the birth of calla mae

Lyndsay Stradtner2008-12-01T22:14:15-06:00December 19th, 2007|Client Work, Uncategorized|

A big thank you to Anne Marie who is allowing me to share this. I can’t say it enough, amazing experience I’ll never forget.

Click Here: The Birth of Calla Mae

It was a technical challenge, a room with no windows and two small lights on a dimmer with the occasional spotlight during delivery and in the baby warmer. I used my speedlight for a few, but tried not to, as it just wasn’t catching the feel of the moment, it was quiet and dark and I hope these images capture that.

I just realized I never posted her maternity session, if you guys want to check it out you can see it HERE. We did it in two parts, […]

moments old

Lyndsay Stradtner2007-12-18T23:56:34-06:00December 18th, 2007|Uncategorized|

I’m still amazed I got to witness the birth of this beautiful baby girl….isn’t she just perfect? I just finished proofing all the images and can’t wait to show Anne Marie! Here are a few more favorites…

Calla

Lyndsay Stradtner2007-12-16T19:39:46-06:00December 16th, 2007|Uncategorized|

I got the call from my friend Anne Marie this morning to be on standby because she believed she was in active labor and it was time for her to head to the hospital. She decided to give it another hour. When that hour was up I got another call, she and Bryan were in the car on the way to the hospital! Yay!!! I grabbed my camera and took off. Calla arrived at 2:36 pm and weighed in at 7 lbs 6 oz. Mommy and baby are doing great! I am still reeling from the day and beyond honored that they asked me to photograph their daughter’s birth. It was such an amazing experience. I can’t wait to […]

Everyone else

Lyndsay Stradtner2007-12-04T02:32:33-06:00December 4th, 2007|Uncategorized|

is counting the days to Christmas. I’m counting the days until I get to see my mom again. Christmas + 1 day. I miss you Mom.

anne marie

Lyndsay Stradtner2007-11-21T00:09:41-06:00November 21st, 2007|Uncategorized|

I got to go do the second half of Anne Marie’s maternity session this afternoon. She picked the location since we’re still so new to the area and I immediately fell in love with it. They had cut all the tall grass but there was water, trees, rocks, even a little pier to take advantage of, photographer heaven. It was a lot of fun to explore the park with the kids and just stop and snap a few pics as we went. I couldn’t wait to get home and download them for a closer look, I think this is my favorite from today… many more to come as I catch up on proofing =)

meredith the snowman

Lyndsay Stradtner2007-11-19T20:15:18-06:00November 19th, 2007|Uncategorized|

The kids and I went over to McGee’s house for a play date and lunch with the fabulous Miss Meredith this morning. Ok, ok, so it was for the kids aaaand the mom’s – we got to subject them to our cameras 🙂 Mostly Meredith, who was the perfect size to fit into my snowman costume. Have you ever seen such cuteness? She loved it, hat and all. And I can’t tell you how many times she fell over trying to walk in it, she was comical! But it’s nice and fluffy so she pretty much just bounced off her belly 😉 I could totally relate, both to the trouble walking and the big belly!! While we were there I […]