A Little Walk About | Northwest Arkansas Family Photographer

Posted on February 1, 2010

Once upon a time, this little (maybe not so little. Maybe curvy) lady decided to round up her cozy little family and take a walk.

Our little neck of the woods is in the process of creating wonderful walking trails that span several cities. The trails are all paved, so strollers and bikes are a real treat. And they are full of lovely curves (like me) and nature filled scenery, so it is completely possible to be walking amid a fair number of people and still feel as if you were all by yourself. I rather enjoy it.

Anyway, so we decided to talk a walk. John had been complaining earlier in the month how I never seem to take my camera out with us anymore. And that is true. I don’t do it often enough. Mostly because I’m still looking for The Right Camera Bag and don’t feel like dragging my current one out and about unless necessary. (Actually, I know where I will probably get The Right Camera Bag, but she currently doesn’t do messenger style bags. Get on the ball, Ketti! I don’t know how much longer I can hold out since her new spring line is just so fabulous.) I thought that a family walk would be a perfect chance to take some snappies of my little brood.

Tatum insisted that we bring her bike. The poor thing is really too small for her and we have not yet got her a big girl bike. I’m waiting for spring since I don’t feel like hanging out in the garage and watching her do circles because that is what we would be doing if we got her a bike right now. Soooo, we said yes, she could bring the bike for what would probably be the last time she rides it before it is passed off to her sister.

John pushed the Paeton-head in her stroller and I had the baby all tucked into a sling.

(Yes, I realize that the tag is in focus and the adorable baby is not. You try to manipulate your hand around a DSLR while holding your arm out far enough to get the said baby in the frame. It wasn’t easy. )

Why, hello, handsome man, father of (most of) my children.

We stumbled upon some wildlife on our trek. Squirrel, mostly, but there were deer! And deer that were rather used to the humans often found walking through the woods. See?

See the X? That is how close I got to get these.

As you can see, everyone was totally impressed with my wildlife photography exploration.

Ok. Maybe not. But they are so cute.

* You may notice some differences in my editing. I’m using family photos to explore Lightroom. I’m starting to really like it.

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Today I

Posted on January 31, 2010

Today I:

painted my toenails red

discovered gassy children

in a moment of brilliance, fed said gassy children some chili

chased a naked child

finished editing a session

sang silly songs with the girls

kept a fire going to battle the cold…and high propane bills

discovered that I need more cardigans

chased a naked child..again

celebrated putting Aryah into one of her cute little outfits sized 0-3 months. It fit!

celebrated putting Aryah into another cute little outfit after a diaper exploded poo

cleaned up poo from the girls’ room since a naked child decided the floor was much more fun that the potty

wondered when my house became the poo house

threatened to duct tape clothes on the naked child if she stripped down again

explained that cows don’t lay eggs nor do doctors cut babies out of their tummies like they do to mommy

saved the yarn for the blanket I’m crocheting from being unraveled

caught up on some blogs

read a new blog that put things into perspective

researched phones again in hopes that I finally pick one out

made my bed

giggled

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Portrait Parties!! | Northwest Arkansas Baby Photographer

Posted on January 23, 2010

Look at my sweet nephew. Wasn’t it just yesterday I was doing this guy’s newborn photos? Geez. Now he is a big ol’ rolly polly. I’ve been using him as a guinea pig lately and decided that he could have a moment in the spotlight today for a little announcement.

Do you want to update your wall photos but don’t want a full session? Want to be able to get reward points towards prints or digital files? Then book a Portrait Party! It’s a fun way to get some great photos for you and your friends. Contact me for more information.

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Miss M | Northwest Arkansas Baby Photographer

Posted on January 22, 2010

A friend recently brought her adorable daughter over for a quick mini-session. She was such a happy baby and gave us such wonderful smiles!!

I think this tutu begged for some fun processing. Isn’t it sweet?

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Mr. B | Northwest Arkansas Baby Photographer

Posted on January 21, 2010

I got to spend part of this morning with a happy little guy and his wonderful mommy today. He is so sweet and did so well for his photos!   Here is a little peak into our mini-session.

Isn’t he adorable?!

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The Little Guys | Northwest Arkansas Lifestyle Photographer

Posted on January 5, 2010

I have four kiddos. Four beautiful, bright, funny children that light up my life. There are days when they drive me insane, days they make me want to cry (and sometimes I do) and days when I think I just can’t do it anymore. Mostly, though, there are days where I am completely amazed that these little people are mine. That they need me. That they love me no matter what.

It’s cold. It’s snowy. The baby is asleep and I should totally be taking advantage of this time to finish cleaning the living room, but I’m going to share these little snappies of my babies instead. I edited them in Flickr’s PicNik mode for fun.

I don’t have nearly as many photos of this guy as I would like. Not only do we only see him on the weekends, but he has hit a stage where he is just too cool for photos. Today while chatting on the phone, I actually got him to agree to a little mini-session the next time he comes over. I’m super excited!

He just HAD to include the new PSP he got for Christmas. This is actually his 2nd one. The first was stolen a few months ago and he has been such a sad panda over it.

Santa brought a Wii this year and my sister gave us the New Super Mario Bros. She is rather obsessed with it and plays whenever she is allowed. I find her concentration game face hilarious!!

