littlemonkeyphotography.com http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog Renton WA Family / Child Portrait Photographer Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:37:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Catching up on June…watch to see some beautiful new life! http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=782 http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=782#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:28:21 +0000 leya http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=782 Remember those maternity’s from last month?  We’ll this month we get to see some of the beautiful new life that comes from being pregnant.  I remember those last few months and I am not one that does pregnant well, but seeing the new babies make’s it’s all worthwhile.  Now I’m blessed with my little ones AND get to see my clients new little ones…and I get to sleep all night…well most nights.

This family is just adorable.  I know I say this often, but it melts my heart when I see dads that are sooo involved.  What a beautiful family…I know this is late, but congratulations…J’s.

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Also, I am trying something different by posting storyboards instead of slideshows…please let me know what you think!! And email me if you’re comment doesn’t go through…(I got tired of going through all of the spam that seems to come from .ru addresses).

]]> http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=782 0 Taking a day off…{Newcastle, WA} http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=773 http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=773#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:59:18 +0000 leya http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=773 As a photographer I am always looking at the side of the road…for…possiblities.  There never seems to be enough time to do all of the things I imagine.  Sounds like a Beatles song or something deep, doesn’t it.  But I’m sure we all feel similar.  Today, I grabbed the kids.  Not dressed special.  A big bag of candy.  And a promised trip to Target to stop by a trail I pass almost every day.  As the hikers wondered what we were doing the kids played and posed and I took pics.  They are getting sooo big already.  Couldn’t make up my mind on color or black and white, so I did both…

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…and in case you didn’t believe me,  a video so you can taste a tiny bit of what happens when I’m trying to catch my kids pictures…

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]]> http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=773 4 What a wonderful gift…if I do say so myself :) {Snoqualmie, WA} http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=758 http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=758#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:52:56 +0000 leya http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=758 Some of my favorite clients gifted their friends a session.  I couldn’t think of a better gift than this.  I wish my coworkers would have chipped in when I was preggo w/ my first son and pre-purchased a session for me.  At the time my son was born, I didn’t know how important that moment would be and how it would change everything.  Not knowing if the recipients would appreciate their gift, I called to make sure they used the session.  They did and were thrilled.  Of course, I was thrilled when I got to their house and met Miss A and she was already the perfect lady.   Have I told you I LOVE attentive, daddies…I do.  I love to see it!!

Newborns are sooo funny.  They already have their definite likes, dislikes and personalities.  Miss A was very alert, pretty mellow and super strong.  At one point I caught her w/ her head up.  Her mom being beautiful didn’t hurt either :)

Of course one of my fav pics was the one with grandma, mom and new lil A.  I teared up when I saw the tears in the new grandmas eyes as well.  It’s really at these times that you realize how important these memories are and how much I love this job!!

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]]> http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=758 1 the H’s – isn’t she lovely? {Renton, WA} http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=753 http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=753#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:36:57 +0000 leya http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=753 When I look at the 2 girls this family has been blessed with that old Stevie Wonder song comes to mind.

Isn’t she lovely
Isn’t she wonderful
Isn’t she precious
Less than one minute old
I never thought through love we’d be
Making one as lovely as she
But isn’t she lovely made from love

Both of these girls were just beautiful!  Welcome, lil Miss A…..Hope you enjoy:

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]]> http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=753 3 C And J…waiting for the lil one{Renton, WA} http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=748 http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=748#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:07:16 +0000 leya http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=748 I love this couple.  Miss C helped me with my little girls when I was teetering on exhaustion and insanity.  Twins are wonderful, but very hard when they don’t sleep, throw up everything they eat and cry constantly (my girls both had acid reflux the better part of their first year).  I met Miss C through my church and it was such a wonderful experience.  Miss C, married Mr. J and now they are waiting for their little C.  That last sentence feels so children’s storybook like…ha ha.    Anyways, Miss C was sooo excited to share her pregnancy with me and has admitted that she thinks my girls have prepared her for ANYTHING…I have to agree.  They are both like family…in fact their crazy dog is someone that we found just left in an Alley behind the local Goodwill and is the sweetest dog ever!!  I included both animal family members because they are waiting too!!!  We love you!!

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]]> http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=748 3 The B’s ….loves me some beautiful family {Issaquah WA} http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=678 http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=678#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:52:35 +0000 leya http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=678 It’s so funny to me that so many sessions that sound like they will be the same turn out so different. My 4 maternity sessions that I’ve done in March and April have all been so different. I always ask clients what they expect to get out of the session and most people (if given enough time to think about it) have some definite opinions. Out of my 4 sessions, 1 was no belly to be shown, 1 was only belly, 1 was mostly urban and the last is just playing with tons of wardrobe changes and being silly. They have all turned out fantastic (IMHO -in my humble opinion :) ). The B’s wanted more belly and I have a hard time cutting off heads (I feel the expression of waiting should be part of the whole experience), but I think we accomplished that without chopping off too many heads. Thank you A, you were a beautiful, wonderful and gracious model! Now how many of you women reading just felt your ovaries twitch… :)

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]]> http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=678 4 H’s, getting ready to welcome another member http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=672 http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=672#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:40:18 +0000 leya http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=672 I always say Seattle is 2 degrees of seperation. For such a big town, it seems everyone knows everyone. When Mrs. H emailed me, she reminded me that she is friends with 2 of my friends. One a close neighbor, with a beautiful family and the other, one of my best friends from college (in Southern California) that just happened to move up to the Seattle area to marry the man of her dreams. When she asked if I could come over to their home to photograph her family before they added another little girl, of course I agreed. Their little girl now is almost 20 months and I couldn’t help but focus on her too as she’s adorable…well the whole family is!
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]]> http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=672 1 The N’s…cold and sunny! http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=664 http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=664#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:50:07 +0000 leya http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=664 I love this family. This is the third time I’ve shot them. The littlest one is a couple in my newborn gallery. Mom is adorable, dad puts up w/ me and the boys are so much fun. I hope you like them as much as I did.

]]> http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=664 0 The K’s, wow, bundle of energy! http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=668 http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=668#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:01:59 +0000 leya http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=668 I know and love the K’s. When I have a session of 2 brothers this age, I bring the wagon. Because a preK and a toddler makes for hard staying still type pictures. Mom had said she mostly wanted pics of them together because that’s the hardest for her. I love both the boys and I think we had a blast, but I have to say, I was exhausted driving home!! :)
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]]> http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=668 0 Our day on the farm, dog park, well….not really http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=618 http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=618#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:27:35 +0000 leya http://littlemonkeyphotography.com/blog/?p=618 I had it in my mind that I had to have a VitaMix blender. We found one in Lake Stevens (which is an hour north of us) for a fantastic deal. A was with the grandparents so it was just J, me and the girls.
After driving for an hour the person had sold it to someone else without calling or emailing us…sheesh. It was a beautiful day and I had to take a couple pics of mountains in the distance. The flip side was we got to see one of J’s old friends that lives out that way and we had the dogs with us, so we had to find a dog park so they could get some exercise. When we made it to the dog park, there was also baby pigs and cows and sheep. As someone from the Los Angeles area, me and the girls were pretty excited about this.

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