Natural. Candid. Real. Beautiful. { The Blog. }

{ I'm excited - Christmas cards are DONE! }

Some beeeeautiful cards have been in the works - busy as a bee I've been putting them together.  There are 8 to choose from this year, and I love every single one!  Soooo...without further ado:

*Click on the card to view larger*

#1 front

#1 back

#2 front

#2 back

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#3 back

#4 front

#4 back

#5 front

#5 back

#6 front

#6 back

#7 front

#7 back

#8 front

#8 back

Here's the 411...

This year, instead of front side only photo cards, I've decided to step it up a notch and go with double-sided press-printed cards.  Cards are 5x7 and come in sets of 25, complete with envelopes.  Press printed cards are produced on state-of-the-art digital printing presses.  The presses use real liquid ink, not toner like a color copier as some printers use.  Press-printed products have the look and feel of a very high quality printed piece. 

The cards are available in 4 different papers.  The standard paper is a slightly glossy cover stock.  Clients may also choose watercolor paper or a linen paper.  Additionally, a pearl paper upgrade is available, which has a metallic-like sheen. 

Pricing is as follows:

• $75 for 25 ($3 each) 
• $137.50 for 50 ($2.75 each) 
• $187.50 for 75 ($2.50 each)
• $225 for 100 ($2.25 each)
• $250 for 125 ($2.00 each)

One more thing - photos from any 2008 session may be used on the cards.  How excited am I???

 Questions?  Let me know! :)

{ Holiday Mini Session - hurry before the spots are gone! }

Is it REALLY time to think about the holidays?  Yes, yes it is.  Here at Snickerdoodles Photography, we are slam jammed and hopping.  My regular session appointments are completely full for September and almost all of October.  My holiday deadline this year is October 18th, and I am completely booked until after then.  What's the next best thing, you ask (and may even be better?)???.  Why, it's a holiday mini session at Ault Park! 5 of the 10 spots are already taken before today's announcement, so get on my calendar quickly if you think you may be interested.  Oh, and one more thing - a $50 deposit is required to hold your spot.  So.....here's the 411 (click on the images to make them larger):

Holiday cards preview to come - I'm still designing them as we speak.  They will be smashingly, stunningly beeeeeautiful! :)

{ He's sooo much bigger now }

Well, I had the absolute pleasure of going back again to spend the morning with Jacob and his sweet Mama - remember him?

Well....look at him now, all big little man {please note: cutest little baby madras pants EVER}:

Okay - let's talk about this next photo.  I {love love LOVE} it for so many reasons.  If you look closely, you'll see that I was shooting through a mirror.  Can you tell?  I love that it seems as if it's just Jacob and his Mommy loving each other.  I love that they're in his Mommy and Daddy's bedroom.  I love that Diesel the dog seems to be protecting both of them on the floor below.  I love that there are flip-flops in view.  I love that it's natural. And candid. And real. And beautiful. It's timeless.

Below is the same photo - just with a little texture added.  I prefer the finish on this one - it just adds a little more of a timeless look. 

Mmmmm, sweet baby feet + Mama's hand blurred in the background (it's common knowledge that this is my thing - for those interested in photography, I often use a super wide open aperture, creating the background blur that you see here)

Isn't this blanket fantastic?  Urban Outfitters, baby.  Had to have it.  Knew at first glance that it would be this great. :)

Holding onto Mama's finger - melts your heart, right?  It does mine.

Angi and Mike - enjoy your sneak peek!   Your boy is just as sweet as he can be.

Okay....to all of my patient and loyal clients who are waiting on galleries - let the photo editing party begin!  I am now finished with all sneak peeks and am caught up in that area.  14 of you are still waiting to see your finished galleries - and those are my top and really only priority currently.  So, stay tuned...I'm speaking the positive: next week is going to be a great, productive week!!! :)

{ One busy Mama and her trio }

At last a sneak peek for my oh-so-patient friend and client - she's been waiting for waaaay too long to see these photos of her precious three.  So Carrie - without further ado....

Jacob is the baby - he's just a little over 1 year old, and just as sweet as he could ever be.  Just waking up from a nap in the next one - even still has the sheet marks on his little cheek.  Snuggling into Mama's shoulder and looking at me through those big eyes.  Sweet baby boy.

