Dear Blog, How have I neglected thee? Oh, let me count the ways....

Or something like that.

Man, oh man, the summer of 08 is upon us and it is keeping me super busy! I am so sorry for not updating more regularly. I promise to post my Fresh Faces winners very soon. I am so excited to photograph all these gorgeous Tweens!

In the mean time, here are some super adorable twins from a couple of weeks ago. We had oodles of fun together. They really LOVED the jumping part of our session. It always puts kids in a good mood to see their "action" shots on the LCD screen!

Little Girls in Big Chairs are so CUTE!

As soon as I saw this fabulous red chair, I knew it had to be photographed. :) This little girl was sooooo tiny and had such a big vocabulary! I was amazed by her. She is a photographer's dream. So attentive and happy.

Check out her lashes. They were super long and beautiful!

Leapin' Lizards, bubbles and blue eyes!

Oh, wowee, this little guy gave me a workout! Little boys are so much fun and so much different than little girls. As a mom of 2 boys and 1 girl, I can say that with confidence. ;) I love little boy energy. LOVE IT!

This adorable 2 yr old was a mover and a shaker. We kept him still for seconds at a time with some bubbles and a lizard. Ha! Look at the lizard on his back. Can you spot it??







Til next time. :)

Downtown with the coolest kid......

Yep, I can say that because he is mine. :)

Not only is he strikingly handsome(*smile*), he is also brilliant, considerate, kind-hearted and compassionate. I cannot say enough about him, but take my word for it, he is amazing.



This is not a great picture, he is squinting in the sun, cars in the background.... several things I don't love, but I had to get a photo of this stop-sign!

And in the spirit of the stop sign, I present you:
A blast from the past! You know you want a shirt like this.
Rock on. :)

It's that time again! "Tween" Modeling Contest.....

I am looking for a few "tween-age" FRESH FACES!

Do you have a cooperative child between the ages of 9 and 15 years? Do you want to win a FREE custom portrait session and a FREE mounted 11x14 portrait? If so, then YOU may just have the next FRESH FACE of A Beautiful Light Photography!

Entering is simple! Just email one small, websized photo of your child to me at: sunshine @ abeautifullight.com (remove spaces). A simple snapshot is fine, just be sure we can see his/her face. No professional portraits, please! :)

The contest will be judged and voted on by several of my photographer friends (not me). The winners will be announced here and by email no later than 6-15-08.

The catch (isn't there always one?) is: I get to choose the location and the style of the photo shoot. These sessions will be fun and casual and more hip and trendy than a normal child portrait session. I will have creative control of the session and will advise on clothing and hair. Don't worry, it will of course be tasteful. ;)

Remember, you will receive a FULL session if you win and a beautiful mounted and coated 11x14 print (over $200 value!).


*The deadline for submitting photos is May 15th, 2008. All winners will be notified via email.

And since we are talking about tweens, I just have to include photos of a recent tween session. :)

Little Bitty Babies & Music.........

I stumbled across the neatest website for music (thank you Laura!). You can compose your own playlist and use it on myspace, facebook, your blog, etc. And it is free! I think you can add something like 100 songs. I have been playing on it for a while now, setting up my playlist. Good times. Good times.

Here is the link if you want to check it out playlist.com

Music makes me so happy.

Know what else makes me happy??

Babies. I love them. I love their little baby sounds, their little baby smells, their little baby smiles.

These little babies are twins. They are very different though, both in looks and in personality. They are equally precious and beautiful and oh-so-sweet!

Yeah, in case you cannot tell, I love babies. :)

I just love how she is pointing at her cheek here. Like she is saying "you see this face, lady? it is SLEEPING, so take your camera and leave me be!"
They are blessed with a wonderful (and super fast running!) big sister.

Easter is behind us already?

It just doesn't seem right. Seems like 2008 just got here and already we have had St. Patrick's Day, Spring Break and Easter all in the same week. Strange, I tell you!

Well, I hope you all had a great holiday with your families. We had a great day filled with egg hunts, good food and Uncle Drew's cannoli's! How could it be anything less than fantastic?!

Just have to share this little 3 yr old beauty. My goodness, her eyes are so soulful!

Officially Spring Break here! Yippee!

Well, it is Spring Break for my kids starting at 3:00. They are SO excited, although I kinda think they are getting the short end of the stick with Spring Break and Easter weekend in the same time frame. I know it might seem strange, but I love when my kids are out of school and we can hang out, go watch movies, eat pizza and, um, oh yeah, SLEEP IN!

Anyway, it is sure starting to look a little like spring every where. Had a session with the nicest people and their beeeeeeeeeeeeautiful little boy. I have said it before and I will say it again, the people I meet really make my profession so interesting and inspiring. This couple is really going to make a difference in the world and I am so happy to have met them. :)

Don't let this happen to your kids....

I know it is CRAZY to have two posts in one day, but this is a message needs to be shared.



:-) Cute, huh?

Poor, poor neglected blog....

To my poor, neglected little blog. I am so sorry for not showing you any love lately. I am sorry for not brightening your pages with photos of adorable children and babies and teens. Please accept my apologies for not posting on you regularly. I will try to do better. I promise!

Okay, now that is out of the way, how about some photos?

I am getting back into the swing of things after my daughter's illness. Yippee! It is so beautiful outside today. It is beginning to feel like SPRING! Who would guess that last week it was SNOWING and ICY and CRAZY here??

More tweens/teens!

This age is so much fun to photograph. It is so wonderful watching a tween or a teen start to relax and have fun and realize that they are truly beautiful(or handsome!) just as they are! I love to see photos of kids that are just comfortable in their own skin and I really try to convey that in my photos. Relaxed. Natural. Beautiful.

This mom really did a great job picking out clothing colors. It all came together so beautifully!