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Ladies, hold onto your fallopian tubes!

Is it just me or does this little 6 month old cutie make your ovaries do a little dance on your uterus? She is a doll, even with a case of the sniffles that she had the morning of our session.

I couldn't decide on just one so you get 2 and I may need to add more as I proof. And I'm not even showing my fave from the session in case you want to use it for your cards!

I can't believe it's been 4 years!

I have been photographing this family for four years! With 4 very active kids, they always blow me away with how sweet they are to each other, how well-dressed they are, and their house is clean too! I don't know how they do it!

I'm not showing the family shots so they can send those out on their Christmas card, but here's a sneak peek of some others.

Parker

This family had such a cute house brimming with character...but not filled with light. We found some light where we could and then we went outside for a few snaps! I love shots that show how tiny newborns are!

sweetness

What a sweet little beauty Miss A is! And her proud parents couldn't be nicer! I look forward to seeing them in a few months for their next Baby Plan visit!

teaching photography

I just gave a lesson to my mom's group on photography. I had fun doing it and I really hope the ladies learned a lot! Most had point-and-shoot cameras (purse cameras, not SLRs) and just want to take better pictures of their kids. Some do have SLRs and maybe they would be intrested in a beginner small group photography course I am thinking about doing (I am still working out the details).

I was thinking on the way home about a question one of the ladies had. Her camera's focus point was always centered, as many are, and if she wanted to create an off-center composition as we has discussed, it seemed she would have to do this with a crop. Then, on my way home, I remembered this: You can press your shutter release button (the button you push to take a picture) halfway down while your focus points are on your subject. Then recompose, moving your subject off-center while still pressing that button halfway down. Once you are happy with your composition, fully depress the button. I forgot about this because it's been so long since I've used a point and shoot and my SLR does it differently. I'm sure many people can use this tip to make more intresting compositions!

City Slickers

We went downtown for a couple quick snaps and a little puddle jumping. My guys had a great time!