Naples Wedding Photographers » fine art children’s portraiture http://blog.astridandrene.com Your Life. Your Love. Your Art. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:59:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Grace at the Secret Garden http://blog.astridandrene.com/2010/01/20/grace-at-the-secret-garden/ http://blog.astridandrene.com/2010/01/20/grace-at-the-secret-garden/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:40:24 +0000 Astrid http://blog.astridandrene.com/?p=481 I wanted to post a few shots of the session we did of Grace at the Secret Garden here in Naples. This is the session we shot for the Neapolitan Family cover in November…..with a background like this and such a wonderful subject, we were able to capture some cute portraits of her.

I’m really starting to get into black and white again. And I’m itching to set up my darkroom again….on the hunt for an enlarger! Wouldn’t these look great as large fiber prints framed on the wall?

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Check out my favorite pattern: Toile de Jouy! It’s invading my house!

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Can you tell I love pattern and texture?

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Ok, can we say cute overload?

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]]> http://blog.astridandrene.com/2009/09/15/baby-boy-love/feed/ 0 our wall art… http://blog.astridandrene.com/2009/04/14/our-wall-art/ http://blog.astridandrene.com/2009/04/14/our-wall-art/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:11:54 +0000 Astrid http://blog.astridandrene.com/?p=182 I finally put aside some time to create the canvasses I wanted of my girls from a series of portraits I shot of them late last year. I just love this series and I had them as small 5 x 7′s in a vertical frame hanging on a wall.

I felt that in this series, I was able to really capture the spirit and essence of my girls and I was itching to hang something different in my living room. So what better than portraits of the loves of my life?

I made the time and had these 20 x 30 black and white archival canvasses made. I wanted to share these with all of you. This is the kind of portraiture I love to make of kids…..especially my angels and this embodies the kind of fine art portrait work I create for my clients. Enjoy!

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]]> http://blog.astridandrene.com/2009/04/14/our-wall-art/feed/ 0 the session: welcome baby annie rose! http://blog.astridandrene.com/2008/11/03/the-session-welcome-baby-annie-rose/ http://blog.astridandrene.com/2008/11/03/the-session-welcome-baby-annie-rose/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:45:40 +0000 Astrid http://blog.astridandrene.com/?p=62 The second installment of the Kaplan’s Baby’s First Year project is here! It’s with very happy hearts that we welcome Annie Rose Kaplan to Naples! Joining the session was Annie’s sister Emily and her mommy, Melissa. I don’t have to tell you how incredibly beautiful this little girl is…just look at her mom and sister! Wow….three girls!! Congratulations Melissa and Jarred!

Girls are awesome! :)
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]]> http://blog.astridandrene.com/2008/11/03/the-session-welcome-baby-annie-rose/feed/ 1 the session: mommy-to-be Melissa & the girls http://blog.astridandrene.com/2008/10/22/the-session-mommy-to-be-the-girls/ http://blog.astridandrene.com/2008/10/22/the-session-mommy-to-be-the-girls/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:15:17 +0000 Astrid http://blog.astridandrene.com/?p=61 I had the distinct pleasure of starting a Babies First Year project with Melissa and her beautiful family. This is the first installment of the session: the maternity session. Since Melissa has two daughters, we decided to include them in the session as well.

I’m sure I don’t need to state the obvious, but Melissa’s little girls are absolutely ravishing! Just look at those eyes….they surely have their mom’s eyes and beauty! And Melissa had great energy and looked as fresh as a daisy at 8 months pregnant!

For those of you who aren’t familiar with our Babies First Year package, we offer a year long session, which is broken down into smaller sessions: maternity, newborn, 4 months, 8 months and 12 months. All of these magical moments are captured photographically and then custom designed into an heirloom album!

Look for our new portrait website launching soon! It will include our new galleries and plenty of information on our fantabulous Naples Babies First Year session!

Special thanks go out to Melissa, Emily, Kate and soon-to-arrive baby for letting me capture a bit of your family’s most perfect day!
~Astrid~
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]]> http://blog.astridandrene.com/2008/10/22/the-session-mommy-to-be-the-girls/feed/ 0 the session: welcome baby aiden! http://blog.astridandrene.com/2008/10/07/the-session-welcome-baby-aiden/ http://blog.astridandrene.com/2008/10/07/the-session-welcome-baby-aiden/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:36:34 +0000 Astrid http://blog.astridandrene.com/?p=59 Congratulations Bonnie and Aaron! Bonnie and Aaron had beautiful and healthy baby boy, their first, just over a few weeks ago. Welcome to the world, baby Aiden Palmer Thayer! I shot Bonnie’s maternity images, which you can see just below Aiden’s gallery, and let me tell you, Aiden inherited his mom’s good looks and patience! What a fantastic little model! Not a peep out of Aiden except when he was hungry of course, but who can blame the little guy!

Aiden really found the clicking of my Nikon’s shutter incredibly interesting. He would strain to look in my direction the entire time. So he really made my job easy. What can I say….I have the BEST job passion in the world! Thanks Aiden and mom and dad and congratulations on your first baby! You are in for an incredible journey! svgallery=aiden

]]> http://blog.astridandrene.com/2008/10/07/the-session-welcome-baby-aiden/feed/ 0 session: welcome to the world baby Hayden! http://blog.astridandrene.com/2008/09/18/session-welcome-to-the-world-baby-hayden/ http://blog.astridandrene.com/2008/09/18/session-welcome-to-the-world-baby-hayden/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:34:34 +0000 Astrid http://blog.astridandrene.com/?p=56 I had the honor of photographing three-day old baby Hayden’s first set of portraits. What a little trooper! After a bottle and a diaper change, he was rip-roaring ready to go. Not one peep out of this little guy the entire shoot, too. Now, if only all my portraits were this easy. :) Check out his mom’s maternity session directly beneath his portraits.

Thanks Hayden and mom and dad! Welcome to this big beautiful world! What a perfect day…
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]]> http://blog.astridandrene.com/2008/09/18/session-welcome-to-the-world-baby-hayden/feed/ 0 the session: Krystal; new mommy again! http://blog.astridandrene.com/2008/09/07/the-session-krystal-mommy-and-one-more-on-the-way/ http://blog.astridandrene.com/2008/09/07/the-session-krystal-mommy-and-one-more-on-the-way/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:50:19 +0000 Astrid http://blog.astridandrene.com/?p=55 I’ve been so neglectful to my blog! I won’t bore you with all the details, but needless to say a totally full, rather, over-spilling, heaping plate full of work, sick little ones and a sick mom (STILL sick) has prevented me from blogging updated work.

I’ve finally sat down (on a Sunday no less) to post Krystal’s maternity shoot at my favorite Naples beach! My maternity and portrait side of the business has taken off and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! I’ve always been a true portraitist at heart and it’s what I love to do…

Krystal looks absolutely lovely! She already had her little one so a big CONGRATULATIONS to her and her beautiful family! Baby and the whole clan are settling into their new home today, and I will be out there in the next few days (weather and Ike permitting) to capture the wee one!

I don’t know how Krystal does it! She has three little boys and when I photographed their family portrait at their home, she was the vision of a perfect mom! But it surely helps to have awesome little boys that behave. And Devon, Jerimiah, and Grant were three awesome troopers! I’ll be blogging those images later this week.

KUDOS to you mom, you go! Congratulations on having such a fantabulous family and congratulations on the newest edition! I can’t wait to meet him…
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