tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51853185214141576482024-03-04T22:11:53.316-06:00Elizabeth Hall PhotographySt. Louis Family Photographer, St. Louis Child Photography, Senior Portraits St. Louis Newborn Photographer, Party and Event Photography family photographer DIY projects, St. Louis Corporate HeadshotsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16501207321023627866noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185318521414157648.post-82043628455896500082014-05-20T13:15:00.001-05:002014-05-20T13:17:30.028-05:00Sunday with my boys<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We took the boys to Laumier Sculpture park since it was such a beautiful day. I got two pictures. Two.<br />
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I reminded them in the parking lot that they owed me a few posed shots as a mother's day gift.</div>
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::sigh:: Maybe back home we'd have better luck...</div>
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Better but no one is having fun - least of all, me.<br />
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So I drop all expectations and just capture life as it happens<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16501207321023627866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185318521414157648.post-2350334075360229792013-07-21T17:24:00.000-05:002013-07-21T17:24:12.824-05:00A lazy Saturday adventure<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A quick trip for a slushie; permission to take his seatbelt off while we checked out bison and elk; a walk through the woods (possibly in a patch of poison ivy); and discovering elk scat (lots of scat).<br />
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I can't believe I haven't been to Lone Elk Park. How did I not know they had a World Bird Sanctuary?<br />
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I had actually been on the phone with them twice this past week regarding an ailing baby robin but didn't realize until we were at the sanctuary and saw the Wildlife Hospital sign. <br />
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<i>By the way the Wildlife Hospital has very friendly staff who does not laugh at you when you're trying to help a baby bird and who will let you in all little known facts such as sometimes baby birds have more than one father.</i><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16501207321023627866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185318521414157648.post-68901569609728446772013-07-14T18:21:00.000-05:002013-07-14T18:35:32.284-05:00A very happy Fourth of July<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My very awesome mother decided to treat her kids (and their spouses and kids) to an impromptu family vacation in Kansas City. We added an extra day on to the trip and stopped about an hour outside of KC to visit our "country" sister for the fourth of July holiday and some small town fireworks (a very nice break from the overcrowded firework displays at home where the trek to and from the car takes longer than the fireworks)<br />
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<i> They are well supervised (I actually cloned out my husbands toes because it messed up the shot but he's right there)</i><br />
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We stuck to smoke bombs (and a smoke canon), black snakes, and poppers<br />
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The kids were thrilled.<br />
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At dusk we headed on to a nearby fireworks display that put on an impressive show<br />
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Last year we were mid drought for the fourth of July and almost all the fireworks displays were cancelled. My youngest doesn't even remember seeing fireworks. I'm very happy we were able to remind him :)</div>
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Yeah... that chicken isn't safe at all...<br />
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Well, something sort of new. Did I mention we have more chickens? Those are the 4 new additions. That's 7 total now. Just waiting on eggs. By the end of summer they'll be laying (or cock-a-doodle-dooing)<br />
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The witching hour... well its actually more like two hours: 4PM to 6PM. Since the day we brought our first baby home this has always been the hardest time of the day to get through. Everyone is cranky, it coincides with trying to prepare dinner, daddy coming home so much all at once. The nerves get frazzled. </div>
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But then you see the light at the end of the tunnel and here comes 7 PM, the winding down hour. Baths and milk... preparing for bedtime... and the ever present story time. My personal favorite. The nighttime hours are when my kids are the sweetest. Its when I want to capture them the most. Its when there is the least light.</div>
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Evan is reading on the Kindle these days. Using a slow shutter speed allows me to use the ambient light from the Kindle screen to illuminate his face. </div>
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Settings: <i>f</i>2.0 | ss 1/25 | ISO 800 | 50mm lens</div>
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This is the reason I shoot in RAW. Look how much detail that was lost in the shadows can be recovered. It can be a real life-saver when you over expose or under expose a picture. For this type of shot I'll stick with the above photo. While the below photo is a good example of the benefit of shooting in RAW format instead of JPEG, it was not the look I was going for.<br />
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Shooting at such a low shutter speed means you risk a lot of movement blur if your subject moves (or if you move). Here I've got the camera pressed against the wall to stabilize myself but he heard the beep and lifted his face. Movement + slow shutter speed = blur.<br />
Settings: <i>f</i>2.0 | ss 1/40 | ISO 1250 | 50mm lens<br />
