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Cute Family of Four! Santa Cruz Family Photographer

December 11th, 2010

I have been BUSY! So busy that I haven’t even had time to blog. Bad me! But I promise you that the blog will pick up this week. I still have a bit of editing to do (and shopping and baking and wrapping and sleeping, sleep? what’s that? HA). Anyway, back to what I was [...]


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I have been BUSY! So busy that I haven’t even had time to blog. Bad me! But I promise you that the blog will pick up this week. I still have a bit of editing to do (and shopping and baking and wrapping and sleeping, sleep? what’s that? HA). Anyway, back to what I was saying. I promise to be a better blogger.

Oh and while I have you. I might as well give you a heads up that January 3rd is my birthday. Yay me! Well also Yay you! Why? You ask. Well I will kicking off something very new and very very special for us! I won’t give too much away but things are going to change big around here. BIG I tell you! Just you wait.

Now back to that super duper cute family of four from Santa Cruz. Melissa is a friend of mine. You might remember her from Jesse and Courtney’s wedding (here). She herself is a great photographer but she needed some family pictures done for her. So I made the trek down to Santa Cruz and captured these images of their adorable family.

Melissa, thank you so much for having me come on down. The light in SC is gorgeous. Your family is gorgeous. The mimosas were… you guessed it… gorgeous! Can’t wait to do it again sometime. SOON!

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He’s 3: personal project

November 15th, 2010

Three year olds are tricky. They are like the yin and yang of children. One moment they are the sweetest children you have ever met. They are polite. They are sweetly kissing the forehead of their baby brother. Then just seconds later they are screaming, and yelling, and kicking, and biting, and smacking the head [...]


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Three year olds are tricky. They are like the yin and yang of children. One moment they are the sweetest children you have ever met. They are polite. They are sweetly kissing the forehead of their baby brother. Then just seconds later they are screaming, and yelling, and kicking, and biting, and smacking the head of their baby brother.

What can I say? I love this little man more than words can express. The days I want to pull my hair out definitely do not outnumber the days where I could just sit and stare in wonder at how awesome he is.

I thank God everyday for such amazing little men to share my world with. Today in particular I am thanking God for blessing me with Sawyer. He makes my heart and my face smile.

These are his official 3 year old pictures. There were some yin moments during the session and there were some yang moments. But my heart swells with pride over how adorable he is (and if Gap is reading this, he is available for a modeling contract, thankyouverymuch).


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A boy and his pumpkin: personal project

October 30th, 2010

We got the LAST pumpkin at Trader Joe’s today. Can you imagine our surprise and horror when I asked at the front desk if they were out of pumpkins and they told me that they were out. I was just sad. I mean I know we could go to another store but TJ’s is our [...]


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We got the LAST pumpkin at Trader Joe’s today. Can you imagine our surprise and horror when I asked at the front desk if they were out of pumpkins and they told me that they were out. I was just sad. I mean I know we could go to another store but TJ’s is our go to pumpkin place and we had to get home for the Giants’ game. LOL!

Well, leave it to Max to find a way to get home for the first pitch. There was one pumpkin that was decorating the sample area in the back. So we asked, “is that pumpkin for sale?” They told us yes (YES!!!) and we got our pumpkin and arrived home to hear Kelly Clarkson singing her heart out to the National Anthem.

You can’t keep a boy from his pumpkin and you can’t keep a daddy from his game!

We started out cleaning our pumpkin out and deciding what kind of face our jack-o-lantern was going to have.

We decided on scary!

Daddy doing his part while watching the game. He really is such a great man!

LOVE! A boy and his pumpkin.

And finally Jack in all his glory.

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mini-session: Moraga Family Photographer

October 3rd, 2010

I met up with the C. family at one of my favorite parks in the East Bay. Moraga Commons park is a great place to hang with your family for the day. Max loves the disc golf course, the kids love the mini-water park and I love the photography opportunities. This is my first mini-session [...]

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I met up with the C. family at one of my favorite parks in the East Bay. Moraga Commons park is a great place to hang with your family for the day. Max loves the disc golf course, the kids love the mini-water park and I love the photography opportunities.

This is my first mini-session of this fall season and I love doing these mini-sessions. They are the perfect amount of time to get a few great images for your walls and holiday cards! I still have some openings this fall for some mini-sessions so email me at kristy@kristylynnphotography.com but they are going quick so book soon!

Thanks C. family for having me capture your families memories. I can’t believe that just a year and a half ago I was taking newborn pictures for you guys! Oh my how your little girls have grown!!

Here is your sneak peek. I will be in touch soon!


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3 of one 1 of another: Personal Project

September 9th, 2010

I got this amazingly beautiful blanket from a dear friend’s dear mother. I adore it. It is the perfect shade of baby blue. It is the perfect stitch too. In fact, she learned this stitch to make this blanket for Mr. Grady. I am honored to get to take pictures of it. What I love [...]


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I got this amazingly beautiful blanket from a dear friend’s dear mother. I adore it. It is the perfect shade of baby blue. It is the perfect stitch too. In fact, she learned this stitch to make this blanket for Mr. Grady. I am honored to get to take pictures of it.

What I love the most about these is that you can see his beautiful blue eyes in these images. I very highly doubt they will stay blue, it is just not a strong enough part of his genetic pool to remain baby blues. For now they are blue and I love them.

And the final image is of the big brother. He is having a hard time adjusting this week. The newness has worn off and baby is here to stay. Our days are all different now and he just isn’t loving it. He still LOVES his baby brother, I think he just wishes we could send him back to the hospital from time to time, poor guy!

So thank you, thank you, thank you Karen for the awesome blanket. It is a blessing to us!!!

