MAGGIE HOLMES Photography and Scrapbooking Blog

lollipops and kids = happy faces!

I finally got a chance to do a shoot with my kids that I have been envisioning for quite a while. You see, when I am always busy photographing other people's kids, it seems that I don't get out to do an actual planned photo shoot with my own as often as I would like to. I have had these giant lollipops since Easter and I have just been waiting for the chance to use them with my kids. I also have 8 big frames for the play room that have been sitting empty forever, waiting to be filled... and my plans are for these (along with others from the shoot) to go in them.

I have only looked through a few of the pictures and already I am sooooo excited! I haven't even loaded the rest but now I can't wait! I just had to hurry and edit a couple of them! I know I am going to have so much fun with these!! Love the bright colors!

I think that giant lollipops are now my new favorite prop! I wish I would have bought a bunch of these when I had the chance! My kids quickly started biting them instead of just licking them which made them not as cute anymore... Emily was the only one that kept hers all nice. She had a few licks and then was sick of it but she still held onto it for dear life! Seriously, she would not let it go and she held it tightly to her chest in both hands the whole ride home! I could not pry it away from her even though she was done eating it! She even carried it into our house with her when we got home but then she dropped it onto the tile and it shattered. :( She was not too happy! But, now that they are gone, I think I need to find more!! So fun!!

(For those of you that are in my photography workshop, or if you are just interested... these were both shot with my 50mm 1.4 at ISO 500, f/3.2, SS 1/640...and then I used my Urban action from the Color Mix Set at 48% opacity.)

filed under: phoenix children's photographer, gilbert photographer, gilbert children's photographer, arizona family photos, arizona family photographer

Winners of Easier Than Ever...

I picked two winners at random using www.random.org and they are:

kristen said...

beach trips for sure!

ReplyMay 14, 2009 at 05:21 PM

and

nicole renee said...

One of our favorite family summer activities is to get together with friends and have cookie parties. My mom makes a ton of sugar cookie dough and we pull out all of our cookie cutters and let the kiddos go WILD! They love getting to pick out their own cutters and eating them, and while we wait for them to bake we all go out and play on the swing set. Fun times. : )

ReplyMay 15, 2009 at 11:20 AM

congratulations!!

email me with your address and I will send your book to you!

I LOVED reading all of your fun ideas for things to do during the summer! I got a lot of new ideas and some things that we are definitely going to try! Here are a couple of my favorites:

starcollector  has left you a comment:
 

This might be a different one-Fill an empty cool whip dish about 1/4 full of water, then add little toys (balls, cars, beads, etc) Place in freezer until frozen. Take out ice chunk and put in a slightly bigger bowl. Add more water, freeze again. Repeat.The idea is that you have trinkets frozen in different layers of ice. Give the kids eyedroppers, old toothbrushes, etc and let them "search" for their treasures! They are way fun to personalize- my daughter loves pretty beads, bracelets, etc. They get to sit outside on hot days playing with ice! Too fun!

Kim  has left you a comment:
 

Gosh---favorite summer activity, huh?  I guess it's just the simple act of slowing down.....who cares if we don't get to sit down for dinner until 8:30....we can stay up 'till midnight, 'cuz we don't have to get up the next day 'till 10.  Awwww, just the slowing down, taking it easy and really enjoying each other.  I LOVE summer for this very reason. 

Thanks for playing everyone! Have a great day!

"Easier Than Ever" Giveaway

I have TWO extra copies of this special issue from CK just waiting to be sent out to the lucky winners! 

This issue is all about making scrapbooking EASY! And who doesn't need a little dose of easy every now and then right? Especially during the summer months when it seems that we would all rather be out making memories than inside scrapbooking!

All of the layouts in the book can be created in less than an hour and they all have an "ingredient" list along with step-by-step instructions. Plus, most of the layouts feature 4x6 photos so you don't even have to worry about cropping/enlarging, etc!

The best part: there is lots of eye candy and tons of inspiration... even if you don't want to create the pages exactly as shown, there are a ton of ideas to pull from!

All you have to do to enter the drawing is leave a comment on this post and tell me your favorite summer activity.... I am always looking for new and fun things to do with the kids so I can't wait to hear all of your ideas! I will draw two winners on Tuesday! (I apologize in advance but the contest is only open to residents of the US... unless you want to pay for the extra shipping... sorry!)

Oh, and one more thing because I wish I could give one to everyone -- If you don't win, I have a special coupon for you that you can use to get 15% off of the issue! It is valid until May 31st but cannot be combined with any other discount offer... Feel free to share it with your friends!. Click here to purchase and use this code: QEYB-5778-ULYB.

sneak peek for dallin: maggie holmes - phoenix senior photographer

loved this photo shoot because he was up for anything... 

so it gave me a chance to try some new spots/ideas at an old location...

it's always fun to get a fresh perspective on a familiar place and try some things outside of my typical routine..

i can't believe that school is almost out! 

it pretty much feels like summer already here... 

it's scorching hot and we are already fully engrossed in swim lessons, swim team, etc...

i guess if you can't beat the heat, you might as well just jump in and enjoy it..... eeeek!

filed under: phoenix photographer, phoenix senior photos, gilbert senior photos, mesa senior photographer

NSD Challenge Winner

Hi everyone! Sorry that I am late picking a winner... was out of town and then Matthew's birthday was yesterday so I was busy all day and night... thanks for being patient with me!!

I picked a winner at random and the lucky gal is: lstudio

Her layout is here.

Thanks to everyone who participated! Lots of fabulous layouts!! I will post mine soon!

NSD Challenge

Happy National Scrapbook Day!!

I hope you all had fun with the challenges over at Studio Calico! It'S time to load your layouts into the gallery (if you haven't already) and post a link to your layout on my thread at Studio Calico. It's in the Challenge Central forum!

Monday morning I will draw a lucky winner!!!

NSD Challenge

Happy National Scrapbook Day!!

I hope you all had fun with the challenges over at Studio Calico! It'S time to load your layouts into the gallery (if you haven't already) and post a link to your layout on my thread at Studio Calico. It's in the Challenge Central forum!

Monday morning I will draw a lucky winner!!!