Katie

I went out a few nights ago with Emily, Katie, and Amber, for a fun shoot that I've been wanting to do for quite a while.

They got dressed up and we went out to a couple of locations to play and take pictures :) It will probably take me a while to get through all of the photos, but I've gotten through the first few of Katie and thought I'd post a preview for her before I start on the next bunch, of Amber.



Katie
August 29, 2009
Kitchener, Waterloo

HLP Online

There are so many ways to communicate and share information online!

So far, you can find Heather Lynne Photography in the following places:

HLP website: http://heatherlynne.ca/



HLP blog: http://heatherlynnephoto.blogspot.com/

A Note: If you haven't already gotten an RSS Feed Reader, you should look into it! Especially if you're checking multiple blogs for updates! I currently use Google Reader and I really like it! It's kind of like checking email, but it checks for blog updates :) (That way you don't have to visit each blog individually to look for new blog entries- it's a definite time saver!) It's free and it's as easy to set yourself up with as signing up for an email address.

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At this point, I haven't really gotten into Twitter- I already have enough things online to take up my time!

Are there any of you reading this who use Twitter? Do you love it? I'm curious to know what others think of it! If you've got a minute, leave a comment & let me know your thoughts on Twitter!

Ava's Tea Party

For a while now, I've been following Sheye Rosemeyer's Blog . I am drawn to not only her fabulous photography, but her truthful and wonderfully written posts about her family, her friends, and her experiences.

If you have never heard of Sheye or visited her blog, you should check it out! When I first visited her blog, I clicked on a link called Ava and read about Sheye's Super Princess. I was touched and deeply affected by her story and many entries that I read in the archives of Sheye's blog.

That day I did a lot of thinking, some praying, and some reevaluating of my life. That day I changed my desktop photo to one of pink balloons, to remind me of the priority in my days- my own little princesses.

Today Sheye's blog is about celebrating Ava's birthday, and everyone is invited:

I intend to take time on Saturday to have a pink milk tea party with my girls. For Ava, for my girls, and for the reminder that I continually need, to treasure each moment, to live in the moment, and to make the moments beautiful.

Because I don't have photos to share from Ava's day, here's one from another tea party on Talia's birthday:

Leia

I had so much fun photographing Leia & her parents! She was so cute! She wanted to share everything with me- from her toys to the dirt from the garden! :)

I had a lot of favourites from this session, so I'll just get straight to the photos now!

Leia ~ One Year Old

June 27, 2009

I love her adorable curls!

...and I love this shot of her climbing up the stairs.

We got some great family photos thanks to Leia's grandma juggling behind me- I'm only sorry I didn't get to see the show! ;)

Talia's 3rd Birthday Party

I'm finding lately that I really enjoy running around at events, capturing the meaningful moments and the special details.

Back in January, my daughter Talia turned 3. I planned a "Fairy Princess Tea Party" for her and a couple of her little friends, and took pictures of it all.

If you're on my personal facebook, then you may have seen these back then, but I thought they might be worth sharing on here as well. They're another example of a type of event that could be covered with photography.



Talia's Fairy Princess Tea Party
January, 2009

Talia and a doll, before the 'real' guests arrived.


At the end of a treasure hunt around the house, they found their treasure (chocolate coins, bracelets, and crowns) in the chest, along with their own tutus.


I made the tutus & bracelets! I felt so "Martha"! ;)


Each guest had a little bag of "pixie dust" to sprinkle on her cupcake


This one was taken by my husband- one of the rare pictures featuring me :)


Frosting was by far the most popular part of the cupcakes ;)

I have to give credit to No Fuss Fabulous for some of these party ideas- check out their website for more fun ideas! :)

Wanna see Talia's 4th Birthday Party? Click here to check it out! :)
Click here for other party posts.

Flowers

Every once in a while I like to get out and try my hand at nature photography.

My favourite will probably always be photographing people, but I do love nature, and I've found that it's relaxing to me to get out and photograph it.

Here are a couple of shots from our place recently.

This one is from our backyard after we got back from vacation (it's really just a weed that grew with our grass after a couple of weeks without being cut, but I think it's pretty :)



And this is a flower from our front garden. It's a nice shot because you can't see all of the weeds around the flower ;) haha