Children



There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million. ~ Walt Streightiff




Miss M at 1 year – Garner Baby Photographer

Posted on July 19, 2010

Say hello to Miss M. What a little mover she is! She wanted to look and play with everything.  Like any one year old, it was hard to keep her in one spot. I remember this age so well.

She was an angel during the whole shoot.  I had a lot of fun with her and she is a cutie.

"one year old girl"

Just look at this adorable face!
"girl with polka dots"

When she was done playing with something or was just not interested in it, she would just throw it! I love her diva attitude!

"girl with tutu"

I love this expression. “OK, I am teething and I am ready for my nap!  Are we done yet?”
"baby in a pink chair"

I am looking forward to seeing them again in a few days for some outdoor family portraits.




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Happy July 4th Baby! – Raleigh Baby Photographer

Posted on July 1, 2010

I had the pleasure of having this handsome little guy in front of my camera lens again. Last time I saw him he was 3 months old, you can see him here.

Now he is 6 months old. With his beautiful eyes and adorable smile, I could take pictures of him all day, and I almost did! Here are just a few of this cutie.
"smiling baby boy"
"4th of July baby"

He is teething and he spent most of the time chewing on the tie but I did capture a few shots without it in his mouth. No critiquing how the tie is tied. My husband was out of town and I had to google how to tie one!
baby boy wearing a tie"

He was so focused on tasting the cereal, I don’t think he really cared that he was sitting in a bowl. He is always such an easy baby to work with.
"baby in cereal"




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Father’s Day golf session – Eagle Ridge Golf Club

Posted on June 23, 2010

I did these pictures for my husband for Father’s Day. We both love to play golf and hopefully we can pass the love of the game on to her.

I took these at Eagle Ridge Golf Club.

http://www.playateagleridge.com/er-golf.cfm

After a very busy week, I finally found time to do this shoot on a Friday, 3pm, Father’s Day weekend. I just knew they would be way too busy to allow me to get on the course. The guys in the pro shop were so nice and accommodating. They were having a tournament but they suggested a few places that I could take a my pictures. They even offered me a golf cart! Since it was so very hot, I opted to just to stay at the clubhouse and use the first and 9th hole for a quick session.

We still need to work on her grip.
"girl playing golf"

It was very hot and she was looking into the sun but she did great.
"girl with golf club"

My cutie is is ready for her tee time!
"girl ready for tee time"

I can’t wait to see this storyboard up in his office.

Last weekend we were so busy that he did not get to have his lazy weekend so he gets to be lazy this weekend.

Happy Father’s Day Honey!




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Our NC Outer Banks Vacation

Posted on June 15, 2010

We just got back from our vacation to Kill Devil Hills in the beautiful NC Outer Banks. We discovered a little jewel of a motel last year and there was no doubt about where we would stay this year.

The Cavalier Motel started in 1949. It is the classic 50’s type motel with the “U” shape building layout with the pool in the middle of the parking lot. There are no key cards here but real keys with the classic big, plastic, diamond keychain. I forgot to take a picture of that for y’all.

The oceanfront rooms are ON the beach as you can see in the last picture in the collage below. They also have a great playground.  We had breakfast on the porch each morning and you can’t beat the view from those chairs.  You take 4 steps off the porch and your toes are in the sand.  I told you that the rooms were ON the beach!

"The Cavalier Motel, NC"

We were able to watch dolphins everyday and I did catch one picture of flipping out of the water and onto his back. I was on the porch so I was not too close to the water but I wanted to share it anyway.
"leaping dolphin"

My daughter LOVED the water as you can see from these pics.

"playing in the waves"
"outer banks ocean fun"
"fun in the ocean"
"jumping over the waves"

This motel is family owned, friendly and clean but it is very old school! From the wood grain walls to the paper bath mat, so much of it is still just as it was in the 60’s but we love it. (Yes I said “paper” bath mat with a map pf NC places to see on it. I have not seen those since I was little! We now take our own bath mat just to make it feel a little more like home.)

http://cavaliermotel.net/

Check it out if you are planning a trip to the Outer Banks. Make sure you look at the tour/history section of the website. The last and only color picture is from the 60’s and it looks like what you will see today.




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Raleigh Farmer’s Market Photography

Posted on June 3, 2010

I love going to the Farmer’s Market and I proud that I have passed that onto my daughter. She loves walking around, looking and tasting…..well she really only will eat the cantaloupe and watermelon. But she does enjoy looking, touching and asking what things are.

I love cooking and there is so much inspiration to be found.
"Raleigh market"

I love the colors, smells and textures of everything.
"Raleigh farmers market veggies"

These will be used to make a Strawberry Trifle for a family reunion this weekend.
"fresh strawberries"

On this trip we were there to get some fruit, some freshly made salsa, a few flowers and Kathryn really wanted a cactus.
"Raleigh flower market"

After looking for about 10 minutes, she finally picked the winning cactus.
"child with cactus plant"

Go out and support your local farmers!!!




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Marbles Kids Museum – Raleigh Child Photographer

Posted on May 25, 2010

Wow! It has been a busy summer so far! Since I missed doing my blog last week I thought I would show you some of what we have been busy with.

