwfaLCrC6poCJLeZUWEWqHPkvvp2vjOO2YHlE0fdFk0sH9TNp7dplbV3p6oxhQ-2EldELMDE/s1600/-3212blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnveIeOCPQM6DtGv0iLSN-8LL1H_PHWoaBvLVz3pKILIz7oizBQ1F8eJsVvNCdkSFVznHDwfaLCrC6poCJLeZUWEWqHPkvvp2vjOO2YHlE0fdFk0sH9TNp7dplbV3p6oxhQ-2EldELMDE/s800/-3212blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502170642042791986" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cWdjCIgmBDGBuW23y9SX2F4ae_bW4d-lhRczpYbu0Lt8ty6o6t29S1BAtEKAHEn-XNbf-8kXGG6JGzKxi1OqvKz42SfpiNjbvp4kC6tPwB1s1u6vpFf-MFWLy0QGnKaa8ESAFaQVzKg/s1600/-3181blog"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKmFeVKzTHJnhYJcreAk_YcFf82oAmgd4Wtantp3cUPLYsbg3wCLOIsMrwhAlMSJ6el8In3DfQq_nUTdRFQx4XlYOInKmoinbakCdYecsCvdq6Wv92Yd_Be0bMJ7f7W0PbIJleA3Z9UAU/s800/-3104blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502170419941187122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">And Santa made a stop. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">ok just kidding... but you'd think that's who had just pulled up</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">it was the train - what excitement over the train!</span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNIojhu1wrJxk4GMJHOpHwbBfaxYEU6k2mO-dZQqwx5OB0mVlKz6c5KtpNdJhG0L6fBVMHtpk4EMn0TcMvS9jloG-bUgGY0k9JkbjRJFutHLmQZ8rJwXYtwbzUEF7UdXrvcCoZeEMQL8/s1600/-3297blog"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWU1sKRQoCNwozo5Xwqv1TpGogT93J7tQe_UEe58qWZ6NhMrFa7NmMsyvKBin_WzL6Lt3PaKwT24JK9qbVwLh9UO92mBfhatdwEdg8YwubXzdFQA5Sift9G26C9qcNAVZipGb99My4_j8/s800/-3029blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502169913079401346" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Now. Speaking of a good attitude... just a reminder that the studio is currently closed. Sure, I'm still working - but it's all catch-up in order to save my sanity when holiday season starts up next month. I'll be in and out of the office at not-normal hours. 'Cause I'm trying to save my good attitude! If you need to get in touch with me - the most effective way is to send me a text message or email. I will get back to you just as soon as I take a breath and put my coffee cup down ; )</span></span></div>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-67826279602098015972010-08-05T16:06:00.006-05:002010-08-05T16:28:51.113-05:00The First Fall Image and Curls<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Ok, well it's sorta the first Fall image. They were wearing Fall clothes and we shot in the morning and it gave those first images a warm glow... so it's the first Fall image...even though it was shot in the crazy heat of August. {crazy} HEAT.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1y-xVtk95tJsGcMg3ouBLoL0tm12dDdoba4hgFHC_cxW8_uO83rTDa1PKL1eFUB5JSr3ixac7MKnHcQoKalV1Ozy77zQ0eZWP27czecgfWB8YUAnPO2AHACDCvU2_TzIavEAAVOkQBc/s1600/-2456owblog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1y-xVtk95tJsGcMg3ouBLoL0tm12dDdoba4hgFHC_cxW8_uO83rTDa1PKL1eFUB5JSr3ixac7MKnHcQoKalV1Ozy77zQ0eZWP27czecgfWB8YUAnPO2AHACDCvU2_TzIavEAAVOkQBc/s800/-2456owblog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502039256879274274" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">But you know what heat & humidity give us? Adorable baby curls. That's what.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dAIozYiO1w1rBuMGG81Lt16qzE44M5PthWYsN-9Rzqh5MpF0SWRQh3o9m4gHoy8ShcNezAnF22g0Np7J9OdU5ceoffgEMhEbdQhsyZsg0XknHmKpmpAAPlCS-2aXAh9EiSkwn8ptM0g/s1600/-2711blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dAIozYiO1w1rBuMGG81Lt16qzE44M5PthWYsN-9Rzqh5MpF0SWRQh3o9m4gHoy8ShcNezAnF22g0Np7J9OdU5ceoffgEMhEbdQhsyZsg0XknHmKpmpAAPlCS-2aXAh9EiSkwn8ptM0g/s800/-2711blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502039811494327618" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Little guy gave us a few images in his Fall gear (as Mom & Dad were melting...hey, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">I</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> was melting and I was in a tank top!)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWAlckZyhLMuyLKr2p-kBj1PojAhEJwKX-L_uiTi9tiMLGS3pyIrcAb8eJwX15l7MaiMRVljI0BxK9zuFMoG0Y6uh9TehmM_rETHD_UBR9UxLR41oiYiFyMYR0Q4bNduO7Jm-Yr9kIbCE/s1600/-2523blog"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vGf1EPFQCWtpR3PG1UXqLGBfoypNXiTQnRmnNTExtg7Zt9D32Nk15KeIbFmm__AxgNhwLX2Bdfa6Vwqz9TzxTfdH_-M3HcjB-5UGUzyGEbHHRvdu-ROIi3Zi2ESrRDR0MhjNb8gMWRw/s800/-2624blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502038935773231762" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">And as the heat began to take it's toll on all of us...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVbaY6NrH9jkQVCunWrmYBjYIRWweCv0jVEKTUl_JBfzyXppj2JVFTig6kT30WMQTBX_n-5fh1mKJQR3YqbbDsZmcH0CSnzy1uVA5rtUqwQQj-VcRK9KzGAD3wIV-QGF53-Ougtvl7k0/s1600/-2690blog.