Childhood In Spring. {Anabella & Sofia} :: Tampa Children's Photographer

I have been meaning to post these photos out into the inter-world.  This session was SO special to me.  My sister-in-law wanted images to match her daughter's newly designed bedroom.  She had a huge wall to fill.  Sooooo... we chose outfits to complement the colors of the room and my WONDERFUL husband drew amazing chalk drawings all over our circular driveway.  It was full of all things childhood: rainbows, hearts, flowers, smiley, animals---along with labels and the word "love" in several languages. Perfect.


Finally, I color processed the photos to complement the feel that my sister-in-law wanted. Here is what we came up with!

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Holiday. Photo. Op!

Announcing our first day of mini-sessions!  There have been alot of you interested in holiday portraits and cards, and the days are running out to get all of your photo shoots done, so we have decided to offer mini-shoots for ONLY $60 for up a family of up to 6!  This will definitely allow you to squeeze in the ole family photos this year!  Plus, you get a FREE 8x10!  What more could you ask for???  Also, you can use these photos for your holiday cards or our new Playdate/Call-Me Cards that we have just released.  There are only 12 slots and they will go fast, so call or email us soon!  The tentative location is Ballast Point Park.  If there is a change we will let everyone know.  There will refreshments for the families (and the photographer) as well as mirrors and small accessories to add to your look last minute.  It will be such fun!  Check one more thing off your holiday list and get the pictures your family has been asking for!

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Love. This. Family!

This family was more than fun to work with, because the handsome red-head is my former second grade student! They are such a funny and loving family, and I think it comes out in the photos. I also did headshots for little cutie, Mr. B. :) He has grown up so much since he was the shy little student I taught! And, his sister Miss M. is amazingly cute! You look at her and she just laughs and laughs. If only the sun wasn't beating down so strongly, I would have had even more photos! Oh well, what can you do... I live in Florida! Hopefully Fall will show itself sometime soon and I can start shooting clients in sweaters...

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Best. Friends. Rock!

These girlies were soooooooooo much fun to shoot. Haley & Athena are attached at the hip! They are practically sisters. It really brought me back to my childhood and my BFFs! For the photo shoot I decided to bring along two dozen bright yellow balloons for a pop of color and a bit of whimsy. (Isn't that what anyone would do???) The girls had fun with them and I challenged them to a railroad pose, which they were totally up for. Tweens are so cool and creative! They were coming up with their own posing by the end of the shoot. Here are a handful of the MANY shots we captured that day...

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Beach. Sand. Sweetness.

Tonight I'm so excited! I am in the process of processing the pics from today's Honeymoon Island photo shoot of the Alvarez family and I can already see how great they came out! What a beautiful family! I'm posting a sneak peek of the shoot for you (and the family). Let me know what you think! Baby "C" is sooooooo cute. I'm sure you will recognize these beautiful big blue eyes from past photo shoots. It is such a pleasure editing pictures of this boy - he is a true angel! The love these parents have for him and each other is evident throughout the whole "roll of film". I cannot wait to show them the rest! Now, all I have to do is clone myself times ten, so that I could possibly go through all of these and have them done by morning...

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Photos. Photos. Photos!

This post should be named "Editing. Retouching. Processing. Part II". I have been going back and looking over some older photos from the past year. They looked nice how they were; however, with my new tinkering skills, I now know how to make them look the best that they can. Hopefully, I did that. Summer is here and I believe the colors of bathing suits and lollipops are affecting me. The pictures I've been working on all have a pop of color to them! Let me know what you think... you can leave comments on here, our facebook fan page (did I mntion we are trying to make it to 100 fans so we can get our own fancy URL?), or on Flickr. The links are all way at the top of this BLOG.

In other news, we have opened a fan store at CafePress.com, where you can purchase shirts and other merchandise with some of our photos on them. Our logo also appears on the back, but it very small.

Be on the lookout for lots of new pics to roll in this week, because I have 5 photo shoots planned! Hope the summer heat and rain is treating you well...

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Editing. Retouching. Processing.

I've been spending my weekend going back and retouching some photos now that I have new actions and textures. Fun! I feel like I've been staring into the eyes of every family member I have for the last few days. Well that's because I have! Gotta love Photoshop to brighten the irises of eyes. I love it! I thought I had lost the picture I took of Jordan who helped my friend and I at a recent photo shoot--but I found it! The lighting was a little off but luckily we're living in the new millenium where computers can correct cameras and the sun. It really is amazing. Well, here is the picture of my new friend Jordan. Check it out... I think it's lovely. Especially since I just turned around and snapped it after she had been lugging around humongous great danes all day! Thanks for your help on the photo shoot Jordan! I would love to take pictures of your beautiful eyes again! :)

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Fun with Tutus! :: Tampa Children's Photographer ::

Yesterday I did an impromptu dress-em-up photo shoot with my beautiful nieces. It was indoors during a rain storm with just horrible overhead lights. Despite all of this, the pics actually came out great! I'm editing them now, so I'll post a preview of the shoot so far... (Let me know what you think!)

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