“He puzzled & puzzled till his puzzler was sore, then he thought of something he hadn’t before. Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more,” said the Grinch.

This is the best time of the year to reflect on Christmas pasts.  Along with the year that is about to begin, starting with a great family photo!

I double-dog-dare ya!

“Are you kidding? Stick my tongue to that stupid pole? That’s dumb!” -A Christmas Story

Remember that perfect tree and all that beautiful snow storm!

Oh, how we wait patiently year after  year for that great Christmas  snow…

And while we are sleeping all snug in our bed,  the presents are delivered and placed under the tree …

All this is all fun and makes fond memories, but truly Christmas, Christmas…..  is much more than these…

LOVE!

Love came down at Christmas, love all lovely, love divine;

Love was born at Christmas, star and angels gave the sign.

~Christina Georgina Rossetti

Have a Merry Christmas!

Love,

Linda

I love the blue on blue.

Thanks for stopping by,

Linda

I photographed his big sister a couple of years ago and was honored when I was asked to photograph Aiden.

This is a personal session I have been working on, I have been waiting for the leaves to turn their beautiful colors of autumn.  Well, this weekend was it. With wind up to 40 miles an hour, needless to say it added a little difficulty my plans.  With no choice but to shoot since I had no more available weekends and already had a handful of people involved to help.

So on with the story.  My daughter was asking her great Grandmother who is 96  yrs old and (sharp as a tack) about her mother and her mother’s mother.  I have always been interested in genealogy, I guess the apple did not fall far from the tree.   Emma was fascinated to find out her bloodline includes American Indian.  So Grandma told her all she knew.

Thus started our adventure with my visual interpretation.

Thanks to my Mother-in-law Bonnie for loaning her Paint horse (Cookie).  I also am grateful to all of those that helped with this session including my husband who has grown up with horses and is quite the show stopping rider.  So it was not a problem for him to be on horse duty.  He also made the teepee.
My daughter Emma who complained the entire time that is was cold and windy, but never-the-less.. she came through.
My helpers Colleen (my oldest daughter). We have worked so long together,  we barely have to speak.

Dina who has been the newest helper, she is eager to learn and is coming along nicely.  She also managed to have her son  make the stick bow.

My friend Ginger who encouraged me to do this when I shared Emma’s interest in her lineage.

I made the head-piece and I have had the moccasins and boots for years.

The dress is from a costume store and leather hair braids from my MIL.

The blog  board is from EW Couture.

Thank you for stopping by,

Have a great Autumn!

Lj

It is the senior season and I am not sure why but I get about 10 girls to 1 guy, so I really do enjoy it when we get one.  And what an awesome guy he is.  Multi talented in sports and music, to top it off he has personality plus!  The kind of son you would be very proud of.  I hope I did not embarrass him too much for all the praise in this post, but to meet such an all around nice guy that seems to have a  heart for others is not as common as it should be.

Thanks for stopping by,

Lj

Be back soon!

Hugs,

Lj

Thanks for stopping by,

Oceans of Love,

Lj

Maybe when you are in the mist of something it’s hard to see the beauty within.   Yet if you step away,  come back later to have a peek  … you may discover something lovely and new.

Thinking about the little girl who leaves her doll house dreams and moves on to the next stage of this lovely thing called life.

Thanks for visiting my blog, I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments.

Oceans of Love,

Lj

More child photography here.

]]> http://blog.lindajackmanphotography.com/2011/09/15/doll-house-dreams/feed/ 0 http://blog.lindajackmanphotography.com/2011/09/15/doll-house-dreams/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LindaJackmanPhotography/~3/-jMBBkJZGV8/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedburner/oIEV/~3/PTclFXZWGiI/ http://blog.lindajackmanphotography.com/2011/09/14/hannahsenior/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:09:55 +0000 lindajackman http://blog.lindajackmanphotography.com/?p=2016 I’m slowly catching up on a few back sessions.   These are a few from an adorable girl who traveled far to have her senior photo done by Ljp.  I am honored, and wish her the best throughout the next chapter of her life.

You can find other  senior photos here.  

Dvd cover~  I did blank out the last name for privacy  purposes.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I would love to hear your thoughts and comments.  Also feel free to find me on facebook and like my page.

Hugs,

Lj

Interested in newborn and babies, children , or Maternity

template for dvd is from ew couture collection template custom edit by Ljp

Is she cute or what?
I will let you in on a secret, I was totally wore out by the end of this session, she had way more energy than me.  But the exhaustion was worth it in my book.  What ever it takes to get the shot right?

Until next time,

x0x0x

Lj

* I appreciate your thoughts and comments, I promise I read them :)