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgOIu0GBnVvp-F1V0lueLJtrc30JlIkS07iSOBZDmybAWtfkd_Raih__DubM7wu7GO_Balrm-dm1VLJOcx6q3NhJ-8F3NAITDbozWgUCB0J52d5WP6dDHrZxijVZHf7lPhtZnEVOy9V0/s800/-2743blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502037937016996114" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgOIu0GBnVvp-F1V0lueLJtrc30JlIkS07iSOBZDmybAWtfkd_Raih__DubM7wu7GO_Balrm-dm1VLJOcx6q3NhJ-8F3NAITDbozWgUCB0J52d5WP6dDHrZxijVZHf7lPhtZnEVOy9V0/s1600/-2743blog"></a><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Happy Birthday Baby "W!"</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><br /></div>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-43440569478540863322010-08-02T09:32:00.004-05:002010-08-02T09:48:46.128-05:00Fall Books Open Today at 10am!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Fall bookings are open at 10:00am {central time}</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Email, text or call with the dates you are interested in. First come, first serve!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Let the madness begin</span>!</span></span></div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1FJaQFItruP6xuQJhGeqvzICeQk1vXhp5phsVXKfvhUCHYHUqSzuEzG3IV6Y22CqtOgDCpsrhYiO6tcvO6RNR7RBJIaZpSTgfyuQDimSC38w9fuNITp2BfFzLAHxSI8trvh-IICvSFk/s1600/FallDatesblog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1FJaQFItruP6xuQJhGeqvzICeQk1vXhp5phsVXKfvhUCHYHUqSzuEzG3IV6Y22CqtOgDCpsrhYiO6tcvO6RNR7RBJIaZpSTgfyuQDimSC38w9fuNITp2BfFzLAHxSI8trvh-IICvSFk/s800/FallDatesblog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500824395772695794" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-51039225295485979872010-07-30T14:37:00.005-05:002010-07-30T15:02:07.602-05:00My Dangerous Job<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Mhmmm. You read that right. Danger. It surrounds me.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">No really.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">As I sit here, I can hardly type because I have managed to sustain a neck injury (ok, so it's just a stiff neck...but I prefer to refer to it as a neck injury ok? ok.). The neck injury came from a combo of a newborn shoot and working on my computer too long. Oh yes - no it's true - we photographers have constant neck, back and wrist pain from the computer and the cameras. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">I also have knee pain - not because of a long run or something healthy like that - but because I'm so short that my feet don't touch the ground when I sit at my desk...and, as I stated, I've spent too many hours in this little spot lately. Can you believe my feet don't touch?! I swear, in my "free" time I'm gonna design a chair for short people. ha ha ha ha.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Anyway, back to danger ... I'm also in danger at this particular moment of being attacked by an army of superheroes who have been ready to go to the pool for "like 18 hours". They're waiting on me to come up with something to write for this sneak peek.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">So I've been sitting here...looking at my screen...trying to force my brain to work.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">It won't.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">I think that it might be dangerous to try to force it to work in this heat. Don't you think? Yes, I thought so.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">So I have nothing profound to share with you this time. Just that this little girl was so much fun. She let us play with lots of hats, baskets, dresses...etc. See - here's another danger factor...I photograph these sweet little angels all the time and it almost makes me forget that I don't want another baby. {almost} 'Cause the truth is...if I had another baby...I'd only be adding to the army of superheroes who are threatening an attack at this moment.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">I have to mention that this little girl just moved to Kansas. And she had ruby red slippers...oh goodness...you KNOW I had to play with THAT.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymwimstXf2EoXe8JyA8VGRZaM1rXQyfs0DHNhGEL77xCRfvACRhtrZbPA8AmT5iI7A3BMFR7jGy2GvJCWLvdadwTNxgHyjlFuXr4wryyd2SLnF3anU_19K6HspsebVjQ1yFS1x-tC1W8/s1600/-2409blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymwimstXf2EoXe8JyA8VGRZaM1rXQyfs0DHNhGEL77xCRfvACRhtrZbPA8AmT5iI7A3BMFR7jGy2GvJCWLvdadwTNxgHyjlFuXr4wryyd2SLnF3anU_19K6HspsebVjQ1yFS1x-tC1W8/s800/-2409blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499790816374503538" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihjst4ckqL3PwAmSVn2YTEdPOLkSg3SSA4MZeX-wDl1AoLdyhakMY1eE3BRnp5IXQVDq_a-pbBq8OnbtgWGLmGl4tptR94S1hciCNN5EznrQdtEzT7YjL7c7seIDJgBdEG54uOBZZJnkA/s1600/-2227sevenblog"><img style="display:block; 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I now only do individual families with children 12 years old or younger.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Why? Well, I'm glad you asked. Because it's quite hard to focus on pediatric photography if I'm shooting large family groups. Large groups don't normally involve the majority being 12 or younger (although...if you have one that does ... give me a call... if the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">majority</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> are 12 or younger I'll do it. I might need a vacation when it's done...but I'll do it) The second reason is the same reason I don't do weddings or seniors ...'cause it's just not my thing.