Frame Products

I am offering some beautiful frames, now, to finish off your portrait prints. I was stunned a few months ago to see photos that one of my customers had ordered, still neatly wrapped in the NmB Photography black box LONG after our photo session. I never thought I wanted to deal with frame ordering and finishing but it's very satisfying to know that your portrait can immediately be hung in your home. Here is one example of an 8x12 portrait matted into a 12x16 frame. Isn't the distressed moulding beautiful? The depth and curves really add an unusual aspect to the sides, as well.

You Take a Picture of me Taking a Picture of You

You Take a Picture of me Taking a Picture of You
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This is another of our favorite places to go together, Fox & Obel gourmet market. It's primarily an upscale market on the corner of Illinois & McClurg but is also a sweet spot for a leisurely breakfast.

She was so cute using the cell phone at first and then she switched to my camera. It was set on Manual and she was a little disgruntled at first that she couldn't see us through the LCD and also not being used to focusing and then clicking. However, she picked it up quick enough and took a couple of terrific, I mean really great, photos of Dinna and I. I might post those later...

I was pleasantly surprised while we were out-and-about last weekend to find free parking every place we went. Fox & Obel has complimentary valet parking, Uncle Julio's does too and when we shopped on North ave we parked in a free lot. One place we didn't make it to is Trader Joe's - I really love that grocery store, too! See more photos of Paige & family on my Flickr site.

Emmory is One

What a fun session we had last Friday morning with Emmory to celebrate her first birthday. It was also so special for me because I just completed documenting Emmory's first year in photographs.

We started out the cake set with this cute little topper from Cole's Confectionary in Freeport and Emmory didn't hesitate to start tasting it. She got some on a toe right away and then later on her bare little bottom.

See how she has changed - she's even walking now.





Here she is at three months in my studio -

Klemm Arborateum

A week ago I went to Rockford with my friend, Deb, and had a tour of Klemm Arborateum. One of her friends that works there guided us on our walk and told us about how the grounds are used. It is a beautiful wedding venue and many weddings are scheduled there in the Fountain garden area. I took my 100mm macro lens and had a great time seeking out the beautiful diversity of flowers there. These are a couple of examples and more can be found in this slide show.

I don't seem to have much time this summer to add to this blog. I just took a day off and spent it with Dawn, Erin and Kelby going to the swimming pool, the lake, and doing Emmory's one-year-old session. Today I'm headed into Chicago to spend some time with Paige! What a full and fun few days.

New Gallery Album

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I'm crazy about this new album that I saw while attending a photography workshop. I had to get one because I knew it would work perfect with this session from Erin's third birthday. The cover is frosted, thick plexiglass and the pages are thick with mats for 5x7 photos displayed either horizontally or vertically. There are a bunch of other bright colors and cover options to choose from.