Happy Birthday Bugaboo!

Today my baby boy turns 3. It seems like just yesterday that I was surprised to learn we'd be having a third child. Just when I'd accepted the fact that we'd be a family of 4 and I'd never have a boy. I was content. Who needed a boy when I had two wonderful little girls who gave me all the joy I could imagine -- in addition to more frustration than I ever thought two little cute darlings could bring.

We're having a little party for him this afternoon. He's got a table full of presents that he keeps getting into and trying to open before it's time. It's so funny to see how frustrated he gets. They're right in front of his face and he wants them so bad! After the party it's off to Chuck E. Cheese for yet more noise and chaos -- because one can never have enough plastic pinwheels and sticky wall clinging fingers -- but hey, they cost 250 tickets so they must be worth it!

Upcoming shoots that I'm excited about

I have several photo shoots scheduled for the next few weeks that I'm really excited about. One of them is a "Trash the Dress" shoot featuring a beautiful white wedding dress that won't be so white once we're done with it. I don't want to go into details but one of the places we'll be going will involve an innertube and cowboy boots.

Another photo shoot that I'm really looking forward to will involve a superhero costume and an aspiring model. She's beautiful and I have some great ideas on how to have some fun and get some unique shots.

Elaine

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Originally uploaded by lisablaschke

My site is up and running!

Well after working countless naptime hours to get my site functional, I can honestly say that I'm at a point where I'm ready to tell people about it. I'm still fine tuning it. I haven't gotten my wedding packages page up yet, but that will come soon enough. I'm also looking into adding music to my slideshow, but that can wait as well.

I only have a few hours a day that I can work on it. The kids need to be sleeping in order to do that.

Elaine

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Originally uploaded by lisablaschke

I took this one using a golden reflector. It came out just the way I'd hoped.

The Eyes Have It

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Originally uploaded by lisablaschke

I have a fondness for portraits that accentuate the eyes. In this shot, I desaturated the color of the photos but then went in and turned up the saturation of her eyes and slightly changed the color. This child has beautiful green eyes in reality, but I wanted to change them a bit for this shot.

Bug

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Originally uploaded by lisablaschke

We found this perfect spot for pictures in a park in San Marcos. I think I'll be returning there as often as I can.