children's portraits... with brownies!

one of the reasons i love photographing children is the opportunity to capture pure moments. to create images that really demonstrate the complete uninhibited mind frame of a child. malin made brownies tonight and i couldn't resist pulling out my camera as she 'went after' the batter in the bowl. I LOVE this series of pictures and plan to work on a book or collage of these images just for fun.

Malin's First Dance Recital

I have to admit that I'm loving the lull in sittings right now and the opportunity to do all those fabulous Christmas things with the girls... and especially since Malin is such a girly girl. Here are a few images from her first dance recital. She is seriously such a little princess... all pink and dress up and babies and dancing... and i love it!

backstage before the show...


waiting for her moment in the spotlight...






malin stars in Evita... 'don't cry for me redwood city!!!!!!!! the truth is i never left you....'

finally picking up the camera again...

i'm finally over the hump with all the christmas orders and i've been itching to pick up the camera again... so i met up with kim over at mill cottage to play with the girls... note that eiley has a big red spot on her forehead in most of the images.... yeah, she took a header in the studio twice and i decided to leave it in because it is such a great reminder of this just learning to walk age...






and then for some fun... here's a snapshot of malin at dance class... she dressed herself this day... note all the other girls in pink and my little girl looks like she's ready for sparklemotion (you get something special if you get this reference!)

sunday with a 2 yr old...

malin cobain...



it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt

everything old is new again...

this one is especially for my buddy jonna.....

i'm currently pulling all my old images off the old desktop, deleting what i can, and then backing everything up to an external drive so i can access them if needed off the new mac book pro. so while doing so tonight, i came across a snap shot of malin (our 2 1/2 yr old) from the hospital when she was just 3 days old. oh, that newborn-y goodness. a little b&w conversion and a ttv border and it's an 8x8 that i want for the house.... the lesson in all this... even what you think are crappy snapshots, with the right tools, skills, and esthetic can be made into really beautiful (and meaningful) works of art...

hey everyone... so for the first post here, i thought i'd show off the spawn.

kim over at mill cottage photography has gone above and beyond in letting me play in her studio and showing me how the big kids take pictures. while i was there a few days ago, we decided what better way to entertain ourselves than to put a couple of those fabulous zooni hats on the girls and confirm what we already knew... that they are, in fact, the cutest hats ever. so here are the results...