October 2015 will go down in the Kelsea Joann Photography history books as the busiest month on record. It was, coincidentally, a gorgeous October - one that was unusually dry and warm. This resulted in a lot of our "fall" shoots being over 80 degrees! When all was said and done, October brought a corporate shoot, two weddings, four family shoots, fifteen mini sessions, five seniors, and two engagements. That's a total of TWENTY-NINE photo shoots! Whew! It was an amazing mont

I'm going to be honest from the get-go here...I am in LOVE with this photo shoot! It doesn't hurt that my friend since 2nd grade, Tara, was the lovely subject matter along with her baby bump; but the lighting, the colors, the location...all perfect! I loved Tara's color choices - they contrasted, but didn't conflict with the winter atmosphere of February and then we were lucky enough to get gorgeous, warm light. It was so exciting to be able to get such a beautiful shoot even

Lifestyle Newborn session #2 in a three day period :) Baby Michael was less pleased to cater to the paparazzi as Baby Clyde had been before, but his mom eventually convinced him it was okay to take a brief nap. That is the beauty of lifestyle sessions, even with a reluctant newborn, because we are in the home environment, we can be flexible. For Baby Michael, his sisters ended up taking the reins of the photo shoot and cuddling with him on their bed. Ultimately, the sibling p

Remember me? I used to blog my photo shoots? Well, hopefully, I am back. I know that staying connected with my clients and followers is very important and it is my plan to be better at it in 2015 (try to avoid looking at the calendar and noticing that I am already almost 3 months behind in this resolution!) This year has already been beautiful and productive for me behind the lens. I had the unexpected thrill of THREE newborn boys being born in a 7 day period, all of which I

Happy New Year! As I started to prepare this blog post, I (shamefully) noticed that my last post was MONTHS ago - back in September. Rest assured that no news is good news and I have been so wonderfully busy that, unfortunately, the blog has taken a back seat! Of course, that leads to 2015 Resolution #1 - at least attempt to stay more up to date on the blog. I know that it is fun for my clients to see some featured images and read the recap of their shoot and so I plan to del

The beautiful Stiner family had a long road ahead of them before they finally got in front of my lens. First, we had the shoot scheduled for the spring...then, after a few failed attempts due to weather, Kari and I just decided to do the session in the summer. Enter Oregon. We scheduled and scheduled and scheduled...the day would arrive and would literally be the only day within a week with clouds looming in the sky. One Friday, Kari and I were literally messaging every 20 mi

Oh my goodness - how adorable is this baby guy?! The moment he toddled into the studio and started grinning around, my heart felt a little explosion over his cuteness. Also, have I mentioned that I love doing cake smashes!? Camden came ready to rock and roll. Mom, Carly, brought Aunt Jessica as a lovely assistant and they had some perfect outfits picked out to commemorate Camden's first birthday. I'd went out and got "O-N-E" for Marissa's birthday, so it was perfect. I tried

What a beautiful day! The Thomas wedding had been circled on my calendar with hearts and butterflies and unicorns around it for all of 2014 (okay, not really - I can't draw unicorns.) I adore Jake and Joelle and have not only loved the photos I had taken of them, but LOVED spending time with them during the sessions themselves. Is it weird to say the three of us had chemistry? If it's weird, then pretend I didn't say it...If it's not weird, then, we totally had photographer

Beautiful baby boy Romero came to my studio a couple of weeks ago and was sweet enough to smile at me during his session (yay! I never thought it really happened and that photographers were photoshopping in newborn smiles!) He was such a little gentleman the entire shoot. There were a couple times that he tried to "cry," but really, that just looked like a baby cryface with no sound coming out! His mom, Rachel said she keeps waiting to hear him cry, but so far, he's been quie

The beautiful Bonin family met up with me during the week, right as the golden hour was striking perfectly at 5:30 pm. Prior to the shoot, I may or may not have casually mentioned to Jessica Bonin a few times that she needed to update her family pictures. Jessica is my awesome and amazing accountant...An important person in my I have a real life job, I am also a photographer in my after-hours...I use my house for a studio...I have a kidlet (can I write that off somehow?) life