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{matilda jane trunk show} – fort worth photography

August 26, 2010 – 12:43 am

I’m so excited to be hosting my second annual Matilda Jane Trunk Show! For those unfamiliar with it, Matilda Jane is a boutique clothing line dedicated to creating fresh and fun dresses, skirts and tops for all the princesses in our lives. The brilliant thing about Matilda Jane clothing is that each clothing item is not only little girl friendly, but also 100% mother approved. Finally a compromise between style and trends created just for young girls 8 and under. They also have lots of beautiful pieces for us women! I wear mine ALL the time b/c they’re so comfy and flattering.

These outfits really are a work of art and can only be found in her online store or at trunk shows. The benefit to a trunk show is you actually get to see these beautiful works of art in person, hold them in your hands, and even try them on!

So, you need to SAVE THIS DATE:

Matilda Jane Trunk Show
Wednesday September 8th
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (come and go)

We will have light snacks & drinks… and of course a TON of awesome clothes!

And, for a little more excitement, I am making a special offer for all our guests at the trunk show. For everyone who purchases a complete Matilda Jane Outfit, you will be eligible to receive a COMPLIMENTARY mini-session (on Saturday, October 23rd) in your brand new outfit once your clothing order arrives.

If you would like to attend or are interested in more information about the event, please call me at 817.395.2512 or email me at amandalynnphoto@yahoo.com to get your name on the “list”. Space is limited to 15 guests only.

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{2 months old} – fort worth children’s photography

July 24, 2010 – 8:54 pm

Dawson’s three months already! Here he is at 2 months… playing with big brother and Daddy. He’ll be in on the action soon enough!

We couldn’t get Hudson to pose with them so at least we got Dawson and Adam.

Ahhh… so sweet.

Loving his smiles and laughs!

I purposefully took Dawson’s 2 month portraits in the same outfit I took Hudson’s to compare them. I’ve had most people say they don’t resemble each other and I’d have to agree. But a few think they do. What do you think?

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Hudson at 2 months.

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{jwc easter tea update} – fort worth children’s photography

April 5, 2010 – 10:21 pm

Great news! After a busy work week, I was able to finish and deliver (today!) the JWC Easter Tea portraits to the department presidents’ boxes. For those awaiting yours, they should be delivered to you via your president at your next dept meeting! Happy Easter!

And I can’t post without a few images! This darling little girl couldn’t take her eyes off the bunny. Seriously. Of all I shot, 75% of them were of her doing this. She was smitten!

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I was finally able to get her to look… not with too much of a smile- but she was looking!

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{three little ones} – fort worth children’s photographer

March 31, 2010 – 10:59 pm

Here is a sneak peak of Saturday’s session. Do you guys remember Saturday? It was a beautiful day, but extremely windy. Man, was it windy. In spite of that, I think we got some darling shots. These three kiddos are cousins. We had the grandparents and parents there for the shoot. They were all so helpful. I couldn’t have done it without them. Seriously.

Here’s the oldest cousin. I was so thankful for her. She did exactly what we were asking (sit, look at the camera and smile) and did it beautifully!

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This little one was just too adorable. She had so many expressions, it was hard to narrow them down to the cutest! I just loved these of her.

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And this little guy did exactly what two year old little boys do… move around! He was all over the place. He wouldn’t hardly stay in one place for very long, but he really took to my step ladder.

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All boy. Flying that plane around making the “plane” sound with his mouth. Too cute.

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And getting all three to sit, smile and look at me was a bit of a challenge, but we captured a couple. Here’s one!

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{jwc easter tea portraits} – fort worth children’s photography

March 30, 2010 – 10:06 pm

Well, this weekend I had my last two sessions for awhile. I’m hoping to take several months off to adjust to having two little ones at home but am booking sessions for the fall. Saturday, I photographed three cousins, aged 8, 2 and 1. It was quite a high energy time and it definitely wore me and my 38 week pregnant self out. I came home, put my toddler to bed, picked up the house and was asleep by 8:30! I’ll be blogging these hopefully later this week.

THEN (what I was thinking, I’m not sure!), the next afternoon, I photographed Easter Portraits for the Junior Woman’s Club’s Easter Tea. I did this last year and photographed 25 little ones. This year, however, the Bunny came out of retirement and brought many of it’s followers with her. I photographed 45 (yes, 45!) children/groups of children/families in 1.5 hours. It was very high paced and exciting! Shockingly, I wasn’t too tired the rest of the day. I thought I’d blog a few of the sweet/funny ones.

