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Category Archives: Families

Some of my to-do list before maternity leave….

So, I have this incredibly long to-do list that I’ve been wanting to attack for who knows how long! It just keeps getting longer and longer and longer. I hear all these crazy people who have no children and their own business tell me stuff like “make your to-do list and start getting things done”. Yeah, “let’s see them get all this done and juggle life” is what other mother’s tell me! Basically, what I’ve ended up doing is just prioritizing what I’ve GOT TO GET DONE OR I’LL FREAK OUT and everything else goes on a back burner. Ya know what I mean? And my clients can totally vouch for me getting done what I need to get done! Some of them have gotten their wedding images back in two weeks – yes, 2 Weeks!!!!!

Well, here’s something that’s been on the back burner that I’m going to get done in the next 12 days. I’m updating my investment guide! That’s right! Now, don’t freak out, none of my prices are going up! I’m just adding stuff to it that I’ve started offering that’s not on it!

So, since my business is quite the visual one…I thought I’d let you guys keep me to my word! Here are my pieces of wall art that all need to get on my investment guide!

First up: The Canvas. People tend to know what this is. It’s a photograph that’s been printed on canvas, given extra TLC and UV protection, has been stretched over a wooden frame, has backing paper, and even little silicon feet added to each of the four corners so this beauty will never scratch your walls. It only needs one hook to hang on your wall. That’s right, one teeny tiny hole in the wall for this. I also use a printer that uses very environmentally friendly inks and your canvas is guaranteed for 100 years. You can’t really beat that, huh?

So, here’s a sample.

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Next up, is the Float Wrap. It’s basically a large photographic print that has been wrapped around a board with a sponge in it. Gator board is then attached to the back of the piece to allow you to hang this on your wall with just one screw. I, however, have found that I can use command strips and then no one has to start World War III in their house over holes in the wall. YAY for Happy Happy marriages!!!! Oh and the gator board allows this to “float” approximately one inch off your wall – hence the name “Float Wrap”. :-)

Here’s the front of one of them:

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And the back of another float wrap showing the command strips.

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The next product is called a Metal Mural. These are basically multiple squares of metal that have had the photographic image printed over them. You then use metal hooks to connect the whole piece. It comes with everything shown except for the type of screws you need to hang this into the wall. Depending on the size of the mural, you could need 3-5 screws to hang this in your home. Metal Murals look especially cool with really grungy or edgy photographs.

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And last, but not least, are my Acrylic Prints. These are fantabulous for really colorful prints. They almost look like a big thick piece of plastic that has the image melted over a back piece that’s been embedded into the plastic. (I hope that makes sense!) Anyway, if you have a really colorful image that you want to showcase – this is the piece for you! It even looks better when it’s back lit! All of these, no matter the size, require four screws to put this into your wall. The screws are covered by the metal circles you see in the corners.

Here’s a front view:

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And a side view:

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So, that’s it! I’ll be adding these beauties to the investment guides very soon!

Until later,

Isa

Free family portrait session!

Happy Saturday morning! I’m working on tweaking my family portrait sessions and I’m looking for a LARGE family! So, if you live in the Cincinnati area and have 10 or more family members you can get together for one hour – you could be my guinea pigs! YESSSSSS!!!! You’ll get a one hour family portrait session together and five retouched images on CD for your awesome help! Email me at isabel at isabelsam dot com! :)

The Entire Kamat Family

Asha gave me a call a few weeks ago telling me that her whole family would be in town over Thanksgiving and they wanted a family portrait taken. I was totally down for that, because, well, Asha’s family is super great! Plus, I had heard her sister gave birth to twin boys eleven months ago and I couldn’t wait to meet them!

Here’s a few fun images from the quick session we did :)

Grandma, with the happier twin at the moment :)

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I love the curiousness!

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Here’s Asha with her Justin and their cute dog and their cute nephews! They say photographing children and animals are the hardest things to do… I had both and we were still all happy!

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I think they are too cute!

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And I left the session thanking God that He didn’t give me twins ;-)

Solomon was hard enough when he was tiny!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for having me out! And for all the fun play time with Yoda – and the babies – and of course getting to see your lovely family again, Asha!

Tom + Ashley + Cooper + Milo

Love me some flare!!!!

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Cooper and Milo love walking outside :-)

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They have this fun spring in their steps when they are out :)

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And then we (lovingly) tied them to a tree to get just a few shots of their ‘parents’ by themselves :D

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This one makes me want to snuggle :D

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I had the privilege of shooting this little family all because of Tom! He wanted to get some nice pictures with his wife and then the little dogs were added too! I’m not really the greatest with dogs, but their dogs are so darn cute that I don’t think anyone could ever not love them!!!! It was great hanging out with you guys! I can’t wait to see you soon!

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Pausing for a commercial break ;)

Okay, so none of that made any sense…but I am taking a pause from blogging because I’m working on a new site! I’ll be switching over to a blogsite (Ya know, a blog that is also my website :) in hopefully another week!!!!! It’s going to be a lot prettier than this one and offer the same functionality – actually more! than the other one!!!! WOOOTTTT

Anyway, in the mean time here are some fun pictures I have recently taken!

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Have a wonderful weekend!

A preview of some kiddos….

Remember, Ari? She’s been on here before :) She’s getting big, isn’t she?!

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Love me some FLARE!!!

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And I think I’m in love with this one :)

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Melanie and Chris’ wedding photos are coming up next :D

Models

*****Thanks everyone for all the emails! I’ve got all the models needed :) ******

Hello Everyone!

