Tag Archives: baby pictures

When You’ll Be Seeing First Pics of Brangelina’s Babies

The countdown is on. T-minus 40 hours or so until the world finally sets their eyes on Brangelina’s multi-million dollar twins. According to reports, the exclusive first photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s newborn twins have fetched a record breaking $14 million. The fee is being split between People magazine and British tabloid, Hello! Magazine. You can catch a sneak peek of the pics Sunday night at 7, that’s when People says they will post a single shot of the babies on their website prior to the full spread hitting newsstands first thing Monday morning. According to media insiders, … Continue reading →

Photography Week In Review For October 8-13, 2007

Mother Nature is going out in a blaze of colorful glory and her natural fireworks show was the topic of quite a few blogs this week. Mother Nature, babies and frames—we’ve covered them all. If you missed any of them look at the Photography Week in Review as the ultimate way to get caught up. Heck, you may just pick up a useful tip or two. October 8th—Capturing A Picture Perfect Autumn Landscape. Tis the season to leaf peep and this blog gets you into the spirit by listing some helpful tips on how to morph Mother Nature’s masterpieces into … Continue reading →

Are You A Snap Happy Parent?

In a previous blog I shared a photo secret with you. I reluctantly admitted that I have cataloged in chronological order more than 5,000 pictures I’ve taken of my 3-year-old daughter. At first I thought that was an exorbitant number of pictures to have of one child, but that’s before I heard about a mom in Georgia who claims she has snapped more than 8,500 pictures of her 8-month-old baby. More than 8,000 pictures in 8 months? That’s more than 1,000 photos a month. The mother says she takes her digital camera everywhere and is determined to create a daily … Continue reading →

Santa Claus is Coming To Town

It’s a big day for you and your baby when you head to the mall for that first photograph with Santa Claus. Depending on the age of your baby, this can be a tremendously fun experience or it can be traumatic. Our kids love the idea of a jolly old man with his twinkling eyes and gentle manner. But not every mall Santa falls into this category and not every baby sees a genial old man who is going to provide a fun photograph for mom and dad’s scrapbooks. Santa is a Stranger Every baby goes through phases of stranger … Continue reading →

Painless Portraits

Getting the perfect picture of your little bundle of joy can be a huge pain. After all, your little bundle likely cares little for your desire to capture his cuteness for all to see. He, in all probability, is more interested in sleeping, toys, eating or soiling his diaper. Despite this, you can still get great portraits of your kids. Here are 10 tips for getting great portraits: 1. Have realistic expectations. Your infant, or toddler is likely not going to stand for 3 outfit changes and five poses. When we go, we only do one outfit (can you imagine … Continue reading →

What is a Brag Book?

A brag book is the wallet you unfold or the little photo album you carry around in your purse that plays host to a dozen or more of your favorite baby pictures. Brag books are popular with grandparents and parents alike, but the great thing about a brag book is that it can be as fun or complicated or as simple as you like. Scrap Booking the Brag Book In this case, I got the following idea from my mother. She loves to design picture frames that match the subject of the picture. In fact, she used one of my … Continue reading →

Our Lives in Pictures

The entirety of my kitchen, half of my daughter’s room and all over my office, on my computer screen, in my husband’s screen saver and more are all family pictures, particularly focusing on our daughter. We have pictures of most of the major moments in her life, including holidays and more. We capture these moments in our life and in our child’s life in pictures. We can look back at them and see their first hour after their birth. We can see their first ride in the car when we took them home. We can see their first Christmas. We … Continue reading →