Twas the night before the night before Christmas!!

Just wanted to share a few images of my little Santa! Isn't he the cutest little elf?

I'm sure there is a present in here for you, let me take a look!
Oh my looks like you've been too naughty!

Congrats Miss A!!

Congratulations to #1 Miss A, on winning the end of the year contest! It was a very close race up to the end, so I asked a few professional photographers from a forum that I visit to help in the judging. Thank you to all of my great customers from 2007 for such a wonderful year, I look forward to seeing everyone through my lens again next year!

Visit the blog next week to help in voting for the Best 2008 Senior Image!

End of the Year Contest!

I decided to have an end of the year blog contest, with a few of my favorites from 2007's photo sessions. I am sorry that not every session or child could be represented, I randomly choose 1 from each month (except sept. and oct. there are 2). Please take the time to vote on your favorite.

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Voting is open until Friday 12/21/07. Please only 1 vote per person, although feel free to send your family and friends to vote.

Last Senior of the year!

I had the privilege of photographing this gorgeous senior this summer and then again this past week. We even ventured out in the beautiful snow!

He knows if you've been bad or good!!

These 2 were so stinkin' cute, red hair and lots of spunk! I love the way these images turned out from their family session. I do have to say that I think Santa needs to eat lots of Milk and Cookies this Christmas Eve, his pants are looking a little baggy!

*Remember to click on the images to enlarge them.

Hope everyone is safe and warm!

Here is 1 image, edited 3 ways, of the ice hanging off my children's swing set. The first is the way the ice looks naturally, the 2nd is with a hint of blue to cool things off, and the 3rd is a negative view. Which one do you like best?

I wondered around my yard this morning taking pictures of this beautiful ice. It is kinda creepy sounding out there as the wind blows and the ice laden trees creak and moan under the weight. We haven't lost power, but my mom called this morning to tell me that there are trees limbs down and they are without electricity. I guess areas south of Gage County were hit harder by the ice storm.

Winter Wonderland!

I love snow! I always have, when I was a little girl I would spend hours outside playing in the snow, building igloos, and sledding. I was so excited to get to take Sawyer out in the new snow yesterday. We took a walk around the neighborhood, and of course I took my camera. Sawyer loves snow now too, but mostly he loves to eat it!!

Have I ever told you how much I love close-ups?

I promised this sweet family a sneak peek, and I am just now getting around to getting them on here. I will have the rest of your images ready by tomorrow morning.

Mr. Adorable

What do you get when you cross the cutest little fauxhawk, big beautiful blue eyes, chubby pinchable cheeks, and a sweet little pout? Meet Mr. B aka Mr. Adorable!! Although he didn't give me as many smiles as his mom would have liked I think I was able to get a few keepers.

Christmas Cutie!

With Christmas just around the corner I have done so many cute little ones for their Christmas cards. I have had the pleasure of photographing adorable Miss K a couple times now, and she just keeps getting cuter.

My new studio is ready, well almost!

My husband has been very busy the last couple months finishing off our new studio. He did an awesome job, pretty much single-handedly I might add. I also need to thank my kids for "helping" me paint and Bertus who came over to get Bryan going on the drywall. All that is needed now is a few touch ups on the paint, new carpet, and getting my new prints and canvases on the walls. I have already done a few sessions and I have to tell you how much better it is in here. I have so much more room, although that will not last long the way I like to buy new props. It is also much brighter, and that seems to be helping my actual studio images. I'll post a few recent images and see what you think!

We're Back!!

Thanks to Kim, a great friend and wonderful photographer my website is back up! And while she was plugging away fixing what I don't understand I proofed some of the family pictures from my own family's session. I am very happy to have gotten what I did, doing my own family is 10 times harder than any other session. I would get everyone positioned the way I want and then run into the image using the self timer. Let me tell you 10 seconds sometimes isn't long enough! Here is one that I really like, I think it might be our Christmas card image this year.

My apologies!!

I am in the process of switching to a new server with more space and it is taking longer than I expected. I hope to have the problem resolved later today. Thanks for your patience!

Wow!!

That's what I actually said as I was uploading images from this session. I knew this one would be my favorite the moment I took it.

I NEED COLOR!!!

Fall is finally here, but I am just not happy with mother nature this year. Where are the bright reds and yellows and oranges?? We do have plenty of browns, light greens, and some sickly looking yellow trees around here but none of the great fall colors that I so look forward to. In response to this lack of COLOR, I am offering a new blog special.

This special is for those of you who aren't afraid of color, who are willing to step out of the box, those of you who will let me have some color in my life. With this special you will receive a free session and an 11x14 metallic print from your session. What's the catch you ask? Well you need to have an open mind and allow me to choose your child's outfit and the location. Okay so I am only going to offer 5 of these COLORFUL specials so hurry and book yours now!

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Meet the Golden Girls of Autumn!

So I might have posted this blog entry a little prematurely, look at the beautiful golden tree we found yesterday during my session with these two stunning sisters.

I had a great time Kim, and Miss L don't forget to call!!

These eyes captivate me!

You want me to let you in on my secret to getting eye contact with a 2 year old? I ask them to look in the camera and smile, and if they do "Elmo" or "Dora" (substitute their favorite character) will wave at them. This only works 1 or twice, if I'm lucky. I didn't get a big smile from this cutie, but I still love her inquisitive stare.

I couldn't decide on my favorite version of this image, so I am sharing all 3. I love the simplicity of the black and white, but then I lost those amazing blue eyes, so I did a vintage conversion. I would love to hear which one you like best.

An Evening with the Stars!

Some of you may be aware that my oldest daughter was born with Spina Bifida, which means cleft spine, an incomplete closure in the spinal column. There are an estimated 70,000 people in the United States are currently living with Spina Bifida, the most common permanently disabling birth defect. People with Spina Bifida may also deal with hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain), full or partial paralysis, bladder and bowel control difficulties, learning disabilities, depression, latex allergy, and social and sexual issues. The Spina Bifida Association of Nebraska http://www.spinabifidanebraska.org/ is organizing a Wine tasting Gala on October 26, 2007. At this Gala I will have a table available displaying my images as I have started a new project to help showcase the individuality of Spina Bifida. I will be photographing any child or adult with Spina Bifida to be included in a book, that will hopefully tie into the already released video " A Journey of Wonder". If you would like more information about Spina Bifida or information on how you can help with this project or the Gala please visit the SBAN's website or contact me at courtneycrumrine@hotmail.com.

And because this is my photo blog I'll add a couple images.

This one is of the beautiful Amanda, one amazing kid.

My oldest daughter, also an amazing Kid!

Isn't he the cutest?

I might be a little biased since this is my baby. He is growing and changing so much that I wanted to get some nice 2 year images of him. I am always a little jealous when I am able to capture adorable images for my customers, because my kids seem so hard to photograph.

I love this image, and I am so glad that one of these turned out. He would run ahead of me on the path and then turn to make sure I was following.

Here he is actually posing for me, this lasted all of about 20 seconds and then he was off running again.