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rebekeh | 5 years

Katelyn — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:38:14 +0000

Rebekeh HAS to be one of the spunkiest and most adorable 5 year olds I have ever met! This girl knows how to work the camera and is just an absolute sweetheart to be around.

Her mommy, Sheridan, was pretty amazing as well. Not only did Sheridan let me choose Rebekeh’s entire outfit, but she gave me freedom to do whatever I wanted. She stood quietly in the distance-holding our props- letting me indulge in silly jokes and skipping around the park with Rebekeh. There were no forced smiles or “cheese”’s here. I think this contributed to one of the most natural-looking child sessions I have ever done!

I am obviously funny. Oh, and that pose on the right? Totally her own.

Can we say heartbreaker?

I didn’t give her this pose either! SASSY

We looked high and low for puddles. When I don’t want rain, it rains. When I want rain for a puddle-jumping shoot… and there is a 70% chance of rain. Guess what? No rain. This is the best puddle we could find… soggy grass.

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Love!

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The best thing to ever happen during a shoot….Even if the guy was a tad creepy. I think it’s a requirement for ice cream men in Florida.. But anyway-he was nice enough to let us get a few shots.

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Thank you Rebekeh for being soo good! I’m glad we’re friends and Sheridan-you’re an awesome mommy!

shelbye | 9 years

Katelyn — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:13:24 +0000

I posted a few other shots from Shelbye’s session here. Not much to say on this session, except that Shelbye is such a sweetheart-and that this is definitely the session of a nine year old bookworm.

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She loves books and horses. We combined the two!

Juicy apple.

Pocahontas? Just a little? Come on

Mmm yes, three of my faves!

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Like I said, nine. Laughing to mom doing the underwear dance.

Work it, honey.

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And then the light proceeded to disappear.
Thank you Shelbye, for being such a trooper. I know you didn’t feel well.

sneak peak | rebekeh

Katelyn — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:27:51 +0000

The ice cream man was not a planned part of our shoot-but it was the perfect opportunity.

Meet Rebekeh. She’s 5 and started kindergarten this year! We held hands and romped through very wet grass together, twirled, jump-roped and ate ice cream. I think that makes us friends.

casting call | children

Katelyn — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:04:01 +0000

I need to update my website with all of my recent shoots-and its on my to-do list before I go back to work. Within the last couple of months my portfolio has grown 10-fold with weddings, pregnant mommies, and their fresh-out-of-the-oven babies. One area that I’d really like to beef up is my “kids” section.

I am giving away one free session session for a child between the ages of 5 and 10. This will cover one child only, 2 hours of shooting time and 10 free 5×7 prints.

Send a current picture of the child you are nominating and include his or her age, interests, and hobbies or talents.

sara + junior

Katelyn — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:28:08 +0000

I met Sara in September through AmeriCorps. It was my first year and Sara’s second of serving with the North Florida Health Corps. Sara and I also volunteer together on Monday nights doing ArtVentures–a program that a former AmeriCorps member, Amy (more about her in the next post), set up to do art with children at a local homeless shelter.

Junior is originally from Haiti and moved here with his family when he was 9. He teaches high school and works to help catch the students up on their reading so they can pass the reading portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test . He is so calm and compliments Sara perfectly.

I really hope to be invited to their wedding because they are such an enjoyable couple to be around. I laughed through most of their session! Sara always jokes that she’ll wear sweats at her wedding (I found her the perfect sweat shirt dress) and have a taco bar (found one of those too!)–but I’m not so sure she is joking.

I had trouble picking a spot for their session, but as I was driving home one day I spotted a carnival and knew that had to be where we started. I think they fit in perfectly there because of their fun nature.

There is going to be a marathon of pictures–because I just can’t choose!

cheese please!!

this one makes me smile everytime

I absolutely LOVE this background.

Oblivious to the “interestingness” around them

Finally a pose with our carnie friends

This one give me chills

After the gorgeous greenery, we headed downtown for some urban action. I really wanted to shoot Sara and Junior here because they are originally from Minnesota. When the move from Jacksonville, I want them to have memories of the city on record.

It’s getting hot in here!!

The sun finally decided to come out from behind the clouds…

I love all the layers of the city here.

Thank you Sara and Junior for being absolutely perfect subjects!

superboy

Katelyn — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:20:54 +0000

A quick post before AmeriCorps service today.

Monna, here’s a two of my favorite shots from the day.

the start of it all

Katelyn — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:00:34 +0000

Bianca was my very first paying client. I shot her maternity pictures and it couldn’t have been a better experience. Not only did Bianca have a beautiful pregnant belly, but she was completely open and comfortable with her body and relaxed in front of the camera. When little Rheanna was born I was able to shoot my first newborn session ever.

As always, many thanks to Shawn for her amazing designs. Are the toes on her not the most perfect you have ever seen!?

I photographed Rheanna again at 3 months (too lazy to track those down) and again with mommy at 8 months.

WOWZA! Hottie mom. Doesn’t she look amazing for just having a baby?

So now, I year later I had the pleasure of photographing them again. Rheanna will be 2 in June. She didnt want anything to do with my camera… but I managed to sneak them in.

Bianca, here are your tide-over images that I promised!!

That’s all for tonight. I have 3 sessions to finish editing and 2 more coming up. Back to work!

brayden | 3 years old

Katelyn — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:01:30 +0000

I had the enormous pleasure of playing with “big boy” Brayden today. His was my second session of the day. We rode the carousel, went to the candy store, and played superheroes. I worked up a sweat and had a blast! His grandma (Hi “Monna”!!) was a real treat. She had the whole back of her mini van loaded with clothes, shoes, props, and emergency rations not to mention the cutest ideas. Not only that, but she took me to dinner afterwards! We had amazing shrimp, live acoustic music, great company and perfect weather.

“Monna”, I know you are waiting for the real pictures– but I just had to post these. I had a wonderful time tonight. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Natalie + cravings

Katelyn — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:26:06 +0000

Just finished up some “commercial” type shots and now am able to focus on Natalie’s. I have to get these done quick! My spring promotion was a pretty big hit- I have more sessions than I know what to do with in the next few weeks!

Spring Promotion

Katelyn — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:05:00 +0000

I don’t know when it happened. I was driving home earlier this week and as I passed by Willow Branch Park, I noticed things were different. When had all that green appeared? During the winter the park is a drab palate of grey and muted green. Spanish moss hangs from the bare branches and the place is almost creepy. Not anymore. It has exploded with color and life. The trees, once again, display bright green leaves and the grass has suddenly come to life.

Spring is definitely on its way in!

What better way to celebrate than a sale?

this incredibly cute postcard was designed by the talented Shawn of Eclectic Whimsy Designs. From the beginning, she has been there for many of my design needs.