{"id":800,"date":"2008-11-04T20:44:56","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T02:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/?p=800"},"modified":"2008-11-04T20:44:56","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T02:44:56","slug":"happy-election-day-suburban-chicago-childrens-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/happy-election-day-suburban-chicago-childrens-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Election Day : Suburban Chicago Children&#8217;s Photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope everyone has gotten out to vote.&nbsp; In this era of jaded views it&#8217;s more important than ever to take part in the voting process.&nbsp; Hopefully changes will happen in the coming few years that will set a solid foundation for our children&#8217;s future&#8230;this has been my biggest concern.&nbsp; I won&#8217;t go on about political stuff because frankly to me it&#8217;s much less exciting than kid&#8217;s portraits but nonetheless voicing our desires via the vote is the most responsible thing.&nbsp; You can&#8217;t complain if you don&#8217;t vote my dad used to say.<\/p>\n<p>I found this amazing chill music on open source audio.&nbsp; I think it&#8217;s the whole album.&nbsp; It&#8217;s called My Feel India Chill (sort of meshing with my yoga &#8211; Indian mood as of late).&nbsp; It&#8217;s half hour in length but I totally love the first and second songs.&nbsp; Worth keeping my blog on to listen to.&nbsp; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<embed width=\"446\" height=\"38\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/flow\/FlowPlayerLight.swf\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" quality=\"high\" bgcolor=\"ffffff\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" flashvars=\"config={&quot;controlBarBackgroundColor&quot;:&quot;0x000000&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:false,&quot;baseURL&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/&quot;,&quot;showVolumeSlider&quot;:true,&quot;controlBarGloss&quot;:&quot;high&quot;,&quot;playList&quot;:[{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;Chillindia\/My_Feel-In_The_Chill_india.mp3&quot;}],&quot;showPlayListButtons&quot;:true,&quot;usePlayOverlay&quot;:false,&quot;menuItems&quot;:[false,false,false,false,true,true,false],&quot;initialScale&quot;:&quot;scale&quot;,&quot;autoPlay&quot;:false,&quot;autoBuffering&quot;:false,&quot;showMenu&quot;:false,&quot;showMuteVolumeButton&quot;:true,&quot;showFullScreenButton&quot;:false}&amp;\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So TARA, I KNOW YOU&#8217;RE WAITING!!&nbsp; I won&#8217;t bore you all with details however let&#8217;s just say this is the best group of five kids ever.&nbsp; I am so fortunate to be their family photographer and have cherished watching them grow up this past three years (and four sessions!)&nbsp; Here are a few sneak peeks from the Country Girl portion of my Sunday this past weekend:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/_D2O7017duo.jpg\" alt=\"sassy!\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/_D2O7047.jpg\" alt=\"contemplative\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/_D2O7043.jpg\" alt=\"happy!\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/_D2O7303.jpg\" alt=\"thoughtful\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/_D2O7312.jpg\" alt=\"growing up too fast (and too handsome)\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I can&#8217;t wait to totally dive into this session&#8230;it makes me happy.&nbsp; E girl was much more into getting photographed than in years past and looked surreal among the tall grasses in her silk blouse &amp; skirt.&nbsp; I was in love with the gorgeousness!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/_D2O7210.jpg\" alt=\"surreal\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(sigh.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve always said I love November light.&nbsp; Now you can see why!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thanks Tara &amp; Alan for allowing me to watch (via the camera) your beautiful family grow&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope everyone has gotten out to vote.&nbsp; In this era of jaded views it&#8217;s more important than ever to take part in the voting process.&nbsp; Hopefully changes will happen in the coming few years that will set a solid foundation for our children&#8217;s future&#8230;this has been my biggest concern.&nbsp; 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