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Daylight Savings = Mommy’s Savior??

When Daylight Savings ended last November I cursed the person who thought it was a good idea to CHANGE TIME. Obviously this person was not a parent of a toddler.

Before that fateful day in November, Jasper had no problem…

Portrait Retouching : Making Mom Look Good

Of course this goes for ANY sort of portrait retouching, but in the world of family photography, lets face it, it’s usually mom who doesn’t like the way she looks (myself included!) These tips come in handy for family sessions…

Muffin Man

Back when Jasper’s diet consisted of about three foods I was desperate to sneak in some vegetables. My mom helped me scour the internet for a carrot zucchini muffin recipe that would fit the bill. Still, there was no guarantee…

Rash Face

We are still not exactly sure what is triggering Jasper’s skin problems, but I think I may be closer to solving the puzzle..

Two weeks ago or so the back of his neck went from blotchy raised red bumps to…

Photoshop Friday : Newborn Editing

A lot of people asked me about my newborn post processing, and what I “do to my photos” in photoshop. For many images, my goal is as little as possible other than white balance! That works much of the time,…

Jasper Talking with his Mouth Full

Usually when I pull the video camera out Jasper lunges for it wanting to see the “baby” inside, but last night while he was distracted by eating and watching his first year video I managed to elicit a few words…

A Tale of Two Newborns Part II

This is the second of my newborns from this weekend.. well, actually the first because it was my Saturday shoot and Drew was my Sunday shoot :)

Meet baby Sihanna. She was a good sleeper and not quite as difficult…

A Tale of Two Newborns

and the moral is… Exhausting! But exhilirating.

As luck would have it, all three of the newborns that I had lined up to shoot (that sounds very bad doesn’t it?) were all born within days of eachother, which meant that…

Mr. Manners

“teatoo for the dental floss mommy!”

This is too funny not to share..

There really aren’t any words that Jasper says regularly that I don’t understand, so imagine my surprise when he started saying what sounded like “boobies” when…

More About Messageboards

A lot of people write to me and ask where they should start learning about photography. Other than practice, practice, practice, my #1 recommendation is to start actively participating in photography messageboards.

I’ve blogged about this before, but I’m using…