Mom and Dad were so laid back, and I have a lot to look to them to for their wonderful example of patience.  When I brought this up to A., she said “Listen, we learned a LONG time ago that this is their show…” and while it was indeed their show, they were all so relaxed and playful.  I love when mom and dad can let their kids just be their silly selves and let me take off with their kids on what ends up being an adventure =)  I always tell parents, “it is, what it is” when it comes to young children. You never know what youre going to get, but often get more than you thought was in store for you.

Mom kept referring to her children as “my loves”…”Come here, my love”… I adored that.  They really are her loves and it showed.  They are what she’s grateful for, what she breathes for, what she lives for.  And how do I know this, only having met her twice in this short time?  Because she dresses them in white in such a trustworthy manner and brings them balloons and a bubble machine to play with =)

But seriously, I know this because Mom and Dad showed it.

Show your children how much they mean to you today by letting the world know it – and letting the world know it just by being the family that you are.

xo

dani

It has been so neat to watch you go from just a baby-turning-toddler to this handsome little man that you are.  I consider myself lucky to have been able to be there to create these timeless images that your sweet little face puts out each time  for your pretty mommy.

Big guy N. was one of my very first clients I ever had. He is an avid hunter – so if you ever need to find a snake or a bear or a bird, he is your man… as long as you can keep quiet so he can listen for them.  He likes walking in water fountains as long as mom can keep the bugs away and running up and rolling down hills.

He’s just awesome =)

xo

dani

“Those” front teeth are on their way in.  I can feel the profit margin for the orthodontist going up already… and those SILLY BANDS! Whod’a thought… and animal bracelet that doesn’t look like an animal when worn, is all the rage.

Having this time off with my children has made me realize so much.  I needed this.  Maybe I’ll explain sometime.  I have so many sessions to blog, two to finish up, and two coming up.  I’ve really, really cut back this year and I think it was the best thing I could have done.  I have really, really missed being a Mom.

Happy Schools-out-for-summer to you and yours.

xo

dani

We’ve returned from our vacation, and it was great! Just a reminder that DLP is closed until June 19th and emails will be returned starting the 16th.

I did cave on vacation, however, and shoot with one of my favorite families two sundays ago.  I met J & C and their super cool mom  in 2008 and have had the chance to photograph them several times since.  When Mom contacted me a few weeks ago that they would be in town I couldn’t resist the opportunity… especially when I just had to meet new baby sister L.!

I look forward to sharing more from this session, these kiddos have the most amazing, piercing blue eyes and are just darling.

What do you get when baby decides location number one is not the choice for a nap? You shoot at location number two after a quick car ride and become Urban Baby. It worked out well, and she’s awefully sweet!

 I hope everyone is enjoying their June.  I have made a huge decision to scale back this year in the amount of appointments I book.  I am booked for regular appointments into October and will be offering a “sort-of” mini opportunity for any remaining bookings.  There are two weddings coming up in July, and I am really looking forward to them.

See you on the 19th,

xo

dani

D.’s beautiful momma and daddy – she’s glowing, and for good reason =)

If the reason she’s glowing isnt born a girl, there’s a chance that D. will be calling him by the girl name he has already appointed to it!

Auntie C. came along per D.’s demands.  And thank goodness she did, she was obviously put to good use handing D.’s new friend. Lake Erie Special find, right there.

It was so nice to spend a good portion of this day with D., his mom, and my kids.  It’s hard living far away from friends I care so much about!

Next up… a post full of tiny babies that I am sure you will enjoy =)

Have a great tuesday,

xo

dani

ps: there are a few new images weeded into the slideshow at the top!

If you’re not smiling today (because it looks decevingly warm outside) – here’s someone who is! I hope it’s contageous.

Little L.’s Mom and family are anxiously awaiting their gallery to arrive this evening.  I have been absent a little more than usual with wedding season starting this weekend, I have had a lot of prep work going on on top of everything else… however, that is this time of year for you!

See you after the weekend with a preview for a FABULOUS bride and groom =)

xo

dani

I decided however to give a new set a try and jump a little out of my norm.  These were done by Christy Williams, a great photographer who started Addy Lane - I was so excited to try them out!  I decided to give her Tea Set a go on this precious picture of Cami – what a face! Little Stinker… 

Have a great… few days?  Lot’s to do on my end. Auction work and three sessions (because I’m crazy going over my 3 to 4 per MONTH) this week… so there will be some new stuff to see sooner rather than later.

xo

dani

This weekend I will be shooting for the 2010 Annual CEDF Auction benefiting the Sandusky County Catholic Schools.  Along with the nights event coverage I will be doing formals – so I thought I needed to prepare myself for something I do not do often, studio work!  A special thanks to Cami and her Mom Marie for these images taking place.  Cami was a great model and from the looks of it, might have a career in it, too!

Take care everyone, enjoy the second posting of “something different”. You’ll probably never guess where these were taken =)

xo

dani

I hope everyone’s settling into 2010 quite comfortably.  I have been surprisingly busy the last few weeks with various projects and that’s just a bit uncommon for me in January; my lack of blogging sort of reflects that!

My town of Fremont suffered a tragedy of great proportions this past weekend.  Most of my readers are local and probably are aware of these amazingly sad deaths, but for the plethora of my readers who are not – please keep in your thoughts and hearts, and prayers if you do – three small children who’ve passed away in an extremely unfortunately accident, and the parents and family they leave behind.  I don’t think I could go posting on these beautiful children without mentioning this incident.  Our children are so precious and we simply must remember to be grateful for their existance, and the here and now.

