I’ve been under the weather this week and had to reschedule several sessions but well enough to sit upright and do some online "shopping".  I came across a couple really great dresses for little girls and thought to myself "Oooh a fun shopping post!"  This blog entry is brown & peach tones and is dedicated to a family session with two little girls.

The girls’ dresses are boutique finds, the mom & dad outfits are typical mall fare.  I’ve noticed with many of my clients this is how it usually plays out so I took a bit of the typical client that rolls through the studio and sort of went shopping for them.

 

What To Wear to a Photography Session


Little Girls Dress, Little Girls Shoes

Tween Dress, Tween Shoes

Mom’s Dress, Mom’s Bracelet, Mom’s Shoes

Dad’s Shirt, Dad’s Pants, Dad’s Shoes

 

Hope this helps you in your quest for shopping.  Isn’t the Luna Luna Copenhagen dress divine?  I want one for *ME!*

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  • Kimberly - May 31, 2009 - 10:05 pm

    Very Marmalicious! You’d look lovely in the Luna Luna Copenhagen dress, Mare!

  • jen - June 2, 2009 - 8:33 am

    What a fun idea! I am sure your clients love having a *visual* – you are right, that Luna Luna dress is to die for!

  • Denise - June 2, 2009 - 8:13 pm

    Where can I buy Luna Luna Copenhagen?? NEED it. 🙂

This past weekend I had the good fortune to meet F and her wonderful parents A & C.  I travelled to Arlington Heights for a session with this beautiful three month old little girl.  F was quietly serious.  Not too much seemed to phase her.  For some reason her serious nature amused me (she must know that while I love to have fun and get giggly happy pictures I like serious, soul searching images as well!). 

Thanks A & C for allowing me into your lives this past weekend and allowing me to capture your beautiful, young family at this amazing time in your lives!

Baby Photographer

We used "parents as props" a lot during our time together!

 

Chicago Baby Photography

These parents *were* awesome props 🙂

 

Sleeping Baby

What a little beauty!  I loved photographing this serious (and sleepy) little darling!

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  • Nancy klim-Bigham - May 27, 2009 - 3:06 pm

    Beautiful pictures! So natural. Not so posed and phony! 🙂

  • Denise - May 27, 2009 - 5:13 pm

    She is darling!! 🙂

  • LauraB - May 28, 2009 - 9:14 am

    These are such sweet perfection!!!

  • Lisa Kelly - May 29, 2009 - 3:44 am

    I too adore more serious shots. I feel you have captured her beautifully and mum and dad do indeed make gorgeous props.

  • elizabeth - May 29, 2009 - 8:04 am

    These are just lovely

  • PamN - May 29, 2009 - 8:18 am

    Stunning images…love the intimacy of the first family shot. These will look wonderful forever!

  • Terrilyn - May 29, 2009 - 6:17 pm

    How do you DO it Mare?? These are so sweet, so much love and emotion in the portraits you capture. I am in awe.

  • Julie - May 30, 2009 - 7:33 am

    She is beautiful! I am definitely a fan of both serious and sweet, as well as the smiley and silly. Love the sleeping one too. Gorgeous

  • Kristie Chadwick - June 1, 2009 - 1:16 pm

    Great session. The last one is great. I love sleeping babies.

  • Heather Gibb - June 1, 2009 - 2:58 pm

    Beautiful!!!!!!!! I love the connections you captured and the sweetness of the her in the last shot is priceless!

  • Danna - June 1, 2009 - 5:38 pm

    ohhh she is just the cutest little thing ever!! gorgeous images Mare…..not that I am surprised 😀

  • Jenna Slomp - June 2, 2009 - 9:49 am

    What a sweetheart! Love the family image, so beautiful.

Happy Mother’s Day to you my blog friends.  I’m settled in today – woke up to the smell of homemade pancakes, syrup and shouts of glee from my little ones that I was finally awake and they could finally give me their mom’s day gifts.  I am so lucky – being greeted with a bounty of hand crafted cards in all sorts of art mediums (crayons and markers are always the preferred choice) and a beautiful bookmark to help me along as I finish up Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead.

What would Mother’s Day be without some reminders of the day.  These are some of my favorite mom moments captured in mid spring/early summer 2008 – I came across them while doing a bit of research into my own work for a very special little project going on behind the scenes here. 

Enjoy your mom’s day treats from your little ones – goodness knows they don’t stay little and hugg-y kiss-y very long (that’s why photos like are extra special!).

Professional Children

 

professional family photographer

 

Chicago Professional Photographer

Take care!  -M

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  • Shellie - May 10, 2009 - 10:48 pm

    Love these images Mare! Beautiful connections captured!! Happy Mother’s Day!