I hope you enjoyed the holiday weekend!

I need some models for an upcoming project. I need children ages 8 and younger. Shoot me an email if you are interested (isabel [at] isabelsam . com) with a picture of your little one or ones and I’ll give you more info!

Happy Tuesday!

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Happy 1st Birthday, Cameron!

I used to work with Cameron’s mom, back in the old days at the corporate job, ya know like 6 weeks ago ;) Anyway, Carol, (that’s his mom) asked me to take some pictures of her little guy for his very first birthday. It was a pleasure getting to meet her family and seeing all the excitment that comes with a first birthday! I can’t believe that I am just a little more than 2 months away from celebrating Solomon’s first birthday -  it’s definitely good to see some one else go through it ahead of me!

Carol was interested in having formal pictures done at her place – and anyone who knows me knows that, um, those aren’t my strengths! But I think I did get a few good shots of little Cameron being himself. He’s such a curious guy and a really good walker for his age :)

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Cameron, like Solomon, also needs redirection to keep from getting into trouble. :)

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He loves looking at the ‘baby’ in the mirror! He even kissed the ‘baby’ for me :) How cute is that?! :D

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Yep, he likes his thumb!

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A big thank you to Carol for having me out! I can’t wait for you to see the rest of the images soon!!!!

Bianca & Shawn

Bianca’s family is from South Africa :D How fun, right?! Well, she and her wonderful husband, Shawn, are heading over there (and let me tell you that is a freakin’ LONG FLIGHT!!!!!) to see her family this weekend! YAY for family visits!!!! Anywhoooo, Bianca wanted to get a few nice pictures of her and Shawn to give to her lovely grandparents while they are down there…so that’s where I came in to their rescue ;)

Enjoy your trip guys! I’m totally JEALOUS!!!!!!

This spot had great light and was nice and tight for them to snuggle up a little ;)

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Some poor kids lost their spot playing in this playhouse for this shot ;) Yep, that’s how we roll ;)

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They wanted to show off their totally rad car…check out the plate :D

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Do you get it? Minimize ;) How unUnitedStatesonian, no? I love it! (I say UnitedStatesonian like that because I am one of those people who believe you can’t just call people from this country “Americans” because you see, there is a north and central and south america and well – they are all Americans.) Okay, done with that…

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Thank you both for such a fun time and have a GREAT trip!

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Last weekend we made our first ever family trip out of town. Where did we decide to go for our first out of town trip??? Why, Miami of course!!! Because Bernie’s brother, Carlos, was getting married!!!!!! We were really involved in the wedding too! Bernie was a groomsman and I was shooting it :) We had a great time getting a ton in while we were down there. Solomon had to meet all his family he hadn’t met yet…so we made our first stop at Abuelita’s (Grandma’s) house where he met his uncles and cousins….

His cousins thought he was rad!

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Then we took our overstimulated and staying up way past his bedtime baby over to Romina and Joel’s. Now our friend, Romina, was actually due with little Natalie a few weeks after Solomon’s due date – but the little girl decided to come out May 1st! So, here’s Solomon who is actually bigger and a little bit more developmentally advanced with his little friend who is older than him. :( Please keep little Natalie in your prayers. She is super sweet, a real trooper, and it’s a total miracle that this little girl is still around to make her parents smile!!!!

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They played really well together ;)

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And we even did a mini photo shoot of little Natalie and her mommy :)

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AND Now…..on to the real reason we were in MIAMI!!!!!!!!!!!

CARLOS & NATALIE’s Preview!!!!!!

(I still have hundreds of images to go….but I couldn’t resist posting some that popped out!)

Carlos and his boys….

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The groomsmen wanted a jumping shot on the beach….while the groom was kind of against it! But, hey, it looks good!

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The bride getting ready for her biggest day!

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This is where they got married….

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Bernie and Solomon all dressed up :) Don’t you love the little tiny bow tie?!

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Watching his bride come out…

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SOOOOO excited to be getting married!!!!

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I would like to take a commercial break to say that I am married to the sexiest groomsman ever!

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Kiss your bride!

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lighting the unity candle

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Mr. & Mrs.

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I had the bridal party in stitches over this crazy walk I had them do!

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Who doesn’t love a groom who can hold a boquet of flowers ever so seriously?

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I’m really happy with this next series

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Dancing to “At Last”

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They had dancers who danced wonderful tributes :)

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Best. Speech. Ever.

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Cutting some Jamaican wedding cake!

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Toss the garter!

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And the bouquet!

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Now some may be wondering what we did with little Solomon while we were both part of the wedding….Well his Wonderful Aunt Angie took care of him!

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The boys escaped for something super secret and Angie, Solomon, and I went on a super secret mission to find out what they were up to!

Unfortunately, they saw us! And this guy showing his back end over on the right is my wonderful Bernie sticking his butt out to me while Angie, Solomon, and I ran for the other elevator!

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Here’s where they went to!

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Yep, the bridesmaids had decorated their hotel room and the groomsmen were in charge of lighting the little candles that were all over the place before Carlos and Natalie got up there! If you look closely – you can see matches in Bernie’s and Mark’s hands :)

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So, we decided to sit down and join the party for a couple of minutes :D

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Solomon really enjoyed his very first super secret mission!

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And then we went back downstairs for the rest of the party :D

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The end!

We seriously had such a great time!

And we were really missing the Miami weather when we landed in the very very cold and snow covered Ohio airport!