Monthly Archives: November 2006

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Sweet email…

November 12, 2006 – 1:56 am

I have to admit that I save these…and this one just really made my day!

Do you mind if I share? I promise…no bragging…just want to spread the warm fuzzies:

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Behind your back, we all talk about how brilliant you are and how comfortable your sessions are – the fact that you’ve never asked us to tilt our heads or put our hands under our chins. WHO SITS LIKE THAT???? And why on earth would you want a picture of yourself like that???? I digress.

Anyway, we owe a big thanks to our close friends Amy and Jamie for putting us in touch with you. Years from now when the smell of the diaper gene has faded – your pictures will be on our walls to remind us of these “fleeting moments”. Sorry for mentioning your work in the same sentence as dirty diapers – but you get my point.

The truth is simple – you provide a priceless service to all of us (but Monica and I are thankful we can tell people we knew you when).

We are so grateful to you and you deserve all the accolades you receive and then some.

Sincerely,

Mark and Monica

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Don’t you just want to go hug a total stranger now?

Have a gorgeous weekend all!

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Urban Baby

November 10, 2006 – 3:53 pm

This morning we met with one of my favorite families (four times in nine months…we are SO buddies at this point!)

Sydney and Lexi wore their princess dresses for a few, then switched into jeans and cute shoes for that great urban feel.

I saw this great little nook off to the side, with the best green door and red brick, and on the other side was this wall of concrete and stone flooring. I thought their dresses would really stand out against the concrete, until the loan officer that owns the building we were at came out and offered to let us borrow her green velvet chair.

(No, I don’t lug furniture around with me…but I do accept offers of cool, funky items that we can incorporate into our portraits!).

After playing princess, they shrugged off the tulle and slipped into their jeans and cool shoes (I think I want a pair for myself!)

Last one…this was just about at the end. Sydney does a great job of balancing, don’t you think?

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Another day, another donut…

November 10, 2006 – 1:06 am

I have the hardest time fighting the munchies when I sit and edit into the wee hours of the morning.

(just thought I’d throw that out there)

Another day of power editing (which I think is sort of like power walking…you swing your arms and push through the pain…only not a lot of arm swinging going on, and the only pain is in my wrist. Oh, and I don’t think I burn many calories when I edit….pretty sure about that, actually.).

Finished a few other sessions that have been sitting here, looking pitifully at me, whispering ‘edit me, edit me, EDIT ME!”

Okay, geez!

So we finished this session from two-ish weeks ago (I use that term loosely these days)…and I loved how these turned out:



Their mom should be opening her email anytime now, with the link to her slideshow and gallery. I wonder if I’ll be able to hear her squeal of joy from here?

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Fighting to keep NaBloPoMo status…

November 9, 2006 – 2:26 am

Oh, the stress of posting every day! Does it count that Blogspot wasn’t letting me upload earlier tonight? And if a tree falls in the woods and noone’s around…

I should just admit that I really had nothing exciting to say and was hoping inspiration would just knock me over the head.

Regardless…I had to post.

We are busy rolling sessions out right and left, and one that I just finished was especially fun. Baby Jensen! He has this rocking red chair (literally…it’s a red rocking chair) in his room, and we plopped him in it and opened the door to his balcony to let the natural light just pour in. I love the red background and his big blue eyes:

His cute mom found this great knit hat and scarf…argyle, of course! (the manly version of the cuddly knit pom-pom hat). We wrapped him up the scarf (naked!) and he gave us these great “And just what exactly are you guys doing to me?” looks.

I’m embarassed to even admit that his session took place way more than 2 weeks ago…big thanks go out to his parents for being so understanding as we battle the holiday crush.

Only 17 more sessions to edit before I’m caught up!

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Dallas Child posted on their blog about our December cover shoot yesterday, and there are some hysterical pics of me at work (yes, in my dining-room-turned-studio/office/ordering space). What’s so hysterical you ask?

Well…my shirt was on backwards, and I realized it after everyone left.

It’s a good thing I had bare feet, otherwise there is a strong chance that I would have worn two different shoes. Such is my life these days!

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November 7, 2006 – 1:31 pm

This morning we met and got a little festive for the Dallas covers of Dallas Child and Fort Worth Child magazines…I’ll keep these in black and white so the covers can have a chance to shine when they arrive on newstands December 1. Gotta keep something back from you guys!

Sweet, sweet Lauren is the Dallas cover, and those dimples are just precious! Her mom had the cutest way of getting her to smile…”Dimples!”. See how well it worked!?

Beautiful Toni with the amazing skin! Her older sister and brother have both been cover models for Fort Worth Child…and now it was her turn! She rocked it!

In case you think magazine work is all lattes and cool clothes…poor Laura (art director) and Lauren (style editor) got down and dirty today, trying to help pull the wrinkles out of the fabric. I love these girls!

Fashion is tough, baby!

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