Merry Christmas!

May each of you have a joyous Christmas as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour!

Santa Micah

Here is Micah in his santa hat. I can't belive he's almost 6 months old! The image in the middle cracks me up...that's what he looks like most of the time. I'm sure we'll be seeing a tooth appear soon! Be sure to click on the image to enlarge.

Brrr! (Sneak Peek)

I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! We had a grand time at Ezra's folk's house, where I attempted to photograph the 5 little cousins together! I'll post those soon. For now, I have another sneak peek of a family who have been waiting so patiently.

One of the things that I love about my job is seeing kids grow up! I've photographed this family a number of times, and man, it doesn't seem very long ago that "Miss A." was just a little bitty baby. Now they have a new addition. A very cute and smiley addition. Mr J. seems like such a great big brother and is so grown-up for a pre-schooler!

It was so cold outside when we took these images. The kids were troopers! So were Mom and Dad. ;)

Christmas Cards and Holiday Deadlines

Check out these beautiful Holiday cards! They measure 5x7 and are a great way to show off pictures of your lovely family. To get the details, go to http://www.catherineamissphotography.com/ and click on the "Christmas Cards" button (bottom right) after entering the site.

Holiday deadlines are looming! I am now booked on Holiday sessions. If you procrastinated and are totally bummed, contact me and I may be able to squeeze in one more session! To ensure delivery of portraits by the 17th of December, all orders must be placed by Dec. 2. If you are ordering cards, remember to allow time for you to mail them, and order accordingly.

Catherine Amiss Photography will be CLOSED during January of 2009. I will reopen Feb. 2, and just a heads up that I will be restructuring prices for next year.

Jealous

I'm so jealous! Ladies, check out the eye lashes on this 7 year old cutie. I've been proofing this family's session today and I've found myself thinking several times about the lifetime of mascara I could've saved if I had eyes like that (or if I was a boy!).

Family Sneak Peek

Here's another look into a recent Fall session. The mom of this family is the sister of one of my life-long friends, so it was so much fun to see her little boy. He has grown so much! The image below is my favorite one of the entire session, and it just happens to be the very first shot taken!

Superman and Little Bear

Here are a few pics of my boys in their Halloween costumes. Aren't they cute! We had a fun night of trick-or-treating with some friends. You can click these images to enlarge. If you want to see more, go to the client proofing section of my website and type in the password "halloween."

Sneak Peek - Fall

I've been lucky this autumn to have wonderful weather! Look how pretty the leaves are. This family has a little girl who's just a few days older than my baby boy, and a cute little boy. Aren't they sweet?

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend!

A Delightful Family (and a very bad train) - Sneak Peek

So...I was headed out the door to a session this past weekend on a glorious day [and so proud of my self for leaving 15 minutes early to scope the location out], when this sight (see below) greets me....

...a train STOPPED across the tracks near my house! What a morning! After numerous calls to Norfolk Southern and to a very forgiving family, I finally made my way to our session location, a beautiful duck pond near Roanoke.

Now on to the fun pictures!!! This young man looks like a little model - just so handsome.

Miss S. is one of the friendliest and most adorable kids I've ever met! She kept saying, "Ms. Catherine, wait for me!"

And lastly, one of the fam.

Happy Halloween!

Okay, so I'm not into the ghost and goblin thing, but I can't think of anything more fun than dressing up in cute costumes and getting free candy! Here is a picture of Austin last Halloween. Poor thing - he was sick! This year he's super excited (he's been making this squealing sound all morning) and will be decked out as....superman! Micah is going trick-or-treating as a bear. I guess Mommy will have to help out with the chocolate! :) I will be sure to post pictures from this year soon. Here's my little "Blue." (Thanks to Mom for helping me make the costume!)

Have a great weekend!

Big Brother and New Baby - Sneak Peek

Who doesn't love new little babies? This little girl is especially pretty, with delicate features. (And the whole family has beautiful baby blue eyes!) Big brother and I went on lots of adventures during this session, including looking at fish and climbing stone pillars (well, I left most of the climbing up to him!).

Fall Sneak Peek

It looks like fall weather is here! We had a beautiful, crisp evening for this session, and three beautiful kids to go with it! Don't they have lovely eyes?

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!

Brothers - Sneak Peek

This little guy is just 3 weeks younger than my baby. Mr. G. is a real charmer. He was so calm and smiley, and very easy-going. Look at that head full of hair! So sweet!


Big brother was lots of fun and enjoyed running around outdoors.

Here's one to make their mom's heart go pitter-pat! I love this picture!

Little G. looks so cozy in his mama's arms!

This is my favorite type of family portrait, relaxed and natural!

3 months

My little Micah is 3 months old today. Where does the time go? It's so easy for me to be nostalgic, but really the first few weeks are brutal and not ones I'd wish to repeat! It's so much more fun now that he can smile and coo (and sleep most of the night!) My "little bear" just melts my heart! So does his older brother, who lately has been telling Ezra and me that we are "the best mommy and daddy in the whole world!" I need to get that on video camera to replay when he's a teenager!

Micah peeking at me through the changing table...

Here's a picture of our weekend ritual - chocolate chip pancakes! I use the word "our" loosely...Ezra and Austin do all the work. :)

Have a great week!

Sneak Peek - Adorable Little Blond

Aren't you loving this cooler fall weather? We had a beautiful day for this session at the arboretum. I've photographed this sweet girl several times before, and I can't believe how fast she's growing! We had a fun time walking around and smelling flowers. Little Miss M. posed like a pro until she let us know that she was done! Her mom and dad are just the nicest people to be around and it made for a nice laid-back session!

Cutie Alert!

Here is a sneak peek of an oh-so-sweet one year old. His mom wanted to get some portraits done before he got his first haircut. Mr. I did a great job - what a cute age!

Now Scheduling for Fall!

I am now scheduling for the fall season. I will be holding sessions on Thursdays and Saturdays at 10am or 5:45pm. I am excited to be getting back into the swing of things! Thanks again to all of my wonderful clients (and potential clients!) for being so understanding during my pregnancy and maternity leave. I can't wait to see how your children have grown! If you know you want a session before Christmas, be sure to schdule EARLY, as sessions are limited and fall is a popular time for portraits!

My Little Train Engineer

Ezra and I took the boys (I'm just getting used to saying boyS-plural!) to the park recently on a beautiful summer evening. The park has an old caboose for kids to play on and I was pleased to see it had just received a fresh coat of paint! Austin wore his train engineer outfit for the occasion. He has a new bedspread in his room with trains on it, so I plan to hang a nice large gallery-wrapped canvas of this image on his wall to match!




For some reason, this image reminds me of pictures I've seen of me when I was a kid (minus the costume!).

Daddy can always elicit the good smiles!

This image is done with a vintage finish. This face that Austin makes always cracks up his Auntie J!!!

And lastly, here's one without the train getup.

Micah was asleep most of the evening, and when he was awake, he wasn't feeling particularly photogenic...so no pictures of him this evening!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope everyone is doing well!