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Aiden, seeing an opportunity to delay sleep, made a rare request to have his picture taken. Without the ambient light from the kindle it was a bit more challenging however there was a small amount of light coming from the window just above him. It was dusk so it was a very soft light. but still rather dark. I slowed my shutter even more to 1/15, a speed I don't dare do handheld on so I stacked a game and book up and used it as a tripod. The higher iso, underexposed picture resulted in a lot of noise (or grain) so converted it to black and white.<br />
Settings: <i>f</i>2.0 | ss 1/15 | ISO 1250 | 50mm lens<br />
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Before the Kindle they boys read by flashlight, usually under a blanket. They wiggled and giggled and moved so much it was almost impossible to get a shot of this nightly concurrence that I loved so much. So we faked it using a little Photoshop magic.<br />
Settings: <i>f</i>2.2 | ss 1/125 | ISO 500 | 35mm lens. This is what the REAL image looked like:<br />
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After Photoshop it looks like their nightly routine that I tried so hard to capture.<br />
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Mom was scheduled for a c-section; her second. My first. There was no hours of laboring, just waiting and prepping. (Hmmm,I think 9 months of pregnancy is a major labor of love, so really that's <i>a lot of hours </i>of laboring).<br />
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Donned in OR attire, It was time to start.<br />
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I believe there were 15 people in the room, not including baby Paxton. Only three of us (mom, dad, me) were not medical professionals. This was my view. I thought I would be on the other side of the curtain but I got to watch the amazing-ness of a baby being born<br />
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I was too stunned with all the amazing-ness to note if this was before or after they called time of birth. He still has one foot in.<br />
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First peek for mom and dad... First pose for the camera... another peek for mom and then off to the baby nurses for care.<br />
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Hello dad...nice to meet you.<br />
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Another peek for mom from across the room.<br />
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I got to sneak off with dad while they weighed him. Mom was stuck behind on the table.<br />
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Together as a family..<br />
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Getting swaddled up tight for the trip back to the recovery room. (FYI: most babies are not this cute so soon after being born)<br />
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Oh sweet baby feet!<br />
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A few quiet moments back in recovery<br />
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This is just a fraction of his birth story. So many incredible moments in such a short time. I couldn't possibly fit them all here! Congratulations to mom and dad on their beautiful baby boy! It was such a honor to be allowed to capture these for you.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16501207321023627866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185318521414157648.post-87772637856421511182013-05-13T21:17:00.001-05:002013-05-13T21:17:24.127-05:00Introducing Thomas...9 days new | St. Louis Newborn Photographer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Newborns are a beautiful thing. Watching new parents with their first born is almost as beautiful. This little guy had his parents beaming, and rightfully so. Congratulations to the new mom and dad; you have a handsome little man.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16501207321023627866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185318521414157648.post-88630283881728042702013-03-01T21:14:00.001-06:002013-03-01T21:14:17.102-06:00baby, baby, baby...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
baby inside. baby outside.<br />
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center of their world baby.</div>
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oh baby sweetness.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16501207321023627866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185318521414157648.post-16226847556372332982012-12-20T11:56:00.000-06:002013-03-01T11:58:01.905-06:00Clare 1st birthday + cake smash | St. Louis Child Photography<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Clare's first birthday... she is such a beautiful little girl. And she's fast! With a few tricks we got her to stay in one spot long enough to capture these.</div>
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Her 1st Birthday outfit<br />
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She's no fool she knows those boxes are empty; she's waiting for the cake...<br />
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And there's the cake! Just like my kids she was all about the frosting.<br />
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Hey Clare: is being ONE fun?<br />
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His birthday is just before Christmas and the weather is usually horrible so we don't often do anything big to celebrate. This year whenever we asked him what he wanted for his birthday was snow.<br />
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With not a snowflake in the forecast we set to work as soon as the kids went to bed. My hands cramped up with all the cutting. Dad tried the cut-five-snowflakes-at-a-time method. I don't recommend it. We carefully hung each one up, taping them to the ceiling. Taking turns catching each other as we wobbled on chairs balanced on our tippy toes. How the kids didn't wake up with all our snickering and crashing around I don't know.</div>
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A white blanket on the ground, hundreds of snowflakes hanging from the ceiling. It was the closest thing to snow we could give.</div>
