Children/Family

Nov

07

{The “R” Family} Little Pals Photography | Sterling IL

Today we had a beautiful day outside. The wind was a bit chilly but much better than we have had in a week or so….

I meet this family at the park for a quick family session to capture a few images of each grouping…….

You may recognize one of them as a recent Senior on my senior website. But I also had the pleasure of having a little boy from when I first began my business come back for this session as well.

I love returning clients! I look forward to capturing more memories for them in the future.

Here is some sneak peeks……….

Oct

09

{The “S” Family} Little Pals Photography | Sterling IL

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Playing catch up so doing a back to back blog posting spree……………

Here is another family at the park………… the weather was a bit chilly this morning.

You might recognize the little man from a previous blog post. He was my fresh faces contest winner.

And this is part two of his winnings…… the family session.

This is a sneak peek but posting their gallery up shortly…………

Oct

09

{The “O” Family at the Park} Little Pals Photography |Sterling IL

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Well again another month has flown by…… I have been slacking off when it comes to posting sneak peeks or blog posts.

This is no longer a sneak peek as they have already seen their gallery but this family is too cute not to share a few images with everyone.

They were so fun and relaxed to work with. And by the time we left they were saying it was the most fun they had getting their pictures taken!

That is what it is all about………. having fun and creating memories.

Aug

30

{Where did August go???} Little Pals Photography | Sterling IL

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Hard to believe that August is nearly over………. Where did this month go?

I havent blogged much this month at all.

Life has been crazy. Packing up my oldest daughter’s room so she could move to her next adventure……….. transferring Junior to Northern Illinois University.

She has grown up way to fast. Time flies by. My once little girl is now experiencing apartment life with roomates.

I have gone through many ups & downs this week as I learn to let go and allow her to spread her wings and fly…….

The hardest thing for me was seeing her empty bedroom. So I quickly got to work cleaning up the very little remains she left behind and transforming her old room into her little sister’s new room.

We torn up carpet to reveal the hardwood floor underneath.

It seems to help not to see the closed door and empty space. But I still miss our daily chats, or disagreements……….lol

Now by moving her little sister in there it has left a new empty space……….. which we began transforming over the weekend……..

It will become the new home for my photography studio. Clients who have been to my basement home studio will want to be sure and book to see the new space I am creating.

Hope to have it operating in the next week or so………. but it will remain a work in progress until I fine tune a few things.

No pictures of the new space just yet…… hopefully next weekend it will be far enough along to show it off.

This process of moving, remodeling and room swapping has taken up alot of my August……………. oh that and of course driving to Dekalb to visit my oldest in her new place…….

I am currently also working on some fall specials to get a jump start on the holiday photos…… check back soon for details!

Aug

07

{The “S” Family of 3 ~ Military family} Little Pals Photography – Sterling IL

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Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing this adorable family.

Today this husband and father boarded a plane for deployment……….. Off to serve this country.

Very touching moments were witnessed between father & son as well as between husband & wife

Also lots of arm slapping fun too as we swatted away the mosquitos that were out in record numbers last night.

It takes a very strong person to put ones life on hold to serve this country. I salute you and all other military families.

If you know of someone who is leaving on deployment or returning from deployment please get in touch with me as I would like to offer them a “no session fee – discounted prints” photography session.

Here is a few images from this families session……. Please leave this family some comments to let them know you appreciate their service.

Aug

01

{Brother & Sister} Little Pals Photography Sterling IL

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While out on locations shooting a senior session I captured a few images of this brother & sister together.

So as not to steal the spotlight from the big brother on his senior images post I decided to post these sneak peeks of them together on my family site instead.

I love traveling to new locations and family homes to capture images of families. Atmosphere is much more relaxed and I think we can see more the true personalities.

Call me today to book your family session!

Here is a few sneak peeks of the brother and sister together………….

As you can see here we tried to capture some family farm history with a little fun mixed in! I played around with a few different color techniques to put a more vintage feel to them. Which one do you prefer?