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06.05.15

LIGHTBOX STORIES BLOG CIRCLE | MAY | FAVORITE CAPTURES FRIDAY

BlogCircleBanner Welcome to our LATEST edition of LightBox Stories Blog Circle! If you are visiting from Rachel of Seasons of Life Photography page, I am SO glad you are here! My name is Anna Robertson, and I am a Family and Lifestyle Portrait Photographer in Northern California. This year along with all the photographers in the LIGHTBOX STORIES blog circle, I am capturing our family’s life in one image a day. I am so EXCITED to be partnering with this group of talented photographers from around the world! Being a part of this group means we have people who encourage, challenge and help us along the way of our 365 journey. Thanks for looking at the images of my life and reading my story! Please be sure to read through to the bottom and follow the blog circle around the globe, you don’t want to miss ANY of the TALENTED photographers:-)

This month, May, has been DOMINATED by the house! Our move in date is definitely getting closer:-) We have also seen a few milestones with our boys, which is SO fun, and is a reminder to appreciate everyday as time goes by so fast! There are no themes other than this is our life and I LOVE it:-) Included in our life is the journey of building a house! Somedays it’s exciting and others it’s just HARD, but over the past years I have been learning to embrace and find JOY in the Messy Life that is ours:-) The following are my favorite images of the month:-) I hope you enjoy!

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I love how these images let you see our life, our personalities and the beauty that I am learning to see and appreciate with my eyes. I am thankful for the assignment to observe, capture and mostly be thankful for our days right now, and be challenged to see the beauty in the everyday. I am SO excited for what the rest of the year will bring!

I hope you enjoyed this glimpse into our life! Now PLEASE go and check out Amy of Sticky Mango Photo’s month. I love this group of photographers! I am inspired and encouraged daily. AND don’t forget to check back next month as we post our images from June. This year is going to be fun!

Please enjoy a look through the rest of the month:-) You can also see previous weeks HERE

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05.29.15

FAVORITE CAPTURES FRIDAY – WEEK 21|LIGHTBOX STORIES|NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRAPHER

This week brought kids cooking, our first dinner at the new house, bike riding accomplishments and fun with the boys:-) It has been SUPER busy, but we are enjoying the ride, although I must say we are ready to be done with the housebuilding season;-) I am SO thankful to be part of LIGHTBOX STORIES and be inspired and encouraged by them to continue to tell my story. Being a family and lifestyle portrait photographer I “sometimes” focus on documenting other people’s families through pictures, prints, art, and albums, and neglect to capture the memories of my own family:-) This year I am trying to make sure that doesn’t happen:-) AND as I keep challenging myself and shooting, I aim to improve my storytelling images so that not only does my family benefit, BUT you do too! It’s win-win! Thanks for looking at the images of my life and reading my story!

Don’t know what I am talking about? Check out the FIRST TWENTY WEEKS of my 365 project.

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With Daniel’s cooking kit, has come a DEEP DESIRE to cook! And with Holden approaching 9, I thought it was time to teach them some things. This night for dinner they chopped and steamed the veggies:-) Which meant Daniel used a sharp knife, and Holden used the stove for the first time! They did awesome!

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Our first dinner at the new house! Pizza al fresco! With guests even! You can see our fridge through the window, and some of the cabinets are up! I can hardly contain my excitement! Looking forward to MANY more:-)144|365

The little guy learned to ride with only TWO wheels! He just got on it and started off! Pretty much he did not stop after. It seemed as if he has been riding FOREVER! I am SO proud, and we have now entered a new season, one that hopefully involves family bike rides:-)

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EVERY chance he gets he is on his bike now! Every chance! I am so glad we figured out that our property had a decent flat area to ride on!146|365

“Mom, why are you on the ground? Why are you photographing a snail?” I couldn’t pass up the shadows, texture and this little guy:-)
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THIS guy, I love our mornings in between dropping Daniel off and his drop off. Somedays we just talk and talk. Others its about math facts, or reading, or some invention he is thinking about. It’s pretty awesome, and I am SO blessed to be his mama:-)

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ALWAYS reading. School is ALMOST out, we will be visiting the library A LOT. I love how this image captures his reading, AND his long curls:-)

Thanks for reading! Don’t forget to check back next week, for MAY’s blog circle! I can’t wait to see all the great images from the LIGHTBOX STORIES PHOTOGRAPHERS !