Something we do quite often is go to Marbles.  I took a lot of snapshots in an attempt to show y’all what this museum is all about!

http://www.marbleskidsmuseum.org/

They have a lot of interactive activities to do in the “town.” A grocery store, kitchen, cafe, fire station, post office, hospital, farmer’s market and a garden. It is just so wonderful for their creative minds!

Cooking in the kitchen.

"girl play cooking"

I love this chess board. She just likes moving the pieces around.

"large chess board"

Some of the other fun things that Kat and her friend did that day. There is so much to do, you could stay all day and the kids would bever get board.

Shopping, yoga and painting.

"marbles museum activities"

Argggh!
"pirate girl"

She was being a fish in the aquarium room.
"fish room"

This surfboard was in the revolving exhibit, Power2Play World Tour.  It was her favorite!  I was amazed how quickly she found her balance.
"surfer girl"

As you can see, Marbles is a must do for locals and visitors. And the best part, it only cost $5 per person for the whole day.




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Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 4, 2010

Mother’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. It took 4 long years to get my little miracle baby, Kathryn. So I am very thankful to be a part of this day.

One of my favorite things to do with Kathryn is reading to her. We do this every night. She is in her comfy jammies, she snuggles close to me, she is quiet and and I get her complete attention.

So in honor of Mother’s Day I thought I would share some of our favorite books.

I have favorite books from my childhood. I worked with children from high school to college so I have seen and read a lot of books. I have a BA in English, and in the mountains and mountains of books I had to read, I did sneak in some children’s literature classes. I am a firm believer that reading is beneficial in so many ways, but I am not going to give you a public service announcement!  I just want to share some of our favorites.

I love books so much that I painted Dr. Seuss book covers on the walls of  her nursery before she was born and I started reading to her when she was around 5-6 months old.

I started with these classics.

"classic books for baby"

She would crawl to a book, drag it to me and crawl into my lap and it would just melt my heart!

Once I started taking her to the library we really started having fun with reading.

Here are some of our favorites just from the past year.

“Mrs. Biddlebox” by Linda Smith. A creative book about taking your bad day, baking it into a cake, eating it up leaving you with a wonderful night.
"mrs biddlebox book"

“Dumpy La Rue” by Elizabeth Winthrop. A book about a pig who wants to dance.
"dumpy la rue book"

Any and all of the Jane Yolen “How do Dinosaurs” series. Here are just three.
"jane yolen books"

“Do Not Open This Book.” A recent favorite (found this week) by Michaela Muntean. I think I love this book more than Kathryn. It is so funny!
"do not open this book"

Try these books out.

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!




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Garner Child Photographer – My anti-photo daughter

Posted on April 14, 2010

I have always been a shutterbug.  In high school and college I had a Minolta SLR.  I even worked in a photo lab printing photos for a while.  When digital photography started, I bought a little point and shoot camera.  It was easy and I could take it anywhere.

After Kathryn was born, I was taking a lot of pictures of course.  Actually, I was taking a lot while I was pregnant and I have a large belly bump progression collage to prove it.  But, I will spare everyone from seeing it!

My poor baby always had a camera in her face.  Here are a few snap shots from her first days.

"newborn baby girl"

A rare shot of Mommy on the other side of the lens.

"mommy and newborn"

When she started walking I realized that I needed to go back to my SLR.  This allowed me the ability to be more creative so in her face went another but larger camera.

I took her picture all the time.

When she was sad.

"tear baby"

When she wanted Mommy pick her up.

"blue eyed baby"

When she was having a bad hair day.

"girl on slide"

My poor girl was not safe even when she was sleeping.

"sleeping girl"

I would take fun snow days and turn them into fashion photo shoots.  Cute coat but who wears this while making a snowman?

"snow day"

Maybe it was this constant flashing and clicking that has turned her into an anti photo kid.  It is like pulling teeth to get her to sit for a picture or to simply act normal.  This is what I have to work with these days.

"funny girl"

A recent Easter shoot started silly and turned into grumpy and pouting.

"silly"

It is rare but sometimes I can catch her off guard and get a nice portrait.

"little girl portrait"

So when you ask to see new pictures of my daughter, and I laugh…..you know why!




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Mother’s Day Photography Specials

Posted on April 7, 2010

"mother's day photography sale"

"Mother's day family photo session"




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Spring is coming! – Garner Family Photographer

Posted on March 12, 2010

Spring is right around the corner. We have had a few days of nice weather with highs in the upper 60’s. The trees have been full of singing birds and so I decided to let Kathryn make Pine Cone Bird Feeders.

I forgot how much she dislikes peanut butter. She really, really did not like the smell of it.
"little girl and stinky peanut butter"

She tried to smear the peanut butter on but in the end, the smell was too “yucky” for her so Mommy had to take over this part.
"making a pine cone bird feeder"

She did well with rolling it in the bird seed and was very proud of what she had made.
"rolling pine cone in bird seeds"
"finished bird feeder craft"

It did not take long for the squirrels to find them. We actually only have 2 or the 3 left on our trees. Not sure where the squirrels took it but I hope they found it tasty.
"pine cone feeder finished"




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