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Summer Heat and the Phoenician

Posted on July 14, 2009

Over the last three months I have learned a lot — I mean a lot. I always thought that I would not enjoy working with kids, especially younger ones. But I was so wrong…

Last weekend I had the chance to have a session at the Phoenician. I was trilled that my husband agreed to go with me. I love having him with me when I go for a session – he is so knowable and I appreciate his advice on photo shoots.

As you can expect, it was hot (really hot) last weekend. I have never worked so hard on formatting photos (don’t worry, I won’t go into details – ) …Well, one of the kids was sweet little 2-year-old Tyler. I really bonded with him on the session on June 19th. He even gave me a hug this time…

Let me share some shots with him and his cousins that flew in from California for the holiday weekend…

I just love this face. I told my client that I would like little Tyler as my model . You have to admit, his face is just too cute — oh and those sweet, big eyes…

Here is a shot all four kids — check out Tyler’s sweet expression in this shot — too cute

The next shot is of Kyrra and Bobby (Tyler’s older brother) …Loving it!!!! Check out Kira’s eyes — just marvelous…

Okay, now I need to find some girls to photograph…Check out this sweet shot. Her eyes are just stunning, don’t you agree?

If by chance, you are reading this post, have girl(s) between the ages of 3 and 8, I would love to hear from you. Please use my contact form, enter “Blog Post” in the ‘where did you find us’ section, and ‘Girl(s) Fall session’ in the message box. I will be waiving the session fee for you (first one to contact me only).

I wanted to share one more photo from last weekend’s session. I am planning to add couples to my portfolio in the Fall. Doesn’t the background almost look like a fake? I promise you, it is not – the shot is also taken at the Phoenician — outside…

Thanks for stopping by today…until next time…

Here I Am…

Posted on June 7, 2009

Okay, it has been taking me a while to get this site up and running, but now “Here I Am”…Iris Nelson Portraits is open for business

So far, I had the opportunity for two photo shoots. The first one was a while ago – May 3rd. A friend had asked me to take some photos of her kids (teen/tween). To tell you the truth – I was nervous as anything. Although I have been taking photos for over a year, portraits was a new adventure…

Darcy’s kids are a lot of fun; I actually had a hard time keeping a straight face…Here are some of the shots I took. The first photo is Paul – he had me in stitches the entire time..

Next is Ricky…I really had a hard time getting him to smile…

Marissa is beautiful, and shy…but I did get here to smile

Here is the last one — a family shot (have to work on my skills to get three active subjects to be still and smile at the same time )

Let me know what you think…Hopefully by the middle of the week I have some photos of Alexis’ photo-shoot to share with you. Alexis is gorgeous and out of the 90+ shots I took of her, 85 came out marvelously…

Until than…toodles…