You might recognize this little guy from last year. He was full of energy last year, but a little somber (tired, I’m guessing) this year. He didn’t want to sit by himself so we tried getting him with momma. He wasn’t really interested in looking at the camera, but I captured this sweet snuggly moment of the two of them. They came back towards the end of the time and we tried a family portrait instead. He had a few more smiles to share then!

We had children of all ages!

We photographed families this year, which provided a little more variety.

This was one of my favorites! We absolutely could NOT get all three kiddos to 1) sit 2) look at the camera and 3) smile all at the same time. A very tough combo indeed! But we got them all having a good ol time. I just loved this one in black and white.

It was so great to have the bunny out this year, but he definitely caused a little slow down in the pace as some kids had what I call the “santa clause” syndrome. They cried when the bunny came anywhere near them! It was quite the miracle we got the one we did on the right of the little girl not crying. The mom was SUPER sweet in reassuring me she’s okay if we only get one of her daughter crying. Low expectations are awfully nice sometimes!

And then we had a few who wanted to be in the picture with the bunny, just didn’t want to get too close!

This was the second who didn’t want to get too close. It just cracked me up.

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{album} – fort worth children photographer

February 4, 2010 – 12:44 am

Many hours in the works, I finally finished Hudson’s album that encompasses the first 18 months of his life. From the hospital to the big boy bed, my little boy is growing up! I’ve been needing to create a sample album for clients to see just how beautiful and AMAZING my albums are. So, of course, what better subject than my little Hudson for my sample album My 5×5 & 8×8 albums are a much simpler design, but my 10×10 albums have a more unique, special look to them that perfectly compliments your most beloved images.

01 front page

02 newborn

03 2 months

04 3 months

05 4 months

06 6 months

07 7 months

08 8 & 10 months

09 12 months

10 18 months

11 last page

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{dear friends} – fort worth family photography

January 29, 2010 – 10:26 pm

Meet the Freemans, some of my favoritest people in the whole entire world. Leslie and I were bosom friends (anyone out there seen “Anne of Green Gables”?) in college and our husbands were best buds. Actually Adam (my hubby) and I were dating, then they started dating. God’s the one that actually put them together, but I’d like to think Adam and I had some kind of hand in it:) They’ve been overseas for the last three years, are back to visit for a few months and they stayed with us for three days. Since college, 7 years and 3.75 kids later, it felt like nothing had changed. Anyway, I was so honored when she asked me to photograph their sweet little family while they were visiting!

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{big boy} – fort worth child photography

January 25, 2010 – 8:39 am

Well, my little Hudson is 18 months old and we’re welcoming baby #2 (still nameless) into our family in less than 3 months! I couldn’t resist showing a few favs from his 18 month portraits! I just LOVED this little red sweater and cords and was determined to have his portraits taken in them. Sadly, I think I’d waited just a little too long b/c his little stomach has filled out and was pooching out of both the pants and shirt. He’s definitely starting to fill out in the face and tummy.

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{what a family!} – fort worth family photographer

January 21, 2010 – 10:36 pm

One of the awesome privileges of my job is meeting/getting to know better my clients through the process of creating their precious portraits. This family was no exception. I actually have known them for a couple years and was SO excited when the mom asked me to photograph their family. As you’ll be able to see below, they are the COOLEST family EVER. They were absolute hoots and kept me laughing as they laughed. Alot of teens can be too “cool” for their family and pictures but these kids really enjoyed each other. I could brag all day long about them, but I’ll go ahead and let you see their family’s portraits!

The mom was the vision behind this shoot. She did a stellar job at thinking through the style she wanted to achieve with her portraits which included location and clothing. Such creativity. It was fun to shoot in a new location!

The mom asked me about trying to produce a photograph similar to the “Abbey Road” road. Here was our best effort. Not bad:)

Boomer Sooner! (she attends the University of Oklahoma, my alma mater:)

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{love the fall} – tulsa family photographer

November 20, 2009 – 12:08 am

I photographed this sweet family earlier this month during a visit to our family in Tulsa. This park was incredible! It had it all- sadly most of it was not in good light so we were fairly confined to the “good light” areas. A bit sad, but a few of the shots captured the beauty of the park.

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And of course the girls had to play in the leaves.

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Leaf war!

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The mom told her her younger girl has been in love with these fairy wings and thought they might go cute with my pettiskirt. So we put the two together and it couldn’t be a cuter duo!

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