The S Family

This weekend I was honored to meet the S family for another Inspiration Through Art (Formerly Littlest Heroes Project) photo session at the Botanical Gardens on the Mall in DC.  Little Miss E. was diagnosed in vitro with Turner Syndrome.  She was given a slim chance of survival to full term, but defied the odds and continues to be a strong fighter.  At just five days old Miss E and her family went through the scary ordeal of major heart surgery, but she’s recovered beautifully, and obviously brings her family a lot of joy.

She’s a tough little fighter, but she definitely showed us her glamourous side on Sunday.

Our session was even more special because her Grandma was visiting from the West Coast, so we were able to get some shots of all the girls together!

September 3, 2010 - 11:47 am

Sue - Well done, Kelly! The family should certainly cherish these pictures.

September 2, 2010 - 9:11 pm

Beryl - What a cutie!!! I love all of her headbands and that pic with her on dad’s shoulders is priceless. :)

September 2, 2010 - 5:18 pm

Becca - Gorgeous family and gorgeous pictures!!

September 2, 2010 - 4:26 pm

Marcia Stuhler - Ohh how precious, I always love generation pics!! Great job K!

Where Did the Summer Go?

I can hardly believe that it’s August 31 today.  This summer has flown by for the Nelson family.  In less than a week, I’ll be welcoming home my first grader from his big first day of school!  As we move into September, I am excited to announce that I am completely booked for weekends through October.  If you would like to schedule a weekend session in November, please contact me as soon as possible to reserve your spot.  I will not be scheduling any sessions from Thanksgiving through the New Year.

Several people have asked if I’m going to be bringing back Holiday Mini-Sessions.  I’d love to have an idea of the level of interest in scheduling this type of session in early November. Mini-Sessions last only 20 minutes, with 5-10 photos to choose from.  They are perfect for getting a great shot for holiday gifts or cards.  If you’d be interested in this type of a session, send me an email at kelly@kellynphotography.com.   If there is enough interest I will set aside a weekend in November and maybe we’ll get a photo worth drooling over…

This little cutie is from my most recent Inspiration Through Art (formerly Littlest Heroes) photo session. Check back later this week to hear her story and to see my favorites from our session.

September 1, 2010 - 8:15 am

Marcia Stuhler - OMG perfect shot! Love it! Try not to cry when he comes home from his first big day….I am sure it will be hard.

The J Family {Duck, NC}

Sorry for the long absence.  My boys and I took a much needed vacation to the Outer Banks last week.  We had a wonderful time, and I had the chance to catch up with my first college friend…

When I walked into my suite at the University of Virginia on the first day of first year, I was a little bit worried.  You see, my roommate-to-be had sent me the traditional “getting to know you” letter (yes, we wrote real letters then), and she described herself in every way as the complete opposite of me.   When I showed up at school- me with my floral comforter, her with her black one; my secret antiperspirant – her crystal deodorant stone; my Birkenstocks – her combat boots… my fears magnified tenfold.  Fortunately, in the room next door, there was a similar mis-matched pairing, and Kathy and I found safety in each other.  I can remember countless nights standing with her at fraternity parties, trying to force ourselves to enjoy the awful beer and wondering how anyone could actually claim to like the stuff,  her teaching me how to drive a stick shift, and then actually letting me take her car occasionally, her teasing me as I went off to my “coke dates” where I would actually study with the guys from my engineering classes – no one ever seemed to believe that that actually happened.

As the years passed, we drifted apart, but recently reconnected on Facebook (have I mentioned how much I love FB?). When she found out that I was going to be in the Outer Banks of North Carolina at the same time that she’d be there with her girls, we set up a photo session at Duck Town Park.  It was wonderful to see her again, and her daughters were adorable.

I was thrilled to learn that Kathy is expecting a third addition to their family later this fall.  Even though she didn’t think she was far enough along to take real maternity photos, she obliged me with this one.  With one obvious exception she hasn’t changed a bit since first year!

Miss L is getting ready to head off to kindergarten this fall, and Kathy wanted to capture some images of her little girl before she started losing teeth…  I think this was my last shot of the day.  I always love it when I end on such a good note!

Miss M put on quite a performance on a little stage we found at the Duck Town Park.  She gave a wonderful rendition of Jingle Bells – I believe this shot was part of the grand finale :)

Kathy and her girls were staying at her parent’s house while on vacation.  They came along and were great assistants, and they even got to be in a few shots!

I’m going to end with my two favorites – sitting by the Sound…

Kathy- it was great to see you again and to meet your beautiful girls.  I hope it won’t be another 13 years before we see each other again!
{For those who were wondering, I think of each pairing in our suite, my roommate and I actually got along better than any other pair of roommates did… the fact that we didn’t ever try to do anything together probably helped….}
August 24, 2010 - 9:02 pm

Sue - Kel,

Every time you blog, we learn more about you…

Great pictures! M&D

August 24, 2010 - 12:13 pm

Kate - Exquisite, as always, Kelly. Of course I’m partial to photos of the wee ones, and the close-ups of beautiful Miss L and glorious performer Miss M are definitely my favorites. Gorgeous shoot!

Together

I updated my blog template this weekend, and am in the process of setting up some new galleries to showcase my work.  This gallery is the Together Gallery which includes images of families, couples and siblings.  I’m still in the process of working out all the kinks with this new setup, so I apologize if things go haywire.  If you run into problems with how anything is performing on here, please let me know!

Growing

I updated my blog template this weekend, and am in the process of setting up some new galleries to showcase my work. This gallery is the Growing Gallery.  I’m still in the process of working out all the kinks with this new setup, so I apologize if things go haywire.  If you run into problems with how anything is performing on here, please let me know!