Sigh

I haven't used this site in years, as stated below in my last post.  However, I just found a site linking to all of my photos here and claiming them as their own

I was going to delete them all, but then I decided it'd be much more fun to change them to this

So, if you stumble across this old stale site of mine, don't worry that this has replaced all my photos!  I'm not stealing photos, some other creep is.

If you want to go to my site, go to Jill Lassaline Photography

We've Moved! | Jill Heritage Child & Baby Photographer Calgary

I should have done this from the start, but I'm a bit late.  We've moved to our own domain name and I've exported all of these blog posts to the new site.

See you at our new location:

http://www.JillHeritage.com

The Messy Photo Room | Jill Heritage Child & Baby Photographer

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Most people dream of a new house to have the best and the newest design, appliance, or likewise.  I dream of a new house to have a studio and a full photography room!

For now, all of my "photo clutter" is in my newly acquired room (courtesy of a child moving out of province for work!).

I present to you, a week later than I'd planned, a few simple shots of what's now known of as Mom's Photo Room in our house

This is, obviously, the cupboard. There's some sort of organization going on there, but it's not easy to tell!  It's mostly props and such with a bit of paperwork in the file boxes.  I just realized I need to add the Disney outfits to my prop list! (Infant size - they fit 6 months to 1 year)

That's my pile of framed pictures, unframed pictures, and empty frames awaiting me to get some time to find wall space for them.  Since I took over the room from my daughter, she's got a lot of her own pictures still up!

My wall of my favourite pictures so far - see above, there's still more to add!

And that's it - that's your brief tour of my photo room.  It doubles as a guest room so if anyone ever comes to visit, they're surrounded by adorable children. I REALLY need to win one of those lottery homes soon...

Organization Week | Jill Heritage Child and Baby Photographer Calgary

I've got no shoots arranged this week for the first time in a while.  In a few weeks, I've got Paetyn's three month follow up session coming up and I'm excited for that! Can't wait to see how much she's grown.

This week I've been organizing. I bought shelves for my photo room (formally my oldest's bedroom - but she moved out of province). Previously I had a mish-mash of old end tables and small shelves to store my things. Now I've got two pretty new store bought shelving units.

I've gotten most of my favourite prints from my sessions framed and hung on the wall... then discovered that I have no talent for hanging frames on walls. lol There are a few left I've still got to get up, but I'll have to move around some of the things my daughter left when she moved.

I tried to get a quick picture to add here but discovered a quick picture was not a good idea. I'll give it a try again this weekend.

Jude | Jill Heritage Child and Baby Photographer Calgary

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Today I did something different, something outside my comfort zone.  I spent the day with Jude who's almost two in an outdoor session.

I'll admit it - I'm a control freak and I like indoor shoots where I can control the light.  Today brought challenges (note to self - do not book outdoor sessions at high-noon!)  We did, however, find some open shade next to the house and managed to make a day of it.

I have the cutest clients - I'm so blessed.

So, without further chatter, I present to you Jude

Tub Shots! | Jill Heritage Child and Baby Photographer Calgary

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I got the ok from Mom to share this gem of a photo from Hunter's session.  Don't you just want to pick him up and squeeze him?!

Prop List Updated | Jill Heritage Child and Baby Photographer Calgary

The prop list is FINALLY updated.  Apologies for the delay

Click the link on the left to see the props - I suggest use the "full screen" option or download so that you can see them better.

Something New | Jill Heritage Child and Baby Photographer Calgary

I spent today travelling around Calgary with my daughter's friend doing headshots for him (he's off to Hollywood in July - how exciting!)

He's a little outside my normal age range so I won't post any here, but we had a blast.  It was so different working with someone in their 20's but fun on a whole different level.

Hailey & Hunter | Jill Heritage Child and Baby Photographer Calgary

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Here's the hard part - how do you pick?  I'm trying to find favourites of this session to put online and it's hard to pick just a few.   

I introduce Hailey and Hunter after an amazing day with them.  I fully expect to see Hailey on "America's Next Top Model" as she came with her outfit changes and had all her own poses figured out!

I have a few awesome shots of Hunter sitting on the edge of the tub but since they're "bum shots" I want to make sure Mom doesn't add them to the exception list on her modeling agreement before I post them (I don't think she will, but I want to make certain!)

WOW | Jill Heritage Child and Baby Photographer Calgary

THE MOST beautiful headbands arrived in my mail today.  I've got to get them added to the prop list!  I don't often laud a designer/seller on this blog but will now.

Check out My Sweet Bee at Etsy for stunning and beautifully made headbands. I got two of the feather and jewel ones.

Storyboards - Austin | Jill Heritage Child and Baby Photographer Calgary

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I really enjoyed building this one of Austin. It shows off his active personality.  When we were doing the shot with the wooden blocks, I ensured that I grabbed a shot of just his name as I knew I'd use it later (probably in a storyboard). 

I also learnt to bring at least two sets of blocks. I thought that I was safe with a short name without repeating letters, but the coloured "A" was on the back of one of the letters that I already used so I had to go with the plain one since I'd only brought a single set (and I own four... how silly)

For those that don't notice it right away, the top graphic in this is a Toy Story themed room.  It went perfect with the little cowboy who is also a Toy Story lover. I just wish I'd found an actual Toy Story font... I'll have to keep looking.

Falling Behind | Jill Heritage Child and Baby Photographer Calgary

I've got some more pictures to upload, new props to photograph and add to the sheet, heck, I've even got some book keeping to move from receipts and scribbles into Studio Cloud!  It's been a busy few weeks - sick, then on course, then my 45th birthday, now Mother's Day.

Sorry for slacking - I will get the updates done soon!!

PS:  as a funny, somewhat related, side note... I do think I am the only woman around who got baby clothes for her birthday but doesn't have a baby or a grandchild!  My awesome daughter croched me some beautiful things to add to my prop collection <3