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Don't get me wrong, I'll miss some of the large group things - like the photo you see in the post below. But I need to focus. And I have trouble with focus - so I gotta do this to force myself to focus.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Need a large group photo and don't know where to go? Feel free to give me a call or shoot me an email and I'll be glad to send you some local fab photogs who do these types of sessions.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So...here is my official, final, positively no more - large group finale. And what a family to spend this occasion with! It was hot and sticky and there were bugs and dirt...but they had fun with it. WE had fun with it. Thanks for visiting me "S" family!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Oh - and notice the Big Green Ugly has re-appeared from storage! I missed her...the Big Green...I'm looking forward to another season of "dates" with The Green!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzp41QsEs_fesl9dF2AZR3LALtdI5eRlC-OgP7Ac2BUGnLG5a2m2fs-DDDS1PSTt_2nqq90QFqGZyv2a8JdGcOu6yNGBlqMIZcKPDDPucMstjZ9xcPKXveF6QKOeL97pZtdvvQf8AFlg/s1600/-1787blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzp41QsEs_fesl9dF2AZR3LALtdI5eRlC-OgP7Ac2BUGnLG5a2m2fs-DDDS1PSTt_2nqq90QFqGZyv2a8JdGcOu6yNGBlqMIZcKPDDPucMstjZ9xcPKXveF6QKOeL97pZtdvvQf8AFlg/s800/-1787blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499468498800387842" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-9VBYeaO8rcBeVdLzO0ry1RU0FR6eWfqbRwlzyPI1iQzOR9R8rftxZ5PmoPJcPDqXo77Cd6ve-vePeMCBYwcoeqwDOwvQ3K04VQlK1Ua_bkQ9BqVKCzLXmGOMDyjoQr1gXRLP8sJDzA/s1600/-1867blog"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-dLl-nG1S_E1t8U4sEapkbEwMmyZakYj7YQXuM9BZzPKiMP2_RZzNlqyOJ4sjA7wDGa1jykZMg5pLLjZ_x6hl60jWIqXJcO8mKkxOQF2LDE_VoOMCWIKC6NNvvzVOTIqk3N38sgYvCQ/s800/-1954blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499468477269064530" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2FZMNfNZ-t3OtfAzBvCpHvVbZSPMrS7_xoTfnqS9ZXtoGDKy7ArZyX1gdtk7EF8vVtJOxdwwO8eNytTHyOqcDie6EWZsBFOmhXbMo9e8Bh5u-jwbsQ_oC_adg2yStZ3Ff5mDpmXWniI/s1600/-2011chocolateblog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2FZMNfNZ-t3OtfAzBvCpHvVbZSPMrS7_xoTfnqS9ZXtoGDKy7ArZyX1gdtk7EF8vVtJOxdwwO8eNytTHyOqcDie6EWZsBFOmhXbMo9e8Bh5u-jwbsQ_oC_adg2yStZ3Ff5mDpmXWniI/s800/-2011chocolateblog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499468475840278466" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4Z_7c65AutpE0npXMMIW2xqc-tZESVa3KnDZt1eXTrqpbC7t8-rbhJZvsqdOT3Xc8NWusFR2773irmnS0EHIs_yFpoQR5fjpQStlw-EVZFXF-xU57xADnrBz5AtqApnMlio3YurnlIE/s1600/-2061blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4Z_7c65AutpE0npXMMIW2xqc-tZESVa3KnDZt1eXTrqpbC7t8-rbhJZvsqdOT3Xc8NWusFR2773irmnS0EHIs_yFpoQR5fjpQStlw-EVZFXF-xU57xADnrBz5AtqApnMlio3YurnlIE/s800/-2061blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499468280159148962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">right before the hilarious shot from the previous post where the Dad surprised me </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">{which is my fave group shot evvva}</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCLIK3f0a9QSF8r9JOfak4L2PMdh_WKEsXXOhyphenhyphenJtPl-Zx-mfs9T5pb_BABd5vLKfJONg944HDaPIKKpnTbTBtVKE6zE5PVcKs79TjVs3DLPLskCCQT05H98aWeWd4Z2TdU1jkivrKi2rg/s1600/-2112sevenblog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCLIK3f0a9QSF8r9JOfak4L2PMdh_WKEsXXOhyphenhyphenJtPl-Zx-mfs9T5pb_BABd5vLKfJONg944HDaPIKKpnTbTBtVKE6zE5PVcKs79TjVs3DLPLskCCQT05H98aWeWd4Z2TdU1jkivrKi2rg/s800/-2112sevenblog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499468211983934690" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Now - I just simply could NOT walk away from this session without doing a shot of this little guy. He just lost his first teeth! Lost both of 'em in one shot! There's something so important and huge about losing those first teeth. I mean - we just had to document it! Congrats "J" and welcome to the world of what I call "the toothless wonders"</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyf-Fe_u2gQUNEG3ZKuf8L_gIu5lOSTnA76l87S0z-JeAfdB9EW2BqtJNHh_VVAABf_41nRCwon2JP7QobBzdpz4FsbD5RoM5sO5y-lwLbHUCHRuQ_41Oh-WbmNgcVeYYCpThjFnA5VWQ/s1600/-2137blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyf-Fe_u2gQUNEG3ZKuf8L_gIu5lOSTnA76l87S0z-JeAfdB9EW2BqtJNHh_VVAABf_41nRCwon2JP7QobBzdpz4FsbD5RoM5sO5y-lwLbHUCHRuQ_41Oh-WbmNgcVeYYCpThjFnA5VWQ/s800/-2137blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499468202042296002" /></a></div>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-49356670663224380812010-07-24T10:28:00.004-05:002010-07-24T10:33:56.920-05:00Surprises<span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Good golly molly - I love it when someone surprises me on a shoot! This family was great - it was HOT last night and you would never have known it if you were watching us! (well, other than me wiping sweat off myself non-stop). At the end of the shoot...I told the "kids" to jump...intending for the parents to be standing still...kinda that contrast of nice calm parents and wild crazy kids idea. Well the Dad totally surprised me and oh my goodness...I love the result!