  • Kimberly - May 11, 2009 - 5:11 am

    Lovely mommy connections, Mare. As my older children move on (and out) these moments with my littlest become so much more important. How I wish I’d listened when people told me I’d forget if I didn’t have something concrete to remember these moments by…

  • elizabeth - May 11, 2009 - 7:20 am

    fantastic as always Mare.. great work

  • Jane - May 12, 2009 - 4:16 am

    Nice pics Mare!!

  • Kristie Chadwick - May 12, 2009 - 12:28 pm

    I love the connection you captured in these.

  • Terrilyn - May 14, 2009 - 9:25 pm

    Oh Mare, these are all just so beautiful I find myself at a loss for words (which doesn’t happen OFTEN). Seriously stunning moments in time captured, these families are BLESSED to have your found you!

  • Jane - May 15, 2009 - 7:22 am

    That is so very beautiful!!!!

  • Michelle Haley - May 15, 2009 - 1:22 pm

    **GASP** Oh my word I love these. I so wish this was me and my kids! That one on the dock is just divine. You are such a master of light, Mare!

  • Michelle Parsley - May 15, 2009 - 8:40 pm

    Absolutely beautiful!!! I especially love the one on the dock.

  • Dawn - May 18, 2009 - 3:02 pm

    Beautiful. I LOVE the second one. So peaceful.

  • Ashlie - May 19, 2009 - 12:04 pm

    These are gorgeous! Nice job! Love the one on the dock.

  • PamN - May 19, 2009 - 12:22 pm

    Such art! These will look so stunning as large canvases – what a fantastic way to beautify and personalize a home!

  • Daveen - May 20, 2009 - 5:12 pm

    So, so pretty! Your work is so unique and beautiful as is the sweet interaction you’ve captured in these images!

  • Danna - May 21, 2009 - 11:32 pm

    OMG…these are all amazing!! wow

  • Jenna Slomp - May 22, 2009 - 10:40 am

    These are so lovely, I would absolutely love to have images like this of me with my little guy! These moms must LOVE that you captured their relationship so beautifully!

  • Sarah - May 25, 2009 - 9:24 pm

    Love all of these! Beautiful!!

Racking your brain for Mother’s Day?  How about scheduling a fabulous Marmalade Photography Session!!  Give us a call @ 815.603.8450 or click here to get in touch with us to get scheduled for a Marmalade Session!  We have gift certificates for that special someone starting at $500 and we still have several May sessions available.

Already have a fabulous Marmalade Photography Session scheduled in the coming weeks?  Here is the Mom’s Day gift guide and the May 2009 Things Marmalade Loves list.

Lush For Mom  BerriesForMom  Sundance Protection Necklace

 

1. LUSH my friend from Denver, incidentally nicknamed Lush, introduced me to their products about five years ago – I first went to the Lincoln Park store to experience LUSH and never looked back. Seriously if *I* received a bounty full of LUSH for Mom’s Day – I would be over the moon happy.  Check out the highlighted Mom’s Day gift set for $39.95.  Better yet, go to their stores in Woodfield or Lincoln Park and absorb some of the yummy, organic ingredients and take home a few (or dozen) bath bombs.  My favorites: Butterball Bath Bomb, the Sex Bomb and Vanilla Fountain Bath Bomb.

2. Berries for Mom : I heard about this on the radio the other day when I was cruising through stations, they had a special offer that I dug up and linked to.  Great yummy gift for that special mom with a bit of a sweet tooth.  Nothing says love like a boatload of ginormous chocolate dipped strawberries!  If I was to get, oh say a dozen assorted dipped strawberries, well let’s just say I wouldn’t complain!

3. Sundance Catalog : Protective Necklace I was lucky enough to receive a Sundance Jewelry catalog in the mail several months ago.  To say I was smitten with it is an understatement.  The organic feel of much of their collection is not only beautiful but sensible as well.  Each piece of jewelry has a story.  The Protective Necklace comes with the promise that TEN TREES will be planted for every necklace purchased.

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  • Anna-Karin - May 5, 2009 - 3:30 pm

    Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm on those chocolate covered berries. I think I am going to pass this blog post link onto my dh for some suggestions. Great ideas!!! What mom would not love any of these options, number 1 of course would be a photo session with Marmalade photography!

  • PamN - May 6, 2009 - 11:20 am

    I would STILL take the Marmalade session anyday over these gifts!

  • Danna - May 9, 2009 - 3:19 pm

    wanna do me a favor and email my husband this list?? lo, great picks!

