Little Sophia

Tonight I got to meet little Sophia, only 1 month old. Oh my gosh, what a sweet baby. Love the Mohawk! We did images of her alone, then some of her with her mom, dad, and all together (grandma even jumped in for a few shots of her and Sophia). It was fun and we got some great images--I'm SO excited! She was naked most of the time and only peed twice, though once was on her daddy (sorry dad!), but he took it very well. I'm sure that's not the first time that's happened...=) Her mom likes "fluffy" things, so we used feather boas and tulle which turned out adorable. If I have a chance, I'll post some of those later, but for now, enjoy...

Mac

On Saturday I had the pleasure of meeting Mac. Mac with the big blue eyes. What a cutie-patootie! He and his mom came all the way from St. Joseph, MI. What troopers! Anyway, he did a great job and I wanted to show a few of his pics. Enjoy!

Molly and Campbell

Had a fun (and little bit crazy!) session with Miss Molly and Campbell yesterday! 15-month-olds are sooo curious about the world around them, and they don't have any interest in having their photo taken! I love these types of sessions because you just never know what you'll get. Well, mom and grandma, you can rest-assured now--we did it (but then, how can we go wrong with those gorgeous kiddies??). Enjoy the teasers and I'll see you in a few weeks...

Senior Photography Special for 2009 Graduates

This year, call to book your senior portrait session by Friday, May 30 and you can receive a 2-for-1 special! Book your session with a friend (same location/same time) and the session fee will be the same as it is for one person. So you can split the cost and have fun with a friend while you're at it! Call or e-mail me if you'd like more info.

Also new this year, when you place your order, I'll send you a thumbnail image of your choice from your session for your Myspace page =)

Casting Call!

Last year I partnered with a local Caledonia specialty store called ID & Company to put portrait-style images on the store walls featuring their products. ID & Company sells personalized gifts for every occasion--from babies to adults, and pets too! It's an amazing store, and SO easy to fall in love with the products there!

Anyway, this year we decided to do a Casting Call for new models to update the images at the store. On March 29 and 30, we are holding "mini" photo appointments at the store (located in the Glen Valley Retail Center at 9175, Cherry Valley Ave. in Caledonia). We will photograph each child/teenager, and the best image from each entrant will be placed on a web site for public voting, which will determine our new faces for 2008!

We've had an amazing response and our younger age groups are already filled up. We only have about 2 more spaces open for males in the 15 to 18-year age group.

The 13 winners will have a professional photo session featuring products from ID & Company. We will choose the best image from each session to be displayed on the walls of ID & Company for the coming year. We will also be holding a grand prize drawing for two lucky winners to receive a $100 gift certificate to Inspirations Photography or ID & Company.

For further information or to sign up, call ID & Company at 616-891-0154. Saturday is completely booked, and there are only a few openings left on Sunday, so if you're interested, call the store soon!

Children's Museum Kids at Heart Fundraiser

Whew! Friday night was a ton of fun! Mindy Peterson (This Photo Story) and I photographed the 2008 Kids at Heart Grand Rapids Children's Museum fundraiser. We were prepared to do formal portraits, but instead decided to use the icon that, to me, is the epitome of the museum--the yellow Volkswagen bug in the corner! The guests were having a great time at the event, and we captured that in many of the images we created that night.

They also had a very talented band playing that night, Domestic Problems. Nice work, guys =) You rocked!

Thank you to Scott and Maggie Lancaster for giving me this wonderful opportunity to photograph such a fun and important event in our community! Check back later this week to see the images we shot that night...

Welcome to my new site design!

Well, it's been LONG overdue, but I've finally finished my new web site design. We've been working on this for months, and it's so rewarding to see it come to fruition. Thank you, thank you, thank you to Stacy Niedzwiecki who has labored endlessly to make this new site design happen!!

I plan to use this space to talk about things that are happening with me, my family, and Inspirations. Especially when I am excited about a recent session--I will use this Blog to post images from the session to share! So make sure to check here if you've had a recent session with me--you never know what you might find.

Please look around and feel free to let me know what you think (or if anything needs to be fixed!). Thanks for visiting and I hope you will stop back often to see what I'm up to =)

In the News

This week's Southeast Advance newspaper features an article about my recent awards from Professional Photographers of America and Professional Photographers of Michigan. Feel free to check it out.

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