</span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ibKKeJqD4FWBa7UUlFSXkSB3glpWllvL1CNTBajMJ_8QhVpDTlkMxJm1qbQ1h_1MgY6oGhkuF7DmhkXilwnGwhLZPGsThgFxgRj-CLdGjjQaQX_Nv0OzbWTWCimkhCOYLXuEXYLUOfk/s1600/2130bl.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ibKKeJqD4FWBa7UUlFSXkSB3glpWllvL1CNTBajMJ_8QhVpDTlkMxJm1qbQ1h_1MgY6oGhkuF7DmhkXilwnGwhLZPGsThgFxgRj-CLdGjjQaQX_Nv0OzbWTWCimkhCOYLXuEXYLUOfk/s800/2130bl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497495963994946194" border="0" /></a>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-68561054957364941872010-07-15T03:24:00.007-05:002010-07-15T03:49:46.415-05:00outta here ... for real<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Ok...this time I really am outta here... for a few days. I will be in my un-plugged location.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Seriously - phones usually don't work, no tv, no computer. un.plugged.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">everyone say it with me ... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">My shoulders just relaxed.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">oh - wait - except that I'm not packed. and it's 3:45. and we're leaving at 9:00.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">shoulders back up by my ears.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">By the way ... for any creepers out there keeping track of when I'm leaving... these guys live in my yard. And they don't like you.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVr6qjZb0M-FwUJhf5xymhzpr7yIpWhD1z1UZAHE0FjMvWaQFTmfPSofb8VnU0ymagvZ8gMA3Bk_Przw1tO4N-oHOQYq9YLJiBr6jST2isxarD0hP9BohAt3OH41nm5nPn_CIBdupotA/s1600/-8112blog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVr6qjZb0M-FwUJhf5xymhzpr7yIpWhD1z1UZAHE0FjMvWaQFTmfPSofb8VnU0ymagvZ8gMA3Bk_Przw1tO4N-oHOQYq9YLJiBr6jST2isxarD0hP9BohAt3OH41nm5nPn_CIBdupotA/s800/-8112blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494051303072804946" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Ok - so on to a much cuter little guy. Happy Birthday baby "Z!"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WXIR2ATzd-KRPLa29hI6ZYwXtjIKJEhDerQojUxwfx6KEKkR_vE1_GMOm6ksBma9Ti4bQwdIVdeOFgHgTbzHpjfGXy60rXcxrGd1kTHU6ygrPj_OScurF_I1TG93zhkI7Y82y6fkj9E/s1600/-0526blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WXIR2ATzd-KRPLa29hI6ZYwXtjIKJEhDerQojUxwfx6KEKkR_vE1_GMOm6ksBma9Ti4bQwdIVdeOFgHgTbzHpjfGXy60rXcxrGd1kTHU6ygrPj_OScurF_I1TG93zhkI7Y82y6fkj9E/s800/-0526blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494051301846923122" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhavxrnAdjruIcrNiCJjj3pbTTx2p8ejbCf4QWnpMy540ZeNh-XvE-GaQNlLxBf66w9Am75os53PR7ssLnwDJ2OhkYS3QGq8jqLWqC1B1L3unbPr9359uJfTPySfkH8jmnsDyIvDLKs7hM/s1600/-0535blog"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36xbkTcW5us1NwoGe3AviKkb2Z0RF8bquifoKNZS2Tjb-1SP1adoHMo7I4Ye39EBZCWRIhTJcVsPbAC74Iuyxppp3UIE6M2vv6wsCYZR-ppyA2w5CiuaWRyirZBp0Qxk-lqdKEzm9Zow/s800/-0857bblog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494049624057283106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">THIS he was interested in</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvX5Ap0DDPvSDe29DGzzPoKO35Qcb6Lewnpp0_5IKPGRGajv6b-h6eKgvWmHVnzqKEzS63kRIQtgfOzJcFPCfOaD-jzt-clG8_ujIVdVDfpM9i0DfqmZNi6iDKllUgSN3-s0R2tXr7Uk/s1600/-0899blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvX5Ap0DDPvSDe29DGzzPoKO35Qcb6Lewnpp0_5IKPGRGajv6b-h6eKgvWmHVnzqKEzS63kRIQtgfOzJcFPCfOaD-jzt-clG8_ujIVdVDfpM9i0DfqmZNi6iDKllUgSN3-s0R2tXr7Uk/s800/-0899blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494049619983015634" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59fdMmQOXkC6dwuBTdF97KE1S5mbQXK8hALfq7Kt21B25VRTUjW2NxuGiYdOaQr4lnhttFPluPlk4JTIjcNapRmDYOXgOfYbXjPprIWd-PDZ_QHFy7yF8eTqcqIY3s3KHBcLkb44wRk4/s1600/-0909blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59fdMmQOXkC6dwuBTdF97KE1S5mbQXK8hALfq7Kt21B25VRTUjW2NxuGiYdOaQr4lnhttFPluPlk4JTIjcNapRmDYOXgOfYbXjPprIWd-PDZ_QHFy7yF8eTqcqIY3s3KHBcLkb44wRk4/s800/-0909blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494049611181895426" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">and now, my friends, I'm outta here!</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9W0CYqlfCCfmxjL5Dt4TuR84JIUherTWtIkpC_t8e6gRs9yC_EShomb5xkm0Gy2lvydKpI7kjiqmBUgUpzwhavsYCJi1aMokUIsxZtwtwcGumALZVIBxGzJKvrK3FBtnw7vmMMgm7G8/s1600/-0679vintageblog"><img style="display:block; 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But this time is vacation - not work. Ahhhh. Four days of non-computer bliss. My eyes will thank me. My back will thank me. My neck...well, no, my neck will not thank me because I will most likely cause some damage to it while doing something completely un-intelligent behind a boat. But most importantly, my kids will thank me. They haven't seen much of me lately, and for that I feel terrible. So off we're headed to one of my favorite un-plugged spots.