I wanted to share with you a project I worked on over the holidays for the kindergarten parents of my daughters classmates.  In working with their teacher, we planned a day for me to sneak in and get a few shots of each little sweetpea.  It was a neat experience to be able to have a few mintues with each child that my daughter spends her days with; they are all SO FUNNY and cute and perfect in their own little ways.  While there were several of each kiddo – I just went with a quick BW themed collage to share with you.  Check out these little lambs

I can’t wait to see what awesome people these little ones become =)

I also thought it would be fun for a few posts to go back throughout the year and share a few favorites – some seen, some unseen before.

Braylon & Braxtyn – if you could have seen them toddling in the water with their little sandals on…

These cake smashes just get so messy.  I did two of them in a downtown setting this year and when we went back to do this little guy’s smash – the remnants of the one two weeks prior were still mashed into the blacktop.  No cake, just frosting – I dont leave cake laying around!  I just love how its the one time parents let loose and let the kids trash themselves from head to toe, and love every second of it.

I’m looking forward to sharing my little 2009 favorites here and there on the blog – keep a look out!

I hope this finds everyone doing well.  Again, thank you for your continued support and patronage – I cant wait to see what year 3 brings to my clients and myself. 

Feel free to drop a line, this blog’s growing cobwebs I think! =)

To start with…  I suppose, like the ones that were actually supposed to be mailed, I could have shared this with my readers BEFORE the Holiday Season, huh?

Hour Christmas was filled with bits of Toy Story, Hamsters that crow for some reason…

…and a sweet piece of vintage that was GOING to be mine on ebay at all costs (unfortunately!).  I remembered playing with a garage exactly like this as a kid at my Grandmothers house – hours of it, with my cousins. 

When I took it out of the original box it just blew my mind!  This thing is pristine – straight from the seventies – high quality goodness… ahh!  I got E. the 2008 version of this last Christmas and it was a hunk of JUNK like most toys now-a-days.  The bell dings, the elevator works no matter which way you turn the handle ( just like I recalled!) – it’s just a blast.  It’s the first thing the kids go for when we have little ones as visitors.  Doesn’t that take you back a little?

That’s about as far into my personal Holiday photos that I’m going to go But they are all in good fun.

Over my vacation I had the pleasure of photographing the S. family, who were in town from Tennessee staying with family the week before Christmas to visit

This little miss – right before I was winding down got suited up by mom in her cutie pie tu-tu – lollypop in hand, makes me love it so much.

Dad plays the guitar and the kids really dig it

Okay, onto other news!

You can now find two brief PDF guides that are current at my portfolio, or by accessing them below:

www.danielleluc.com/guides/sessionfee

www.danielleluc.com/guides/prints

There are a few minor changes in the way proofing will go this year, and each will give a brief detailing of general investment and expectations.  I’ve never had anyone question it until now – but as far as “delivery” – in terms of my business, this means your boxed items and presentation.  You will be asked to pick up your prints when they are available, however if I will in your neighborhood or if you are absolutely unable to swing by, I understand and will do my best to bring your purchases to your home.

As of this year, I will NO LONGER BE PHOTOGRAPHING SENIORS.  I’m begining to find my niche and where my abilities side best, and Senior Photography just simply isn’t one of them   I need to be able to put my heart and mind 100% into what I do, and I know there are plenty of amazing photographers out there in the area who can photograph seniors very awesomely   Sorry for any inconvenience this causes to anyone.

Fall Mini Sessions will also be available to my 2010 regular clients for the first selection.  Mini’s will proof 5-10 (I have yet to decide on this as of yet) images.  I get a lot of first-time clients for mini’s and they end up being  just as much work and almost the same amount of proofs as a regular standard portrait session (I cant help it!) – so this needs to be adjusted, so that each and every family that books is allocated time and talent fairly according to investment.  There will potentially be a standard mini available throughout the year, but this, too, as of yet is undecided.

A few new guidelines with what happens to your unordered images – at the end of the week long proofing, any UNORDERED images are discarded.  Any digital files on my harddrives that prints were ordered from are cropped to 8×12 format and will be stored on my harddrive at that time.  Should you wish to be able to order other prints  in the future that weren’t ordered from in your initial ordering session, you will need to consider a digital collection so that they are available to you for…ever! For example, should you decide you do not want to order any of image number 4, 16, and 18 – and you decide at a later date you wish to reactivate your gallery to order, those images will not be available – as only the ones you have ordered from will be present.  This cuts down on me adding undesired images to harddrive space.  This isnt typically an issue as Digital Collections are of huge demand at this point – but it is in effect for 2010 and beyond.

In likeness, the same goes for web images. Web images (facebook, myspace) are available for any ordered image.  You will be unable to obtain a web sized image for any unordered portrait.

I thank you all for your understanding in some of these changes!

Full pricing and wedding catalogs are available upon request, should you have any other inqueries for 2010 that are not answered in the above PDF’s.

Once again, thank you ALL for such an awesome 2009 and I’m just squealing inside with delight over starting my 3rd year, and the BEATUFIUL BRIDES that are awaiting this season!  Which brings me to one more thing:  THERE ARE NO MORE AVAILABLE BOOKINGS FOR WEDDINGS IN 2010 and JUNE AND JULY 2011 are currently booked.  If you are looking for 2011 – now’s about that time.

Okay, goodnight and glad to be back!

xo

dani