can believe this little dude is all grown up?  here he was back in april 2007

and look at him now!  (and this little one, too – here she was just a couple of years ago!)

can you believe it’s september? where did summer go?  my girls went back to school this week and my life is so QUIET now, i wasn’t ready for our lazy days to end and our early mornings to begin.  good thing i have your crazy kiddos to keep me company during the week.  :)

so! portrait day is back.  this past spring, i changed it up a little and instead of doing 2 loooooong days, i did 4 shorter days, spread out over two weekends.  this worked BEAUTIFULLY on my end and i received great feedback from you guys, too.  i love the feedback so keep it coming, i’m all ears.

so this fall, portrait day will be offered on these mornings:

friday, september 23
saturday, september 24
saturday, october 1
sunday, october 2

as always, portrait day sessions are complimentary 5-10 minute mini sessions for kiddos only.  the resulting images (we aim for 5-10) are presented to you online within a week of your appointment.  ordered prints/files/products will be ready for pickup in time for holiday gift-giving and card mailing.

to register online, please visit:

http://www.christineplamann.com/portraitday/

as always, please call or email with any questions

i am often asked what sort of “baby plan” i offer to document the milestones of baby’s first year.  six or seven years ago, i developed the ‘year in the life collection’ which was an instant hit and has proved to be very, very popular over the years.  in it’s current form, it involves 3 or 4 weekday sessions over the course of a bit more than a year, and a beautifully custom-designed coffee table book containing images from each session.   it’s really a wonderful way to capture a child’s first year (perhaps maternity, newborn, 7-8 months and one year) or even just your family over the seasons (building a snowman in the winter, puddle jumping in the spring, a lemonade stand in the summer, and the coveted fall colors portrait session in the fall).  i love seeing how families divvy up their sessions but most of all, i love getting to watch the babies grow up and for the older kids, seeing them often enough to develop a rapport with them.

so speaking of year in the life collections, this is this little dude’s 3rd session with me.  his first session was while he was in his mama’s belly, second was at just a few days old.

brothers.

this one is an outtake-turned-favorite.  each time i see it, i smile and laugh.  boys, boys.