Happiness

This family was so fun to photograph! They very expressive and aren't afraid to be silly or loving. Here are a few of my favorite images from the shoot.

Okay, I can tell that limiting the number of images in my posts is going to be difficult. :)

Baby Paxton is Here

It was such a joy to photograph Baby Paxton and his family. He only had two accidents while trying to get the precious bare bottom shots, one all over mom! Paxton's big brother was so loving and tender. What a great family!

Waiting for Baby Paxton

I love photographing pregnant bellies. I think my favorite part is the anticipation, especially when there is an older sibiling waiting for a baby brother or sister. It's fun to think how everything is just about to change.

Plans Change!

In a little over a month Jason and I will celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary. As the momentous day approaches I find myself thinking back to those early days in college when we had our life all planned out and then fast forwarding to today and realizing that plans have a way of changing. We were sure that we would have two sons (Jason is from a family of three boys – I’m not sure of the logic there?) but have been blessed with two beautiful girls. Jason was going to be a civil engineer for the County of Sacramento until he retired and my plan was to teach high school English. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined starting my own photography business. Jason’s career also changed dramatically when made the move to a private engineering firm. As we mark 10 years of married bliss, the picture is different than we expected but nonetheless wonderful.

And so it has been in our business as well. Plans change!

I planned to only photograph preschoolers at school and sell framed, black and white 4x6 prints. Plans change! I’ve photographed babies 10 hours old and high school seniors. I still love classic black and white prints but I’ve fallen in love the beauty and versatility of color. I still think framed 4x6’s make great gifts but also love the 25x40 gallery wrapped canvas over my fireplace.

I planned to never photograph a wedding. Plans change! When a good friend from high school asked me to photograph her wedding, I agreed and asked Jason to come along to help out. I have to admit that we were surprised at how good the images turned and what a great time we had working together. We later booked the maid of honor from that wedding and have developed the wedding side of our business over the last couple years.

And…I planned to never, ever write a blog. Plans change! I knew they were popular but I assumed that no one would want to read what I had to say. After many, many discussions with my husband, friends and fellow photographers, I am convinced – I need a blog. I have learned that it can be a wonderful way to keep all of our fantastic family and clients abreast of what is occurring in both our business and our life.

It has been an amazing journey to this point and we couldn’t have done it without our treasured clients who have become more like friends and our incredible family who have given their support, love and time unconditionally from watching our beautiful girls on countless occasions to helping frame 50 sports collages for a photo drop off

As we look forward over the next several months we have many things planned. We will be consolidating our two business names (Sidley Studios and Kandid Kids), launching a brand new website, hosting an open house to formally introduce our residential gallery and, of course, blogging. We have so many exciting things planned hope that you will all be a part of it.

As for the blog, here’s my plan – I plan to post to my blog as often as I can but not every day; I plan to share my favorite images from my sessions; I plan to post client slideshows on request; I plan to share thoughts and comments that I think my readers might enjoy. But then, as you know, plans change!