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February 2, 2010

I don’t even know where to begin with this post.  I’m still trying to catch up from the holiday season on blogging and showing off some of the fabulous sessions I had. This session seemed like the perfect place to start.  It was a crisp, sunny, magical lighting kind of  day in November when I got together with these gorgeous girls.  Not only are they beautiful, sweet and fun, but they like to play around with clothing too!  It doesn’t get much better than that.  Well, actually, it does, because two out of the three are dancers as well.  Fantastic!  I would also like to plug the dance studio they attend because it’s such a great place, Napa Regional Dance Company.  Along time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I danced with the Executive Director, Wanda Martin McGill.  Wanda is an exceptional talent and you can also catch her at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill.  Now I realize this is a very long post, but let me explain.  Brianna and I ended up with more time together that day because the other two girls had to get to their afternoon dance class.  So, Brianna and I kind of had our own private shoot.  I didn’t mind in the least!   Makes sense to start with Brianna, yes?

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Meet Sophie.

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Isabella.

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They’re great together.

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The Boy got his Bass {Clarinet}

January 11, 2010

Happy New Year everyone!  I’ve been absent for awhile.  Like most other photographers, I had a crazy, busy season, thank you!  I also took a couple of weeks to ‘just be’ with my family and friends.  It was wonderful.  I’m back and ready to go now and thought I would start the New Year with a post of a personal nature.  It is my blog, and I can play if I want to.  And so, just before the Christmas break from school, my son Evan was bestowed with a most coveted prize, the bass clarinet!  For those of you who have musical children, you will know how fun this is!  For those of you who don’t, just enjoy this boys happiness with me if you will.  Evan’s middle school music teacher purchased a brand new bass clarinet for the school and dedicated it to him for the next three years.  I think you can tell from these images how happy this made him.  He was actually hugging this thing!  He plays this beautiful musical instrument for anyone who will hear it.  We had several Christmas parties in December and he played it at every one of them.  Even when my brother was playing his guitar on Christmas night, Evan went to his room and set up the clarinet and played along.  Go Evan, go, the world is your oyster son, you’re beautiful and I love you so much!

So here’s to a new year of beautiful music, loads of love, and lots of beautiful images to come.

Thanks for looking,

Kathi

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Sweet little country girls! | Napa Children’s Photographer |

November 12, 2009

Meet my sweet little country girlfriends!  And, be prepared for the longest post in history!  I really love all my sessions, but these girls were just so much fun, so playful, the scenery so delicious, and I have been so busy (thank you everyone!) lately, that I haven’t been able to post many sessions.  So, I thought I would lavish you with a delightful day of play in a gorgeous setting.

These cute little people have a great life.  They live in one of the most beautiful areas in Napa Valley, not that they ‘get this’, or care.  What they ‘get’ is, life is an adventure!  They share this fun farm with their older brother (we’ll meet him another time, it’s all about the girls right now), their wonderful parents, and a whole lot of critters.  We started off with some chalk art up near the house, took off from there with the cutest puppy on the planet (yes, even cuter than mine, don’t tell my dog!), combed the green pastures, sassed some goats, went creek stomping, out for hot chocolate and back again to enjoy our lollipops from the local sweet shop.  I think maybe they napped, but me, I went on to photograph kids doing an art project at my sons school.  But that’s another story….  For now, enjoy this story as it unfolds, you know you want to be there too!

Oh, I almost forgot to thank their sweet mommy, who let me just run with the kids and do things my way. Thank you!  I had an incredible play date with you all, thanks so much!

PS  Some of you might recognize one of these images as my ‘facebook’ profile image.  It makes everybody so happy!

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Love this little guy!

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Just getting started.

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A relatively calm moment.

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Moments

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more moments

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They each have their own interests, although I think I have the puppy’s attention.

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Doesn’t this remind you of that old Coppertone Ad?

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Little C strikes a pose!

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Sweet P.

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Life is good on a ranch!

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Some of the local color.

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More sweet P. moments.

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Come on Kathi, catch up!

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Little bits of C. in her element.

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OK, now we’re getting down to business in the sweet shop!

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Sugar doesn’t effect kids?

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Oh no it doesn’t!

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Who cares anyway?!

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Not her.

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Em, the calm after the storm.

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I’m at peace just looking at this.

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And, they had me in pieces, ha, ha!  Thanks girls, you know how to have a good time!

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