and the winner is..

thank-you to everyone who checked out my new site and was kind enough to leave a comment! I am really excited about the new site and the ease with which I will be able to keep it updated, so keep checking back, I promise to keep it up to date!!

So this afternoon I wrote out all the names of those who commented, both on the blog and through my site, on a piece of paper and cut them up and had my little darling :


pick a name out of the strainer. Yep, I sad strainer. And she handed the slip of paper to her baby brother:



who toddled it over to his hero, aka big brother :


Who read the name "Chelsea B" out loud to me. So congratulations Chelsea!!! I will contact you to make some plans! And for all of you who didn't win, but did leave a comment as my thank-you I would like to offer you 20% off your shoot, but only if you book this week! Thanks again!!

Oh, and after the momentous draw, we all headed to the park for the fun fair at school. What a day!


(posts are just more fun with pictures!) Happy Mother's day all you mommies out there!!

MY WEBSITE IS LIVE!!!

My VERY exciting news that I had mentioned is that my new website is now up and running and I am so very excited about it!!! To celebrate my launch and because it puts me in such a great mood, I am feeling generous and like having a little give away! So...if you head on over to www.carmenvandyckphotography.com and leave a comment either here on the blog, or through the "contact me" section of the new site then I will enter your name in a draw for a free session! (and if you leave a comment both places I might even enter your name twice! You have two weeks, I will draw and post the winner on Friday May the 8th!
Good luck and happy viewing!

one

my baby is one. they don't come any more adorable than this :o)



love him. LOVE him. thank-you Lord for this precious gift.

when there were four

Yep, another maternity shoot for you, but this one includes a couple of cute little ones as well. I just love to get outdoors. I am longing for the colors that spring will bring to my view finder, but for now we found our own color in the neighborhood. We took some photos indoors, but I think the kids agreed with me that outdoors is better, cause they got real agreeable to my photography ideas as soon as we stepped outside.

I'll start off with a photo of the four...almost five of them. Soon it will be hard to even imagine what life without the new little one was like.


I just love her little expressions in these two shots! (just click on the image to see it larger)


And very soon having just these two little ones will seem so easy, right?!? :o)


And onto the reason we're here, this here baby belly...







And one last little family shot, that I love. What a cute belly, what a beautiful family. Don't worry! Having three is fantastic, especially with a birth order like our kids :o)


Thanks again for having me over and going with all my crazy ideas! I can't wait to meet the little guy (and learn his name)!

three sweet sisters

These three beautiful girls and I took her parents out to have some photos taken. I was shocked and horrified to learn that these were the first professional photos they'd had taken since their wedding! So needless to say, although mom and dad haven't aged a bit, things certainly have changed. :o)
I hope you were happy with your new photos! And here are a few of my favorites!

First a couple of family shots




The big sister


Your girls are all so beautiful, but there is just something about this girl...her amazing hair (she's two and a half, and check out that hair!!!), her eyes, her fair skin, she's just so pretty!


And speaking of eyes, I adore these eyes!


And one last family shot


Thanks guys! Let's do this again before one of the girl's wedding pictures, haha!

these are a few of my favorite...people

If you know me at all, you know this family! And you know how much I adore this family. And oh how much fun I had taking some quick pictures of them:

When this sweet little thing was just a teeny tiny newborn we took a photo of her lying on the end of the bed with the rest of the family behind her, so I decided to try and recreate it. She's not so teeny, but she's so stinkin' adorable! (though I admit, I may be a little biased when it comes to these girls for some strange reason.)


These girls LOVE their daddy, and he adores them, I think this picture definitely captures the daddy's girls.


I took individual photos of each of the girls, but this was my favorite. I love those glasses. I love this sweet girl.


I seriously can't get enough of them.


And lastly, the family photo I love the most. Is this not a beautiful family!?!



That's it for now, but you will see more of this family very soon. I'm thinking with fall leaves all around them...
Love you guys! More than you will ever know.

little man

This little guy was at that adorable age were you can barely get them to sit still for even a moment. So I had lots of fun chasing him around his house, as our weather was, once again, a little uncooperative that day. Despite all that conspired against us that day, those beautiful brown eyes and sweet little face still managed to make my job easy. Here are a few of my favorites:

I just love his beautiful brown eyes.




blue horse, blue horse, what do you see? (I'm a little familiar with his choice of book)


I am trying a few new things with editing lately, so I had some fun with the next couple




Thanks again for having me come and capture your sweet little guy, we'll have to find a nice day that works again someday soon!

little ones

Obviously I am not a great blogger...but I am going to attempt it a second time...we shall see.

The point of this blog is to showcase my recent work, seen as photography is ever evolving. I am currently working on a new/updated website, so stay tuned!

I recently had the opportunity to photograph a little guy I met at his newborn shoot and his big sister. These are two sweet, beautiful little ones, and they are only 14 months apart!!! Busy mommy to say the least! It took a little warming up, but then we were off and running! The weather didn't cooperate with us, so we had fun indoors.

This little guy loved to move, so I had to chase him a bit :o)


Isn't she beautiful?! Those eyes...


They may just be 14 months apart, but the big sister role was still evident.