Running on the grass, going for a walk around Balboa Park, playing frisbee and just hanging out with your best friend….sounds like the perfect day. And I think for Colby, this black retriever, it was.
Both Julia and I love dogs. Our yellow lab, Roxy, is always laying at our feet when we are on the computer. She’s ready to play fetch at any moment, and our family is more complete with her in it. So we understand when people want to have photos taken of their animals. Jennifer contacted us a few weeks ago looking for some photos to take back with her to northern California. She was having to leave Colby here in San Diego, but hopefully these photographs help her remember the bond they share. Working with dogs can be a little nerve racking at times, but Colby was content to just walk with us as we hung out at Balboa Park. He loved catching his frisbee. While he was certainly curious about the family of squirrels in the leaves, he was quick to come running when called. Thank you, Jennifer for a fun time at the park. Hope you enjoy this sneak peek of your photos.
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We’re still catching up on blogging some of the sessions that we did earlier in the year. I can’t believe it took so long to get this posted. Kirsten contacted us on a referral from Sara and Ed. You may remember the family and baby photos we did with them and their beautiful little boy and his cool monkey pillows.
Kirsten has something that we do not. Kirsten has GRACE. We have accepted that WE are not graceful. The bruise on my toe, the noises I make when I sit (or stand up), the coffee drips on Julia’s shirt and still bent glasses from a recent bicycling fall…all signs that God did not bless either of us with an overabundance of the graceful gene. That’s okay. We’ve come to accept that as who we are. Hopefully our kids will learn someday to accept that of themselves too. We gave Ainsley the nickname “Crash”, for a reason. However, when Kirsten walks, she glides. But it wasn’t only the outward sense of fluidity in motion, it’s internal too. She has that balance of confidence and down-to-earth-ness (yes! my blog, I can make up phrases.). She’s a trained and accomplished dancer who recently left the Sacramento Ballet Company to move to San Diego. Her grace clearly carried over into her new role as a mother. While she mentioned the usual nervousness that comes with being a new mom, it is obvious that she is a natural and LOVES the new role. Luke’s quiet strength and casual demeanor helps create a very comfortable home to be in.
Here’s a few shots of baby Benjamin and his parents from our shoot back in mid-May.
To see some of our other newborn and baby photos, go here.
Newborn photo shoots are different than any other type of shoot. We always aim to have fun, be comfortable, and just relax during every shoot, but there is a sense of peace that inevitably comes during each of our visits to a family with a newborn. This was our 3rd time photographing this family. By now, we kinda know what to expect. They are such easy people to get along with. The new little addition to the family had a few rough nights in the week before we saw him, but he was a ready and willing subject during our time in their home.
At Schafer Photography, we feel passionate about the importance of education. We both have strong ties to the education field. Without question, teachers give their heart and soul to their profession. Day-in and day-out, these people provide guidance and love to kids in ever increasing class sizes for less and less money. This year, once again, our kids were blessed with phenomenal teachers who not only challenged them in reading, writing, and math, but also modeled the caring personality, insightful, and resilient character traits that we hope to instill in Christopher and Ainsley. This summer we are offering a special package for all teachers.
Teachers Rock! Package: $350.00:
Book a session between now and Labor Day and receive:
- 1-2 hour photo session
- Online private gallery of digitally edited photos
- Complete full resolutions images on disc with copyright release to have images printed at your favorite lab
- Web sized images to share with friends and family through email /social networking sites.
Feel free to send this information to any teachers you know. In fact…send it to anyone you know who works at a school (this offer will apply to any school employee). You can even use the “Sharing is Caring” buttons at the bottom of this post to send it out easily.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Posted in random
People often ask us how we make the photo collages you see often on our blog and facebook fan page. We used to create each one in photoshop from scratch until we found MCP blog and the MCP photoshop actions. If you have photoshop, these actions make it incredibly easy to make collages of your own. She even has a few free photoshop action samples to try if you are interested.
Since no post is complete without a photo…here’s a collage of our son making a school project. He read a biography on the Wright Brothers and made a 1903 flyer out of toothpicks, butcher meat styrofoam trays, and a gluegun (with a little supervision from mom).
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