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After two nights the kids asked us to take them down because the snowflakes were "creeping them out at night". But I have pictures to prove there were smiles and awe on his birthday morning surprise.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16501207321023627866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185318521414157648.post-47929051056961718422012-11-10T19:11:00.000-06:002013-02-28T20:50:56.601-06:00Around Autumn | Catching Up<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We had a lot of illness, hospital visits, minor surgeries and such this past Fall. It's time to catch up on the blog. Here's what happened in November...<br />
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Another fail at family photos for Christmas Cards. Its kind of amusing that I even attempt to get the boys to do posed pictures for the holiday cards... The holiday cards that I never get around to doing but still talk like I'm all on it each year. Aiden has trouble looking at the camera or even having the camera pointed at him. This past year its been pretty bad. That's a whole 'nother blog post of its own though. The only time he can keep it together in front of the camera is with his big brother and then I get a ton of pictures of Evan manhandling Aiden's face, with an occasional sweet picture of two seemingly loving brothers.<br />
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We also lost another chicken (we're down to three if anyone is counting). It was Aiden's chicken but he just casually announced that he would get another one. Evan sat in attendance at the "burial" with his favorite hen on his lap, Sweet Tweet. He insisted on helping bury Sweet Chick. He has a perfect balance of sadness and quiet bravery during these losses. Makes me think this kid is gonna turn out to be a fine young man. Then he cries for an hour over having to eat a bite of salad and shoots his little brother in the face with a nerf gun and I'm back to "his father sure has a lot of work to shape that boy into a fine young man"<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16501207321023627866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185318521414157648.post-7663555702297377592012-10-28T12:02:00.000-05:002013-03-01T13:18:26.596-06:00Naomi Rose | St. Louis Newborn Photographer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Catching a newborn smile in their sleep makes my heart go pitter-patter. What is going on in that tiny little head? Naomi at 10 days new... such a beautiful baby girl<br />
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A candid moment with grandma.<br />
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We lucked out with beautiful fall weather that felt more like summer. Three kids who were all in a great moods, two parents who know how to keep their kiddos entertained, and one bunny pez dispenser armed with bribes adds up to some sweet family portraits.<br />
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Oh, double trouble! but the sweetness with these brothers is doubled as well...<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16501207321023627866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185318521414157648.post-72498074484392450232012-10-22T11:27:00.001-05:002012-10-22T11:27:25.928-05:00Naomi Rose | slideshow birth story | {St. Louis Birth Photography}<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Its 12 hours summed up in less than 5 minutes. Its the story of the day Natalie and Caleb brought their little girl, Naomi, in to the world and in to their family. Its worth watching.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/51794317">Naomi Rose | a birth story |</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user14183851">Elizabeth Hall</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16501207321023627866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185318521414157648.post-75398961604578029582012-10-22T11:18:00.000-05:002012-10-22T11:37:18.777-05:00Naomi Rose | a birth story | {St. Louis Birth Photography}<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was blessed with the opportunity to be able to document Natalie and Caleb's labor and delivery experience. It was a long day with every emotion present: excitement, boredom, worry, anticipation, elation, fear, exhaustion, awe, and pure amazement and joy as they brought their little girl Naomi into the world. As I uploaded the photos at home and started processing them I went from smiles to tears as I relived the entire amazing experience again. Below is their story in pictures...it is not all the "gory details", it is about the emotion, the moments, all the little details the mom misses as all she can concentrate on is getting through that next contraction, next push. [The slideshow is to follow <a href="http://elizabethhallphotoblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/naomi-rose-slideshow-birth-story-st.html" target="_blank">here</a>]<br />
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Natalie and Caleb had the support of their moms and some wonderful nurses.<br />
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I remember being 8 months pregnant and knowing I wanted my husband to take some pictures of our oldest before, during, and after arrival. When the time came it was more important that my husband was holding my hand than holding a camera. I swore I'd never forget but everything happened so fast and life doesn't have a rewind button. I remember it was the hardest and most exciting thing I'd ever been through.<br />
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With baby #2 I was so excited for delivery day; it had been two years since my first experience with the miracle of birth. The video camera came along and captured some of the experience but again the need for my husbands full attention outweighed the need to document the moment. <br />
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I know there are many that feel we are in an age of 'over-sharing' where social media has run rampant and very little is sacred anymore. Birth photography isn't always for sharing, its for the parents to remember, to relive that amazing time in their life that can be such a blur. I wish I had something other than my memory to remind me of the moments my children were brought in to the world. Thank you Natalie for being willing to share these intimate moments so that other moms (or moms to be) realize they do have the option of both holding their partners hand <b><i>and</i></b> documenting the day.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16501207321023627866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185318521414157648.post-85219277000907368132012-10-16T21:05:00.001-05:002012-10-16T21:05:15.943-05:00Any Day Now... {St. Louis Maternity Photography}<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
