We were all home sick today. Me with the worst of it. Or maybe just with the worst attitude about it. Being home with the kids is usually a nightmare. The house is a disaster because it’s one project after another to keep them entertained. Today I started the morning looking for existing images of Merrik for a comp for a project Jim is working on.
By late morning it came down to shooting something new for it. I had to bribe Merrik with chocolate to get him into his wetsuit. “I thought the wetsuit was not allowed in the house.” I stood him on the edge of the back patio and told him to stand up straight, look at the camera and don’t smile. Ha! If any of you know a 4 year old, you know that as soon as you tell them to do something they do the opposite.
I was under the gun editing, retouching, correcting and outlining the final select. The whole time Maliea was whining and begging to be nursed and Merrik was pulling out games with marbles in them that Maliea thought looked like pretty good candy. Fun distractions for sure. I think I finally got the final image off to Jim at 1:50pm and the last I heard he had a meeting at 2:00pm so who knows how he pulled that off.
These are the images that I liked best from all 55 frames I shot. Some I didn’t even have time to send over for them to see.
and this is the one his team picked
Kristianne Koch Photography
Kristianne Koch specializes in portrait photography for the contemporary family and child.
October 12th, 2009 | Tags: advertising, merrik | Category: photography | Comments Off
Kristianne Koch Photography
Kristianne Koch specializes in portrait photography for the contemporary family and child.
October 12th, 2009 | Tags: grandma, maliea, merrik | Category: family | Comments Off
We went to Tanaka Farms for a Serra Preschool field trip today and Merrik got to pick his own vegetables (without getting his hands dirty!) and pick out the biggest pumpkin that he could carry.
Kristianne Koch Photography
Kristianne Koch specializes in portrait photography for the contemporary family and child.
October 8th, 2009 | Tags: merrik, serra preschool | Category: family | Comments Off
I just wrapped up a great project with Jordan Rahal. He ordered a large format coffee table book as a memento of his “most amazing vacation ever.” I chose to do it through Blurb because of the preview feature, binding and print quality (as long as you stick with dark solid backgrounds). I also like their storefront structure. Here is a private link if you want to take a look.
Kristianne Koch Photography
Kristianne Koch specializes in portrait photography for the contemporary family and child.
October 7th, 2009 | Tags: book, coffee table books | Category: photography | Comments Off
Merrik usually hates to have the window open when we go fast because it’s too windy. On the way home from Kids day Out today he requested to “go the coast road” and have all the windows open including the sunroof. He and Maliea were laughing so hard they made each other laugh at all their laughing.
The cool air felt wonderful inside the car and so much better than the a/c. I snapped some shots each time we stopped at a red light all the way home.
Kristianne Koch Photography
Kristianne Koch specializes in portrait photography for the contemporary family and child.
October 6th, 2009 | Tags: maliea, merrik | Category: family | Comments Off
