I feel like I’ve been ignoring this blog, but it’s not for lack of things to write about.  Lots has been happening, and I’m looking forward to blogging about these things.  One thing that’s been keeping me quite busy is three straight days of shooting from morning until night at a Janie & Jack kids clothing store.  I photographed oodles of adorable children, and I’m looking forward to sharing some images from those sessions soon.  Check back soon!

From the moment we cradle our children in our arms for the first time, we take photographs of them. When they are first born, their itsy bitsy noses, tiny toes, and curled lips fascinate us. It’s almost instinctual to try to preserve the moments of their childhood through pictures. In what seems like a blink of an eye, these little newborns become chubby babies, then running toddlers, and then go off to school. Those photographs become some of the most treasured items that your children will take with them throughout their lives, creating a value to them that is priceless. The snapshots that your family take will be so important for preserving your legacy and your memories. And then there are the images of your family that you DREAM of, that you may not be able to get on your own. What are those? That is what I am driven to capture for you! It brings me immense joy to be able to take the professional talent and skills I’ve been honing for many years, and apply them to helping families preserve these special moments in ways that they often have trouble doing themselves.

Thank you for reading this. It feels so good to have put that all down on paper, as it feels VERY authentic to me.

P.S .  If you haven’t become a fan on my facebook fan page yet, please do.  Here’s a link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Los-Angeles-CA/Susan-E-Photography/141933555261

I saw this contest today, and I thought that some of my readers who are engaged to be married would be interested in this Ultimate Wedding Contest by Crate & Barrel.  They are giving away a dream wedding worth $100,000.  Oh, it sounds luxurious!  Here’s the link: ultimate wedding contest:  http://www.crateandbarrel.com/ultimatewedding/Default.aspx

Do you know anyone who’s pregnant?  Please have them contact me right away!  The newborn model sessions will be geared around incorporating some new ideas and props.   Those that participate get a complementary session, and more.

It’s for a limited number of participants, and some restrictions apply. For example, the baby must 10 days or younger at the time of the session. Email me at susan@susanephotography.com for the details.  I’m excited, as I’m planning on photographing oodles of newborns and babies this season!  By the way, please become a fan on my facebook page:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Los-Angeles-CA/Susan-E-Photography/141933555261

For those who are pregnant and can not participate in this casting call, you can email me for a $50 credit towards prints/products for a future paid session.  Perhaps your delivery date falls after these casting call dates. You just have to email me by 2/28/10, and not have booked with me in the past.

More info on this casting call:

- FREE session!

- You receive one free 8×10 of your choice.

- You must be willing to sign a model release so that the images can be used on my blog and website

- Session will take place at your home, and you must live in the Los Angeles area.

- This is for babies due in February or early March, 2010

Please tell your friends, and/or post this on facebook, etc.  Also, if you know of someone who’s pregnant and due later than early March, alert them as well.  I can put them on my mailing list for future events, news and specials.

Thank You!  Now no post would be complete without a picture or two of adorable, squishy babies:

Overdue, this little guy just wanted to stay in his mommy’s tummy as long as he could.  Who could blame him, right?  Weighing in at over 10 lbs and measuring over 22 inches at birth, he’s a big boy!  He was such a delight, though, throughout our photo session.  He hardly fussed at all, and was quite cooperative.  Ahhh, I just love photographing newborn babies!!!!  By the way, this little guy is 7 days old in these pictures.  The younger the better for newborn portraits.

Continuing my blogging on your family holiday photo shoots.  This is another special family to me.  Little Ms. O has so much personality as you can see here.  Her brother was a little more coy the day of our photo shoot, but we still got some fun pictures of him as well.

These are from just before the holidays.  Since the holidays were quite busy, I figured now would be a nice time to blog about a few of the families from our school fundraiser holiday mini sessions.  More to come in the next few weeks.

I just love this family.  I got to photograph baby E alone when she was just a few days old.  That was over 9 months ago.  My how she’s grown!

As a thank you for each new client you refer who books a regular paid session with me, I will reward you with a $50 print credit to be applied to future session.  There’s no limit to the amount of credits you can accumulate.  Refer four friends who book and receive a complementary session in addition to your print credits.  You need not be a current client of mine to participate.  Referral credits are non-transferrable.

This is a friend of mine’s dog.  Too cute!  I’ve recently been photographing more pets, and it’s been fun.

Look at this cute little boy with blue eyes.  Mom was right on when she picked out the shirt based on his eyes.