Lovely Ladies....

As I have mentioned in the past, I have the most gorgeous kids just running up and down my street every day.  I mean there are some real stunners just roaming my neighborhood, looking adorable.  These three young ladies are no exception.  I had a wonderful time photographing them with their parents and fantastically dynamic grandmother over this past Christmas.  Here are some of my favorites - the ones of Grandma warrant their own post at a later date:)

Communication Black Hole....

So, did I mention that technology blows.  I honestly feel like all of my electronic items have simultaneously declared mutiny and are refusing to operate properly.  As I was going back through my correspondence over the past month this evening, I have come to the realization that (in addition to my desktop completely crapping out on me) many of my emails have been shot off into a gigantic black void. I think I have the issue resolved now and have resent a number of messages, but for those of you who have not received a response from me via email as anticipated, please check your inbox in the morning.... Oh and by the way, my Iphone decided not to work this evening either.  Just what I was hoping to have to deal with tomorrow, a trip to the mall to have them tell me I am going to have to purchase yet another replacement phone - my third in under a year.... yeah, this is going to be fun!  

In other words, if you need to reach me, please call me at home at 281.778.9353 or shoot me an email @ lis_purdy@purdyphotos.com....

  

March On....

Since Feb-blog-uary was so rudely interrupted by a catastrophic computer meltdown and then an unfortunate blogger.com posting malfunction, I will be continuing to post updates daily into the first few weeks of March to make up for it.... Here are a few images from a session I did last week for the most adorable chunk of a little boy, Sweet Baby T.  I have known this no so little nugget from the get go- photographing him a few days after his arrival.  What a cutie....

PS- Since the last two weeks posts have been stuck in cyberspace, you should take few moments and check them out.... There are some fun ones in there:)

A boy and his dog...

Here are a few pics I took over a year ago of best buds, Jakob and Erica. I had forgotten how much I loved these images until a few weeks ago when I pulled them up to print an enlargement of the black and white picture as a gift. Unfortunately, Erica (a super mellow, well behaved black lab) passed away in 2009. I am so glad we were able to capture these moments for the family. There is something so Norman Rockwell about this first picture - I just adore it! 

Two in Tutus....

Tutus - the ultimate girly girl accessory. My sister-in-law bought the most precious yellow tulle (or tool, as I would have chosen to spell it) with peach satin trim tutu for Riley almost a year ago and the girl will not touch it. It is hanging in her closet, just looking spectacularly adorable and completely unused. Here are two little ladies who loved sportin' their tutus....

Low Light....

Photography is so interesting to me. You have a camera that controls these elements (ISO, shutter speed, aperture) that work in concert to produce an image in a very specific lighting situation.  Adjust one element and the other two need to shift in order to gain the right exposure. Here is one of my favorite images of Riley taken in an indoor aquarium on our family trip to Oregon last year.  It was completely dark in all around her, except for a single dim can light right above her.  If I had any other camera, I would not have been able to capture it because I had to crank my setting to the extreme - amazing what you can get nowadays at 3200 ISO with my 24-70mm lens wide open....

All Grown Up

I seem to get quite a few inquires about photographing older kids and wether or not it is something I would like to do.  The answer is YES!  I think it would be so much fun to be able to photograph someone who I did not have to brib or chase:)  I have been thinking about getting into the "senior market" after I take my maternity leave for nugget number 3.  Until then,  here are a few of some big kids I took awhile ago....