Below is a excerpt from an amazing author, Marianne Drenthe, and her site http://www.professionalchildphotographer.com/. I wanted to share this for my clients as well as other photographers that visit my site. Her site is an invaluable resource for both photographers and consumers alike with a great deal of information about custom photography! Please take the...
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Thank you!
Thank you for taking the time to educate the public about custom portraiture and what it entails.
Thank you for posting a link to Marianne’s articles. I LOVED them and had to share them on my blog as well. THANK YOU!

My little super hero, he insists he can’t fly without his mask on…doesn’t need the cape apparently, but the mask is a necessity for flight (or so he tells me every time he brings it to me to put it back on him, about 50 times per day)!
His super hero name should be “booger boy”...
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these are awesome……true “little boy” stuff!!! love em’!
Haha that last one is awesome! Great pics of your superhero!
That last image is soooo funny. These are great.
he is adorable..LOVING his mask and cape!!! boyhood..gotta love it!!
Oh such the cutest little superhero!!
Tara, that totally cracked me up (the nose picking)! He is dang cute!
my super hero ask me 50 times a day to dress him in his mickey costume too! he looks like tons of fun! great shots! jaime
my super hero does teh same thing with mickey mouse! great big boy shots! jaime
Awe, Tara . . . I see you found him the cape you were talking about when we were at the GTG in October!! He is such a handsome little devil. Thanks for sharing sneak peeks into your everyday life with your little man!
~ Robin
Happy birthday, chic! Adorable pics of your little superhero! And the last one… mine is in 2nd grade and I still have to push the button on the tape player some days… LOL!
OMG, these are so fun and cool! That last one is way too funny!
Awhhhhh I love these. The last one is very funny and I think all mom’s of boys can relate to that one.
omg these are hilarious and adorable!
lmao @ booger boy
Once again, you are the QUEEN! These are sooo cool. I would love to spend a day w/ your Super Hero…he is such a doll!
too funny! At least you have incriminating evidence!
Tara those are too funny !!! What a ham
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Ha-ha, that last one is pretty funny.
OMG – these are classic! Love them – LOL.
LOL, oh hes adorable! I love the cape and mask!
oh my gosh, these are so fun! and the last picture….it just so BOY! my boys are constantly ‘diggin’ for gold’, too.
and since they know they can get a rise from me…they do it all the more!
These are awesome! I love the realism and spontanetity. Perfect exposure, too! You rock!

I am so excited to finally introduce this product to my clients! After a lot of searching (believe me it has been a lot), I have decided that these albums truly embody the style, quality, beauty, elegance, and versatility that I ( if I was my client, would demand). The albums ultimately deliver a unique...
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Beautiful albums, Tara . . . funny seeing my pics of you in there! Hope your man enjoyed the album!!!
A M A Z I N G!!!
These are awesome! Love your work!!!
wiping up my drool here ! Please share what albums these are on ILP!
Your clients are lucky indeed to be able to order such beautiful books.
AMAZING!!! Love them!!!!
wow- BEAUTIFUL!!! in every way- the album itself, the design, the images… GORGEOUS!!
These are lovely – I am not exactly sure how assemble them. Your site and blog are lovely. All the photos as well – you are so talented. TFS
Your albums look great. Love your blog design too. Nice job!
add me to the list of people drooling over these gorgeous albums
What a fabulous album! That is truly a perfect keepsake to have forever.
Thanks Heather! The bridal images of me were taken by my amazing girlfriends Robin Depaula Photography and Bethany of Bella Amadis Photography. The others are all from my work the last year!
ummmm..ok..WOW!!! I’m jealous..these are some seriously gorgeous albums (plus the images in them look AMAZING!!!)..WOW…
I am DROOLING over those albums!! They are gorgeous!

I have been having to hide my glasses to keep them away from Wyatt lately, but every once in a while, He finds a way to get his little fingers on em! Too cute to not take a picture of! Look familiar?
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Adorable!
Cute! He looks just like you.
What a Q-T! My son likes to try and wear my glasses too.
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that first image is so great ! I love the glasses !
AWWWW!!!! I have to do this with my little one now!
He’s gorgeous! You must be so proud of him. Great images!
I have the most adorable nephew
haha that sounds like my baby boy, Jascob, he loves to wear my glasses too! Your little guy is so handsome, and very smart looking with the glasses on!:)
what a cutie .. love these images! and your tones are just scrumptious too!
ohmygosh!!! these are absolutely too cute
He is such a little cutie and those are such sweet shots!! LOVE his expression in the first one.
OMG Stef! I hadn’t even thought of that! LOL Now that is all i am gonna think of when I look at these!
That is so stinkin cute! “The human head weighs 8lbs.”, Jerry McGuire, lol!
He is so cute! Great shots.
Cute…he is your little ‘mini-me”
HAHA! I know that is exactly what I thought too!
LOL, he’s a cutie!! He reminds me of the boy in stuart little.

We just barely beat the rain today, but we did it! Thanks for a great shoot! Here is your sneak peek! Can’t wait to show you the rest!
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Love them!
Wow, great looking guy and awesome shots! I love your style!
wow your work is just fantastic! i love it all! your clients are lucky to have you!
Wow, love these!!
These are awesome! Te color is fab!!
Beautiful colors!! And yes, he is quite handsome!!! Great job!
WOWSERS, he’s quite the handsome fella, isn’t he? These images are just perfect. The last one’s my fav, but that door is awesome too!

So they are blurry, out of focus, flashy, totally goofy, and technically wrong in probably every way. BUT I LOVE THEM. My husband commented that I didn’t have the ability to put my cameras down for two seconds and use a “normal person camera”. So of course I had to prove him wrong! See I...
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I love these, Tara!
WOW hot family!!!LOL
I love these! As a photographer, it is so easy to forget to take those little everyday snaps. I am so guilty of this!
oh but thats what make these so priceless and loved, because you forgot about the perfection, and worried more about the moments and love captured!
What sweet moments Tara, love how you displayed them
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awwww…..O love these pictures!
Love it! Sometimes it’s nice to get out of technical mode and just snap fun moments! I love your storyboard too – nice job!


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