<br /><br />But not 'til I share these and one more little peek coming later tonight.<br /><br />Welcome to the world sweet, smiley baby "C"<br /><br />And, can I just say - </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">oh my goodness the flower hat</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">...the FLOWER HAT. luv. If I had a girl...she most certainly would have worn hats like this every single day.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYeW1vB3CTNUVqFiB88tEklvOxSJ7s4-gIMseIIMCLTE0Huc8DwXsFbOxpEfEuVEu3gRhJp0Kc0nbIFVQEv_yK4tR4y1SmjF3jwewwiMlEUVtSJPyg2Kq73R5veC226yocP9MIBwSB5k4/s1600/-1314blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYeW1vB3CTNUVqFiB88tEklvOxSJ7s4-gIMseIIMCLTE0Huc8DwXsFbOxpEfEuVEu3gRhJp0Kc0nbIFVQEv_yK4tR4y1SmjF3jwewwiMlEUVtSJPyg2Kq73R5veC226yocP9MIBwSB5k4/s800/-1314blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493823373775431634" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgtI3qhwPav1ILMqALQwiJUpdSTeTfRcoyJuyKWcOgwNB2I9gDYqf29s9A5ISK4sR0uG2_95R8X2LtSrr7Ipmrzw7p2OLBBy7FCTMPCLOASmzy9kkzeJNErwMETBmiHsONX2eNi4NZXs/s1600/-1285vintageblog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgtI3qhwPav1ILMqALQwiJUpdSTeTfRcoyJuyKWcOgwNB2I9gDYqf29s9A5ISK4sR0uG2_95R8X2LtSrr7Ipmrzw7p2OLBBy7FCTMPCLOASmzy9kkzeJNErwMETBmiHsONX2eNi4NZXs/s800/-1285vintageblog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493823191751676802" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">the faces this girl made were hilarious - watch my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Olathe-KS/Carmen-Carver-Photography-Design/125418210526?ref=sgm">facebook fan page</a> for a series of her funny faces next week</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-p0UhZUx25SURbLjD6mjYe_aKic0GdzTgisbKvXIguxpJReUQeXigwRYQb7h6hUXUWkuJBi1SQzk3PlszSkpxG44S_T5l3-K0QEElplBal_shOIBhlzfoXEdik5k_rmw75udo8G0n9nM/s1600/-1078blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-p0UhZUx25SURbLjD6mjYe_aKic0GdzTgisbKvXIguxpJReUQeXigwRYQb7h6hUXUWkuJBi1SQzk3PlszSkpxG44S_T5l3-K0QEElplBal_shOIBhlzfoXEdik5k_rmw75udo8G0n9nM/s800/-1078blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493823182277791618" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeKkH5LhjSyZSYva-CQQIpI2fzNAzM93scQCfpW1kE-9gjqlPGU25Q-jnKB2fB1HhDe3pWDpuymWRwOwHA6MxkFrVAuDiM93ot7cl1zS4tdGveIC-zrn2yf9eC3vxspjDiG5_nedrhb4/s1600/-1127blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeKkH5LhjSyZSYva-CQQIpI2fzNAzM93scQCfpW1kE-9gjqlPGU25Q-jnKB2fB1HhDe3pWDpuymWRwOwHA6MxkFrVAuDiM93ot7cl1zS4tdGveIC-zrn2yf9eC3vxspjDiG5_nedrhb4/s800/-1127blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493823174480583874" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">this was her preferred position - a bit problematic for me</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgapmmrHvDPvbXAMkAKW_piZFv-u7VaWAuVplKxlk2DPVE1mXwCxy5UrY1i8kM_f68Akv6AfS_WIsJlOB53zEL70ZXKvexJGHkSLcFPKSRXEBfvJ1oBeHwYfSPzZ51Ms1fYowTZ_Rvmo/s1600/-1163blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgapmmrHvDPvbXAMkAKW_piZFv-u7VaWAuVplKxlk2DPVE1mXwCxy5UrY1i8kM_f68Akv6AfS_WIsJlOB53zEL70ZXKvexJGHkSLcFPKSRXEBfvJ1oBeHwYfSPzZ51Ms1fYowTZ_Rvmo/s800/-1163blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493823169757332034" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">can YOU sleep with your toes up by your eye?</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71Eeb_-TXu-L3ASCTgQBPFO0fmDZ6_k59VbPTC8kw_m7SmFRssGTFcfJW1Yo0BhtfYgZzg5R0fd0js2R_d3OkUGHCe-4oMGqcT3aUQc69KjAfF3tCPT1szdJDvZ9tzbEIJ0jI1MXLhw4/s1600/-1169blog"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhwC8Vh7j9abk8Fv1dBU3N6l7klLqkRfEye8ot2iQ0npkTnuaMbhG9j76bevNilCBdX2JWl88NnAKjwAuZXUOoNjMxfoqHhBAaoLM57uS7yRiroTwd1AWPwUXeRxnpeLgQfi-ShqZK5E/s800/-1344bblog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493822809761679698" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">this is a handmade sweater (a kimono??) ... sewn for baby "C" by a friend in Japan. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Look for another shot of her in this at her 6 month session!</span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_LebV8g048OcuQDgPY7lfYJwxYt1WF21opyyueTfCYx-Dklid3P1nnuhdgSx-HFfLqM25VeSTxmgCuvAm2NKyAD5jpDmPC9nOsGKUkrRw2NiUHgM7iQaO5qu4PeY9_EhcC_KmtS03FA/s1600/-1363blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_LebV8g048OcuQDgPY7lfYJwxYt1WF21opyyueTfCYx-Dklid3P1nnuhdgSx-HFfLqM25VeSTxmgCuvAm2NKyAD5jpDmPC9nOsGKUkrRw2NiUHgM7iQaO5qu4PeY9_EhcC_KmtS03FA/s800/-1363blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493822802719747538" /></a>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-52918071669974665892010-07-13T12:48:00.009-05:002010-07-13T13:31:07.578-05:00Sibling Love {Kansas City Children's Photographer}<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">As I sit here, processing these images, I am struck by irony.