Bright, blue eyed beauty, huh? She got her intense eye color from her dad. She got her dirty face from cereal, I think. She’s pretty amazing these days. Lots of pretend play, learning to talk, and recently, attempting to master the potty.

Peanut! Little peanut! We can’t forget her. I love this photo because she looks like she is saying, “Um, Mom. Why aren’t you picking me up? And why did you leave me way over here?” Well, doll, because Mommy has to clean the house sometime!!
Two months tomorrow. Wow.

Notice the spring attire on the older two? Apparently they don’t notice the snow on the ground. I made them change into something warmer shortly after this was taken. And see how sad our couch is? Santa apparently didn’t think I was good enough last year to bring me a new one. One of my goals is to get a new one sometime this year. This one had a good life, but I’m so ready for a change.

Supper needs to be made, a certain baby needs to be fed, and I need to inspect just how ‘clean’ is defined by a five year old when it concerns her room. She says it is done, but I have my doubts.

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Good-bye, 2009! Hello, 2010! | Northwest Arkansas Lifestyle Photographer

Posted on January 1, 2010

2010. It is finally here. It brings soo many changes in my life, both personally and with Raining Light Photography. This will be the year my daughter starts kindergarten.   Can she really already be at that point? My son will turn 12!! I can vividly remember twelve being a turning point in my life in so many ways and so I look to this milestone of his with bittersweet anticipations. Our sweet Paeton will turn three! She is so independent and headstrong now. I can only imagine what she’ll bring to my plate this year. Even though tiny Aryah is but seven weeks old at the moment, I know that soon I will planning to prepare for the first birthday of my last child. I’m so glad I have many months before that one! I’ll hit the big three oh this year. As of right now, I’m okay with that. My life is pretty sweet. You may, however, be hearing screams from me around May because I’m not sure how calm I’ll be about it as the date gets closer. Seriously, though, I think I’ll be fine with thirty. It’ll be thirty-five that will most likely be scary for me.

Be on the look out for some changes for Raining Light, too. I’m restructuring my pricing, completely revamping the boudoir line-up (and will be moving that aspect of the business to its very own site in the near future!), and implementing some new ideas into the wedding side of things as well. There will be some new products, new packages with emphasis on digital, and a more streamlined process all the way around. 2009 was a great learning year and I hope that I can really make 2010 better!   I also hope to blog at least once a week and show more sides of Cherron as a person. I realized this year that some of the greatest inspirational blogs from my favorite photographers, the ones that I can’t wait to check in the mornings to see who posted something new, were the ones that showed glimpses of their personal lives as well as the photography side. I’ve decided that I need to do that as well. I want my clients to feel like they know me well before the first click of the shutter during a session.   There is no reason why I can’t make my business the type that I WANT to run and not the type that I think people feel it should be.

So, yes, 2009 was great even though it was a slow year because of my pregnancy. I learned a lot, developed a more solid idea of where I want to be in the future, and grew so much as a photographer and as a person. I’m so ready for 2010 to be even better! I’d like to thank all of my clients in 2009 for such a fantastic year. You were all an absolute pleasure to work with!!

I hope that 2010 is a beautiful and healthy year for all of you as well!

xoxo

Cherron

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Sweet Baby Of Mine | Northwest Arkansas Newborn Photographer

Posted on November 29, 2009

Now, first of all, let me say that I’m so glad that I’m much better at this with babies who belong to other people! My little peanut would NOT go to sleep no matter what tricks I tried to pull. Out of an almost three hour session, I only got a super small handful of photos that I like. I did, however, get these two that I just LOVE. And that makes it all worth it for me.

Hard to believe that she was supposed to be born this Wednesday but instead will be almost a month old! I can’t believe it sometimes.

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Alison | Northwest Arkansas Senior Photographer

Posted on October 18, 2009

Alison is probably wondering these are!! No worries, they have arrived. I really tried to get this up earlier, but I’ve been under the weather the last two days. I hope they were worth the wait!

Isn’t she beautiful? And so sweet, too.

I wish I could write more, but I feel the bed is the best for me at the moment. Good night, all!

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Three’s a Family | Northwest Arkansas Family Photographer

Posted on October 13, 2009

My friend and local photographer, Melissa, decided that we were going to exchange family portraits this year. I was flip-flopping around trying to decide if I should do a session before the baby and show off the belly or after the baby. Well, our schedules were so hard to mesh together that reality decided for me- there is no way I’m getting in front of the camera this swollen. Sure, if it was just baby weight, I’d get over it and take one for the team and take some photos, but this isn’t baby weight. It is waking up in the morning and not being able to see because your eyes are so puffy type swelling. No worries, the doctor is making sure that everything is okay. Believe me, I’ve been down the preeclampsia road once before and would not like to return.

So, anyway, Melissa and I decided to postpone my family’s session until the Spring while going ahead and getting some fun fall photos of her and her boys. Despite neither of the guys feeling in tip-top shape (we all know how men tend to become babies when they are sick ), I think we got some great photos! Yay!

Here are just a few that I’ve snagged for the sneak peek.

My fave so far.

Since they hadn’t had couple photos taken since they were married, we spent a little time focusing on on just the two of them. Awwww.

I can’t wait for my session come spring! It’ll be so fun.

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