today is a day of crazy busy-ness and I have been tempted to do some procrastination here on the blog. here are some unseen by the readers of the blog highlights of recent sessions! thanks for stopping in…

pretty on the wall

old angled willow tree

cool boys on the door

family on the sofa

thoughts of sugarplums dancing in her head…

handsome profile

aren’t they adorable?

hands down favorite of mine

two dudes

family by the tracks

sweet sweet baby boy

lend a leaf to me, will ya?

dancing with daddy

dogs *are* funny

“negotiations”

barefoot baby (and proud of it)

pretty pretty

kids4

 

Be on the look out because tomorrow is the big 3-7 for you-know-who. Remember…I’m going to give a gift away for MY birthday to some lucky reader!

xoxo, Mare

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…last session for 2007! Yes, I am excited because it truly ended on a high note.

I want to thank Maryfran and Michael for having me out to Winnetka today to photograph their three gorgeous kids. And I’m not kidding you…gorgeous kids is not an understatement. To boot their family was beyond gracious, sweet and fun. I adored meeting them (finally) and a big thank you to KC’s mom for the referral. So to M, J and N…thank you for being such great sports and hanging out with me while I played the role of photographer… I had a blast getting to know all of you.

Scroll down for sneak peeks.

a pool balancing act :)

beauty

good looking

(insert beautiful title here)

Thanks for stopping in.

In the coming weeks: featured images from sessions, Client Q&A (finally) with Francesca, the Holiday 2007 Year End slideshow will premiere and much more. Plus, my birthday is this week, stay tuned for something cool to commemorate my being a year older (and hopefully a tad wiser!)

xoxo, Mare

p.s. TOLD YOU ALL I love November light. It might be right up there with September & May in my book.

 

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  • Annette - November 19, 2007 - 1:43 pm

    Mare:
    Simply beautiful!!!

  • waynette - November 25, 2007 - 8:26 pm

    looks like this was a great session and great location to boot too! Good for you and your client!

…on a crisp autumn day

This morning I photographed K & J’s family once again, little M is getting to be SO big, I honestly cannot believe it is the same guy!! I have said it before and here I am repeating myself, the children I photograph are perpetually frozen in time for me until our next session. Sometimes I wish life was like that, the ability to pause time where it is and just enjoy the moments–sort of a TiVo for life (on a sidenote, man I love TiVo). Well, anyway, I guess there is such a thing, it’s called photographs!! Ha, I am the master time pauser, the TiVo Master (except you know, like with a camera). I love that job.

Anyway…we had a session filled with exploring, revisiting favorite spots and seeing some new scenery. I fell in love with some of the old brick structures in their Lakeview neighborhood (and may I put a plea out for more parking? LOL. Saturdays are the worst day for parking in the neighborhoods of Chicago). It was a true pleasure seeing K, J and M again…I love photographing their family. They are always so kind and most of all photogenic!!

…sneak peeks below:

Little Crawler

Awww….

 

Fall Family (don’t you love the matching camel?)

Thanks for stopping in & visiting.

xoxo, Mare

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  • renee - December 3, 2007 - 10:26 am

    how do you get such great colors indoors. what kind of lens, settings and camera do you use. thanks. pics are great as usual.

Once again on Jessica Claire’s blog.  You might remember a few months back I had posted another extravagant & gorgeous birthday party idea that she had posted on her blog (once again…((SIGH)) for wonderful southern Cali weather and for children who are fortunate enough to have their birthdays in the warmer months!).  Tara, you will especially enjoy the link for this birthday party.  This is absolutely amazing.  The rainbow balloon entryway is enough to have me all excited!  Nevermind how exquisite everything else was!

Quick note on the progression of everything behind the scenes: I have about 7 orders that are getting put together this week to get sent out/called for pick up.  I also will be posting galleries for proofing towards the end of the week for you late October sessions.  Once again, my apologies, having been pretty much sick for >1 week put me a tad behind (at the worst possible time of course) and although I really didn’t rest (always got something to do with the business) I wasn’t up to my usual energy level.  Getting caught up.  Card mock ups and other such goodies are being done today for a number of clients.

Thanks to everyone who sent well wishes during my bout of illness.  I received several get well cards from clients who read the blog this past week!!  So sweet and thank you for thinking of me Melissa & Lisa!  You really made this ole sickie feel loved & appreciated.

Ok, back to work (and yes, the 5:29 a.m. timestamp is correct, I’ve been up since 3:30 a.m. working).

xoxo, Mare

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  • Elizabeth - November 16, 2007 - 8:05 am

    I hope you are sleeping.. jeez girl… I did see the photos on Jessica Claire’s site.. wow.. I cant even imagine a birthday party like that..

…is a big brother?

I had the extreme pleasure of meeting up with C again and this time it was to finally meet the new girl in town!   E (who is just so so beautiful and quiet!  Two wonderful attributes to have in a new baby) and the other love of his life, Ruby the dog.  LOVED Ruby, she was like the best behaved dog ever!

A big thanks to Candace who had me out to their home on the North Side of the city this morning for E’s newborn session.  I so enjoy new families, new babies, new additions and old clients (who are still sorta new clients…)  Candace, thank you so much for allowing me to capture this time in your lives and allowing me to see the new beginning of E’s life with your family.

Sneak peek it below!!

BABY!

Dog’s Eye View of Family

A Little Color

I must mention the smell of new highway is fresh in my mind.  They finally finished the southbound extension of I-355 and I took it home for a nice change of pace.  Smooth, sweet and wide are the only three words that could describe the new space.  LOVE options for going home (altho it is a bit out of the way).  And more newness, I just got the new Silverchair (remember them when they were like 17 y/o in the 90’s during the Grunge-y years?) album and got to listen to it without children interrupting me or cell phone calls all the way home.  Sweet.  A day of NEWs is what the title of this entry should’ve been.  🙂

 Thanks for stopping in.

xoxo, Mare

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  • Elizabeth - November 15, 2007 - 7:38 pm

    what a great session.. I love every shot

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