Stacia & Mitch are celebrating their love -Redding Photographer

I get the honor of capturing Stacia & Mitchs special day in Sept 2011. We had a short session for some engagement photos so we could get to know each other before the wedding day. We met up in Old Shasta which was my first time using that landscape area since starting my photography career & I captured Stacias family for Christmas card photos at the same appointment. It was pretty busy place with other people & had quite a few other photographers doing the exact same thing I was doing. It was lacking a little privacy but we made the most of the last warmest day of the year. I can't wait for their wedding next year.

This last photo is 1 of my favorites of the day. Don't they look smoking hot! What an awesome love!

Welcoming Hayley - Susanville Family - Kimberly Kester Photography

This is Hayley, the incrediby beautiful daughter of John & Amanda. There are not enough words to describe how I feel about this family & how they allow me to be a part of it. Since I was going through Susanville on my trip to Reno, I offered to do the photo session at John & Amandas home (besides, I couldn't wait to see Hayley in person any longer & especially to see my buddy/assistant, Cameron). The weather was snowing on the way over so I knew it would most likely be an indoor session but that's okay, cause I don't like being cold (even though I'm always hot????). It seemed like forever since I seen Cameron during the matenity session in March & when I seen Hayley, she totally stole my heart immediately with those big beautiful eyes.

The next 3 photos are some of my favorites of the day, I never thought baby bubbles would be so adorable.

I was only at their place for an hour & the time seemed to fly. Of course I arrived at morning nap time (which unfortunately for them but good for me, she only slept for 10-15 mins), so I took some of her in her crib playing peek-a-boo with her brother.

LOVE the tongue!

She was so tired, as you can see but remained so incredibly cute, even when she got fussy. Look at that smile, I love what I do!

TC & his girls - Redding Family Photographer

This is my nephew TC, his wife Shannon & their girls Alillah & Alannah. It's been so long since I've seen them. Alannah has grown so much & is almost 1, wow, time has flown by. Her big sister Alillah is 1 of my favorite smilers of all time. Her smile is so contagious & she loves hamming it up for the camera, although Alannah has her own way of hamming it up, as you will see. I got some precious time with the girls while we waited for TC to come home & these next photos wound up being two of my favorites of the evening.

The girls got to put on their Halloween costumes for some photos, how fantastic is that!

Alillah was buzzing around in the back yard like a busy little worker bee...

...While Alannah took on the queen bee role.

These next photos are so funny, Alannah has started making faces & they totally cracked me up so I had to capture them, these are only a few.

She's so funny, she cracks herself up. What a doll! I LOVE my great nieces & can't wait for the next session with them. Thank you TC & Shannon, Have a great Halloween!

PERSONAL NOTE: Sorry for the long pause since I blogged last...due to having dial up (as you know if you're a follower of my blog) makes it time consuming to load the photos & I'm also currently taking pictures that can't be displayed on my blog. I go to 2 schools during the year & take photos for 2 teachers for display during Open House (used to be same school last year but 1 teacher changed schools). You can understand why I don't display those photos but I have been busy. We are going on a classroom field trip to the pumpkin patch on my birthday which is this Friday...I think it's a fantastic way to spend my morning, doing what I love, photographing more kids.

Get it while it's hot!! - Redding CA photography

$50.00 Holiday Session Special

• Includes 1 hour session
• 1 location (within Shasta County, CA area)
• Up to 4 family members (additional price for larger families)
• 10-20 images delivered on a cd
• Limited appts available

In a recent post (& above), I showed photos of my sister Vicki & her kids during their family session. Not that I ever have to talk her kids into taking photos but she...is a different story & I happen to share that feeling. Howeverrrrr, it is sooooo important to our families that we get out from the LCD side of the camera & take some photos with them. More for our families & their memories of us, than for ourselves & if my sister can do it, trust me, you can do it.

So, in lieu of getting families together, I'm offering a 2010 special session price during my twin sister Bevs & my birthday month of October & Vicki & Glorias birthday month of November. Yes, there are 2 sets of twin girls in my family. All sessions must be scheduled prior to November 30, 2010. These images can be used on social networking sites such as facebook, myspace, etc (with restrictions), used as xmas cards, or printed for family gifts (images on cd are in 4x6 size but can be set to higher resolution, ask for more details). Due to the limited appts available, I'm asking you to contact me by email (kimsartistictouch@yahoo.com) or by leaving a comment to this post. Due to privacy purposes, I will NOT be displaying those comments, of course. Please make sure you include your email address &/or phone number for contacting you.

Hope to see you all very soon!

Kim

My niece, My way - Redding Photography

I can't go with you, I tried to get someone to watch the kids for me but it fell through. My sister actually seemed disappointed when she told me that yesterday, but I was thinking...You were coming with us....nuh-uh! This was MY fun-unique-teenage gift to my niece & I wanted to do it my way, just Sam & me. Not that I don't love my sister, but I had been looking forward to using my niece in images I wanted to create & for her to feel like she was getting one-on-one time with Aunt Kim. Sam always talks about being a singer so I thought I would create photos for her "debut album" cover. SO, Happy Birthday Sam! Thanks for having so much fun & letting me capture the funner side of you. The 1st color photo below is my fav of the day.

I have wanted to take images such as these for a long time & my goal is to gather more talented teenagers & capture them my way. So, if you know someone (or maybe it's you) with a talent, leave me a comment & I might be contacting you for a FREE session.