Stylized Portraiture » fun http://www.stylizedportraiture.com Athens and Watkinsville's most awesome portrait experience for babies, kids and families Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:05:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Through the eyes of a child… http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/through-the-eyes-of-a-child/ http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/through-the-eyes-of-a-child/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:05:20 +0000 Frankie Wylie http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/?p=3027 That’s how I try to approach all my sessions with kids, from their perspective! Really, what kid wants to hang out with some grown up and be told what to do? Heck, I’m not a kid and there are even times *I* don’t want to do that ;)

So, the best way to put them at ease is to just be their friend. You can play and have a good time with them while still capturing their wonderful expressions. Of course, you have to be willing to make yourself look a little silly to the other adults around, but secretly, I am always dying for an excuse to be silly!

These two brothers came by the studio with their mom and dad this morning to hang out and play. And that’s exactly what we did! Did you know that elephants and bears could fly? Did you also know that  you can play a game that is a wonderful mix of “red light, green light” and “freeze tag” and get amazing smiles? I think the best game all day was making an elephant jump out of the soft box ;)

I hope mom and dad had as much fun as I did hanging out this morning. For two hours I got to pretty much forget about my torn abdominal muscle and just be a kid again. Great way to start a Wednesday if you ask me. Well, that and a pain pill  ;)

Written by Frankie Wylie
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]]> http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/a-lot-of-laughs/feed/ 0 Sweet and Sassy http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/sweet-and-sassy/ http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/sweet-and-sassy/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:48:14 +0000 Heather Lickliter http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/?p=2904 I met this sweetie at her home in Athens yesterday. She’s probably one of the most self-aware two-year0olds that I’ve ever met! She KNOWS what she wants and she refuses to be sidetracked. She sidestepped all of my tricks too! Plus, I got the bright idea that I wanted to carry that zebra chaise outside for photos, which was quite the workout before I’d had my Diet Coke in the morning. Then she refused to sit on it! I thought all our hard work bringing it out was for nothing, but we finally managed to get her on it by telling her she wasn’t allowed. :P Whew!

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]]> http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/sweet-and-sassy/feed/ 0 Summer heat http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/summer-heat/ http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/summer-heat/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:06:59 +0000 Heather Lickliter http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/?p=2758 This was a hot and nasty session out at the Botanical Gardens last night. I swear, I almost fell over from the heat and humidity. Even sweating didn’t help, it was so bad. Thank goodness this little guy was so smiley. He had a few moments of fuss, but then it was over in a blink and he was back to his happy self. He’s one of our Tales From the Crib baby planners, so check out his heads up session and his newborn session!

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]]> http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/summer-heat/feed/ 0 Jaaaaaaaanie. Janie, baby! http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/jaaaaaaaanie-janie-baby/ http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/jaaaaaaaanie-janie-baby/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:10:46 +0000 Frankie Wylie http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/?p=2736 Oh good grief! Just look at this precious bundle of joy! Heather usually shoots newborns, and occasionally we will tag team a few. This is the first one I’ve done by myself in a LONG time! It was a ton of fun to hang out with Miss Janie and her people. She has a proud big brother who was off the Atlanta Aquarium the day we took these. So fitting seeing as how he is Jonah ;) These were all done in the natural light portion of our studio!

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]]> http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/more-cowboy-baby/feed/ 1 Hello, ladybug http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/hello-ladybug/ http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/hello-ladybug/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:24:35 +0000 Heather Lickliter http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/?p=2692 This baby girl is graduating from our Tales from the Crib plan, and I’m so sad! It’s always wonderful to get to see them grown up, but it’s always so strange to realize that I won’t have to call them for another session in another 4 months! She had the cutest ever ladybug themed birthday party last week. Here is her sitting up session, her heads up session and her newborn session. She’s the baby on the cover of this year’s Athens BABY magazine!

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]]> http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/hello-ladybug/feed/ 0 Really, does it get any cuter than this!? http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/really-does-it-get-any-cuter-than-this/ http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/really-does-it-get-any-cuter-than-this/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:03:25 +0000 Frankie Wylie http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/?p=2658 Well, no, not really. But of course we say that about all the families that come through the studio! This little girl makes me laugh. Not because she is super giggly, but because she’s just HER. A thinker, a ponderer, a reserved little ball of sunshine. And, her mom is pretty cool too ;)

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