KELLEELASER / photographer

a little smoochie...

This was one of those sessions where the parents left feeling as though we got NUTTIN :)  It was cold... it was rainy... the wind gusts were impressive :)... and this little smoochie was amenable to the conditions for all about 10 minutes... :) :) :)

No worries though... I captured his super cute smoochiness regardless :)

This last one... the last one of session... is a reflection... they were in a corner and there was no way to get in their space... but loved it... I threw an "old school" action on it... :)

Tired little smoochie...

 

More coming :)

 

 

updated May schedule :)

updated May schedule for SPRING SPECIALS... :)

These are the following open dates and times :)

Thursday, May 12th @ 4:00 p.m. (OPEN)
Friday, May 13th @ 9:30 (OPEN) & 11:00 a.m. (CLOSED)
Friday, May 13th @ 5:00 p.m. (CLOSED)
Saturday, May 14th @ 9:30 (CLOSED) & 11:00 a.m. (CLOSED)
Saturday, May 14th @ 5:00 p.m. (CLOSED)
Sunday, May 15th @ 4:00 p.m. (CLOSED)
Monday, May 16th @ 10:15 (OPEN) @ 11:00 a.m. (CLOSED)

 

HOPE TO SEE YOU :) :) :)

Happy Easter...

Well... it was a close call this morning.  We spent the night at Craig and Karol's house last night.  We decorated eggs late then the kiddos went to bed.  I stayed up even later and finalized all baskets.  Then... in a brilliant move... inadvertently set my alarm for 5:30 p.m. rather than 5:30 a.m.

I awoke to a pitter patter of feet going past my room at 6:03 a.m. It was Maddox running to the family room where the Easter Baskets would be.  I heard him run back to his bedroom and say to a thankfully slumbering and thumb sucking Grayson... "the Easter bunny hasn't come yet"... Fortunately Maddox got back into bed and stayed put... but I knew it wasn't for long...

crap, crap, crap...

After that... I was in stealth mode... I was able to get the baskets from the living room to the family room undetected.  The most compromising action taken was getting the refrigerator open to get the eggs to hide without anyone hearing... quite a feat indeed.  I expected any minute for Maddox to catch me in the act...

And just as I was hiding the last egg... I heard Maddox again coming down the hallway following the path of candy I just had laid down 2 minutes beforehand... this time with Grayson.  I hid in the kitchen until they passed me and I heard screeching that the bunny had come. 

I snuck back into my room and pretended to be deeply asleep when Maddox came in to wake me...

PHEW... seriously...

After breakfast... I had the kiddos shower and put on their Easter garb... I'm not sure how all of you do it... keep the kiddos clean until you get to our session... but kuddos to you.  In the first five minutes in the car... Gray took out a hidden "ring pop" and quietly started working on it.  I looked in the rear view mirror and all I saw was a bright blue tongue as well as some bright blue spots on his shirt (which were photoshopped out :)

Sigh...

These are a few favorites of my Easter Smoochies...

 

To all of my friends, family and clients... I HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL EASTER!!!

More coming :)

The "MCG" twins...

A little sneak peak  of the MCG twins :)

More coming...

Favorites from my newbie session :)

Favorites from my newbie session...

This is the very reason mommys stare at their babies while they sleep... LOVE IT!!!

This baby is so loved...

And this dad is whipped over his little girl :)

And poor neglected "first child"... Muddy... I photographed him a few years ago :)

And here he is now...

Thank you so much "G" family... I am so happy for you :)

CALLING ALL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS... MAY SPECIAL :)

CALLING ALL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS... :)

I AM OFFERING ONE LAST SPRING SPECIAL... if you book your session for the weekend of May 13th you will receive $100.00 OFF A SENIOR SESSION...

Thursday, May 12th @ 5:00 p.m.

Friday, May 13th @ 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 14th @ 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 15th @ 5:00 p.m.

SENIOR SESSIONS ARE DONE AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS... 1-2 HOUR SESSION... AS MANY CLOTHES CHANGES AS YOU LIKE... AND ALL OF YOUR RETOUCHED, HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES ON A CD.

Here are a few of my favorites from my 2010 SENIOR SESSIONS :)

 





 


 















If you'd like to see more of my SENIORS... please go to my website... www.kelleelaserphotography.com / galleries / SENIORS :)

And if you have any questions about what a SENIOR SESSION entails... please give me a call at 419.205.8587

:) :) :)

 

May Schedule... Level II Workshop and Sessions :)

Hi all...

