New Year, New Blog!

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Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thanks!

Holiday Schedule

I hope each and every one of my clients and friends have a very safe and happy holiday season.

Just wanted to update everyone on the studio's Holiday Schedule. Kelly Vasami Photography will be closed from Friday, December 21st until Wednesday January 9th. I will be heading out to Pennsylvania to spend some time with my loved ones over Christmas, back up to New York for New Years, and then heading down to sunny Florida to attend the Digital Wedding Forum Convention, as well as checking out Imaging USA 2008. These are two very important seminars that I have been looking forward to attending and I can't wait to come back refreshed, and inspired, and full of new products to offer, and ideas to create for my 2008 couples and families.

Best wishes for a successful New Year and I will look forward to speaking with all of my clients upon my return on Wednesday January 9th. All orders placed between now and January 9th will not be processed until my return. I will have limited access to emails during this time, and I'm thanking all of my wonderful clients in advance for their patience.

Baby Jackson

Loyal blog readers will remember the portraits I take semi-annually of Madison. Well, Madison's mom Kristen has a cousin (Jody) who has admired the portraits I have done of Madison in the past. So when Jody was expecting her first baby, Kristen immediately came to me with the idea of giving Jody a gift certificate for a portrait session of their newborn.


I was so excited to meet Jody's beautiful son, Jackson - he did not disappoint! Jackson was happy the whole time, smiling, looking right into the camera! Jackson is a natural. When he is gracing the covers of all the baby magazines someday, just remember where you saw him first. :)


We were lucky to have a bright naturally-lit area to photograph. I try to shoot only with natural, available light whenever possible. Flashes and newborns do not mix! We had an overcast day and a location next to the window. Diffused light, on an overcast day, is actually the perfect kind of light, photographically speaking.


With his mom, Jody...


And his dad, Jesse. (I LOVE this one!)


So young, yet so expressive already!


SUCH a cute family!






I can't look at this picture without yawning!



Thanks again Jody and Jesse - I had a great time!

[b]'s Party of Five Seminar

As I mentioned in a previous post, I was in Southern California last week to attend 'a photography workshop'. But it wasn't just any workshop, this was [b]ecker's Party of Five workshop! If you read this blog pretty frequently, the name [b]ecker is not a new one to you. I am a huge fan of [b]ecker's work and a frequent reader of his blog. [b]ecker is a prominent figure in the wedding photography world and not only is he a great guy, but he is super willing to share his knowledge and the inner-workings of his successful photography studio. I've had a great time learning from [b]ecker this year, both at the [b]ecker in [b]rooklyn get-together and at the party of 5 seminar I attended.

We had an on-location instructional photo shoot with this couple, former clients and current friends of [b]ecker. As you can see, they are pretty easy on the eyes and work well for an 'instructional' photo shoot - you pretty much couldn't get a bad shot of them if you tried! Thanks so much to Mindy and DJ and little Draden for letting us photograph you!





Love the sunflare going on here! :)



Draden attacking [b]ecker with leaves :)












One of the other benefits to attending this seminar was a chance to hang out with Jessica Claire, who is also a super-talented and influential Southern California wedding photographer. Jessica happens to be [b]ecker's "special friend", and she came out to keep the rest of us entertained while we took turns having a one-on-one session with [b]ecker. Jessica's blog is one I read DAILY! She is also a bridesmaid in my friend Laura Novak's upcoming wedding, which will probably be attended by no less than 85 photographers! Should be a fun night!! :)

My Husband and My Son

This was originally posted on my baby blog, but I loved it so much I had to show everybody here too....


Just a little quiet moment at home between Ralphie and Jake. Not your typical father/son picture :)