We all can use a little Gingko

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They say Gingko is good for increasing memory and concentration.  This little guy took that all too seriously.  Talk about baby brain building.  When I showed up at Jeffrey Mansion and Park in Bexley today, I was saddened to see the gorgeous Gingko tree had dropped all of it's leaves.  But then I discovered they were all over the ground, and hadn't been swept up yet.  They had also dropped so recently they were still silky soft and perfect for babies!

3rd session's the charm!  No sickies, happy baby!

And for my third session I had today, a little peek for them below.  Yes, it was the day of gorgeous and amazingly blue eyed babies (and kiddos).  All of their families also had family portraits taken but they are saving those for the holiday cards and gifts.  So I won't show them till after the holidays.

Yes we are just this adorable, thank you.

I also am hoping that rolling around in the Gingko leaves myself that I'll find my concentration boosted and be able to keep churning out proof galleries in time for all of your holiday gift plans. 

I'm looking forward to getting all of 2010 sessions up here on the blog after the busy season dies down, and also to finally launch my website with all of these wonderful photos plastered all over my portfolio galleries.  So it may be a little quiet here till the New Year, but there is so much awesome stuff to come!

Back in the Saddle

The end of summer was a rough one for me personally.  Two children who are friends of ours, died, of pediatric cancer.  One of those children from the same cancer my son has been fighting for 2 years.  The toll both deaths, only weeks apart, took on me was unexpected and exhausting.  Mixed in there my son had his first post chemotherapy scan, the one he relapsed in last year, and it was clean.  Or as we call it in oncology world N.E.D., no evidence of disease.  We are relieved.  My eldest also started kindergarten, and had to have an abscessed molar extracted, all within a week. 

We are trying to settle in to our new routine with school as our metronome instead of oncology appointments.  We are hoping for less surprises.  But life is full of them, isn't it?

My deepest gratitude to all of you out there.  My clients and supporters.  Thank you to those of you who had sessions in July and have been waiting patiently and with an exceptional amount of understanding to finally see your pictures.  Special thanks to the West, Keyser, and Sperling families.  Your proofs are up or will be up soon.  To those of you who helped keep me distracted in August, your sessions will be coming up shortly to the proofing galleries.  I am hoping to have a great week of editing this week.

As far as scheduling for the remainder of 2010, I am happy and sad to announce portrait session bookings are now closed (outside of a limited availability for holiday mini-sessions).  If you have previously discussed a session with me via email or at another session and we have not narrowed down a date, look for an email this week, if you don't receive one by the weekend, feel free to pop one my direction.  If you haven't scheduled a session for 2010, I look forward to meeting your family in 2011!

Back to editing!

Double the Princess Puppy

There will be pictures, lots and lots of pictures on here soon.  I have 9 sessions in my processing queue so it is time to get cracking!

This gem of sweetness was from today.  I was just running through the pictures from today's session as they downloaded, sometimes I just need to reassure myself that I did get all the shots I thought I did, and this one just screamed "share me."

If you are planning or hoping to have your child/family portraits taken with Circle the Sun Photography, now is the time to send me an email (and to the 5 of you who have in the past few days. . .the replies are coming)!  I will most likely be closing bookings for 2010 at the end of August, if not sooner.  Another reason I had to post this picture, how can you resist this double dose of cuteness?

Just Waiting to Say Hello

There's a few adorable people waiting on my computer to show off their cuteness.
Namely-

Anna,


Cailyn,


Micah,


Ella,


Maya,


and Henry.

Why??!!???

Why must you take pictures of me!?!
I just had to share this image. This session go off to a rocky start.

Long Awaited

Baby Henry is finally here. An absolute treasure of a mini-session in the hospital, mr. man was about 34 hours old.

New Friends

This week I held sessions with three new friends, and one very alert newborn (you'll have to wait till after his birth announcements!). It's always a delight to meet new clients!

On my screen

Just two of my favorite little people. . .how about you?

Warm and Snuggly

Just a little peek of what's on my computer these days.

Toasty Warm

This session was a special treat for me and my daughter, not only a photo session but an afternoon with friends wrapped in their warm and comfortable hospitality. It's an added bonus to be proofing this session in the dim light of a chilly hospital room. Just looking at them I feel warm and toasty, and hugged by momma Julie, and all four of her cherubs.

City Girl

You know it's a good session when you have a a hard time just narrowing down your favorites! Then again I am partial, seeing as she is my niece. I know, it's raining nieces on this blog! My brothers make cute kids. . .or is it their wonderful wives that get the credit?

Bliss

My scrumptious cupcake of a niece, Rebekah. And her blissed out and totally smitten by her parents. More to come.

Super Sneak!

I got a little behind in my sneak peeks, so here is a super sneak of the shoots coming up in the queue. I can't wait to get my hands on these sessions and turn out some proofs!

Getting Urban

Here are a few that caught my eye. This sneak peek has been long in coming, hopefully it won't be too long before we see proofs!

Pick a Peck of Delicious Rowan

Rowan has got a bit of an apple theme goign for his birthday photos, last year it was much colder and the apples much bigger! Just a sneak mama, more to come.