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Okay, so I haven’t been the best blogger. So maybe I’ve been the worst! I have been working on a new blog and hope to have it released soon. Please bear with me, and maybe…just maybe I will start posting more regularly!

I really want to share with you all of the fantastic shoots and weddings I have been privileged to shoot. It has been so much fun getting to know everyone, playing around with new photography techniques, and creating unique works of art, with my wonderful clients as the subjects!

Just as a teaser, here is one image of my newest spokesmodel for the class of 2010, Rose:

Rose G Spokesmodel Senior Portraits Senior Pictures

Cheers!
Kristen

We had been enjoying beautiful weather for a while, even up to the day…the hours…even the minutes before the shoot. Then, wouldn’t you know our Seattle weather would take a turn for the worst right at the last minute. I was in Alki Beach’s 7-Eleven or some other convenience store, buying some Bubblicious gum as a fun prob for the shoot. In those few moments, the rain started to fall, drop by threatening drop! That didn’t stop us, though. No, instead, we found cover in some cute areas and then ventured out into the open for the Seattle Skyline shots that Caroline was so excited to get. Here are some faves:

You gotta love the oversized lollipops!:

The fun and happy sunflowers brought a little bit of sunshine to our rainy day Seattle portrait session:

Walking and playing in the rain on our way to our next portrait stop:

Riley playing a bit of peek-a-boo:

I love how this one looks like she could just float away:



Then it was time for a bit of Seattle skyline playful portrait magic:

She has the sweetest expression on her face, and mom Kim and I know why! lol!

In her father’s loving arms:

I love intimate mommy baby moments. It’s so priceless when I can capture them in a photograph.

The whole family playing around:

I love when I get to visit my clients’ homes and scan their houses for props. It’s so fun to turn the families’ beautiful decor into photographic works of art in ways they probably never imagined. Here’s a fun trunk they had in the basement. It worked perfect for Cate’s newborn shoot:

Another sweet brother sister portrait:

Even the family dogs came out to play. I love how they’re all (even Cole) looking with the same expression!:

Awww! Sweet kisses from brother captured in a photograph!:

Here’s a wider angle of those same moments, with the whole family looking on:

Just look at this cutie-pie outfit, given to Cate as a gift:


I always love the contrast of big, daddy hands and tiny newborn bodies:

Baby Cate was getting sleepy, which always makes for some adorable photos:


…and some with a touch of precious humor!:

Ahhh…time for a mommy and daddy moment:

Thanks, Troy, Kim, Cole, and Cate, for inviting me into your home to capture these precious newborn and family photos with you!

I love the rustic elegance of this bridal photo:

Kathleen’s mom handmade her beautiful wedding veil, so I made sure to get some fun, intimate shots of the mother of the bride & the bride with the gorgeous veil:

Todd loves the great outdoors, so he, one of his onlooking groomsmen, and I crafted this shot to portray Todd as the master of the wilderness! Isn’t he though? Gotta love the low angle!

Kathleen has such a sweet smile, which you can see so beautifully in the next two photographs of the lovely bride:

Some artsy, fun bride and groom wedding day photography (Todd and Kathleen didn’t want to see each other before the ceremony, so we got to spend a little one-on-one time with the bride and then the groom before the ceremony):

So full of laughter!:

A fun shot of the groomsmen:

This is Kathleen’s sweet expression as she stood right in front of Todd after walking down the aisle for the first time. You can also see the love that Kathleen’s mom and dad have for her and Todd and how happy they are for them on this special wedding day!:

I love this next shot, especially because it was so impromptu. Just after the ceremony, the bridesmaids and groomsmen dutifully marched over to the post ceremony photography spot, and Todd and Kathleen were spending a fun, intimate moment with each other, in the midst of the hustle and bustle. I especially love the bridesmaid running to find her spot. (She had to follow the whole “girls on one side, guys on the other” routine, I guess! lol!):

After the wedding formals with both Todd and Kathleen and all of the family fun, we headed off to shoot some fun, intimate, and creative bride and groom shots with the both of them. Can’t you just feel the love?:

We did some candid lovey dovey shots:

and you gotta have some glam!:

A detail shot of one of the cute favors from the wedding reception:

First dance love:

This group was a great big bundle of fun! They had a conga line going around the room several times and danced the evening away! They would stop for nothing. I don’t think I have one shot of Vanessa (one of the lovely bridesmaids) without her hips a swingin’ and her hair a swayin’. Too much fun!

I love Kathleen’s expression in this bouquet toss photo:

So there you have it: some of my faves from Todd & Kathleen’s wedding. Thanks so much to both of you for inviting me to be a part of your special wedding day! You were all so wonderful and so much fun!

So…certainly not to make up for that all but just to give you a teaser of what is to come, here are two photos of baby Cate from her newborn portrait session the other day. I’m posting these so Cate’s mommy, Kim, and daddy, Troy, can choose their favorite for Cate’s newborn baby announcements.

I love the contrast of tiny Cate and her daddy’s big, loving hands:

Guess who made the adorable fuzzy newborn hat in this next one:

Cate’s mommy did! What an act of love.

