Project 52: Week 13

Finally, we had a little bit of sun!  As in, multiple days of glorious, wonderful, amazing sun.  I didn't realize how much I missed it until we had a few days in a row (of course followed by 5 straight days of rain, with another 5 on the forecast...)  We had enough sun to get some yard work in and get outside and blow bubbles.

A Very Rainy Day: Redmond Family Photographer

It was SO rainy last weekend.  I typically don't shoot much in the rain because, let's face it, who likes to??  But, we had to get these photos done since this cute little family was moving to Arizona in less than a week.  Plus, we live in the Pacific Northwest, so it's not like the rain is going to stop any time soon....

Nonetheless, we found a few covered spots and had an awesome little family session.  I really ended up loving these spots and think we got a few great shots too.

A little bit of snow...

It snowed this weekend!  I absolutely love the snow.  Probably because we don't get much in our parts, but growing up Eastern Washington I saw plenty of snow and I totally miss it during the winter.

It snowed just enough to make the kids happy, but around 11am or noon it was definitely starting to melt.  Cue the grandparents.  They drove over and brought with them two HUGE coolers full of the fluffiest snow (our snow here is sooo heavy and packs really hard).  As you can see, they had tons of fun and we could have thrown snow at them for hours.

Project 52: Week 5

Another week down!  Here are some images from this last week.

Wagner Family: Seattle Family Photographer

Last weekend in Seattle was so gorgeous!  The sun was shining, there were so many people outside, it seriously gave me some major spring fever.  PLUS, I got to do this wonderful family session.  I had so much fun watching Lauren & David chase around their little guy for the afternoon in the amazing sun.  They have so much love for each other.  I LOVE being able to photograph such awesome little families.

Project 52: Week 4

Another one down!  I am finding it awfully inspiring, in just the last few weeks, to be holding my camera, trying to photograph in different situations that I would have normally avoided.  It's fun.  Which is exactly what I needed.  Here are a few images from week 4.  Hope you enjoy.

Forest Wanderings: January

I've said it over and over again.  I totally love where we live.  We have a fantastic greenbelt by our house with miles and miles of trails.  One of our favorite things to do is go for nice long walks on sunny days.  And surprise, surprise.  We had a beautiful sunny day this weekend.  Here's the proof.

Project 52: Week 3

So we're on week 3 and I'm still going!  There's so many amazing 52 week projects out there, and I am definitely taking inspiration from them.  However, I know myself too well and know that I won't be able to follow all the prompts, so I'm just taking photos of moments whenever the urge strikes.  No themes for the week, just challenging myself to take something new of my children.  This week I challenged myself to get a few shots at night.  I pushed the ISO a little (and for those of you not interested in the technical aspect, I'm sorry), but I did one photo at ISO 4000 (!!! I know, I never would crank it that high for a client!!!) and the other two are at 1600.  Can you tell??

Project 52: Week 2

Well I am proud of myself.  I've been able to hang for week 2 of my 52 week project.  I know, it's only the 2nd week, but its not unlike me to start a project and not finish.  So, I guess I will say I am off to a good start.

My girls.  How I love them.  I really can't wait to see how the year unfolds.  (And my little one down on the bottom is pretending to be a mummy.  My guess is you'll see lots of "mummy" shots throughout the year.)

Kids Were Here: January Edition

So, I totally did not keep up with the whole "kids were here" thing toward the end of the year.  But believe me when I say that there were some totally epic messes around these parts, especially after Christmas.  We did, however, manage to get things almost back to normal around here.

I decided last week that I would resume this little monthly series in the hopes that one day I can put together a book for my each of my children.  Then one day when they have children of their own, I'd love to give it to them to help remind them that we all start out small.  And we all make messes.  We are human, after all.  None of us are perfect.  And when they are about to lose their sanity to the chaos that is parenting, and all the stuff that comes with kids, they will be able to look at the book and remember what it was like when they were the ones who made the messes.

Project 52: Week 1

My goal for the year has been determined.  I'm going to (successfully) complete a 52 week project.  My goal is simply to take one photo a week of my children with my big camera to document this year.  About half way through 2013 I decided I wanted to try with a photo project but never got around to it.  I'm not going to follow any sort of theme, just document what inspires me.  For my first week, here's my little one.

Oh Keira.  You are so gentle.  So affectionate.  So sensitive.  Your eyes say so much.  I love you little girl.

Fall Family Photos // Kirkland Family Photographer

Last weekend was great, the weather was amazing and to top it all off, I got to photograph this family.  I can't believe it had been eight, yes EIGHT, years since I have seen them.  Last time we were in the same room was back in 2005 when my husband and I got married.  Which is crazy to think it has been that long since Billy (the dad in these photos) and my husband used to be roommates in college.  Crazy!  Anyway, here they are and looking totally adorable.  So good to see you guys!

Mini Style: Nine Ways to Wear Chambray for Fall

I typically don't do any posts related to style, mainly because I work in a corporate office M-F and my typical attire is slacks and cardigans. However, my oldest has collected quite the fun fall wardrobe so we decided to do a little fashion show and style her new chambray shirt 9 different ways. We had tons and tons of outfits to choose from, but this is all we actually got on her, you know how little kids get after changing their clothes 9 times. So, there may be more of these in the future, maybe not. We'll see!

The chambray shirt is from Old Navy.

iPhoneography // my life through my phone

We had an awesome summer.  I really do think it was my favorite summer yet.  If you follow along with me on Instagram (I'm @graymis), then all of these will be familiar.  But I love them all so much so I couldn't help but double share them.  I wasn't even able to get all of them on here, so I guess I'll share more another day.