    Happy Mothers Day to you.

  • Kimberly Hill - May 10, 2009 - 6:56 am

    If I couldn’t be Marm-blessed, I’d like anything on this list.

Sunday I had the good fortune to finally photograph E & B’s incredibly good looking bunch.  We had a blast playing in the fields & forests, the kids looked simply angelic in their summer whites.  It was an incredibly warm day (do we not have in between seasons any more in Chicagoland?), the sun came to visit us all during our late afternoon session.  It was the quintessential day.

Naperville Child Photographer

My umbrella find from 2008 finally made its’ first appearance, according to A here – it was a hit.

 

Suburban Chicago Photography

I love little L’s freckles!  Super adorable.

 

Chicago Photographer

I still maintain that E steals all the girls’ hearts in his 2nd grade class

Thanks to E & B for coming out to the Studio to have a Marmalade Location session.  The day couldn’t have been any more beautiful! 

Oh!  And big happy birthday wishes to E who is turning the big se7en this week!  Happy Birthday guy!

• • • • •

 

Ahhh, May light.  I wax poetic about May light for good reason – it’s one of my favorite months of the year to photograph children & families.  The weather is wonderful most of the time – the environment for nature shots is perfect – it’s not too buggy (yet) and the light is fantastic.

Marmalade Photography still has a couple of sessions available for May 2009.  Book now before this incredible month gives way to June and the rest of the hot summer.  815.603.8450

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  • Amanda K - April 28, 2009 - 4:31 am

    They are all lovely but omg Mare… that first one is divine.

  • Kimberly Hill - April 28, 2009 - 6:11 am

    Beautiful children? check. Perfect wardrobe? check. Stunning location? check. Fitting accessories/props? check. Gorgeous light? check. Pure Marmaliciousness? Always. ::sigh:: I hope Mom has a whole wall ready for these. I can’t imaging what other gems you have that you didn’t share here on the blog!

  • Erin - April 28, 2009 - 1:18 pm

    These are just gorgeous– thanks Marianne…we had a GREAT time too!!! Can’t wait to see the rest of them…your work is phenominal!!

  • elizabeth - April 28, 2009 - 5:00 pm

    these are wonderful Mare

  • Anna-Karin - April 29, 2009 - 9:14 am

    Gorgeous photographs and beautiful children!

  • PamN - April 29, 2009 - 11:42 am

    These are going to look so fabulous on their walls! Custom, timeless art like this is such a wonderful statement when you enter a home – it says “family” is most important here!

  • Brandy - April 30, 2009 - 9:37 am

    These are gorgeous, and that first one just blows me away!

  • corey civetta - April 30, 2009 - 10:26 am

    beautiful captures, mare! love the umbrella shot!

  • Sherri W - May 1, 2009 - 7:17 pm

    Oh what a beautiful session! I adore that first and last image. Such sweet children you had the opportunity to photograph. I always love the locations you choose!

  • Shellie - May 2, 2009 - 8:08 am

    Mare – your work is incredible and deserves to only be printed on big huge canvases to decorate your clients homes with beautiful art!

  • christine - May 4, 2009 - 1:34 am

    wow, fantastic photos!!! the lighting is amazing, as are the children! 🙂 i adore the location!

  • Julie - May 4, 2009 - 7:52 am

    These are fantastic! Gorgeous kiddos! I do especially love the first one…everything about it is just perfect!

  • Kristie Chadwick - May 4, 2009 - 2:36 pm

    These are all great but I just love the first one.

  • Dulce - May 4, 2009 - 8:39 pm

    love all of these but that last one is just delicious! That little guy is going to break hearts for sure!

  • Terrilyn - May 5, 2009 - 5:28 pm

    Oh Mare, these are just…STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL!! Wow. Mom is going to FLIP!!

  • Lisa Kelly - May 6, 2009 - 1:10 am

    Just gorgeous kiddos. The first image is just so timeless and sweet. I adore it. I love the wardrobe choices mum made, stylish yet simple, keeping the main focus on the kids. Great images.

  • MaryAnn T - May 6, 2009 - 10:55 am

    Mare, that first one is to die for!!! OMG, I have no words, I just love it! These are all so beautiful, what a lucky family.

  • Heather Barone Brown - May 7, 2009 - 7:37 pm

    These are gorgeous, Mare! I could not love that first one more if it were my own daughter. Beautiful work!

  • Danna - May 9, 2009 - 3:18 pm

    utter perfection! your work is always so wonderful…and you!

  • Whitney - May 11, 2009 - 9:28 pm

    JEALOUSY! That first pic is amazing!!!

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