Like MY STORY and want me to tell yours? Do you need new family images to tell that story on your walls, or in a book on your coffee table? Are you looking at your kids and wondering, where the time goes, and how they got so big? Do you want to celebrate who THEY are RIGHT now? I would love to tell YOUR FAMILY’S story, and CAPTURE YOUR LIFE! Send me an EMAIL, and we will grab a coffee and get to know each other!

-Anna

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05.22.15

FAVORITE CAPTURES FRIDAY – WEEK 20|LIGHTBOX STORIES|NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRAPHER

This week, our current house started feeling REALLY small, I visited a friend, we played outside, and had some bike fun! The house is coming a long, we are starting to see the end in sight! I am SO thankful to be part of LIGHTBOX STORIES and be inspired and encouraged by them to continue to tell my story. Being a family and lifestyle portrait photographer I “sometimes” focus on documenting other people’s families through pictures, prints, art, and albums, and neglect to capture the memories of my own family:-) This year I am trying to make sure that doesn’t happen:-) AND as I keep challenging myself and shooting, I aim to improve my storytelling images so that not only does my family benefit, BUT you do too! It’s win-win! Thanks for looking at the images of my life and reading my story!

Don’t know what I am talking about? Check out the FIRST NINETEEN WEEKS of my 365 project.

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SO…we are getting A LOT of deliveries. No joke, the FedEX and UPS delivery people, know we are the people building the house next door, and they now chat it up with us when they deliver boxes to us. The boxes, OY ! they are overtaking our small space! It’s really never felt smaller.

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Today I visited my friend in Chico. She is an amazing photographer, and I had SO much fun seeing her town and all the fun stuff there is to do there:-) And to spend time with a wonderful person. I am truly blessed by the friendship!137|365

Some days I am uninspired by life, so I take pictures of the things around me:-)

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Bubbles are SO fun!I love watching Daniel explore his world and play. I am a little sad that this is my last year with him at home for at least half the day. I LOVE my time with him.

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We could be outside with the bubbles EVERYDAY!

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The main house color is on! Now for the accent! SO excited!

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Tonight we ventured to the school for a bike and health fair. It was fun! Holden mastered roping cattle:-) Daniel road his strider, and they had a great time with friends! Daniel even won a prize in a raffle, he was SO excited, he received a cooking kit, and cannot wait to use it!

Thanks for reading! Don’t forget to check back next week, and check back for next month’s blog circle! I can’t wait to see all the great images from the LIGHTBOX STORIES PHOTOGRAPHERS !

Like MY STORY and want me to tell yours? Do you need new family images to tell that story on your walls, or in a book on your coffee table? Are you looking at your kids and wondering, where the time goes, and how they got so big? Do you want to celebrate who THEY are RIGHT now? I would love to tell YOUR FAMILY’S story, and CAPTURE YOUR LIFE! Send me an EMAIL, and we will grab a coffee and get to know each other!

-Anna

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05.15.15

Favorite Captures Friday – Week 19|LightBox Stories|Northern California Photographer

Mother’s Day weekend was SO fun! It included wine tasting, running, french toast, and church! SO great! Oh and cabinet deliveries! The rest of the week was filled with house, house and more house stuff… I am SO thankful to be part of LIGHTBOX STORIES and be inspired and encouraged by them to continue to tell my story. Being a family and lifestyle portrait photographer I “sometimes” focus on documenting other people’s families through pictures, prints, art, and albums, and neglect to capture the memories of my own family:-) This year I am trying to make sure that doesn’t happen:-) AND as I keep challenging myself and shooting, I aim to improve my storytelling images so that not only does my family benefit, BUT you do too! It’s win-win! Thanks for looking at the images of my life and reading my story!

Don’t know what I am talking about? Check out the FIRST SEVENTEEN WEEKS of my 365 project.