She is just a week away from her due date. This photo session was delayed (err, overdue, ahem) but thankfully her little girl decided to stay inside long enough for us to get some pictures. Even at 41 weeks she is a beautiful momma. I know she's anxious to meet her daughter but I'm glad we had a chance to capture this time. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_GCcMThtMLp6sZUrWghCd7o4bKsQdkxEnHGRxHG4uFm2T3OJ2Nl-Ou4evZ-ZI1unQZO3voTVzCfDQYQiEaMCsi_J4GuqeFh54IaWOnlqX3beV8W62VpfGT9dz4PanhIBdN548b4YDFk/s1600/Natalie+maternity+st+louis+photos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_GCcMThtMLp6sZUrWghCd7o4bKsQdkxEnHGRxHG4uFm2T3OJ2Nl-Ou4evZ-ZI1unQZO3voTVzCfDQYQiEaMCsi_J4GuqeFh54IaWOnlqX3beV8W62VpfGT9dz4PanhIBdN548b4YDFk/s640/Natalie+maternity+st+louis+photos.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
Any day now... you'll have that little girl in your arms. And I'll be a Great Aunt - which is a rather redundant title, I think :) I know the wait is hard but its definitely worth it.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16501207321023627866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185318521414157648.post-29538760891846729592012-10-15T21:25:00.001-05:002012-10-15T21:25:24.223-05:00Jack | 6 Months and Growing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I swear it was just last month I was taking pictures of Jack newly born; it is so hard to believe he is six months old already. But there he is sitting up, all smiles, determined to eat his entire fist :) Six months is a fun age. It seems like they learn something new every minute<br />
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I'm not the only one who thinks he's adorable... his mom and dad were obviously head over heels for him.<br />
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Lots of smiles and laughs with these three...such a happy family. <br />
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Thanks for letting me photograph this milestone. Your family rocks! Jack is such a cutie...goodness they grow so fast, my [not so] little ones got extra cuddles when I got home. ;)<br />
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The entire week my "big" camera only made it out of the safety of our room a total of four times. The humidity, the water, the sand, were <i>everywhere </i>and I chose to enjoy the R&R instead of worrying about the safety of my camera.<br />
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Unfortunately, for the sake of R&R my phone was often left behind as well. I have plenty of pictures of the view from the car (lots of mountains = lots of pretty views). It wasn't until day 6 that I remembered I had bought this waterproof phone pouch specifically for the trip:<br />
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I had high hopes of getting underwater pictures of the kids in the pool now that they'll both put their faces underwater. It didn't happen. First, my husband did NOT want me taking the iPhone he just got me as a mother's day gift under water despite my pre-vacation testing of the waterproof case. Second, I didn't remember I had brought it until my sister decided to take her daughter para-sailing and wanted to get a pictures while up there (doh!). My sister also inadvertently tested the cases waterproof claims when they dunked them in the ocean at the end of the trip. Its waterproof alright.<br />
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So it wasn't until or last evening that the iPhone came to the beach sealed in its waterproof case. Thanks to that one evening I have a bunch of video clips and beach pictures. I was impressed with how easy it was to operate the phone through the plastic and it didn't seem to take too much away from the quality of the pics. Here's a small portion of our vacation captured by the iPhone (photos are unedited; I have no idea why some of the pics are so blue)<br />
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I was so happy with the pictures. They look great on my phone! Upon arriving home there was a packet of pictures that had been delivered. I had used an app called <span style="color: red;">
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PostalPix has some great products though. They do square prints (perfect for those instagram shots) and metal prints. I had to order one of the square metal prints and love how it came out. It felt really good to set those phone pictures free and get them printed; I would definitely use them again. But seeing the prints was a good reminder that my phone is great for pictures but cannot replace my real cameras.<br />
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<i>Disclaimer: PostalPix is not paying or requesting me to do review their services. In fact, they have no idea I exist. Probably.</i></div>
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The beach.... one of my favorite places. I'm especially fond of this one in the Outer Banks since Phil proposed here and we came back the following year to get married on the same beach. If you can mentally block out the very looong drive its the perfect vacation. 27 people in one house, one 9 bedroom house, private pool and hot tub, short walk to the beach and lots of family time.<br />
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This was just after arriving... notice Aiden's (on the right) happy jig. Happy to be out of the car; happy to be seeing the ocean:<br />
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Oh yeah, that's pure joy on his face:<br />
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And that's the taste of saltwater on his face:<br />
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Boogie boarding<br />
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Evenings on the beach were the best<br />
