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Yep, I'm a bad blogger! I got hit with the holiday rush of sessions/orders/Thanksgiving/airport pickups/family/..you name it! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with their families!
Thank you SOOOOO much for all the wonderful kind emails and comments about the Nikon brochure! I promise once I get all caught up I'll be back with lots more pictures of everyone cuties! Here is one recent favorite of mine. 
Have a great day!
~Kathy
AHHH..that is a sigh! Have you ever had a secret that you've just been dying to tell someone and couldnt? In August I had the EXTREME and I say EXTREME pleasure of meeting 4 of the most NEATEST (wink wink) people from Japan. They were here with me for 4 days, shooting some shots for the brochure for the new NIKON D40. They flew in and we shot - from sunup to sunset and sometime after dark... we ate together, laughed together, had birthday cake and exchanged gifts.... and I gotta tell ya, there were times, when I thought I was going to cry - nothing was going right... but somehow - we'd get the shot.. the sky would turn just right, or something would happen..and it would all work out.
There is so much I could talk about - about these people, but I will say this. I have made friends that I will treasure for a lifetime. My family has memories for a lifetime. Carter still has oragami fish and birds that his friend Akiko made for him...he has "kites" in his room she brought to him as gifts.. He talks about Take reading him books... so being chosen to help create the brochure was way way WAY cool.. but the experience - ya - that was the COOLEST.
ANYWAY- Hats off to Ava - for coming through the last day with a phone call the last minute...when we had exhausted all our options...and for getting on the intro page :)
and to Cole for tossing a ball until the sun was JUST in the RIGHT spot and at the perfect time....
and to Leann, Jordan, Sam, Chelsea, Kim, James, John Michael, Helena, Kai, Syndey, Kade, Michaela, Kristen, (--oh man, I'm gonna forget someone I know I am!!! ) THANK YOU ALL for everything~~ I know its hard to get kids to do something WE want them to do..and not something they want to do..and they were all troopers :)!
Here are a few images of my friends and of the shooting...
Take reading to Carter..
Me and Gen calling it a night....
Leann in action - she actually has several small pictures throughout the brochure. 
One of my favorite shots..seen small on the last page.. We couldnt have asked for a better sunset that night...
Ok.. thats it for now (cause its late -or early)... I'll post more pics and stories later).. all the shots were taken with the D40. It really is a great little camera (and I'm not getting paid to say this). I was asked to use the lens that came with the camera for MOST of the shots, however had a very large arsenal of lenses at my disposal( which was very hard to give up when they left!! I wanted to sneek afew into my camera bag)...and did use the lens for most of these shots. I was also asked to use AUTO mode for alot of the shots...because this camera is being marketed to the CONSUMER/HOBBIEST buyer - the moms and dads who are tired of missing shots with their point and shoots but arent looking to buy a professional high end camera. YES, George, there are still hobbiest out there!
A Final thanks to my FAM - I know you guys read my blog.... and honestly I dont know what I'd do without you guys :)
~Kathy
Jump up and down! I decided to tease Jen (and now her hubby who is looking at my blog too ;)) with one last tease cause its HAPPY FEET Friday! I promise, I'm almost done with your pictures - and the rest of the mini sessions as well soon!!!!
This is going to be short, because my next post on my blog is going to be the biggest, longest post in the history of my blog...why?? I cant say yet - its a surprise... But I'll give you one clue. And the winner of the question gets 4 tickets(value$40) to HAPPY FEET!!OK, ready.. be the first to reply correctly to this thread with HAPPY FEET FRIDAY and your answer and your email address and you win! (family excluded from winning - sorry!)
THE QUESTION IS : WHAT is the latest DSLR NIKON CAMERA (due out December 2006) JUST announced??
Have fun!
~Kathy
(I'm sorry Jen) But I had to thank everyone who braved the cold and the rain for the mini sessions with me! Despite the different weather we had - I had fun and hope you did too! This mom hasnt seen hers yet, so I'm teasing her a bit :)
More from the other sessions soon!
~Kathy
Happy Friday! A friend of mine sent me a wonderful email the other day..that made me think of how lucky we are to have great people in the world. I printed her kind words out and will look at them when I'm feeling down.
As we near the end of 2006 its a good time to reflect back on the year and look at what you have accomplished and look towards the near year for new goals. What are your new goals?
I know mine! Will I ever reach them? I hope so!! but they are BIG!!!
So this weekend ~ think of a great friend you have - give him or her a call and just say hi. Write down some goals you have for the next year... take a few deeps breaths as you get ready for the holiday season.. oh and dont forget to LAUGH!
~Kathy
well It should be! What wonderful moments I've been able to be a part of between mothers and their children! As a mother of 2 wonderful boys - I know these are great moments that will be treasured forever.
the first beautiful mother and daughter....
and another beautiful family!
~Kathy
just come back to this post...
This girl lights up the room. Her smile never left her face...from the minute I arrive, until I left, she was joyous... So if you are ever feeling blue - just come look at this smiling face - you wont be down for long.
~Kathy
New York is an awesome place! with awesomely nice people..from the first ladies I met on the airplane to the coolest taxi driver who took me back (and pointed out cool spots) and all the New Yorkers in between - they all rocked! I only wished I was there longer - soo many nice people and I didnt get to see and do 1/2 the stuff I wanted to do.
What I did do.. Ate a hot dog from a street vendor, road the subway to canal street (SOO AWESOME!) stood at the bottom of the Empire State Building and LOOKED UP! Talked the ear off a cabbie - such a cool guy. Met a great guy that shoots sports photography. Walked and walked and walked... Hailed a cab. Gave $ to a homeless guy. Ate NY Pizza. Saw a parade. OH man, I dunno what else. Oh and ya, took some pictures!!
I'm hesitate to put up pictures of brides - cause the answer is STILL NO - I DONT DO WEDDINGS!!!
hehehe. Man, I have so many . so just a TASTE.. maybe I'll add more later..
gorgeous sunset
Look at those ringlets!!
dancing with her shadow.....
Halloween night!! The real Borat? hmmm....
Ok, thats it for now!
~Kathy :)