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LOVE this boy! He is SO cute! It’s SO hard dot say no to this face:-)129|365

Saturday a local winery had free tasting for moms, with some chocolate and strawberries. It was WARM but fun. Afterward we headed to Tom’s moms for Mother’s Day celebration before they headed to Arizona. It was a nice low key day.

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Mother’s Day started with a run, and then breakfast on our deck with my boys:-) Tom and Daniel made some french toast which was VERY yummy. I am SO thankful to be running again! After breakfast we headed to church, it was GREAT!

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Work is continuing on the house. We got our cabinets delivered and the interior is being painted:-)

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It’s time to start the assembly…It will be mostly Tom:-) I can’t wait to see it come together!

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This boy found his blocks. As we have been cleaning up, he found the wood blocks and the army men. We have had bases and armies set up for days, I love this! SO fun, although it is right in our living room and walkway…oh well:-)

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A rainbow UNDER the bridge:-)

Thanks for reading! Don’t forget to check back next week, and check back for next month’s blog circle! I can’t wait to see all the great images from the LIGHTBOX STORIES PHOTOGRAPHERS !

Like MY STORY and want me to tell yours? Do you need new family images to tell that story on your walls, or in a book on your coffee table? Are you looking at your kids and wondering, where the time goes, and how they got so big? Do you want to celebrate who THEY are RIGHT now? I would love to tell YOUR FAMILY’S story, and CAPTURE YOUR LIFE! Send me an EMAIL, and we will grab a coffee and get to know each other!

-Anna

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05.14.15

Kathleen Class of 2014 | Roseville Senior Portraits

I can’t believe it’s already been a year since I took these senior portraits! Where does the time go? If you are like me, watching your kids grow at lightening speed, you totally get it. I don’t want to even think how fast my boys will be at this stage!

I was DELIGHTED when Kathleen’s dad contacted me about doing Kathleen’s senior portraits! Kathleen is a budding photographer, and getting ready to embark on a new season of life that is, “Life after Highschool:-)” She also happens to be SUPER close with Roxy, one of my other seniors this past year! It has been fun to watch these girls grow into the women they have become, and an honor to document this season of life for them!

After talking about what kind of images she wanted, and the outfits that she would bring, we decided on Royer Park in Roseville, CA as our starting point, planning on venturing over to the town square as we went. I LOVE Royer Park, it has amazing trees, creek, and some hidden walls, that are SO fun!

This wall is a favorite of mine, BUT it only works with neutral outfits, SO I was excited to be able to use it! Kathleen was so natural in front of the camera, and she is such a beautiful person inside and out it made my job EASY.

After a quick outfit change we decided to venture out of the park. This footbridge is an icon of Roseville, I lOVE it’s rust, and the surrounding trees! It was fun to hang out and hear about Kathleen’s dreams and plans for life, as well as I got to catch up with her mom, who is truly one of my favorite people on this earth!

This is ONE of my favorites, the real deal is coming up soon:-)

When I photograph seniors, I like to ask them about themselves, what makes them, THEM. BUT I also like to ask them what their favorite picture of themselves is, one that truly captures who they are. I also ask this of the parents. Kathleen’s mom said, she always thinks of the funny selfies Kathleen and her friends take, so I wanted to document that:-) I LOVE this shot and it is my favorite from the session, but also one of my all time favorite senior captures! She nailed it!

After the “formals” if you can call them that:-) I love to capture YOU, so formals are not necessarily what I do. We decided to have some fun with the cap and gown. These jumping ones were FUN!

LOTS of parents, are using this book to commemorate their child’s school years. I LOVE that we captured it in this session. And, thats a WRAP! Hats of to this SENIOR! 🙂

Thank you Kathleen, you are such a beautiful young woman, I can’t wait to see what this next season holds! Thank you Erin for trusting me to capture this SPECIAL, SPECIAL season in your little girl’s life!

What’s YOUR story? Are you entering a new season, and want images to capture who you are RIGHT NOW, in THIS season? Are you looking at your kids and wondering, where the time goes, and how they got so big? Do you want to celebrate who THEY are RIGHT now? I would love to tell YOUR SENIOR’S story, and CAPTURE YOUR LIFE! Send me an EMAIL, and we will grab a coffee and get to know each other!

-Anna

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