From pregnancy to newborn…

Liliana came to me earlier this year for pregnancy portraits as a surprise for her husband and then came back with her husband and their darling little baby boy for their first family portraits!  Take a peek…

Tarpon Springs Tourists…

Took a much needed day to play hooky with my husband and went to Tarpon Springs… got some wonderful images!  Take a peek!

The first two images are of the old Greek Church there, St. Nicholas.  The architecture is fabulous!  I can’t decide, black and white or color?  Give me your opinion in comments.  What could be more iconic than the boats and seagulls -had to have those.   Then there is the fun pink and green storefront and their “welcome statement” beside the entrance.  The colors just popped off the page, I loved it.  Some of the displays were set up either in rows (the shells) or just random (the starfish).  I was drawn to the repetitive patterns.  We indulged just a little with the wonderful pastries from Hella’s, can’t go to Tarpon without stopping there!  Love their store just about as much as their pastries, just something about the atmosphere there.  All those lovely pastries lined up behind glass, making your mouth water.  Can you tell we like chocolate?   And then we finished off the beaten path with the image from the old Sutherland house, one of the first houses in the area.  Lots of history here, open for tours, but not on the day we went.   I liked the colors and the symmetry and decided to make it more posterized to give  it a distinctive look.

The Wallace Family/Palm Harbor Family Photographer

 I have been photogaphing this family since the children were very small.  I even did Leigh’s bridal portrait!  They had wanted an extended family image with all the new little ones in, so last Saturday we had a blast with the whole family!  Jackie is quite the seamstress and every year I can’t wait to see what she has sewn for the children to wear.  This year new baby Parker had on the sweetest outfit and Jackie had done all the intricate embroidery on the blanket as well as his outfit.  Momma Leigh is a big fan of Africa, so Jackie found sleeping baby African animals on the internet, copied them, printed them in black and white and transferred them to the blanket and gave it to Leigh for her shower.  WOW!  Was it fitting or what that baby Parker fell asleep on the blanket, just like the baby animals?!

Happy Birthday to you…

Lynne came to me several months back and wanted to do a special image of herself for her husband for his birthday.  She was very organized and had planned ahead.  After consulting with her on her ideas and where the image would hang and clothing styles and colors we came up with some wonderful ideas.  Since the birthday has now passed, I can finally post the images!  Hope your hubby was thrilled and surprised!