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July 30, 2007

Come vote for the August Cover Image Contest!

Help pick the image that will be at the top of my blog for the month of August! The images are below and the poll is on the side of my blog. Please only one vote per person. Voting closes Thursday at 9pm. The winner will be announced on Friday and will receive a complimentary 5x7 of the winning photo.

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July 27, 2007

Childhood

For me this session is all about childhood. These two kiddos played and I tagged along - what fun! There are so many that I love from this session that is hard to pick just a few to put up here.

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July 25, 2007

It's summer time baby!

My family and I spent our vacation with our good friends in Santa Rosa Beach, FL this year. What a fabulous time. We got to hang out, run around on the beach and play the whole weekend. Helen had a fabulous time playing with her friend C. and his new baby sister C. I really enjoyed photographing all of the gorgeous colors while we were there. Helen even let me photograph her on the beach - you would think that since I am a photographer that I have tons of pictures of her, but in fact I don't. She has actively been refusing photographs for years now. Not this time - she hammed it up.

Here are a few of my favorites from our trip.

C. driving Helen down to the beach in his Gator.

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In Seaside (the town where The Truman Show was filmed)

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Our Tent City on the beach.

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My ham...

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Click here to watch the whole slideshow

July 22, 2007

Lots of history

This family has been a client of mine since the very beginning of my business. I always enjoy working with them and the girls really make me laugh. Their cousin was visiting for this session so he joined in as well.

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July 16, 2007

Vacation

Speed of Life Photography will be closed from July 20th-July 24th. I will be checking email (although not voice mail), however I can't promise a quick response :)

July 14, 2007

Umbrellas, boots and Coke

I had a blast photographing this family. Mom had some excellent ideas for our session and the kids were more than willing to participate. They got to drink Coke with great big straws, get caught in a rain storm and play with their umbrellas and rain boots. We were all soaked by the end and it was totally worth it.

L - I can't wait to show you the rest :)

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July 12, 2007

Firecracker

Meet A., my brand new adorable nephew! He was born on July 4th and the whole family has been ga-ga over him ever since.

I've got a bunch of images to share - some from the hospital, some from his newborn session and some from his mom's maternity session (which I haven't gotten around to getting up here yet!).

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My brother K and sister-in-law M.

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Granny and my daughter Helen watching A from the nursery.

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July 09, 2007

Through Their Eyes

I am excited to share about this neat photography project called Through Their Eyes. It is a group of photographers working together to teach remote African children about photography. They will leave cameras and equipment for the children to photograph their world and experiences. Then the photographers will gather all of the photographs to create a traveling display, coffee table book and possibly a documentary film.

The group is conducting a Blogathon to help raise money for their cause. You can read more about the project and blogathon here. Donations are accepted through Global Hope.

http://www.throughtheireyesafrica.typepad.com/

http://www.throughtheireyesafrica.com/The%20Project.html

Here are some of my images from Kenya.

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So, how can you help? Well you are welcome to donate through their site. Or - you can book a session through me. I will donate 25% of the session fee from all sessions booked today and tomorrow. If you've been thinking about booking a session - here is a good reason to do so!

July 05, 2007

Happy Anniversary!

Happy 40th Wedding Anniversay to this sweet couple! Their family - including their adorable granddaughter - came in town to help celebrate. Thank you so much for inviting me to come and photograph all of you together. I hope you had a great evening!

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