Believe...

The whole mall Santa operation is a bit frustrating....especially as a photographer (I guess I can call myself that now, right?)  We waited until they opened back up after Santa's break and were first in line....only they opened 15 minutes late.  They weren't so cheery either.  Anyway, everyone did really well with Santa but then our picture came and it was orange.  I don't recall using fake tanning lotion on them before going, ha.  So, I complained and they fixed their equipment and they came back and asked me "Does this look better?"  Yes, it did...only it wasn't our little boy.  :(  So, I went off with the cd of the image knowing I could fix it in Photoshop....except that the image I bought wasn't exactly on the cd...and neither was one of Katie's pig tails.  :0  So, Grandma H scanned in the orange file for me and I went to work on it making do with the resolution.  (As a photographer I have to note that this is legal since I had the cd and rights to the image... that wasn't on the cd...hmmm).

Ok, so here is our Santa memory for 2010...(and of course I have to include the before...looks like I smeared that lotion on their hair also)...

Magic...

I've come to terms with the fact that I'm way behind on blogging.  Sometimes I go to make a new post but become overwhelmed at how long it might take.  So lately I've just been posting whatever I can whenever I can.  I want to do a long Thanksgiving post about our wonderful visit to St. Louis for Thanksgiving but for tonight I'm just posting 3 pics of the girls at the Magic House in St. Louis during our visit.  Thanks Grandma and Grandpa H for all the fun!  Max says thanks for the ribs too...

The Magic House is truly a magical and super fun place...we spent 5 hours there!  Here is Allie being a doctor in the nursery at the hospital, Emmie being President in the oval office and Katie being a scientist in the lab....

My Little Model...

Allie loves being my little model.  In fact, today she told me she would give me extra stickers if I took pictures of her.  :)  How could I resist?



The story it tells....or doesn't tell...

I currently have an obsession with silhouettes.  I love them.  I had a vision of all 4 plus Max standing there hanging out all lined up with a pretty sky developing.  Honestly, I knew it wouldn't happen but I had to try anyway.  :)  There is a lot that has to go right for a great silhouette....well, it didn't happen, ha.

So what is going on here?  High winds, arguing, Will was scared and starting to get down on his hands and knees....but, hey, atleast they're all in the frame.  :0



However, I do love this silhouette I took of Emmie's friend from last week...

If you read this blog and have a vision of a silhouette you would like done, leave me a comment...I'd love to play!