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">These kiddos were so very kind to each other. There were lots of hugs and fun games going on at this session. Big kids helped little kids. Encouragement was plentiful. (so was the energy...these three were tough to catch).</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">So, you ask, where is the irony?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">In the room next to my studio is a playroom. In this playroom my three children are currently pounding on each other. For those who haven't caught on...I have three boys. Lots of testosterone in this house. It's not that they don't love each other - it's just that they choose to do so in a much more aggressive manner. For instance, at the moment I hear the youngest screeching "hiiyahhhhhh" and then a bigger kid grunting. This, most likely, means that the baby just jumped with all his effort onto the big kid's back or stomach. He was, obviously, provoked to this point.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">So maybe the lack of the one girl has an affect on the chosen method of shown affection? Wait ... no... that's not possible. I was the lone girl amongst my siblings and our chosen method of affection involved a lot of plotting, voting, vetoes, and old-fashioned western-like attacks.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Once, I discovered that if I hid just inside the bathroom door, my brother wouldn't see me as he went running full-force down the hall. I could then stick my arm out the door at precisely the right moment and clothesline him. Feeling bad for him? Don't. He payed me back by repeating this move on me...when his arm was in a cast. I swear I'm not the reason he had a cast (or was I?). Then there's the time that we may (or may not) have convinced our baby brother that he could fly if he jumped off the back of the couch. That ended well. Feeling bad for the my baby brother? No No...he was known to lock himself in closets with our food while a sitter was there. He was also known to hide on the roof or in the bushes by our front porch...just waiting for me to come home from a date. Then there's the fact that he was insanely strong for being the youngest - he chose to use his strength to win battles.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Oh there's so many more stories. Do you have one? Share your fave sibling "love" story in the comments! We could all use a good laugh!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">By the way - my brothers are fine today. Whether I turned out fine is still in question. If the answer is that I am not normal...then clearly, I blame my brothers. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">I bet these angels' Mom could produce a good story too ... in spite of their amazing behavior at our shoot!</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBycHHkviZjydQkEc_pcNsDWYXoHxmFtAIrjIpsF-NPLHqA7kT-yIKy4n40A6OQVaGpiuUO1Ci5fJ-wGuIzxko5WKvrDQQrDEYqqCJMj3UkL1epX1nmiSSxAIL9G4Cg8nFV99XOW_SNA8/s1600/-0274blog"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: ;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBycHHkviZjydQkEc_pcNsDWYXoHxmFtAIrjIpsF-NPLHqA7kT-yIKy4n40A6OQVaGpiuUO1Ci5fJ-wGuIzxko5WKvrDQQrDEYqqCJMj3UkL1epX1nmiSSxAIL9G4Cg8nFV99XOW_SNA8/s800/-0274blog" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493457302451374802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">we shot this session in a super cool 111 yr old town {that's a big deal in the midwest}</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyB1xbGqCbjYaoOPRDIiJ1_GTy66PcKO4jA9P4PkGxDOSMhlQYvaQzxgFz0JqNzMqyFy8HHhJWKDela0qflZNDaIuAu4mgsIxLM5BF5k4r0LBIcfDnBMAdifC_GWhMXLDr8RvnEgg2J6M/s1600/-0253blog"><img style="display:block; 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The first session I shot held true to what I know about the Sooner State. We started out with amazingly warm, humid air (can't believe I just called it humid in Oklahoma...forgive me Texas)...within minutes it got super dark and then </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">windy</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. Having not lived in Oklahoma for nearly 12 years now, I panicked a little about the darkness ... and the wind... and the nasty looking clouds. It's hard to re-schedule a session during an out-of-state tour, you know. But clearly I had forgotten about the weather in Oklahoma. Ten minutes later the wind died down and the temp had dropped to a very amazingly comfortable point. The sun came out. Then the sun disappeared...then out ... and then it started to rain. Not too hard - so we kept shooting for a few more minutes (if you look close at the shot of the kids on the brick wall...you can see rain drops falling).<br /><br />Now, I had promised the kids they could play with bubbles at the end - (yes, I bribe) and as we were walking back toward the cars...<br /><br />Are you from Oklahoma?<br /><br />Yes? Then you probably know what happened next.