And the winner is... ICAN!

With almost $1000 raised for the Atlanta chapter of ICAN, these two mornings were a big success! Thanks to everyone who came to the portrait playdates, and to everyone who helped spread the word!

Enjoy your previews, and you will hear from me in a little over a week when the rest of your galleries are ready.

It has truly been a pleasure to meet you all, and have the chance to photograph your amazing children. I hope the images show how much I enjoyed creating them for you!

Here are the final previews, two horizontal images deserving of their own post:

Joyful Sylvie:

Sunny Catie:

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Fun Reese:


Snuggly Sadie:

Playful Kaelin:

Sweet Emily:

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I know you mommies are patiently waiting for your previews, so here are a few more I got to work on today. The rest will hopefully be up before sunrise. Enjoy!


There weren't many boys on Tuesday (only two, I think), but the ones that came were absolute heartbreakers.

Here's big kid Austin:


Oh-so-cute little Olivia:

Jade with her fascinating eyes:

And big Olivia with her movie star looks:

I am honestly overwhelmed with the beauty I got to photograph over these two days. Don't you agree?

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From yesterday: (I promise these kids were not preselected based on cuteness!)

Grace:


Malia:

Andrew:

Sayre:

Charlotte:

Today's children photo shoot

Fifteen hardy, gorgeous kids came to the park to play and be photographed today.

As you can see, it was a bit chilly in the morning:

But we all warmed up to some great shots, as time went by!

(though the one above might be one of my all time favorite ones)

Will blog more tonight and tomorrow -- thanks to everyone who came, I'll total the funds we raised for ICAN and announce the amount soon.

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Here are some handome, busy little guys. This completes the previews for the Saturday kids -- on to Tuesday, in the morning!

Alex (with Bailey):

Henry:

Jack:

Caleb:

Jacob:

Henry:

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Some black and white horizontal images of four striking kids:

Max, intense and beautiful:

Lexi, with her gorgeous eyes:

Smiling baby Alek:

Fresh, sweet Harry:

Harry is modeling a hat knitted by talented Pinar of Tiny Toppers.

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Exuberant Chloe:


Mesmerizing Margaret:

Sweet Oscar:

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And here are some super-cute girls:

Serious Charlotte:


Happy Hannah:

Giggly Nina-Marie:

You must have noticed that not only are the kids who participated in this special session incredibly cute, but they have the most beautiful names too!

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Three good-looking boys:

Gabriel:

Carter:

Hunter:

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Bashful Natalia:




Smiling Anna:

Playful Noah:

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I am beginning to blog a few previews, one per child for the time being, from the ICAN photo fundraiser. I will add Tuesday's session in later posts.

Here are the three images, in no particular order. There are other ones of these kids of course (just as beautiful or even more), and you'll see them when your gallery is ready -- these are just the first ones that caught my eye as I began post-processing them.

Enjoy!

Joyful Anastasia, and her mommy's pregnant belly:

Stacey, the glowing mama:

Thoughtful Alex:

Friendly Robert:

Baby Elsa is here!

Baby Elsa was born this evening at exactly 7pm, to loving parents Genia and Brian.


As their doula, I had the unique priviledge of witnessing the awesomely fierce birthing mama that Genia is.

After 12 hours of slow and reluctant labor, she entered active labor at 3pm this afternoon. When Brian called me to tell me labor seemed seriously on its way, around 5:30pm, I prepared to go to their home. As soon as I arrived Genia had the urge to push! We made it to the hospital with not a minute to spare, and the baby's head emerged just as Genia sat on the birthing bed.
Perfect, sweet baby girl, weighing in at 6tlbs 12 oz.

Congratulations, guys!

Here are some quick images I was able to capture:

Walking to the car, refraining from pushing:

Here she is!

Radiant mommy:

Getting weighed:

It's bright!

Tiny feet:

First hug:

Latched on!

Tenderness:

Beautiful, happy parents and their new baby girl: