Posted on February 15, 2010
I spent the entire Saturday working on remodeling my Mom’s house. At the end of the night, tired I was ready for a long, hot shower. I grabbed my warm bath robe and headed for the restroom. It just happened that my sister stopped by with her lovely little girl. The moment I stepped out of the room, my little niece M* jetted toward me and… grabbed my robe, pulling it out of my hands, before I could even realize what was happening.
Dumbfounded I looked at my sister. After a second it looked like she realized what was happening. She said that M* has a green blanky that she loves at home, and somehow my robe must have made her think that it was it.
My sister Marina tried to approach little M* to see if she can get my robe from her. Look at her face. Doesn’t she look like she is ready to defend what is hers?
Then Marina tried pulling on the “blanky”, and, boy, was she in trouble! M* was not happy at all and she let her know that.
So, I ended up having to go find another robe to take my shower. It took M* about 40 minutes to get over the confusion and to move on to the next best thing. So, if I learned one lesson this weekend it was not to wear clothes that might remind my niece of her favorite blanky, or yet I might be left without.
I love my life 
and love the fact that I can photographer moments like these to remember forever.
Your Favorite 
Longview WA Photographer signing off for the night!
Posted on January 17, 2010
I had the most wonderful pleasure to photograph the prettiest little girl today. She is tiny as a pea with a head full of hear. Less than 2 weeks old but unusually alert. I was hoping that I could put her to sleep and photograph her as I planned, but little baby A* had plans of her own. I was able, however, to get a few shots of her sleeping… but the rest of the shoot was dictated by how she felt.
Here is a quick sneak of today’s baby session in Longview, WA. Enjoy!
This is one of my absolute favorites–she looks pretty in pink.
Fully awake, and so alert. She stole my breath away.
I will post more images from the session soon. Meanwhile, if you would like to win a Drawing for a Session with me, check out details on my precious post.
Posted on October 12, 2009
I am back! Did I already say that? Well, I am!
Demetrye and I had a fabulous time in Hawaii. The island of Kauai is simply enchanting. I loved doing NOTHING for a whole week. Going for a walk at the beach, or reading a book on the beach was my favorite activity. I am going to post a few pics from our vacation in the next few days. Meanwhile, I was wasting no time, since I have gotten back—the day after I shot a wedding in Portland (which was fabulous, by the way, and I will be posting images from it soon), and a baby session.
The baby session was super special. I had shot Vera’s pregnancy session a few weeks ago (you can see it here), and had hopes of doing a birthing story when the little man was going to come into this world. But, alas , I was away on a vacation when he was born. Not to waste any time, the moment I got back I called Vera up and told her that I am coming over to capture baby S* while he is still considered a newborn.
When I came to the house we got the room nice and toasty (I barely breathing in my sweater), got grandma, uncles and aunts involved (keeping fire in the fireplace, holding a background for me, etc.), and made it a true family event, as no one wanted to leave while I was photographing the newborn, his happy parents and the sister that is madly in love with him.
Baby S* is unlike most newborns. I had hopes that after we got him warm and fed he would fall asleep, but it was not meant to be. He was up for the two hours I was there and had a mind of his own when it came to posing him for pictures. It turned out fabulous.
Here are a few shots from the amazing session.
So much love between the siblings. Nothing like becoming the big sister.
Look at these handsome men.
And the lovely family together.
Now, go ahead and leave some lovely comments for Slava and Vera to enjoy!
Posted on September 4, 2009
I love kids. They are simply adorable. I don’t think it is possible not to become a pile of “gooey” and “gawey” mess when you see one. It is amazing that even the most serious of folks lose their adult vocabulary (and senses) in a presence of a baby or a toddler. All of a sudden our speech becomes slurry and limited to “Ga-ga”, “”goo-goo” and something of sorts.
As I was sitting at the PC, getting ready for today’s wedding shoot, I saw my sister’s van pull up in our driveway. All of a sudden I also heard someone jetting down the stairs. “It cannot not be Mom,” I thought, “she is having problems with her hip and has to be careful.” But it WAS my Mom–the moment she got a whiff of her grand-baby in the drive way, she sprinted outside, to her magic garden, to collect some super-sweet raspberries.
When baby M* came into the house, both, Mom and I, seemed to have lost our senses, just like I thought we would. We actually did not mind that our vocabulary, although graduated from “goos” and “gaws”, now became restricted to “da-da”, “ma-ma”, “ba-by” and “by-bye”. Who cares?! We were getting cute smiles and faces out of her.
The it was competition time. Who will baby M* go to? Grandma? Grandma=Sweets. Or Auntie? Auntie=Fun (running, walking, spinning, blowing into the neck and the belly). The kid was torn for a minute, but outsmarted both of us. She made sure to give Grandma a few hugs, then coyly stretched her arms to me. Off we went flying and exploring.
It did not help that my camera was all set and ready to go. I caved in… AGAIN! I grabbed the camera to add more cute shots to my Many Faces of Baby M* collection.
She is irresistible.
I can’t believe she is already 1, and has 7 teeth! So cute!
