What to Wear Wednesdays [Boden & J. Crew]

Kristina — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:23:43 +0000

Before you all start singing my praises… I did NOT come up with this idea. Although I have always given guidelines on what to wear, and I have a What to Wear section in my client information packet, the idea of blogging What to Wear is not mine. Many photographers do this. But I did hijack the idea because we are upon the Holiday Card time of year and I’d like to offer up some ideas. These are just ideas, I am not suggesting you spend the $612 or so that I just pulled together on Mom’s outfit at Boden. But… if you are going to Boden, check out their Outfit Maker! It’s fabulous! {it also drew attention to the fact I dress like a dud, another story entirely.}

It took me at least an hour to come up with this, so I do know it’s not an easy task. Things I kept in mind… I started with mom… because if mom looks good, everyone will have a much better day. I also believe that if a mom is not comfortable in her outfit, she will generally feel bad about herself and not like the pictures. I am telling you this because (1) I know it’s true and (2) I am that mom. So moms… start with you and work out. Once I had her outfit pulled together (and again, can’t sing enough praises about the Outfit Maker), I started on the boy… there was a Boden sweater I just loved that was the same aqua but with an argyle. But after dressing boy & girl in aqua, mom in aqua, it didn’t leave me with much for Dad. If everyone is dressed identical, it’s just plain boring. I also decided to play it a bit more safe because aqua is a big color, so doing an aqua argyle was a bit too bold of a statement for me. I loved the aqua and brown because it screams fall with a tiny little nod to the ocean! I added in the cream pants for the dad (ok, light brown, sorry Owen, I won’t put you in cream) because I thought Mom & Dad would look great together and it would tie in nicely if you did cream tights for mom or the girl. I also have some cream accents in the mom’s necklace. Finally, I imagined the pairings you’d do in a session… Mom & Dad, Mom & Son, etc. and everyone seemed to really compliment each other.

Next week I’ll focus on a Gap or Old Navy option, then a more formal one with perhaps Olive Juice dresses for the girls! Please leave me some love and let me know if you found this to be at all helpful!

Yummy.

Kristina — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:12:25 +0000

Oh how I love them. Are we really done at two? Is this going to happen to me EVERY TIME I photograph a newborn? Or just when the newborn is as lovely as this?

I was in my bliss this morning photographing Nola. I think I took the place a bit by storm, lugging in all my gear, and you know how I never stop talking… but it was wonderful to meet Dana, and her mom, and to get my hands on this absolute beauty. You’ll be seeing her face in a lot of places {she’s accepted the position of my newborn spokesmodel}.

So just one for now. I have a baby that is way too old to be swaddled, angry and swaddled in her crib… plus a toddler who is way to old to be in diapers, dirty and diapered on my bed. Yes, I contemplated Benedryl & Hylands just so I could proof this session… but alas, I did not and so they call.

I lied. Here’s another. It turns out said angry baby and smelly toddler really like to amuse each other!

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What to Wear Wednesdays [Boden & J. Crew]

Yummy.