Today’s Reveal is our Name Art!

The perfect artwork for your child’s room! There are lots of places in their room where your Name Art might hang. Anywhere from that big blank wall, to above baby’s crib or the new toddler bed. Do you have tall walls? It’s perfect for above the closet door or window.

What a great self esteem builder! Every morning your child wakes up and sees their name in big letters, combined with beautiful images of themselves full of personality and individualism!

Your Name Art can be created with 3 or 4 pieces, and each piece can have any number of letters to spell out your child’s name.

That’s all for today! Check back to the blog over the next few weeks, there is more to come!

In the end, the constant movement, the banter back and forth and the relaxed atmosphere, resulted in the true Xander captured forever in photographs. Laughs, funny faces, pensive looks and the adorable, dimple smile shows Xander’s fun loving, relaxed, sometimes a thinker, goofy, high energy personality!

Ilena’s favorite answer, that I probably heard over 50 times, was “This!” She’d be striking a pose, or spinning out of control, or holding her head to the side. I’d ask, “What are you doing Ilena?” Her response “This.” It was so matter of fact, that I could not help but laugh. Every answer was “This.” Then she would keep right on doing “this” whatever it was!

I could not help but smile at Ilena. She was in her own little world, but she was having the time of her life. She would say things to crack herself up. She would fall down and laugh at herself. She informed me that her head doesn’t come off! All good things that every three year old should know and be able to laugh at!

Anybody else see a Mini Sandy?!?

Madeleine is at the stage where everything is a dramatic pose! With every click of the camera she was twisting her body, tilting her head, squinting her eyes…doing everything she thinks makes a great photo. This results in a great challenge for me. I have to keep her talking, moving, relaxing and out of those extreme poses.

Of course, in line with her rock star outfit, I even let her have some fun with posing, and boy was she striking them right and left. But in the end, I ended up with the best ones…the ones that show her beauty, her uniqueness and Maddie as a six year old!

Then there was the tutu. I don’t know if it threw off her balance, or felt weird, but she just wasn’t into that tutu. Even though she’s a stander and a walker, it took everything to get her to stand on her own in the tutu, and walking…not happening! Of course, at the end of the session, when Mommy took it off, it was like Emily became a different person!

The birthday hat was a complete no-no! As soon as the hat went on, the water works turned on. She wanted nothing to do with the hat. She did find a fun activity involving the hat. We thought we would put it on the bench next to her, just to get it in a few images. Emily thought picking it up and throwing it was a great idea! She cracked herself up, every time!

Despite the uneasiness, with some crazy actions from Mommy and me, we captured some adorable expressions…big eyes and all!

I am excited to announce that we have launched a new website!

It has been a long time coming, but www.photographybybrandi.com 3.0 has officially been launched!

Fresh, updated images, brand new content, sleek behind the scenes technology…all in all an awesome outcome! I could not be happier with the final product. It is exactly what I had in mind.

A huge thanks to my fantastic hubby! He spent hours and hours creating a beautiful website, while at the same time handling my absurd and crazy requests like the pro that he is!

Mommy brought these favorite items with her to Carter’s session, which of course Carter was very excited about. I got to see his drummer skills and his bike moves! He was very excited to “play”. Even asking me if I could babysit him after the session while his mom went shopping.

We had a great time, laughing and playing, but my favorite part is his fixing drive. He would be in the middle of drumming, and say “Wait, I have to fix this”. He would put his sticks down and fiddle with a knob on his drum set, and then fiddle with another knob. Then he was back to playing, and not a minute later he was fixing something else. He even did it on his bike, “Wait, I have to fix this”. We took lots of breaks while he fixed things! I think he might be one of those guys who is curious how things work. As he gets older, I can definitely see him taking things apart to figure out how they work and to fix them. It will be fun to hear the stories!

There have been so many sluggish, grey, cold days this winter. You have to grab hold of the beautiful ones and remember them well!