<br /><br />No? Oh - well then let me tell you - a huge bolt of lightning jumps out of the sky.<br /><br />yeah, so no bubble shots. sorry.<br /><br />I sent the bubbles home with the kiddos and, as the door to their car was closing, I heard this - "Mom! Can we play with the bubbles </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">in the house</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">?!"<br /><br />Sorry again - this time to their Mom.<br /><br />Thank you for rolling with the weather we were handed "K" family! 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color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlR7QzwfibG3Df3w8bgvxXc_G6DBoxJTlHYTh7_BHdM_SyOKo07SizWSlBvwV8wV_WdzZygEPh7S4jSH0v-HUB7vNaU4Ac38HaCFcNiB36e-whjV_QhTdr6AhNnS4SX4RagJ7ChCMYN0/s1600/-0080blog"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlR7QzwfibG3Df3w8bgvxXc_G6DBoxJTlHYTh7_BHdM_SyOKo07SizWSlBvwV8wV_WdzZygEPh7S4jSH0v-HUB7vNaU4Ac38HaCFcNiB36e-whjV_QhTdr6AhNnS4SX4RagJ7ChCMYN0/s800/-0080blog" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493230993413142610" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">he was a very busy guy during our session - I put him in charge of taking photos of </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">me</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKp-YxyZukK-k7jbAVT2xf3f9sIn20JFEiuFIDPP9uYIyCw_EzSFP8U-5j2G3pBsu2XQYf84jkmgP_0jXE3ygODn1T2lrGXCfSdr4xVVvzur_AvfHCsrXwLDem3704cRqkLrXC1IX0dKw/s1600/-9936blog"><img style="display: block; 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I'm betting you have at some point in your life.<br /><br />Well, he made an appearance at this session. He was not welcome but he didn't seem to care.<br /><br />A simple shoot for all the grandkids. Outdoors. Evening light. Not a big deal.<br /><br />Wrong.<br /><br />Let's start with the heat. The amazing heat. Because of the heat and possible problems with rush hour traffic, at the last minute, we moved the session from the park to the country road & nature trail by the studio. We figured this would make it easier on the kids - plus we could easily switch kids in and out of the air-conditioned cars to cool them off between shots. Logical, no?<br /><br />First off, we find out that some of the girls are terrified that there might be bears in the forest. Now, we're not really in the forest you see, we're about 15 ft in front of the edge of the forest. In Kansas. Not too many bears here. All the same, we bribed and cheered and did all the ridiculous things one does to convince a child to not be scared of something that seems very real in their head.<br /><br />And then Grandma got bit by a huge tick. Now, let me mention...I've never had a tick problem in all the million times I've shot in this location.<br /><br />Anyway - forest fun over...moving on to manicured lawns and flowers. On the walk to this spot one kiddo's flip flop busts. Have you ever tried walking on a busted flip flop? Doesn't work too well. Also causes a little drama with little girls.<br /><br />Moving on to the country road (we needed the air conditioning break at this point anyway - we were drenched).<br /><br />While Mom & Grandma are smoothing hair on little girls, I decided to move big boy over by the old barbed wire fence. They make super cool backgrounds for little boys. There happens to be a fairly deep ditch by this one - so for safety I keep any kiddos a good 3-5ft in front of it. That way they don't accidentally lean against the fence, fall in the ditch etc. I never considered a friendly shove from a sibling. Down the poor guy goes...into the ditch...wrapped in the fence. He's ok... but the shirt is shredded and Mom is frazzled (I don't blame her at all!).<br /><br />alright ... ok ... we're only about 30 minutes into the session...need more images so we'll keep going and I'll photoshop the torn shirt. All is ok.<br /><br />Moving on to the MIDDLE of the road (pretty well abandoned ... don't worry... I don't have kids playing in traffic). </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Middle</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">...no ditches, no fences, no ticks, flat & level & no bears.<br /><br />Me & Mom & Grandma laugh at the events of the day and we joke that the only one left to be injured or scared is the baby. No worries though...There are 3 adults within arms' reach of him and I have him in the no-fail chair for babies. It sits super low to the ground and the seat tilts in so they sit with their bottom so far down it's nearly impossible to fall out.<br /><br />Nearly.<br /><br />Impossible?<br /><br />Guess what.<br /><br />He fell out. Of course he did.<br /><br />Why not.<br /><br />And the adults (me included) have NO idea how it happened. We were standing RIGHT.THERE.<br /><br />As he fell, big sister starts crying - I think it's because of the fall. No...it's 'cause she needs to potty. NOW. So I try to teach her to squat behind a tree while Mom & Grandma tend to baby (you realize I only have boys right?! teaching squatting is very new to me!). It didn't go well.