Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 8:27am
What a fun time we had earlier this week at the studio, Little L’s mom brought her out to the studio from the Norridge area to be photographed. Her outfit, simply amazing. Her personality, shining. A happy, beautiful girl. Thank you for allowing me to capture who L is at 3 years of age:
She is so very pretty, isn’t she?
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This week was an amazing week. Busy, very busy, but fulfilling and beautiful. Not only did I get to photograph some of the most beautiful kids this side of Lake Michigan during the week – I also had the opportunity to speak to some incredible, funny and talented middle school kids at Naperville’s Scullen School in the west suburbs. I was so nervous – never having spoken in the school setting before (teaching adults is much less daunting, why? I don’t know! LOL) After all my anticipation and nervousness – it was such an amazing and fulfilling experience.
I’d like to take some time to thank Monica and the rest of the teachers who allowed me into their daily lives to experience a little of what they do. What an amazing gift! To infuse young minds with knowledge – to be able to give of yourself and what you know – what an incredible feeling. Thank you to the Naperville IPSD 201 for this wonderful and not soon forgotten experience. I hope the kids had half as much fun as I did!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 10:17pm
I had the great pleasure of meeting A & C today, they are adorable brothers who made me smile from ear to ear. You got a friend in me, A & C. Thanks to their lovely parents for bringing out the boys to the studio! Here’s just a bit of a sneak peek!
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Look at the bright happy colors – I cannot wait until spring! 
Thank you for stopping in.
Friday, February 19, 2010 at 6:08pm
ANNOUNCING: Portrait Allure – photography + life + style
I am proud to introduce myself as a member of the team over at Portrait Allure. Portrait Allure is a website dedicated to life, style and photography. Our mission is to infuse the lives of professional photographers with smart, effective design, sophisticated style and having fun while doing so.
The inception of this site is inspired by so many fantastic lifestyle blogs out there, I am very excited to be part of this venture with some really terrific photographers from across the nation.
On that note, I am introducing our first SHE SAID / SHE SAID feature where we are taking one question posed to two photographers to offer up two differing points of view. So please go check us out at Portrait Allure : A photography lifestyle blog
The SHE SAID / SHE SAID feature is a great twist on the typical interview. I hope you enjoy our views.
Friday, February 5, 2010 at 7:39pm
I so very much enjoyed meeting Christine & her gorgeous (I mean *gorgeous*!) baby boy. I am a sucker for sweet babies who have beautiful heads of hair and boy, was I not disappointed!! Thank you so very much, Christine, for coming out to the studio yesterday and allowing me to photograph this sweet bundle. Here are just a couple of sneak peeks!
I am so in love with this spur of the moment shot to test the light. LOVE moments like this!
Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 5:53am
You may remember the beautiful mom to be & her son from a few posts back…if so prepare to meet the beautiful & sweet baby D. I was privileged to photograph her this past weekend – she was just under 2 weeks old and is absolutely gorgeous. A big huge thank you to the W Family for allowing me to take over their home for several hours (probably longer than any of us anticipated, little D wasn’t into sleeping too much that day!) to create these amazingly beautiful newborn shots of baby D.
oh I love those sweet newborn pouts
I did mention she didn’t want to sleep didn’t I? These images make me look like a liar!
Thank you Corey, Ted & the kids for allowing me into your lives to capture these early sweet moments with your beautiful family!!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 1:00pm
This past weekend was filled to the brim with Marmalade favorites! On Saturday I got to photograph beautiful P and her big brother M. I have known M since, well, since before he was born even! It has been wonderful to watch him grow. I wasn’t disappointed when he came to the door to greet me with: "Miss Marianne, what car do you drive?" as he did back a few months ago at our last session.
P had just turned one years old (seriously WHERE is time going?!) and this was really mostly about her (altho we did get quite a bit of M in there too!)
I adore the way her hands are grasping at her outfit. This was such a great outfit for her. One of my favorite shots of 2010!
