Lifestyle

You may have noticed a trend on our blog lately – the kids in our life are growing up!  Our little niece is no exception.  I swear she’s changed every time we see her!  Ballet is her love at this point in her life so off we went the other day for a commemorative photo shoot! :o)  You are such a graceful, beautiful ballerina B!  Hope you all enjoy them!

Side note: Sean and I are headed to Mexico!  Be back soon with lots of great stuff to share! :o)

McLellan Style is officially launching into the high school senior photography market and we need your help!  Over the summer we’ll be building portfolio for our [Senior] Style gallery with amazing images of 2010 seniors asserting their self expression and personal style!  Who those seniors are is yet to be determined and that’s where you come in.  If you’re interested in being one of our models, please contact mel@mclellanstyle.com or just submit your info via the contact form on our website and request our “Getting to Know You” questionnaire.  We’ll be selecting a handful of seniors to receive a complimentary McLellan [Senior] Style Session and wallets for friends!  Everyone who submits a questionnaire however, will receive a discount on their session when they book by June 30th so tell everyone you know!  We can’t wait to get to know you and document this huge milestone in your life with McLellan Style! :o)    

Photographing Valerie and Julian’s family was how I got started in photography.  I was their nanny and documenting their day-to-day life was one of my favorite things about my job.  To this day, those kids are still my little loves – they’re just not so little anymore!  

Valerie loves photographs but she loves the orderly kind with everyone in coordinating outfits and smiling sweetly.  Those are just fine sometimes – don’t get me wrong – but the kids are getting older and I feel like we’re approaching the end of an era. Their oldest is almost a young lady and in a blink, they will all be teenagers.  

With this in mind, I really wanted to capture them just as they are right now – in their day-to-day life again while all of the kids are still kids.  I talked Val into doing a true lifestyle session but I think she might have regretted her decision a bit as we arrived and told the kids to go pick out whatever they wanted to wear for the shoot. ;o)  Being a kid in everyday life though, is all about the mix of real clothes and costumes, grass stains, and messy hair.  It’s not perfect, but I think it’s completely beautiful. :o)