Monday, February 22, 2010

DANCE MINI SESSIONS 2010





Back again~ our popular DANCE MINI SESSIONS for 2010. These sessions fill fast!
Dates: March 18 and 19. Please email me at jstumpf@frontiernet.net to book your preferred time slot.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

The Photographer's Kid

Well, I tried to practice what I preach- getting newborn pictures taken in that first week to 10 days of life makes for the 'best' portraits if you want the squishy 'fresh' sleepy newborn portraits. Finally at a week old I worked up the stamina (after feeling immense guilt) to get out to the studio to do Holden's newborn portraits. It's took me a few trips back and forth to gather all the camera equipment that we took to hospital, and then a few more trips to gather baby equipment like diapers and such, and then to time things so that Holden would allow me to pull props and set up drops and meter lights etc. Do you see where this is heading?
I haven't even LOOKED at the images yet, but I only took a handful and I'm sure none of them are good. It's hard to shot and have no one to spot the baby and try to shoot and set up and nurse at the same time. I needed another set of hands and another set of other body parts to be successful. By the time we were done I was a sweaty milky leaky mess and Holden was not too happy himself. How depressing! I suppose it was really more than one person could be expected to take on themselves. I felt so sorry for myself if I would have thought of it I would have left myself a tip. Ha.

Luckily a friend and awesome photographer, Kari Mertz volunteered to come visit Saturday and get some shots of Holden. I'm so fortunate to have such talented professional photographer friends who know the value of portraits. I don't have newborn portraits of Sofie and Calvin and so I wanted to do it 'right' with Holden. Thank you Kari!
I can't wait to see what you capture. And be sure to edit the bags under my eyes, ok?

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Welcome Baby!




We welcomed Holden Wesley to our family on February 8th at 5:06 a.m. Holden weighed 8 lbs 7 oz and was born with a head full of dark hair. Big sister and brother can't keep their hands off of him and he is a perfect addition to our family.
Thank you for your understanding and patience during my maternity leave while we get better acquainted with each other!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Maternity Leave- Studio Closed

Our studio will be closed the months of February and March for my maternity leave. I appreciate your understanding and patience as we welcome a new member to our family---hopefully soon!
Thank you!