lindeymagee photography

awesome

...doesn't begin to describe my weekend!

as inspiring as skye's work has been to me over the years via following her blog and other online presence; the actual person was just a dream to meet and learn from!

i'm recharged. i'm inspired. i got a dose of business. a heap of creativity behind the lens. i really see, with wide open eyes & heart, exactly what i desire to capture in the children i create portraits of.

i'm eager to open the books for clients!

a fun little capture of the dudes (mine & skye's) hanging out between shootings.

 

love i's shoes!

brushing up is a good thing! (mississippi children's photographer)

this coming weekend has been a highly anticipated one for me!

tomorrow, i am headed out of town to meet up with skye hardwick-edmonds...a hugely respected exclusive children's photographer based in california. skye is behind the well-known (at least in photography circles) 'work of heart photography.'

the opportunity came up for me to work with & be mentored by skye soon after i found out i was pregnant with pailyn. i immediately called my mom to see if she would come with me & keep the little roo while i worked with skye. needless to say, alone time with pailyn...oh yea!

and so it was set up.

now it's here & i'm beyond excited about the opportunity to learn from, who i believe is, the best in the industry at captureing children's portrature

 

i will be returning sunday with what i am sure will be a renewed energy & fresh ideas for being behind the camera...just in time for me to open my books for clients in april!

stay tuned to the blog for updates!

a newborn pailyn picture post

it's my intention to start her her own blog; i just haven't been able to find the time :'(

it will get done though...heather & bennett have stacks of albums (before digital...they have actual photo albums-ones with real printed pictures in them!) and scrapbooks with journalling on every layout, sometimes spilling over to the back!

 

i'm afraid miss pailyn won't have those things, but her own blog would be pretty neat, i'm thinking. i figure...i can blog everyday events & candid photos and have a blurb book made for her once a year.

 

i'm happy to report that pailyn is doing great :o) today i discovered a trick that totally makes her grin & bat her eyes at me!

she's just transformed our house & everyone in it! heather & ben are all about her little self-heather came & got her from me just a few minutes ago. watching her with her daddy melts my heart every. single. time. i don't recall being this exhausted with bennett, but...i have to say, my little dude was *the best baby* ever. pailyn is a good baby...maybe it's the additional 8 years tacked onto my age ;o)

yesterday, some time was spent in her nursery (which was late getting completed because of her early arrival & pottery barn kids slow-as-a-snail delivery!) organizing & putting things in their place. we were really just so blessed with all the gifts we've received! i can't wait until she grows into her clothes & once she gains a few pounds, we won't have to buy diapers for a while!

   

look at that little chuck baby!

pailyn's monkey chair will be delivered wednesday...the last piece of furniture-and chuck has to help me get two things on the wall- & her nursery will be complete! it's driving me crazy not being all-the-way done, so wednesday can't get here fast enough!

i'm happy to report that the announcement is complete...i'm ordering them today...and it is loaded with pailyn eye candy :o)

...so...any ideas for a fun name for pailyn's new blog? (and monkeytoes.com is already taken; i checked) anyone?

she made me work it! (mississippi newborn photographer)

after several decidedly failed attempts to capture gorgeous newborn photos of my pailyn here at home...this photographer, mom officially labels our home as: crappyest indoor light. ever.

i've had some challenging indoor shoots in the past, natural light wise...but my own takes the cake! and it's been just too darn cool & windy to take it outside.

...so...we packed it up & headed to nana's! little girl made me work ;o) ...naturally...she decided to be all wide-eyed for the first hour or so. stinker.

i adore that candid capture (thanks mom!)...because it shows off her tinniness more so than any other photo.

i got her good & milk drunk & out she went. once i decide for sure which images i'll be using for her announcement, i'll begin posting some of the others here :o)