Children's Portraits - Katie (aka Katarina) turns 3!

Katie has been coming for portraits since she was 6 months old! And she is always such a display of fun, beauty, personality, and an array of emotions. This shoot was similar! She starts out very shy - hardly can look at me, and at some point, she breaks out and talks a blue streak and entertains to beat the band!

She is the subject of a special section on my newest website, the Watch Me Grow section.

Slideshow here....

Little Kids with BIG personality - here comes KATIE!

Over the years, I have a lot of favorite subjects, and first in line are my own two children, Heather & Tyler. But little Katie has been coming to have her portraits done 3 or 4 times a year for the last three years, and she is next in line as my favorite subject! Personality to last all day.... opinions, faces, expressions, and just pure beauty!

And what has always been interesting about Katie's little personality is that she starts out very very shy.... and moves in slowly.... but when she decides that she's willing to enjoy being a little model - she does it BIG! with the BIGGEST personality. Someday I'm going to do a Mood or Expressions calendar.... with each mood and Katie's little face demonstrating that mood!

some images of Miss Katie in the past years at this link.....

and her ALMOST 3 slideshow here.....

and my personal favorites below:

Katie at Home!

After doing portraits of Katie in studio for the last two years, we finally took photos in her space! And it was really fun! Kids are often more comfortable in their own place, with their own toys, etc. It was fun to include the dogs in some photos also!

Earlier photos of Katie can be viewed here.....

Or this week's slideshow here!

And my favorites......

Katie turned 2 on Valentines Day!

Katie has been coming to get her portraits taken since she was 6 months old and she is always a joy to photograph! There are always such a variety of emotions and expressions, I think we could do a photo essay on all the different toddler emotions with each of Katie's photo shoots!

Katie's birthday is on Valentines Day and as you can see she was in a beautiful birthday/valentines dress and was obviously enjoying the day!

To view the whole slideshow CLICK HERE!

And Katie has her own website to sell some of her favorite things, including the beautiful clothes she's wearing in these. Check out Katie's Favs!

Katie Turns 21 months!

Actually Katie turned 21 months before Christmas, but her portraits and a big canvas print were a surprise Christmas present for her dad! So I couldn't share them here!

As most toddlers, Katie is starting to like her freedom, and I can't always get her to stay on the backdrop with the lights....so I've started following toddlers around my house trying to catch them in action wherever it happens! Below are some of my favorite shots. This first one of Katie & Mom was printed as a large canvas!

View the whole slideshow here.








This last one with the wild hair was from a supply of balloons I had in the studio and Katie loved playing with them - this is the only challenge with those balloons! Crazy hair!