This next one makes me so happy - I have smiled every time I've looked at it (which has to be at least 15 times over the course of all of the editing and narrowing down that I do).  Such a happy, sweet boy he is....check him out:

Mommy reading him a book in his room - THESE kinds of things are what I want to capture for my clients.  The real moments - the natural, candid, real, beautiful moments {hence the name of my blog}... ;)  That's my ultimate goal.  So that you can look back and say - that's it right there.  That moment.  That expression.  That's what I want to remember.  Mmmmm.....they grow up way too fast.  Feeling a little sentimental today - my baby turns 2 tomorrow.  How did that happen? :)

This next one is my favorite - his little profile - and check out his reflection in the window.  Love love LOVE it.  It deserves to be big.  Poster size. :)

Big brother Matthew (who is his Dad's twin, by the way) - laughing and playing with me.  We were tossing a huge disc thingie (think frisbee x 10 - you know what I mean?), and I caught him just at the right moment.  Perfect.  Sweet.

Check out big/little sister Caroline.  Carrie and I were pregnant at the same time, and Caroline was born just before my Mac - hard to believe that they're 3 years old already.  Pretty little thing is really thinking about something important in this next one.  Isn't she something?  So funny and cute.

I often tell parents that it's not always about the smile - it is okay with me to capture the grumpy faces, the crying faces, the shy faces....because I want to capture them as they are.  And any Mommy knows that they are DEFINITELY not always smiling.  So, in the next one - they weren't feeling the camera love, were they?  No, definitely not.  But that's okay - I love it anyway.

NOW we're feeling the love a little more.... :)

This next one makes me laugh - I had to put it on here just to give you a glimpse of what it's like to be Mama to 3 children - crazy and fun and wild.  Never a dull moment.  Carrie, enjoy your sneak peek.  Angi, you're NEXT!

{ Double the love - again }

Twins really are probably my favorite thing - not only because it's just plain fun, but because I have twin sisters who I ♥adore♥ - and I know that the bond runs so deep with twins.  And when I photograph twin babies, I think of what is in store for them, and the lifetime of being connected to each other.  Meet Bryson and Brody....

Oooooh Brody, I want this one big for my own house. :)

How about Bryson's little cheeks and big round eyes?  And that hair?  So sweet.

Yummy, squishy, kissable baby boy fat rolls - mmmmmm....

I photographed this Mommy back in the winter when she was pregnant with these 2 sweet peas - she had the most perfect round belly I think I have ever seen.  Radiant she was - and so beautiful.  Breathtakingly beautiful, really.  Have a look at her sweet belly - hard to believe that she had 2 babies in there. :)

Told you she had the most perfect round belly - one more below that I love...

Holding Brody and looking at him with that Mama's love look in her eyes...

Brody's sweet little feet below....

....AND Bryson's sweet little feet.

 

 

I love this next shot - melts my heart.

You know I'm crazy about photographing feet - 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 feet in this next one...

I adore this Mama - she's wonderful.  Laid back and easy and kind and warm and just a natural.  Very fond of her I am...

How sweet is this next one?

Enjoy your sneak peek guys - gallery to come soon.... :)

{ She's turning 2 ♥ }

My baby is turning 2 years old this week - she holds 2 little fat fingers up and says this: "My. 2. Yeeas. Old."  And then "Dora. Paaaty."  You see, this weekend is her special girl birthday party - and life is all about Dora in my girl's eyes. Oooooh, how I love her.  So, here's a birthday invitation that I designed for her - I always do some sort of photo invitation that can be framed after the fact.  Fun, right?  So, here is the front of the card....

And here is the back....

Snickerdoodles Photography (that would be yours truly) can design a smaaaashing birthday invitation for you - or any other type of announcement, for that matter.  And how about this idea?  I think I may have the front design made into a canvas - OR how about just printed as a 10x10 or 20x20 on mounting board and leaned on a shelf or dresser.  Yes, that's what I think I will do.  The possibilities are endless, really.  So, tuck that in your hat and remember that when your next occasion rolls around... :)