Author: KFP

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Purple – Sugar & Spice Inspiration {Lake County IL, Newborn Photographer}

This week I thought I would share my second favorite color for little girls…any guesses?  It’s PURPLE!

My little sister’s favorite color was purple…I remember this purple little car that she had growling up and is still saving it 20 plus years later for her children.  My little sister was the cute little girlie girl who loved everything pink, purple, and sparkly.  I believe she had a few prom dresses that were purple in color as well!  The great thing with purple is that it never really goes out of style for a little girl. It can be dressed up to be light and airy with a white or cream background or it can add some deepness to the purple color with a gray background.  I love dark purple with dark hair, it makes for a happy little marriage.  Purple thought, is really a very versatile color…you can mix it with different shades and get even a different look.  I love having darker and lighter shades of purple wraps with a few light purple bows.

This little color is my second go to color with little girls and I think the sweetness that is gives a photo is perfect for your precious newborn!

Take a peek as some of my purple samples below:

 

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One Year Plus Journey {Lake County IL, Photographer}

This past month a year+ photography journey has come to a semi-end. I only say semi-end because I won’t get to see these five nearly as much as I did over the past year. I adored getting to see the three E’s every three months…they made every photo session full of laughs and smiles. It’s been amazing to see how over the course of a year two older siblings can welcome in a new little one to their duo – now trio. Big sister has grown more and more in love with her baby brother and I think baby brother even grew a little smitten with his big sister. I love when little ones are learning to give kisses and all you get is a big open mouth on your cheek!

I loved being able to capture all of the special moments a little one has during their first year.  First, they are cute and cuddly as newborns. Then, they start to show arm strength and head strength with pushing up. Next, they show balance with being able to sit. After that, they show desire to stand with kneeling. And lastly, they are standing! It’s so amazing to look back over this year and see these special moments within Baby E’s first year.

It was also a joy to see the older two grow and show their personalities more and more during each visit. It was so great to be able to capture the flower picking, tomato picking, toy playing moments along with Baby E.

I can’t wait to see this handsome, brown eyed, cutie continue to grow up! (Along with his siblings.)

Interested in seeing more?  Checkout my newborn portfolio!

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Home Sweet Home {Lake County IL, Photographer}

“Let’s go to this open house this weekend.”

“Ok, but can we get ice cream afterwards?”

This was the conversation between my husband and I a few short weeks ago that has turned into quite a big life change.  I bet you can guess which one of us wanted ice cream…I’m such a sucker for ice cream.

It was the first house I’ve ever walked through with even a mustard seed of a thought of buying a house. I’ll fully admit, the hubs and I weren’t fully looking to buy a house right now, we have a townhome that needs a bit of TLC…but we were open to the possibility.  It’s crazy how being open to the possibility has resulted in us having an accepted offer on a new house!

Over the past week I couldn’t help but start to think about what was a “home”? Sure it’s a physical home with four walls and a roof. We even had our little wish list of what we wanted, 3 car garage, big backyard, hard wood floors, 4 bedrooms, etc…but a home is so much more than that.

What I really wanted as my home, was a place to create family memories in, a place to grow old with my husband in, a place to feel safe and secure when life gets crazy in. Maybe I’m just extra sentimental when I start to think about this new journey for my husband and I…but, as I get older and experience more things in life, I’m learning that during the journey you have to stop and feel, enjoy what you can.

I’m excited to say that our home meets all of my criteria, plus more!

During these next few months I want to let go of the stress and take notice of the little things…the look on my husband’s face when we found out we had an accepted offer…the joy we feel as we send each other little emails with decorating options included…the giddiness we felt when we woke up on the day of our inspection because it meant we got to go back inside our “home”.  As you grow up, these moments get lost under deadlines and overtime, life gets hectic as stress and responsibilities pile on and I’m not about to let that happen this time.

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Sunset Maternity {Lake County IL, Maternity Photographer}

Something changes when you become a photographer…you notice things you never noticed before…it’s like you have a 6th sense that comes out of hiding. What is this extra sense…it’s knowing when a good sunset is going to happen!  Maybe that’s more like becoming a meteorologist / photographer.  The evening we did this maternity photo session I could just tell it was going to be beautiful and I don’t think the sun disappointed!

The icing to the cake of a perfect sunset was having awesome clients to take photos of during the great summer light.  Jessica and Mike were so fabulous to work with! I get that taking photos isn’t the top on any man’s priority list (my husband absolutely hates getting his photo taken) but Mike was such a great sport and so in love with his beautifully glowing mommy-to-be-wife!

We picked one of my favorite spots to photograph in Lake County and let the sunset do it’s magic around us! I love capturing the last few moments a couple has before a new addition changes their lives. The sweet little smiles and belly rubs is so precious!  I can’t wait to meet the little one inside and see those same sweet little smiles given towards their new baby.

Take a peek at our time together and you’ll see what I mean when I say the sunset was magic!

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Macro Monday ~ Lashes For Days {Lake County IL, Newborn Photographer}

It’s so amazing how precious even the tiniest of details on new little babies melt your heart. Eyelashes are the perfect example of this tiny detail that I love looking at and smiling. When you think about how tiny your eye lashes are as an adult, it’s even more amazing to see how itty bitty newborn eye lashes are! These delicate pieces of hair are guarding precious brown / blue / hazel eyes. When I photograph eye lashes I love to make them the sole focus of the image…they are so tiny, they deserve to be so big.

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