<br /><br />We called the shoot.<br /><br />My shoots typically last between 1 hour and 2 hours ... this was 45 minutes. We didn't care.<br /><br />We went to the studio for ice packs, drinks and potties. And I will be photoshopping a lot of this session. And that's ok.<br /><br />Remember we moved from the manicured grass lawns of the park to this spot to make it easier?<br /><br />Of course, I checked on everyone the next day. Baby is fine. Big boy is fine. Flip flop is a gonner. Girls still scared of bears. Mom's heart may have suffered some damage. My heart definitely did.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">here they are - looking un-scared in front of the forest. see? no bears.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdE2x3oYV-Pr1AzPL5BRzjvN7hQ5NYqa7fbu7oaj__Bqwc7pTaXed-C0DyKdIjvLyP3VBaQUJmeubG4dQEgcSy5HBb-JiEiIvfruJugCVt-_ntmJsEVHqKHyc2bvJKMQLACS9I54KqYU/s1600/-9591blog"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdE2x3oYV-Pr1AzPL5BRzjvN7hQ5NYqa7fbu7oaj__Bqwc7pTaXed-C0DyKdIjvLyP3VBaQUJmeubG4dQEgcSy5HBb-JiEiIvfruJugCVt-_ntmJsEVHqKHyc2bvJKMQLACS9I54KqYU/s800/-9591blog" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491682836895706338" border="0" /></a></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwytPLBwpJ32rZIPHFUi2P6fVJXeJN4fbCmP0CmwtET3AK1-XNhCZCLc47VK1MP0YWiBEpwlLOdneJvxaVXXSCDFNRfCsZH0M4T4vvMSQ9zIpzTIhWcoanEWAkU_Oq6UjKujVMoT28Kg/s1600/-9609blog"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiseReAuBW-VnagN7zR6H9FbQ-FggcVLumW0emO7u6WEK0U390layHtwWUoE-ZRv7zBwzz8EWrRfvdNe7rLBIfsn_V25bfVbux-KnjF6GKS9D3v_qJEXWYzrXquJzWfXrYCNn2Wn-5efAk/s800/-9655blog" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491682250642552162" border="0" /></a></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">the fence shot...right before the shove...right before the shot I really wanted to get where I shoot from the ground</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWm1VVWhpS-nQvQprILG3b5dEJ07dpSHC2uP-ujAFRaBoMybbaSfFguHgRXcrn0D2wjIdzdCMgy7vbIkCtV4tGeG9WM8nlZPzH0fp7ASH-0S02mzjSoGREtypCpWAw7jT2Uk_Us0S4veU/s1600/-9672blog"><img style="display: block; 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text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQL75t3nCh9ZiUhjAECb4v4xm3P44zfQ25r1jqipSxK5h1nFDKzzu5JSAJa39CO5Er8H3Zs3Bp0Xyz7fSu1LoKv3iXh4uUU1dXhQjMxpqD2Mfy50iewsQ3fXcuT6bRwlmEWxusAvS7ho/s800/-9729sunblog" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491682156910934258" border="0" /></a></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9-KFM58_HGzRe4_i-X1N_X8g_0ABv-eLkZt9F9rFFHlR5116l9WZa-zqOTz4dxCijnhm_C22mznHy2PyG9_ZCxdtT22A4lj1cXfnFDLVncVp-DLaFaVy0Bji82AWiEDFNBsLU7Lbgf6w/s1600/-9726blog"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9-KFM58_HGzRe4_i-X1N_X8g_0ABv-eLkZt9F9rFFHlR5116l9WZa-zqOTz4dxCijnhm_C22mznHy2PyG9_ZCxdtT22A4lj1cXfnFDLVncVp-DLaFaVy0Bji82AWiEDFNBsLU7Lbgf6w/s800/-9726blog" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491682109064030258" border="0" /></a></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">right before the final disaster. look close at big boy's shirt...I left it torn in this shot...just 'cause</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></div><span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJk5g7PRw_c5cocTwdF-CzBGdsZi6IisM46XQjald5HksguamK08KtCUk0b35HUhnPym_0PPJ6Jk47ag6Ms0vBeBav8ahygr_ZMB1twDfEC7K0bu7uWGgEmwtgL-HXA-D_LumJ_xD5a30/s1600/-9707blog"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJk5g7PRw_c5cocTwdF-CzBGdsZi6IisM46XQjald5HksguamK08KtCUk0b35HUhnPym_0PPJ6Jk47ag6Ms0vBeBav8ahygr_ZMB1twDfEC7K0bu7uWGgEmwtgL-HXA-D_LumJ_xD5a30/s800/-9707blog" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491682058997736210" border="0" /></a></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919432212521913361.post-13051176504410202982010-07-04T12:19:00.003-05:002010-07-04T12:24:03.321-05:00Are You a Fan? Do You Tweet?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Become a fan on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and you get to see peeks like this before they make it up on the blog!</span></span><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Olathe-KS/Carmen-Carver-Photography-Design/125418210526"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Facebook Fan Page</span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://twitter.com/ccarverphotos"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Twitter</span></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYymdiSJG2n0cNO33fFLZUVbihay76xJtllfsoKasMV0vTCcWbo41GFLqWiHZ5u5MmD2rDI13T9cmhAi_G6jGDTxxhA816feSCmxTQp1V0rEbl4whSPgMXt07ZvoMb6CEjQ3vYZ6VhFO0/s1600/happybirthday.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYymdiSJG2n0cNO33fFLZUVbihay76xJtllfsoKasMV0vTCcWbo41GFLqWiHZ5u5MmD2rDI13T9cmhAi_G6jGDTxxhA816feSCmxTQp1V0rEbl4whSPgMXt07ZvoMb6CEjQ3vYZ6VhFO0/s800/happybirthday.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490102799007166946" /></a>Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12260233949465078839noreply@blogger.com0