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Cousins who haven't seen each other in years:<br />
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Family beach shot (thanks Amy!)<br />
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Almost all of the grandkids with my mom (who made this trip possible, thank you mom!)<br />
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And my East Coast(ish) neices who I only get to see every few years<br />
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We already have so many special memories of our times spent in the Outer Banks and now we have even more. I love my family :)<br />
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Due to a sudden increase in inquires we will be adding another workshop date for the 2012 summer in early August. Please comment or email me at elizhall@gmail.com to be added to the email list to be notified of the date.<br />
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As Audrey Hepburn once said "Happy girls are the prettiest." And these two were happy... happy to lay on a blanket, happy to be silly, happy to come up with a few "creative" poses - some sweet ones too, and happy to [gasp!] look at the camera. A small sample of what five minutes of goofing off equals with these two... happy; pretty; sweet.<br />
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And here the whole family. Very dear, old friends (the friendship is old not the friends). Our kids are about the age that we first started jumping the fence between our yards to play some thirty years ago. If Audrey Hepburn was right I must have been looking rather pretty myself that morning; I sure was happy hanging out with good friends and sweet girls.<br />
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Thanks Jenny for being my friend all these years and thank you both for letting me capture your family!<br />
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We are all about boys in this house! The big challenge comes in capturing a photo that isn't all boy. We got dirt and bugs, piles of legos, guns and swords, potty jokes and wrestling all up in this house. I was going through my pictures to get printed and came across the below picture. <br />
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It might not scream all boy to some people but to me it does on many levels. The boys are using the slip and slide to race sticks, the little one is using his finger as a gun, and seconds after this picture was taken they were all in a heap wrestling over who got primo "pool" spot. That's 'all boy" to me :)<br />
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I don't normally do weddings but on special request I had the pleasure of photographing Ashley and Rob's intimate wedding a few weeks ago. They picked a beautiful place to get married just outside Hermann at <a href="http://www.littlepineylodge.com/" target="_blank">Little Piney Lodge</a>. Surrounded by family and close friends, a beautiful day (the rain held off just long enough), and small personal touches throughout made for a gorgeous day. Here is just a small glimpse into their big day.<br />
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Congratulations Ashley and Rob, thank you for having me there. I wish you a very happy and love filled marriage!<br />
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I had to sneak in and take some more test shots...<br />
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Give this kid some scissors and paper and he will cut tiny pieces of confetti all day long...<br />
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Well, all day long if his mom doesn't come in and stand on the table to take his picture. (if my kids have ever been to your house and you find them standing on the table, furniture, window sills, then my apologies. They get it from me.)<br />
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Game over. He does not like the camera. He tolerates it sometimes. I'll take it though; he's much cuter than those picture frames<br />
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16501207321023627866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185318521414157648.post-17036459132996586182012-04-11T16:51:00.000-05:002012-04-11T16:51:35.902-05:00pieces of me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We've been butting heads. I can blame it on you being my wild child, or your sudden inability to hear. </div>
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I might even blame it on all those new friends you've made in kindergarten. <i>(I know I sure as heck didn't teach you that attitude. I think.)</i></div>
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I often blame it on the fact that you're a boy and your energy is beyond anything I can comprehend.</div>
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But somewhere I know...and I know this from experience...that we will always butt heads because we are very much alike. And I also know... again from experience... that we will come out on the other side just fine.</div>
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That experience I have? I was you; my mom was me. There's a piece of her in me and you can bet there are pieces of me in you.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You are </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">my</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">afraid to fail;</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You are my <em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">timid side;</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">my <em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">easy laugh.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You are my “<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If I can’t ace it on the first go, I don't want to go for it</em>.”
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">my <em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">eager to please and afraid to disappoint</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You are <i>my </i>child.</span><span style="color: #7f575b; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And I'm pretty proud of that.</span></div>
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