It’s no secret that I find the little quirks of family life fascinating – I love the implied interaction here – the happy goofiness of 2 kids under four years old sort of moment – it’s one of those lifestyle moments that I adore. With kids this age, THIS is the kind of fun shot that I wished I had of my own family. Ah, if I could only go back in time to recapture this stuff…
Thanks for stopping in…
Monday, January 18, 2010 at 12:40pm
Whew. This weekend was a whirlwind of activity. The Marmalade home was awash with the stomach flu the weekend prior and I had to do some schedule juggling to make it all happen this weekend! We’ll kick off the weekend festivities with a blog entry from late last week’s fun session with A & A.
I have been photographing Bananas and her family since she was 3 months old – I *always* look forward to our sessions together and seeing her beautiful mom Beth. Now that she has a little brother – we spend time playing and photographing him as well. I love working with this family and feel honored that they allow me into their lives every time I get to photograph them.
Little brother, A, had some bath time – I got some amazing bath time images and this shot pre-bath just made me from ear to ear – I really love this shot so much:
Is he a handsome devil or what? He has the most beautiful lashes in the world.
Here’s Bananas in a more contemplative moment:
I love her curls and the way the light shines in her eyes here
Thank you for stopping in.
Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 2:54am
Happy 2010 to everyone!! Let’s start off the year with a bang!
This past week I had a wonderful newborn session with Baby Michael and his mom L. L is well on her way to sunny Florida (lucky girl! I bet she knew in advance we’d be experiencing -20ºF windchills this weekend, brrr…)
Here’s a couple little sneaks for you L. Thank you so much for coming out to the studio for a Marmalade session!
L- mission accomplished. Admittedly I worried for a few minutes but we got it!
I had to postpone this sneak peek because of a little blog issue on the backend and a huge thanks to the guys over at ProPhoto blog for their outstanding customer support. In this industry customer service is extremely hit or miss and it was a total hit. Thank you Matt for helping me out earlier this week – I really appreciate it.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 10:33am
I *cannot* believe it’s the day before the DAY BEFORE the Christmas Holiday. I’m certain I’ve forgotten something somewhere on some gift and/or to do list but no matter – I feel calm and cool. Why, you may ask, are you feeling serene around the holidays? Well my friends, readers, clients, loved ones & random strangers, I feel good because I was able to complete my holiday card in time for Christmas Eve delivery.
Now this may not seem like a large feat for anyone who is on the outside of the biz, but you busy photographers who may be reading this blog, you know who you are-readying YOUR home after every one gets their holiday deliveries for cards & gifts, putting off getting your card together so that your clients can enjoy their purchased goods from their beautiful photography session with you, ignoring your kids wishes until you know there are no more Zhu Zhu hamsters at the local Toys R Us because everyone (including your clients! LOL) got to them before you did. You busy photographers who are hurriedly packaging, ordering & reordering items (because of the inevitable rush & mistakes that come with it!) understand what a feat it is to have your cards ready to go.
The secret for me was that I simplified. I used a few images from our family session with St. Louis photographer Lauri Baker & Bay Area photographer Pam Biasotti from our trip to St. Louis this past summer for one side of the card. I simplified because I needed to & it made sense because Isimply love the images. Lauri did an amazing job with our session and I am so thankful to her for letting us hire her on and for being such a gracious hostess during our time in St. Louis. The other images on our card this year are from our trip to Isle of Palms on the beautiful South Carolina coast this past August. Had I taken the time to get images of my girls (like I usually do) just for the Holidays – sadly I don’t think the cards would be finished. Simplification was key.
I am finishing them up and cards go out today. Here’s some of what the recipients will see when they open the envelope. I hope the bit of sunshine-y mood from warmer times will warm your hearts during this frosty winter season.
Thank you very much for stopping in. May your Holiday Season be filled with everything good that warms your heart, mind & spirit.
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:58am
Early last week I traveled to Wilmette for a photo session with a beautiful mom to be and her family. I am thrilled to present these gorgeous sneak peeks of this *stunning* mom-to-be. Doesn’t she look amazing??
and finally one with her handsome older boy:
A huge thank you to C and the W Family for allowing me into their beautiful home for a pregnancy photo shoot.
by Marianne
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