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Eleven Days: Personal Project

August 30th, 2010

For the first time he didn’t cooperate! He had some issues on my first set up and we had to discard (well wash) the blanket I had planned to use. So we had to change courses and went for the cocoon so we could use a diaper for this mini-session. He was wide awake the [...]


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For the first time he didn’t cooperate! He had some issues on my first set up and we had to discard (well wash) the blanket I had planned to use. So we had to change courses and went for the cocoon so we could use a diaper for this mini-session. He was wide awake the entire time. And while I love those sleepy images there is something completely intriguing about the eyes of a baby. You know, they say that babies can see angels. Well the weird thing is that all through church today his eyes were wide open and he was staring at the ceiling. Maybe there is something to that old wives tale!

Without further ado here is Baby Grady and just a couple of his big brother who decided he wanted some pictures taken too. And funny side story here I asked him if he wanted some pictures taken today and he immediately took his shirt off. I think I have ruined him for life. haha!

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This is Sawyer’s scary face!

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San Francisco Kids Photographer: Sweet Memories

July 7th, 2010

She turned 8 last month. Eight is Great! Pardon my cheese there but 8 really was great on this day. Miss J’s mom planned for me to come and meet these three lovely ladies at Sweet Memories in Millbrae this past Monday. We had a fabulous time of ice cream, new candy discovery, worm races [...]
 

She turned 8 last month. Eight is Great! Pardon my cheese there but 8 really was great on this day.

Miss J’s mom planned for me to come and meet these three lovely ladies at Sweet Memories in Millbrae this past Monday. We had a fabulous time of ice cream, new candy discovery, worm races (see below) and just general 8 year old mayhem!

Thanks ladies for letting me be your paparazzi for the day, and Miss J. I hope that 8 is the best year of your life so far! Prepare yourself for some more cheese…. thanks for the Sweet Memories.

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And what birthday celebration would be complete without an animated gif? None!

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My goodness – the cheeks! Walnut Creek Baby Photographer

June 22nd, 2010

This little guy is a trooper. Born at 24 weeks he is now 7 months old (3 months adjusted age) and he is doing great! The moment I laid eyes on him I had to squeeze those cheeks! They are beautiful! I got to spend a few hours with Mr. Cheeks and his big brother [...]


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This little guy is a trooper. Born at 24 weeks he is now 7 months old (3 months adjusted age) and he is doing great! The moment I laid eyes on him I had to squeeze those cheeks! They are beautiful!

I got to spend a few hours with Mr. Cheeks and his big brother today. I must say I enjoyed seeing a little into my future and imagining that I will be taking pictures of these of my two littlest ones in just a few months! That makes me smile.

Thanks P. family for inviting me into your world. Your two boys are special blessings and I am excited for our sessions through the rest of baby’s first year!

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The Walk: Personal Photography Project

May 13th, 2010

“We go see big bird?” Sawyer asks just about every night. And the night where there is time and light left after dinner we all put on our walking shoes and head out the door. This isn’t just any stroll through the neighborhood, it is like a journey through the wilderness. I think so far [...]

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“We go see big bird?” Sawyer asks just about every night. And the night where there is time and light left after dinner we all put on our walking shoes and head out the door. This isn’t just any stroll through the neighborhood, it is like a journey through the wilderness. I think so far on our walks we have seen peacocks (big birds), horses, cows, rabbits, German Shepherds, turkeys, frogs, and donkeys. And we don’t live in the country, lol! Really there is this awesome nature trail that runs along the canal by our house and tucked behind the creek there is a farm surrounded by urban sprawl. It is a journey into another time and place for us every night.

Night after night, as we would take our walks I would say to myself, “self, you really NEED to bring your camera out here one of these nights!” So I did. I followed as the 4 boys walked ahead a little and stopped and took pictures of all the things I had see, all the images I had created in my head on our nightly walks up to that point. This isn’t all of the images I got that night but a few of my favorites from our walk.

I hope you enjoy my tiny photo-documentation project.

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Film love: Personal Photography Project

May 12th, 2010

Back in the day you might remember this thing called, “film.” You would buy rolls of it and if you were really old school you would hope that you loaded it correctly (the fancy cameras had an auto load feature, wow!).  Then you would take like 24 or 36 exposures (yes they were actually called [...]
 

Back in the day you might remember this thing called, “film.” You would buy rolls of it and if you were really old school you would hope that you loaded it correctly (the fancy cameras had an auto load feature, wow!).  Then you would take like 24 or 36 exposures (yes they were actually called that) and wait until you could get back to the store to drop it off and then wait again until it was developed so you could see your pictures.

Then the years go by and we got these fancy digital cameras with screens and live-view. And we all migrated quickly to digital-land. I mean, why not? For reals, there are some awesome qualities to digital photography. The instant gratification, the ability to shoot what-ever-the-heck-you-want-as-much-as-you-want and only keep the keepers. Digital is amazing.

But film is phenomenal. Film is beautiful. Film is classic. And my love affair with photography started with film. All those years ago in high school, film was it. Our old Pentax manual film SLR’s were rockin. I loved the creative control that I had with my film camera and the developing process.

Yesterday I pulled out the old trusty Canon TX and my 50mm 1.8 FD lens. I stopped by Target and got some film (yes, some stores do still sell film!!!). Wandered with Sawyer to a quaint little park and snapped some images. I took that roll to Costco (fancy, right?!?) and waiting an hour for them to process. Then I uploaded them from the disk to my computer and did a little photoshop magic on them. And there they are for you.

They are not masterpieces in the technical sense of the word, but I believe they are beautiful! I can’t wait to shoot more film. Actually I am in the market for a used film body that is a little bit more current that the trust TX (and one that will take all my fancy Canon glass that I have collected now). You will see more of my film adventures in the future.

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