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Superfast Feet

Kristina — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:26:10 +0000

Last year I posted about Luca, who was the fastest kid I’d ever met. I thought he was wearing Superfast Shoes. It turns out he just has superfast feet. Because even without shoes, he’s fast. One year later, he was back with his new baby brother Seb (delicious) and his very amazing parents, Sophie & Paco.

I had a very funny morning with this family. Funny because Luca ran like crazy, Paco laughed a lot, Sophie chased and Seb just sat and took it all in. And what made it so awesome, is that all I had to do was shoot!

So here are a few, especially family ones with all four of them looking at the camera! Believe in the impossible and it will happen!

Safe travels home to Spain. It was wonderful to see you and I look forward to your next visit!

And you should all know that I stood in the middle of the street on the double yellow line and stopped traffic while I took this. Complete with jumping up and down to get everyone to look at me. Whatever it takes, baby.

And this is Sophie & Paco when they are all spiffed up! Not bad, right??

[proofed on my laptop, apologize if the colors are wonky!]

The Jack & Will Show – July (7.5 months)

Kristina — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:34:51 +0000

This month’s Jack & Will Show was quite possibly the best one yet. I have to extend a big thank you to the “team” that I had helping me, which was comprised of 2 woman (ensuring safety), one man (ensuring laughs) and one 3rd grade girl (ensuring bubbles). Oh, and 2 dogs (ensuring barking and herding).

I am off to photograph Monica & Todd’s wedding today, so I am out of the loop… stay tuned for images tomorrow or Monday!

Sitting.

Kristina — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:16:41 +0000

Baby Jason can sit! And he can do it really well! Erica and I tried to schedule this session a few times, but things kept coming up… and in hindsight, we are so glad we waited until he could sit! He is seriously delicious. And he loves… loves… LOVES his mama. As it should be. Train your son to say “Mom, I love you and you are my best friend” and you will be a happy woman for life. Until he gets married. Then it will be weird. But until then, he’s yours.

Kit-kat came home from school, literally RAN past me to the shower so she could look all awesome for our session… and she was a ROCK STAR… no, maybe more like a Gap model. Sort of like Christofer, she’s a little excited because someone else is around, but WHAM she can turn it on for the camera in a split second. She is ever gorgeous, ever a teenager at age 5. Love her.

And Erica is beautiful. Really. What else is there to say? I stinkin’ love her too. She and I have these off the wall conversations that I think about after I leave her house and I kill myself laughing.

I want to post more, but I have to go pay a few moving violation fines so I don’t end up in the clink… and as much as there are about 30 more I’d love to show you, we really want to keep them a surprise! We’ll share another time!

Little Boy Blue

Kristina — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:08:27 +0000

Don’t tell Owen, but I am really not cleaning the toy room. I couldn’t. I was just way too excited to come home and look at these and blog them. I gladly encouraged him to drive to Brighton to clean up the yard so I could have some time to work on these. How could I not? LOOK AT HIM. Seriously, have you ever seen such a cute baby? Absolute favorite stage… newly sitting, not moving and a happy little boy! He was so tired at one point, pulled it together and was a rock star right up to the last frame I shot!

I was so excited to meet Stacie and her family because she came to me via Erica (and apparently via quite of few of you Topsfield peeps). I love it when friends connect friends. The weather was great, the timing was great, and everything just sort of fell into place for this one! Yay!

And with that, I am off to make up two hours of cleaning in about 15 minutes!

Jack & Will – 4.5 Months

Kristina — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:59:45 +0000

Loved our session this month! I walked in thinking “What am I ever going to do with these guys to make it special? It’s raining and grey and none of the things I thought up even feel feasible in this cold…” And this house, and these babies, they never fail to disappoint. It is probably the best thing I can do for my photography growth and development… every month looking for new and unique challenges, not re-using props or locations, working with the babes so that I document their evolution and show their uniqueness and bond! I also keep thinking about all the One Year albums options there are… and Carolyn’s fabulous canvas wall… this has been way more fun than I ever expected!

I am seriously loving these babes though. They have totally distinct personalities, but are so cute in that they still grab for each other, knowing they are connected. And I think they weigh more than Janey… and Will for sure has more hair than she does! Hopefully she’ll like younger men…

I am

Sweet Tooth…

Kristina — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:53:18 +0000

Still have to blog these images! Owen has safely boarded a plane home to the monsoon land and I am busy sunning myself and napping, but once I regroup, these images for Taylor Made Sweets will be right back on the radar screen! They are so fun, can’t wait to post them… can’t wait to print them for the walls!

Now scroll on down past that family image and VOTE for your favorite nursery. Don’t collect $200, don’t pass go. Just go VOTE. Two days left!

Nolan.

Kristina — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:16:12 +0000

This is Nolan Part 1 really. I have more to blog, but I only have a minute here and there while I am on vacation. I wanted to post at least one because I simply loved spending my Sunday morning with Nolan’s parents. They are really awesome, amazing first time parents, and they live in my favorite town. Their little baby is really, really cute and was really, really awake! I am sure he zonked the minute he heard my car pull away!

Thanks for such a nice morning! More when I can get a quiet minute to myself!

Gallery Mounts!

Kristina — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:10:24 +0000

I just received in an awesome batch of Gallery Mounts from this session. Gallery mounts are beautiful, ready-to-hang pieces that come with a black or white edging. The images is heat sealed on to a beveled wood substrate product and then coated with a finelinen texture. They come in mini-mount sizes for 4X6 and 5X7 prints in 3/8″ thickness, or for full size prints 8X10 and larger, typically in 3/4″ thickness.

I love them.

Kristina — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:20:23 +0000

And they are mine. All mine. OK, ours, all ours. Sometimes in the winter months, when I am not shooting a ton, I feel like I lose some of my creativity. I forget how to get down to kid’s eye level, how to lay on the floor and look up, how to not worry about technical aspects and instead I just shoot for correctness. I did a lot of searching and I came up with some answers: a workshop I am dying to take, but alas is very expensive and I can’t quite justify it… 3 new lenses (one is on it’s way… whoops)… and a trip to warmer parts (this will happen). But I also came up with the answer that I am not shooting for fun, I am not embracing snapshots, and I am not documenting enough of my life with my kids. A lot of times I just share on FB or my family blog (another sadly neglected aspect of my life). But since these are part of my quest to be a bit more free, have more fun with light, motion and expression, I figured I’d post them here and you can tell me what you think.

I shot almost this exact same series last year and I loved it. When I started shooting today, Christofer actually said “mom, we have to take off our shirts and go to Janey’s room, it’s brighter” Love him and his insane memory for detail. He even knew he should lay down and try to talk to her from a pillow.

Anyway, these are going to be the start of the gallery on the 2nd floor so I can see them every single day when I get up in the morning. I am so excited!

Jack & Will – 2.5 Months

Kristina — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:59:31 +0000

This is the second installment of the Jack & Will Show, celebrating 2.5 months of their reign over the farm. I am so incredibly excited because I am going to photograph these guys every month this year! Usually this age is a tough age to photograph, because babies just don’t “do” much… but these guys were rock stars. They did their best at just being really cute and so it made my job super easy! Their mom has impeccable taste and their house is divine, and so I already have a million ideas for what we’ll do next month, when they can push up a little bit… and you just wait to see what I have planned when they can sit!

If you want to keep tabs on my monthly shoots, check out The Jack & Will Show category!