For those of you who weren't able to attend April's Level II Workshop... I'm offering another one in May... YAHOO :)

Sunday, May 15th @ 10:00 a.m
Location:  Wildwood Metropark

And for photo sessions... I am offering the last Session Special of the year..
 

$100.00 off THE BIG TEN / THE WHOLE ENCHILADA / SENIOR SESSION

$50.00 THE MINI SESSION (only offered on Monday, April 16th)

These are the following open dates and times :)

Thursday, May 12th @ 4:00 p.m.
Friday, May 13th @ 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.
Friday, May 13th @ 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 14th @ 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.
Saturday, May 14th @ 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 15th @ 4:00 p.m.
Monday, May 16th @ 10:15 @ 11:00 a.m.

Let me know if you'd like to attend the Level II Workshop or book a session :)

Looking forward to seeing you :)

HAPPY SPRING!

 

North Carolina cutie patootie...

Favorites from a Sunday morning shoot with a North Carolina cutie patootie...

Love this little one... :)

 

Coming up... Favorites from April, Part One :)

 

 

Everyone is growing up...

"K" of the KK girls...

sigh... everyone is growing up... :(

Tracy (mom of the KK girls) and I were on our way to get manis and pedis and saw this field on Friday night (remember... the dreary rainy one).  Well... on Saturday, after my workshop and sessions... I drove to Tracy's house and we all jumped in her van.  The light was YUMMY AMAZING at 7:30 p.m. :)

Much more coming from last weekend's sessions and Level II Workshop :)

My little man "G" turned 6...

Well... my baby turned "6" yesterday.  No tears... just felt raw awe... awe of this little boy who is turning into a little man.  No more tantrums in Meijers... no more high pitched screams at Max & Ermas... no more Batman (okay... that brings a few tears).  Nope... he is such a joy in my life.  I am happy to say that he is still small enough to carry when I'm walking through a parking lot... and that he is always the first one in my bed every morning (5:45 a.m. on the dot).  He is the most vocal in our little family... we always know exactly how he's feeling or what he's thinking.  His best friend at school is a little boy named Ben... This is the last year that I have him home 1/2 day... next year... everyone is in school all day.  He is happiest at 11:40 when I pick him up... he knows he gets another couple of hours of "mommy" time.  Sometimes we head over to our favorite bagel place to say hi to his "buddy" Alex (he works there and always makes a big deal about the boys)... other times... if he's had a good "work" week at school... we head to Target and get him a small package of Legos.  Most days we head home... make a turkey sandwich and he plays with Legos while I work.  Or... he goes up into my room and falls asleep (he's totally growing right now).  Gray's Kindergarten teacher says that in the 30+ years that she's been a teacher, Gray is one of the "sweetest" boys she's ever taught... but also one of the most stubborn :)  Not surprising... but he knows better than to cross her.  He tells me daily that he'd rather go to "basketball camp" than school... but then he tells me a lot of things like that.  Gray can get stung by a wasp 3x in the head and doesn't shed a tear... but not getting a "hand stamp" for "listening" at school will reduce him to tears.  He wants to know why the sky is blue, why spiders have 8 legs, why it rains only on the weekends, why Darth Vadar became bad after the lava incident... needless to say... we "GOOGLE"  a lot so I can give him the answers :)

This past year... Gray proclaimed that he was "collecting" stuffed animals.  I suspect that it's because he really wants something of his "own" to love...

And so... when I surprised him yesterday with a trip to the pet store... you can imagine how I felt when we walked out and he said he loved "Jimmy" the same way he loves me...

Meet Jimmy... the one that clearly made Gray the happiest he's ever been in his entire life :) 

NEW FAVORITE ALL-TIME PICTURE OF GRAY...

YUP... PURE HAPPINESS :)  LOVE IT!!!

Then last night I surprised the boys with...

BECAUSE BOYS REALLY LOVE THIS KIND OF STUFF...

AH... YES... CRASHING AND THRASHING AND FIGHTING... BOY STUFF :)

And my little man Maddox... OMG... he is getting sooooooo big... here are a few of him... and the birthday boy...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LITTLE MAN... love you, love you, love you!!!

(our neighbors... the ones from the prior post... surprised Gray with this yesterday...)  HAPY, HAPPY DAY!!!

More coming :)