After 2 1/2 years with this blog, I’m moving on to something else.  I’m not abandoning blogging- just improving!  Today I’m unveiling my new project!  Check out the new look of things at www.shannaglaeser.com/blog

I will keep this blog online for the archives, just will not be posting here anymore.

So long old friend….

I’m getting ready to kick off Senior season! 

 For all Seniors who book in Febuary,  get 10 websized marked images for Myspace! 

This fall I had a love affair with a patch of yellow curly grass.   The late afternoon sun made this small patch of grass shine in yummy golden tones.   What really captured my fancy was how the grass had little twisty curls at the end.    Either I am easy to impress, or it is great grass!  I must have taken every session  I had from October through December out there!  I know every hidden rock, hole and broken glass now.  A year ago, I never knew it was there.  It’s not that it’s in hiding- on the contrary, it’s right off the road. I have probably driven past it a thousand times. I just never stopped to notice how something so ordinary could be so unique- and honestly I don’t think anyone else had either.  There are Styrofoam cuts, trash, tires, glass, whatever we deem fit to toss out our windows, it’s all strewn throughout.  You won’t see these pieces of garbage at first glance though,  nature has a way covering up our downfalls.   Despite the litter, the individual strands spring up and release their bonnet of spiral twirls.

Here’s my last session out there-  the Ashley girls….goodness we love these girls!   They have become family to us,  a family that Claire prefers to be with.   Claire is sitting in my lap crying right now to go see them.  Yes, she’s up too late

the right light, the right lens, the right girls and the colors are magic

I love this little family and watching this little one grow!  I saw him for newborn pictures, 6 months, 9 months and 1 year.  He’s two now, so it was time to take him outside!  We tried a few shots on the sidewalk and it was clear very quickly that we needed to get to some wide open spaces!  The street was calling his name and that’s not good simply because:   He is a runner.   We headed out to a field to let him release a bit of energy where wasted no time and he took off.       

Sometimes I talk to myself, “like get it together SHANNA!!!”  During this session, I was giving myself pep talks reminiscent of the little engine that could.   Really, I tried not to let his mom see me sweat, but I was getting worried!  I was worried about just getting something, anything in focus.  Then add the pressure of trying to create something artistic and well, those little asides I had with myself were needed!    I’d like to say these were all planned and I took my time artfully composing, but this is true shooting from the hip.  Don’t pose, just observe.

question:    How do you get off a trike?

boy logic:  over the handlebars of course…. 

He tuckered himself all out…  thumb sucking and all 

I sense a new craze on the horizon.  Baby E could be solely responsible for making double chins the new must have of 2009.   I will be so lucky- I am already in the height of fashion.    

this location is oddly familiar- but it works great with girls too!

I never posted my Christmas pictures this year!   What is wrong with me?

Time to correct that….

It really wasn’t that cold for me… I had a sweater and a jacket on.  Strapless dresses are great for summer, not so great for winter bridal sessions!  Alissa was brave and suffered through- which paid off, because a few of these are stunning, in my humble opinion!

So not only did I neglect my blog for over a month, I missed showing off my Spencer turning 1.  I can’t even remember how long it’s been since I’ve posted a picture of that child on this blog.   He’s the funniest thing ever, with a grand canyon of a mischievous streak.  He’s been walking since October- so he’s pro in that area now.  I keep step stool in my kitchen (wasn’t blessed in the height department) that he pushes around to get things he wants on kitchen counters. I also have a wireless mouse to this computer that can be gone in a flash- I get up to answer a phone and it’s like he’s a cat waiting at the door to pounce the second I turn my head.   He’ll take off running giggling all the way down the hall, stopping only to make sure the chase is still on.    

My “not so baby” baby- all boy, curls and rubber boots

This little thing only appears to be asleep in most of these images, I stole a shot here and there with eyes closed and during the short little catnaps she would take.  Later,  I heard that after I left, she fell into a deep REM comatose sleep.  She’ll probably be alseep until morning! What a nice gift from me to mom! 

a truly gorgeous baby-

Let’s wipe the slate clean and start fresh, something akin to declaring blog bankruptcy.  So what better way to start over than showing some sweet little babes…. brand new (the best way….  fresh, new squishy and asleep!)