Thanks, baby Cate and family for being such wonderful models! There are many more beautiful newborn portraits to come.

We waited until Kaden was a bit over a month old for various reasons, so he wasn’t quite as sleepy as fresh newborns are. (Well, let me rephrase that. He might have been almost as sleepy but wasn’t quite as easily sleeping through all of the portrait shooting as most just-welcomed-into-the-world newborns are.) Nevertheless, baby Kaden was a fantastic sport throughout his entire newborn shoot, enjoying time for mommy and daddy to feed him and comfort him whenever needed so that they would all be as relaxed as possible.

I want to share a few of my favorites for you all so that you can see the adorable newborn Kaden and his proud parents, along with a taste of their newborn portrait session.

I love this first photo – the lighting, and how cute and peaceful baby Kaden looks.

Here’s the family! Can’t you just feel the love?!

Shayla and I had a vision of Kaden being a little pea pod in a bed of flowers for some of his newborn portraits. Here’s the result!:

We had to add a little Asian flair!

I just almost hear baby Kaden thinking, “I want to grow up to be just like you, Daddy!”

Awww! Newborn Kaden and his buddy Elmo.:

I just love the expression on his face in the next one.:

Just look at those teeny tiny baby boots!:

Isn’t he such a cutie pie!? Shayla, Peter, and baby Kaden, thanks so much for making me a part of this special time in your life. It will fly by so quickly, believe me! It’s so perfect to capture your treasured moments in photos.

By the way, if you’re want to know more about being a spokesmodel for Kristen Buchmann Photography, just go to my main site, hit the “details” button, and then hit the “spokesmodels” button. Please contact me for more info and to see if there are still available spokesmodel positions for your high school senior class. (I’m currently looking for high school juniors to represent next year’s seniors.)

Here’s that cool door I was talking about. Doesn’t it play off of her shirt for a beautiful portrait?!

I always love finding fun walls that show a bit of city culture while providing the perfect portrait backdrop.

A little play with a texture I made:

Glowing beauty:

Some pseudo tilt-shift play:

Doesn’t Emily look so elegant in this portrait? Look out 2009 Seniors!

I love to play with lighting and the challenge it presents. Sometimes I manipulate the least sought-after lighting, photographically speaking, and transform it into a beautiful portrait presentation:

Well, there are so many more to show, but let’s consider this a teaser. Head on over to my MySpace site and my Facebook page to see more. Become my MySpace friend and please become my fan on my Facebook page! Spread the word and then contact me for your own state-of-the art senior portrait session (or family portrait session or…you get the idea!)

Cheers!

Kristen

During the shoot at their house, we had a ton of fun as the family piled on the couch and the bed, all while we worked our hardest to get little toddler Chloe to smile. (Just to give you an idea of how much of a challenge this was, I’ll tell you that they have a total of one picture of Chloe smilng!!) Well, I did manage to get a few more, along with a number of other fun portraits.

Here are a few of the faves:

A happy Chloe and her bro and sis (yes, I think you can call that a smile of sorts!):

Playing around with the fam:

Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil…This was Rich’s fun idea. The kids didn’t really get it, but it makes for a really fun portrait!:

Mmmm…..

Just look at those cute little feet!

Playing on the bed:

Oops!

What a cute family portrait session those little kiddos made. Thanks guys!

Now, if anyone deserves to be pampered, it would be a pregnant lady who has been carrying around a whole little person in her belly for almost nine months (did you know that the whole thing really lasts around ten months,?) probably suffering from swollen feet and a lack of sleep and just plain old carrying around all of that extra weight all day. (Not to mention, in Shayla’s case, still working two jobs while pregnant, putting that maternity leave on hold!) Well, It was perfect that Shayla got to enjoy an Ultimate Makeup Session while I was setting up the lights, props, and backgrounds downstairs…and boy did she look gorgeous!

We started out with a fun, fresh look, shooting both Shayla and the baby’s papa, Peter, amongst some pillows with an ethnic flair and a wrinkly white background.

Okay, for any of you who have been (or are) pregnant, I’m sure you can relate to that everlasting dilemma: Do I eat chocolate or fruit? doughnuts or whole wheat bagels? Well, Shayla played it up for the camera with some cupcakes that I had specially made for the shoot, along with the ever-so-healthy Granny Smith apple. That cupcake was just taunting her, as she playfully rebuked it.

The great debate:

Then, I draped Shayla in a satiny red cloth to show off her beautiful pregnant body to make for some chic maternity portraits. Mmmm…How elegant!

Lovin’ her belly:

And out came Peter again to ham it up for some more of Shayla’s maternity portraits:

Shayla was just tickled by how cute Peter looked as he cuddled with her belly! Awww…

Balancing those precious little baby booties. Can you believe feet come that small?! Babies are such amazing little creations.

Be sure to check the site back later for more of Shayla’s maternity portraits, because I’ve decided to add her to my featured galleries in the website that is under construction.

Thanks, Shayla and Peter! You were both so fun to work with, and I just loved how you were open to all of the creativity.